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October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). There are 89 days remaining in the year.

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2333 BC - Legendary date of the establishment of the Kingdom of Chosun ( Korea)
42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: The Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius. Although Brutus defeats Octavian, Antony defeats Cassius.
1283 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, becomes the first person executed by drawing and quarteringDrawing and quartering was part of the penalty anciently ordained in England for treason. It is considered by many to be the epitome of "cruel" punishment and was reserved for traitors because treason was deemed more heinous than murder and other capital
1574Events April 14 Battle of Mookerheyde. Spanish forces under Sancho de Avila defeat the rebel forces of Louis of Nassau. Louis is killed. May 30 On the death of King Charles IX of France, he is succeeded by his brother King Henry of Poland, who becomes Kin - Siege of LeidenLeiden (in English also, but now rarely, Leyden is a city and municipality in South Holland, The Netherlands. It forms one urban area with Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp and Voorschoten. It is located on the Old Rhine, close to the cities of The Hague and Haarlem lifted by the Watergeuzen - foundation of the first DutchDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium university
1712Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. Introduced Protestant faith in Switzerland. Thomas Newcomen builds the first piston-operated steam engine at Tipton, Staffordshire, UK. Ongoing events Great Northern War ( 1700- 1721) War of - Duke of MontroseThe title of Duke of Montrose was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1488 for David Lindsay. It was forefited, and then returned but only for the period of the holder's lifetime. Thus, it was not inherited. The title was bestowed anew in 1707, again in issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor
1739 - The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.
1789 - George Washington proclaims the first Thanksgiving Day
1863 - Thanksgiving Day declared as the last Thursday in November by President Abraham Lincoln
1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria takes the throne
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
1932 - Iraq gains its independence
1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono (replaced November 11 by Pietro Badoglio)
1942 - Germany tests the first V-2 rocket
1951 - New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4, winning the National League pennant, with Bobby Thomson's three-run homer called " The Shot Heard 'Round the World"
1952 - United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon
1960 - The Andy Griffith Show debuted
1962 - At Cape Canaveral the Mercury 8 blasted off with Astronaut Wally Schirra aboard for a nine-hour flight
1964 - Underdog debuts on CBS
1981 - The Hunger Strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.
1990 - The re-unification of Germany. East Germany ceases to exist.
1993 - Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organization in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Army Rangers and about 2000 Somalis are killed. US forces withdraw from Somalia shortly thereafter.
1995 - O. J. Simpson found not guilty of murder.
2004 - The Montreal Expos play their last major league baseball game before the franchise is moved to Washington, D.C.

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