Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 3
This is a list of selected October 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Before doing so, please review the selected anniversaries guidelines. If your suggestion is potentially controversial or relates to a day currently or soon to appear on the Main Page, post it on the talk page instead.
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The launch of a V-2 rocket
German flag
A hunger strike memorial in Derry's Bogside
Boris III of Bulgaria
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| German Unity Day; | refimprove; Public holidays in Germany not linked either: unreferenced |
| 2333 BC – Dangun, a mythical figure, established the Kingdom of Go-Joseon (present-day Korea). | Need to verify date |
| 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd the Prince of Wales, the last native ruler of Wales to resist English domination, was executed by drawing and quartering. | refimprove |
| 1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland, under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later. | Moved to October 7, date of death |
| 1929 – King Alexander I renamed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and changed its subdivisions from 33 oblasts to nine new banovinas. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1942 – World War II: The first successful test of the German V-2 rocket (example pictured), the world's first ballistic missile and first man-made item to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight, occurred. | refimprove |
| 1951 – In Major League Baseball, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games. | unreferenced section |
| 1964 – According to a popular legend, the first Buffalo wings were first prepared at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, US, as a fast and easy snack to present to hungry guests. | need to verify date |
| 1993 – American armed forces attempted to capture officials of Somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organization at the Battle of Mogadishu. | lead too short, needs reorganization |
| 1995 – In a highly publicized criminal trial, actor and former American football player O. J. Simpson was acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. | Featured on June 17, date of arrest |
Eligible
- 1951 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against China, began.
- 2003 – Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo of Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at The Mirage hotel and casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
October 3: National Day in Iraq (1932); National Foundation Day in South Korea
- 1918 – World War I: Following his armed forces' defeat to the Allied Powers, Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I (pictured) abdicated in favor of his son Boris III.
- 1935 – Italian forces under General Emilio De Bono invaded Abyssinia during the opening stages of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
- 1957 – A California Superior Court judge ruled that Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" was of "redeeming social importance" and thus not obscene.
- 1981 – The hunger strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ended after seven months and 10 deaths.
- 1990 – East and West Germany officially joined to form the first fully sovereign united German state since the end of World War II.