On This Day: 3 October

3 October in Indian history

• 2024Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of IndiaIndia

3 October in world history

• 2024"Thick of It", a single by British Internet personality and rapper KSI featuring Trippie Redd, is released.
• 2013A boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in more than 360 deaths.
• 2009Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
• 2008The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, establishing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to as a bailout of the U.S. financial system, was enacted.
• 2003Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.
• 1995O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
• 1985The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J.
• 1981A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten deaths.
• 1962Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying astronaut Wally Schirra.
• 1951In Major League Baseball, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", a game-winning home run, to win the National League pennant.
• 1951The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.
• 1946An American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashes near Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, killing 39.
• 1873Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
• 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.
• 1792Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
• 1683Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang receives the surrender of the Tungning kingdom on Taiwan after the Battle of Penghu.
• 382Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans.

Born on 3 October

• 1975India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actressIndia
• 1949J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriterIndia
• 1949Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director
• 1941Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1923Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (died 2004)
• 1458Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (died 1484)

Died on 3 October

• 2012Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (born 1931)India
• 2007M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (born 1930)India
• 1611Charles, Duke of Mayenne (born 1554)
• 900Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 3 October in history?

2024: Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India. 2024: "Thick of It", a single by British Internet personality and rapper KSI featuring Trippie Redd, is released. 2013: A boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in more than 360 deaths. 2009: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.

What happened on 3 October in Indian history?

2024: Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India.

Which famous people were born on 3 October?

India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (1975); J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (1949); Laurie Simmons, American photographer and director (1949); Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter (1941).

Which day is observed on 3 October?

3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands); German Unity Day (Germany); Mean Girls Day; Morazán Day (Honduras); National Day, celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932..