October 3: Facts & Historical Events On This Day

October 3^rd is officially Boyfriend’s Day as well as Techies Day.

Welcome to day 276 of the year folks, there are 89 days left of the year.

Here you will discover the incredible past events that all happened on October 3^rd throughout history, including celebrity births and facts about this day.

Did you know that on this day in 1989, the city planning simulation game SimCity was released for the Apple Macintosh? Roughly a year later, the game had already won 23 different awards.

Keep reading for more interesting facts about October 3^rd in history!

What Events Happened On October 3 In History?

2018 The Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care declared that over 250 people had died since 2011 taking selfies.

2018 A Neptune-sized exomoon became the first one discovered outside the Solar System.

Scientists at Columbia University who found the exomoon say it orbits a huge planet around 8,000 light years away.

2014 A data breach at JP Morgan Chase and six other institutions caused 83 million accounts to be compromised.

1992 A picture of Pope John Paul II was torn up by the Irish singer Sinead O’Connor on Saturday Night Live.

1989 The city planning simulation game SimCity was released for the Apple Macintosh.

1983 Singers Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson released their song “Say Say Say.”

1955 ABC aired the first episode of “The Mickey Mouse Club.”

1926 Violet Stewart Piercy, a long-distance runner from England, set the first recorded marathon win for women at 3:40:22.

1849 Author Edgar Allan Poe was last seen alive. He was disorientated, lying in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland, US.

OTD in 1849: Author Edgar Allan Poe was last seen alive. He was disorientated

The next time someone saw him was his dead body on October 8 and the cause his death a complete mystery today.

1789 George Washington issued his “Thanksgiving Proclamation” on this day.

The proclamation stated that everyone should celebrate a day of thanksgiving on November 26 that year. Consequently, it has become one of the biggest holidays in the United States.

1392 Muhammed VII became the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.

1283 The last Prince of Wales, Dafydd ap Gruffudd, was the first person recorded to have been hanged, drawn, and quartered.

Dafydd was accused of high treason and was condemned to death by the King. This was the first account of someone being tried for high treason and was ordered to die a slow, painful death.

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Famous People Born On October 3

Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, did you know that you share the same birthday as Noah Schnapp? See what other famous people were born on this day.

2004 Noah Schnapp

Canadian-American Actor

Age:: 17 years old
Born In:: New York, USA

1969 Gwen Stefani

American Singer

Age:: 52 years old
Born In:: California, USA

Special Holidays On October 3

If you’ve got a few minutes spare today, why not celebrate these special holidays.

National Boyfriend Day

National Techies Day

October 3 Birthday Facts, Zodiac & Birthstone

People who were born on October 3 all share the Libra star sign.

If you were born in October, Pink Tourmaline is your assigned birthstone. Opal was originally the recognized birthstone for October, but in 1952 the pink tourmaline became an alternate stone to opal.

If you were born on this day, you would likely have been conceived on or around January 10^th of the same year.