Historical Events - October 3

1670 : Shivaji Maharaj plundered Surat for the second time.

1735 : France and the sixth Kerala Emperor signed a peace deal.

1778 : British sailor Captain James Cook arrived in Alaska.

1863 : Abraham Lincoln, the then President of the United States, announced ‘Thanksgiving Day’ in America.

1906 : SOS was established as the national distress call, replacing the call sign CDQ.

1932 : Iraq gained independence from the United Kingdom.

1935 : Italy invaded Ethiopia under the leadership of General de Bono.

1952 : The United Kingdom successfully tested nuclear weapons to become the world’s third nuclear power.

1959 : Postcodes were introduced in Britain.

1990 : East Germany and West Germany merged.

1994 : India submitted its formal claim for permanent membership of the Security Council.

1996 : Pakistani batsman Shahid Afridi created history by scoring a century in 37 balls in a one-day international.

2003 : Pakistan tested Helf-III missile.

 

Famous Birthdays – October 3

1903: Swami Ramananda Tirtha, an Indian leader of the freedom movement in the state of Hyderabad, a social reformer and educationist.

1919: James Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning American economist.

1938: Ray Edward Cochran, an American rock and roll musician.

1947: Fred Deluca, Italian-American businessman, co-founder of Subway Restaurant.

1949: J. P. Dutta, Indian film director.

1953: Dipak Misra, 45th Chief Justice of India.

1953: Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, an Indian lawyer and member of the Constituent Assembly of India.

1954: Sathyaraj, Indian film actor, director, and producer. He predominantly works in Telugu language films.

1969: Gwen Stefani, American singer, and songwriter.

 

Death Anniversaries – October 3

1867: Elias Howe, American inventor of the sewing machine.

1891: Édouard Lucas, French mathematician.

1995: Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam, popularly known as Ma.Po.Si., was an Indian politician, freedom fighter, and the founder of the political party Tamil Arasu Kazhagam.

1999: Akio Morita, a Japanese businessman, and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.

2007: M. N. Vijayan, popularly known as Vijayan Mash was an Indian academic, orator, columnist, and writer of Malayalam literature.

2012: Kidar Nath Sahani, a governor of the Indian states of Sikkim and Goa.

2012: Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian, and scholar.

2018: Leon Max Lederman, an American experimental physicist.