Historical Events on October 3.

1. 1670, 3rd October: Shivaji Maharaj plundered Surat for the second time.

2. 1735, 3rd October: France and the sixth Kerala Emperor signed a peace deal.

3. 1778, 3rd October: British sailor Captain James Cook arrived in Alaska.

4. 1863, 3rd October: Abraham Lincoln, the then President of the United States, announced ‘Thanksgiving Day’ in America.

5. 1906, 3rd October: SOS was established as the national distress call, replacing the call sign CDQ.

6. 1932, 3rd October: Iraq gained independence from the United Kingdom.

7. 1935, 3rd October: Italy invaded Ethiopia under the leadership of General de Bono.

8. 1952, 3rd October: The United Kingdom successfully tested nuclear weapons to become the world’s third nuclear power.

9. 1959, 3rd October: Postcodes were introduced in Britain.

10. 1990, 3rd October: East Germany and West Germany merged.

11. 1994, 3rd October: India submitted its formal claim for permanent membership of the Security Council.

12. 1996, 3rd October: Pakistani batsman Shahid Afridi created history by scoring a century in 37 balls in a one-day international.

13. 2003, 3rd October: Pakistan tested Helf-III missile.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 3.

1. 1903: Swami Ramananda Tirtha, an Indian leader of the freedom movement in the state of Hyderabad, a social reformer and educationist.

2. 1919: James Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning American economist.

3. 1938: Ray Edward Cochran, an American rock and roll musician.

4. 1947: Fred Deluca, Italian-American businessman, co-founder of Subway Restaurant.

5. 1949: J. P. Dutta, Indian film director.

6. 1953: Dipak Misra, 45th Chief Justice of India.

7. 1953: Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, an Indian lawyer and member of the Constituent Assembly of India.

8. 1954: Sathyaraj, Indian film actor, director, and producer. He predominantly works in Telugu language films.

9. 1969: Gwen Stefani, American singer, and songwriter.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 3.

1. 1867: Elias Howe, American inventor of the sewing machine.

2. 1891: Édouard Lucas, French mathematician.

3. 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.

4. 1999: Akio Morita, a Japanese businessman, and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.

5. 2007: M. N. Vijayan, popularly known as Vijayan Mash was an Indian academic, orator, columnist, and writer of Malayalam literature.

6. 2012: Kidar Nath Sahani, a governor of the Indian states of Sikkim and Goa.

7. 2012: Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian, and scholar.

8. 2018: Leon Max Lederman, an American experimental physicist.

3-October-1831

Britishers captured Mysore.

3-October-1880

Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.

3-October-1890

Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.

3-October-1903

Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born.

3-October-1906

Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay.

3-October-1907

Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.

3-October-1913

Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta.

3-October-1950

India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York.

3-October-1957

Republican Party of India established.

3-October-1977

Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi.

3-October-1978

Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.

3-October-1984

India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.

3-October-1985

Morocco breaks diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi announced its recognition of the Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic.

3-October-1988

Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.

3-October-1991

Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.

3-October-1992

Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.

3-October-1994

Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.

3-October-1996

National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.

3-October-1996

Second phase of UP polling.

3-October-1997

Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.

3-October-1997

Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.

3-October-1999

Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.

3-October-1999

India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.

3-October-2000

India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership.

3-October-2000

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.