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What Happened On October 3

Q: What happened on October 3?

1849: American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later. 1953: Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened. 1863: The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. 1991: Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. 1952: The United Kingdom successfully conducted its first nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons. 1951: The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began. 2023: Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general election 1993: An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die. 1951: Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops. 1942: A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.

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1849 Weird
American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.
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1953 First ever
Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.
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1863 Oddly true
The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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1991 First ever
Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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1952 First ever
The United Kingdom successfully conducted its first nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1951 First ever
The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2023 First ever
Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general election
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1993 Weird
An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1951 First ever
Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1942 Oddly true
A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
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Observed today

2024Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India Wikipedia →
2024"Thick of It", a single by British Internet personality and rapper KSI featuring Trippie Redd, is released. Wikipedia →
2023Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general election Wikipedia →
2022Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Wikipedia →
2021Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy. Wikipedia →
2015Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan. Wikipedia →
2013At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa. Wikipedia →
2009Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council. Wikipedia →
2008The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush. Wikipedia →
1995O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Wikipedia →
1993An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die. Wikipedia →
1991Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wikipedia →
1990The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day. Wikipedia →
1989A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed. Wikipedia →
1986TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened. Wikipedia →
1985The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J. Wikipedia →
1981The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths. Wikipedia →
1963A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule. Wikipedia →
1962Project Mercury: US astronaut Wally Schirra, in Sigma 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight. Wikipedia →
1957The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene. Wikipedia →
1952The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia, to become the world's third nuclear power. Wikipedia →
1951Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops. Wikipedia →
1949WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta. Wikipedia →
1946An American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashes near Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, killing 39. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lingiades, Greece. Wikipedia →
1942A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude. Wikipedia →
1935Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia. Wikipedia →
1932The Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia →
1929The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I. Wikipedia →
1919Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series. Wikipedia →
1918Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne. Wikipedia →
1912U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill. Wikipedia →
1873Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California. Wikipedia →
1863The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Wikipedia →
1862American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth begins as Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn attack Union defenses led by General William Rosecrans around Corinth, Mississippi. Wikipedia →
1792A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile. Wikipedia →
1789George Washington proclaims Thursday November 26, 1789 as Thanksgiving Day. Wikipedia →
1739The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia ending the Russian–Turkish War. Wikipedia →
1712The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor. Wikipedia →
1683Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu. Wikipedia →
1574The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen. Wikipedia →
1392Muhammed VII becomes the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada. Wikipedia →
1283Dafydd ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is hanged, drawn and quartered by the English. Wikipedia →
610A fleet of the Heraclian revolt under Heraclius the Younger reaches Constantinople. Wikipedia →
382Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans. Wikipedia →
42 BCLiberators' civil war: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight to a draw Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in the first part of the Battle of Philippi, where Cassius commits suicide believing the battle is lost. Wikipedia →
52 BCGallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia. Wikipedia →
2457 BCGaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. Wikipedia →

From The Guardian Archives — On This Day

2024The Guardian
US dock workers agree on deal with port operators to end strike
International Longshoremen’s Association announces agreement for wage hike and immediate work resumption
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2011The Guardian
Amanda Knox: police under fire over botched investigation
Investigation into the murder of British student Meredith Kercher was, according to a lawyer, a 'ship that never chan…
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2002The New York Times
Paid Notice: Deaths ANNENBERG, WALTER H.
ANNENBERG-Walter H. The Trustees and staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art mourn with profound sadness the passing…
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