| Holiday name | Holiday location | Holiday type |
|---|---|---|
| National Foundation Day | South Korea | National Holiday |
| Iraqi Independence Day | Iraq | National Holiday |
| Morazan´s Day | Honduras | National Holiday |
| National Boyfriend Day | - | (Relationships & Family) |
| National Techies Day | - | Unofficial (Hobby & Creativity, Products & Technology ) |
| National Consignment Day | - | Unofficial (Lifestyle) |
| Thanksgiving Day | Saint Lucia | Public Holiday |
| Child Health Day | United States | Observance |
| Peat Cutting Monday | Falkland Islands | Public Holiday |
| Queen's Birthday | Australia (Queensland) | Common State Holiday |
| Labor Day | Australia (ACT, NSW, SA) | Common State Holiday |
| World Habitat Day | - | International (Nature & Environment, United Nations) |
| National Day Golden Week holiday | China | National Holiday |
| Day of German Unity | Germany | National Holiday |
| World Day Of Bullying Prevention | - | Unofficial (Awareness & Cause) |
| Virus Appreciation Day | - | Unofficial (Health & Body) |
| World Architecture Day | - | International (Work & Occupation) |
Historical Events on October 3
- 42 B.C: During the First Battle of Philippi, Mark Antony and Octavian fight a battle against the assassins of Caesar, Brutus and Cassius.
- 382: The Goths sign a peace treaty with Roman Emperor Theodosius. The terms of the treaty state resettles the Goths in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
- 1392: Muhammed VII becomes the 12th Sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
- 1712: An arrest warrant is issued by the Duke of Montrose for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
- 1795: In Curacao, rebel slave leader Tula is executed.
- 1835: Fine writing instrument company – Staedtler – is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1849: In what would be the last appearance in public before his death, American author Edgar Allan Poe is found in a gutter in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances.
- 1863: United States President Abraham Lincoln names the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
- 1872: At 938 Third Avenue in New York, the Bloomingdale bros open up their very first store.
- 1952: The U.K becomes the world’s third nuclear power when it successfully tests a nuclear weapon on this day.
- 1957: Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl and Other Poems is ruled to be not obscene by the California State Superior Court.
- 1962: Astronaut Wally Schirra is launched into space for a six-orbit nine-hour flight aboard Sigma 7.
- 1985: The maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis starts on this day. It’s Mission STS-51-J.
Famous Birthdays on October 3
- American historian, politician and “Father of American History,” George Bancroft is born in 1800.
- French author and educator, Allan Kardec is born in 1804.
- American actor and screenwriter Wade Boteler is born in 1888.
- German journalist and Nobel Prize laureate, Carl von Ossietzky is born in 1889.
- Italian author and poet, Giovanni Comisso is born in 1895.
- Russian poet Sergei Yesenin is born in 1895.
- Spanish poet Gerardo Diego is born in 1896.
- French author and poet Louis Aragon is born in 1897.
- American actress, screenwriter and producer Gertrude Berg is born in 1899.
- American novelist Thomas Wolfe is born in 1900.
- American singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani is born in 1969.
