October 3 historical events
42 BCE — Battle of Philippi
The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Liberators' civil war between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (of the Second Triumvirate) and the leaders of Julius Caesar's assassination, Brutus and Cassius, in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia. The Second Triumvirate declared the civil war ostensibly to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, but the underlying cause was a long-brewing conflict between the Optimates and the Populares.
Liberators' civil war: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight to a draw Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius in the first part of the Battle of Philippi, where Cassius commits suicide believing the battle is lost.
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610 — Heraclius’ fleet lands near Constantinople
On October 3, 610, Heraclius’ fleet landed at a fort near the Hebdomon, outside the walls of Constantinople, during the revolt against Emperor Phocas.
The landing preceded Phocas’ overthrow and Heraclius’ coronation on October 5. The date follows the historical calendar.
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900 — Muhammad ibn Zayd dies after the battle at Gorgan
Muhammad ibn Zayd died after being mortally wounded in battle against Samanid forces at Gorgan. Encyclopaedia Iranica dates his death to 3 October 900, a day after the battle.
This date records Muhammad ibn Zayd’s death, not the battle itself. It follows Encyclopaedia Iranica’s chronology; the retained battle article also mentions an alternative dating in August.
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1039 — Battle of Écija (1039)
The Battle of Écija (1039) took place near Écija on 3 October 1039. The forces of the Taifa of Seville led by Ismail ibn Abbad fought the allied forces of the Taifa of Málaga, Taifa of Granada and the Taifa of Carmona. The battle was a response to the Abbadid dynasty expansionist policies in the neighboring Taifas territories.
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1356 — The siege of Rennes begins
On October 3, 1356, forces led by the Duke of Lancaster began the siege of Rennes in the Duchy of Brittany. The blockade continued into 1357.
The date follows the historical chronology and has not been converted to the modern Gregorian calendar.
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1363 — Chen Youliang dies in fighting near Lake Poyang
Chen Youliang was killed aboard a vessel as his fleet tried to break through Zhu Yuanzhang’s blockade near Lake Poyang. Much of the fleet surrendered the following day.
October 3 in the Julian calendar and October 11 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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1516 — Capture of Damascus (1516)
The Capture of Damascus was a phase of the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517). After defeating the Mamluk army under Qansuh al-Ghawri at the Battle of Marj Dabiq on 24 August 1516, the Ottoman army under Selim I continued its advance and reached the outskirts of Damascus on 27 September 1516, entering the city center on 3 October.
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1569 — Battle of Moncontour
The Battle of Moncontour occurred on 3 October 1569 between the Catholic forces of King Charles IX of France and the Huguenots during the "Third War" (1568-1570) of the French Wars of Religion.
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1574 — Siege of Leiden
The siege of Leiden occurred during the Eighty Years' War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spanish under Francisco de Valdez attempted to capture the rebellious city of Leiden, South Holland, the Netherlands. The siege failed when the city was successfully relieved in October 1574.
The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
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1577 — Siege of Gvozdansko
The siege of Gvozdansko (Croatian: Opsada Gvozdanskog) was an Ottoman siege of the fort of Gvozdansko in the Kingdom of Croatia in 1577–1578. In the 1570s, the Ottomans intensified their efforts to capture the valley of the Una River. A string of forts along the Una, centred around Gvozdansko and in possession of the Zrinski noble family, formed the main line of defense of Croatia since 1527.
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1594 — Battle of Glenlivet
The Battle of Glenlivet was fought on 3 October 1594 near Allanreid and Morinsh in Scotland.
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1605 — Siege of Esztergom (1605)
The siege of Esztergom in 1605 was a military engagement between the Habsburg garrison of Esztergom and the Ottoman army led by the grand vizier Lala Mehmed Pasha. The town was captured by the Ottomans.
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1624 — Action of 3 October 1624
The action of 3 October 1624 was a naval engagement that took place near San Pietro Island, Sardinia, during the war against the Barbary corsairs. A squadron of galleys from the Spain (Kingdom of Naples), Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Papal States under Diego Pimentel engaged a squadron of six Algerian ships under Azan Calafate. The Algerians were defeated, their flagship was destroyed, and four ships were captured.
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1655 — Battle of Wojnicz
The Battle of Wojnicz was fought on October 3, 1655 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Field Crown Hetman Stanisław Lanckoroński and Great Crown Hetman Stanisław Rewera Potocki on one side, and on the other Swedish forces commanded by Charles X Gustav. The battle ended in Swedish victory. In the early stages of the Siege of Krakow, Polish royal units of Hetman Lanckoronski decided to abandon the city, as the situation of the defenders was hopeless. Together with king Jan Kazimierz, the Poles headed eastwards, to Tarnów.
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1657 — Battle of Nabe
The Battle of Nabe was fought between Danish and Swedish forces at Nabe on October 3 1657. The Swedes attacked the Danish redoubt and successfully captured both Danish commanders and crushed the popular resistance in Jutland as a consequence of the battle.
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1683 — Shi Lang’s fleet reaches Lu’ermen after the Battle of Penghu
The Qing fleet led by Shi Lang reached Lu’ermen, near present-day Tainan, after sailing from Penghu. Zheng Keshuang sent a boat to guide the fleet into the harbour.
October 3 corresponds to the thirteenth day of the eighth lunar month of Kangxi 22.
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1700 — Battle of Jouami' al-Ulama
The Battle of Jouami' al-Ulama took place on 3 October 1700 near Sétif, Algeria. It was fought between the armies of the Bey of Tunis Murad III and those of the Deylik of Algiers commanded by the Dey Hadj Mustapha, and a newly elected Bey of Constantine, Ahmed ben Ferhat.
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1717 — Siege of Zvornik
The siege of Zvornik was a military engagement during the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718). The Austrians besieged Zvornik held by the Ottomans. The siege ended in fiasco for the Austrians, who suffered heavy losses.
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1739 — Treaty of Niš (1739)
The Treaty of Niš was a peace treaty signed on 3 October 1739 in Niš (nowadays in Serbia), by the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, to end the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739). It was preceded by the preliminary Russo-Turkish peace treaty, signed through French mediation on 18 September 1739 in Belgrade, while the peace arrangements were finalized by the treaty of Niš on 3 October.
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1739 — Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
The Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was caused by the Ottoman Empire's war with Persia and the continuing raids by the Crimean Tatars. The war also represented Russia's ongoing struggle for access to the Black Sea. In 1737, the Habsburg monarchy joined the war on Russia's side, known in historiography as the Austro-Turkish War of 1737–1739.
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1760 — Battle of Pasewalk
The Battle of Pasewalk was a battle at Pasewalk of the Seven Years' War between Swedish and Prussian forces fought on October 3, 1760. The Prussian force of 4,200 men under Hans Paul Werner were attempting to seize Pasewalk where a Swedish force of 1,700 men under Augustin Ehrensvärd were stationed. After two failed attacks on the town and several skirmishes outside, the Prussian force, after seven hours of fighting, retreated as the night approached. Casualties on both sides were severe, as Sweden had suffered 500 men in losses, many of them captured by Prussian troops taking the nearby redoubts.
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1779 — Sullivan Expedition
The Sullivan Expedition (also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, the Sullivan Campaign, and the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign) was a United States military campaign under the command of General John Sullivan during the American Revolutionary War, lasting from June to October 1779, against the four British-allied tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy. The campaign was ordered by George Washington in response to the Haudenosaunee and Loyalist destruction of American settlements in the Wyoming Valley, and Cherry Valley.
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1780 — Battle of McIntyre Farm
The Battle of McIntyre Farm took place on October 3, 1780 between Patriot militia under Captain James Thompson and a combined force of British regulars and Loyalists under Captain John Doyle in northern Mecklenburg county, North Carolina. The event is also known as the "Battle of the Bees" or the "Battle of the Hornets Nest". Lt. General Charles Cornwallis had occupied Charlotte since September 26, 1780.
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1781 — Battle of Fort Slongo
The Battle of Fort Slongo (also spelled Salonga) was fought on October 3, 1781 between American Continental Army forces, under the command of Benjamin Tallmadge, and the British defenders of Fort Salonga, in the American Revolutionary War. The fort was located near the border of present-day Huntington Township and Smithtown, New York, overlooking Long Island Sound. The only American wounded in the battle was Sgt. Elijah Churchill who would personally be awarded a Badge of Military Merit by George Washington making him the first person to receive a Purple Heart.
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1789 — George Washington issues a Thanksgiving proclamation
President George Washington issued a proclamation designating November 26, 1789, as a national day of thanksgiving. The document was issued in New York, then the federal capital.
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1796 — Battle of Krusi
The Battle of Krusi (Albanian: Beteja e Krusit; Serbian: Битка на Крусима, romanized: Bitka na Krusima) was fought on 3 October [O.S. 22 September] 1796 between the campaigning army of Ottoman Empire commanded by Kara Mahmud Pasha, the Pasha of Scutari, and tribes of Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro under the command of Metropolitan Petar I Petrović Njegoš and Jovan Radonjić, at Krusi, Lješanska nahija.
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1804 — Raid on Boulogne
The raid on Boulogne in 1804 was a naval assault by elements of the Royal Navy on the fortified French port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, during the Napoleonic Wars. It differed from the conventional tactics of naval assaults of the period by utilizing a wide range of new equipment produced by the American inventor Robert Fulton, with the backing of the Admiralty.
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1813 — Battle of Wartenburg
The Battle of Wartenburg (German: Schlacht bei Wartenburg) took place on 3 October 1813 between the French IV Corps commanded by General Henri Gatien Bertrand and the Allied Army of Silesia, principally the I Corps of General Ludwig von Yorck with the personal participation of the army commander, Gebhard L. von Blücher. The battle allowed the Army of Silesia to cross the Elbe, ultimately leading to the Battle of Leipzig.
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1820 — 1820 Delaware gubernatorial special election
The 1820 Delaware gubernatorial special election was held on October 3, 1820. The winner of the 1819 gubernatorial election, Henry Molleston, died before assuming office, elevating State Senate Speaker Jacob Stout to the governorship and triggering an election in 1820. However, the election was not just for the remainder of Molleston's term, but instead for a full three-year term.
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1820 — The Daoguang Emperor takes the Qing throne in Beijing
Mianning formally took the throne at the Hall of Supreme Harmony in Beijing’s Forbidden City. His accession proclamation declared that the following year would be the first year of the Daoguang era.
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1825 — 1825 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1825 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1825, to elect the governor of Georgia. It was the first popular election for governor in Georgia's history following its adoption by the Georgia General Assembly a year prior. The election was between two long-time political rivals, then-Governor George Troup (Democratic-Republican and later Jacksonian Democrat) and independence war hero John Clark (Democratic-Republican).
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1826 — 1826 Delaware gubernatorial election
The 1826 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1826. Incumbent Federalist Governor Samuel Paynter was barred from seeking re-election to a second consecutive term. State Senator Charles Polk Jr. ran as the Federalist nominee to succeed Paynter, while 1823 Democratic-Republican nominee David Hazzard once again ran as his party's nominee. Polk defeated Hazzard by a narrow margin, barely holding onto the governorship for the Federalists.
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1831 — 1831 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1831 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1831, to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Jacksonian Troup Governor George Rockingham Gilmer, first elected in the 1829 election, ran for re-election to a second term. He was narrowly defeated by the Jacksonian Union nominee, U.S House Representative Wilson Lumpkin.
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1838 — Maryland holds its first popular election for governor
On October 3, 1838, Maryland held its first gubernatorial election by popular vote. Democrat William Grason defeated Whig candidate John Nevitt Steele.
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1842 — 1842 Wellington mayoral election
The 1842 Wellington mayoral election was the first election ever held in New Zealand. It was held to elect a mayor and eleven member council. The mayor was not elected separately, with the position awarded to the highest polling council candidate.
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1848 — Uprising in Nagykanizsa
The Uprising in Nagykanizsa was a revolt during the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849 on 3 October 1848, of the population of this town, helped by the Hungarian national and militias led by József Vidos, the vice-ispán of Vas, against the Croatian occupation army led by Lieutenant Colonel Albert Nugent. The Croatian army occupied the city of Nagykanizsa and Zala county as a result of Ban Josip Jelačić's campaign against Hungary, which started on 11 September 1848.
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1853 — 1853 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1853 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1853, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and former United States Senator from Georgia Herschel V. Johnson defeated Constitutional Union nominee and former Attorney General of Georgia Charles J. Jenkins by a slim margin.
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1854 — Battle of the Diablo Mountains
The Battle of the Diablo Mountains was an October 1854 engagement between the U.S. Army and the Lipan Apache. A small force of Mounted Rifles attacked a much larger force of Lipan Apaches at the base of the Diablo Mountains in Texas.
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1859 — 1859 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1859 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1859, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor Joseph E. Brown defeated Opposition Party nominee and former Cherokee Superior Court judge Warren Akin Sr. By 1859, the Know-Nothings no longer appealed to Georgian voters with its old principles and no one was willing to carry its banner into another gubernatorial election.
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1859 — 1859 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1859 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1859, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Former Democratic acting governor of Mississippi John J. Pettus defeated the independent candidate Harvey W. Walter.
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1861 — Battle of Greenbrier River
The Battle of Greenbrier River, also known as the Battle of Camp Bartow, took place on October 3, 1861 in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.
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1862 — Second Battle of Corinth
The Second Battle of Corinth (which, in the context of the American Civil War, is usually referred to as the Battle of Corinth, to differentiate it from the Siege of Corinth earlier the same year) was fought October 3–4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. For the second time in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans defeated a Confederate army, this time one under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn. After the Battle of Iuka, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price marched his army to meet with Van Dorn's.
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1862 — Joint Expedition Against Franklin
The Joint Expedition Against Franklin was a joint engagement between the United States Army and Navy against the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The engagement was intended to move Union forces into an area where Confederate forces were gathering as they prepared to move on Suffolk, Virginia. Originally planned as a coordinated two-pronged attack with a naval flotilla supporting an infantry advance on Franklin, Virginia, communications delays caused the Navy to start the mission before the Army was ready to support it. Instead, 3 October 1862 found Union Naval forces on the Blackwater River greatly outnumbered by Confederate infantrymen and ultimately forced to retreat.
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1863 — Abraham Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving Day
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation asking Americans to observe a day of thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November.
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1866 — Battle of Miahuatlán
The Battle of Miahuatlán took place on 3 October 1866 in the vicinity of the current municipality of Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It was fought between elements of the Mexican republican army under General Porfirio Díaz and troops of the Second Mexican Empire during the French intervention in Mexico. The Imperial troops were defeated, opening the way for Díaz to advance on the city of Oaxaca.
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1867 — Battle of Perecué
The Battle of Perecué, also known as Battle of Tayí Island, was an armed action that occurred during the Paraguayan War. Paraguayan general Bernardino Caballero's troops launched guerrilla-style raids on the Allied encampment in the Tayí area, near the Humaitá Fortress.
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1876 — 1876 Colorado gubernatorial election
The 1876 Colorado gubernatorial election took place on October 3, 1876, to elect the 1st Governor of Colorado after the state was admitted to the union on August 1, 1876. Republican John Long Routt, last governor of the Colorado Territory, was elected in a close race against Democratic nominee Bela M. Hughes.
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1888 — 1888 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1888 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1888, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor John B. Gordon ran unopposed and thus won re-election.
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1889 — 1889 World Championship (football)
The 1889 World Championship was an exhibition football match that took place in Glasgow, Scotland, on 3 October 1889 between the winners of the Scottish Cup, Third Lanark (then known as 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers), and the English Double winners of the Football League and FA Cup, Preston North End. The match finished 3–3, although Third Lanark took a 2–0 lead into half time.
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1893 — 1893 Franco-Siamese crisis
The Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893, known in Thailand as the Incident of Rattanakosin Era 112 (Thai: วิกฤตการณ์ ร.ศ. 112, RTGS: wikrittakan roso-roisipsong, [wí krít tàʔ kaːn rɔː sɔ̌ː rɔ́ːj sìp sɔ̌ːŋ]) was a conflict between the French Third Republic and the Kingdom of Siam. Auguste Pavie, French vice-consul in Luang Prabang in 1886, was the chief agent in furthering French interests in Laos.
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1894 — 1894 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1894 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1894, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and former Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives William Yates Atkinson defeated People's Party nominee J. K. Hines.
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1900 — 1900 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1900 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1900, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor Allen D. Candler defeated People's Party nominee John H. Traylor.
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1903 — 1903 British Columbia general election
The 1903 British Columbia general election was the tenth general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLAs). The election was called on September 5, 1903, and held on October 3, 1903. The new legislature met for the first time on November 26, 1903.
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1906 — 1906 Georgia gubernatorial election
The 1906 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1906, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and former United States Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith defeated Socialist Party nominee J. B. Osburn in a landslide.
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1909 — 1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 21st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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1909 — 1909 Copa de Honor MCBA Final
The 1909 Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires Final was the football match that decided the champion of the 5th. edition of this National cup of Argentina. In the match, held in the Estadio GEBA in Buenos Aires, San Isidro easily defeated Estudiantes de Buenos Aires 8–1 to win their first Copa de Honor trophy.
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1911 — 1911 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 3 October 1911 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader John Scaddan, defeated the conservative Ministerialist government led by Premier Frank Wilson. In doing so, Scaddan achieved Labor's first absolute majority on the floor of the Assembly and, with 68% of the seats (34 of 50), set a record for Labor's biggest majority in Western Australia.
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1912 — Battle of Coyotepe Hill
The Battle of Coyotepe Hill was a significant engagement during the United States occupation of Nicaragua from August through November 1912 during the insurrection staged by Minister of War General Luis Mena against the government of President Adolfo Díaz. Coyotepe is an old fortress located on a 500-foot hill overlooking the strategic railroad line near Masaya roughly halfway between Managua and Granada, Nicaragua.
U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
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1916 — Philippine Senate elections, 1916
The first-ever elections to Philippine Senate were held on October 3, 1916, immediately after the passage of the Philippine Autonomy Act, known as the Jones Law. The Act created the Senate of the Philippines. The Senate replaced the Philippine Commission as the upper house of the Philippine Legislature, thus creating for the first time a fully elected national legislative branch in the Philippines, under the American colonial Insular Government. Each district elected two senators (plurality-at-large): The first-placer was to serve a six-year term while the second-placer was to serve a three-year term. On each election thereafter, one seat per district was up (first past the post).
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1916 — Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye
The Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye (1–3 October 1916) was a tactical incident during the Battle of the Somme. Eaucourt is about 16 mi (26 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D 929 and the D 10E roads. Eaucourt l'Abbaye (Eaucourt) is north-west of Martinpuich, south-east of Le Sars, south of the Butte de Warlencourt west of Gueudecourt and north-west of Flers.
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1917 — Battle of Polygon Wood
The Battle of Polygon Wood (26 September to 3 October 1917) was fought during the second part of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The battle was fought near Ypres in Belgium, from the Menin road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St Julien. Much of the woodland had been destroyed by the huge bombardments from both sides since 16 July and the area had changed hands several times.
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1918 — Wellington Central by-election, 1918
The Wellington Central by-election of 1918 was a by-election held in the Wellington Central electorate during the 19th New Zealand Parliament, on 3 October 1918. It was caused by the death of incumbent MP Robert Fletcher of the Liberal Party and was won by Peter Fraser with a majority of 1,624.
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1918 — Boris III succeeds Ferdinand I as Tsar of Bulgaria
On October 3, 1918, Ferdinand I abdicated and his son Boris III became Tsar of Bulgaria.
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1922 — 1922 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1922 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 1922. Incumbent Democratic Governor Thomas Chipman McRae won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee John W. Grabiel with 78.09% of the vote.
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1929 — The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed Yugoslavia
On October 3, 1929, King Alexander changed the official name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
The name change applied to the historical kingdom, whose borders differed from those of today’s countries.
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1932 — Iraq gains formal independence
The Kingdom of Iraq gained formal independence from Britain and joined the League of Nations on the same day. It had been governed under a British mandate after World War I.
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1935 — Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to May 1936. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Italian Invasion (Amharic: ጣልያን ወረራ, romanized: Ṭalyan warära), and in Italy as the Ethiopian War (Italian: Guerra d'Etiopia). The war is regarded as the largest colonial campaign in history. On 3 October 1935, two hundred thousand soldiers of the Regio Esercito (Royal Army) commanded by Marshal Emilio De Bono attacked from Italian Eritrea without prior declaration of war.
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1938 — 1938 Bulgarian Cup final
The 1938 Bulgarian Cup final was the 1st final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Tsar's Cup), and was contested between FC 13 Sofia and Levski Ruse on 3 October 1938 at Yunak Stadium in Sofia. FC 13 won the final 3–0 (walkover).
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1939 — Shipka Sofia wins the 1939 Tsar’s Cup
On October 3, 1939, Shipka Sofia won Bulgaria’s Tsar’s Cup final against Levski Ruse, with a recorded score of 2–0.
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1941 — 1941 Bulgarian Cup final
The 1941 Bulgarian Cup final was the 4th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Tsar's Cup), and was contested between AS 23 Sofia and Napredak Ruse on 3 October 1941 at City Stadium in Dobrich. AS 23 won the final 4–2.
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1942 — 1942 Bulgarian Cup final
The 1942 Bulgarian Cup final was the 5th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Tsar's Cup), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Sportklub Plovdiv on 3 October 1942 at Yunak Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 3–0 (walkover), claiming their first ever Bulgarian Cup title.
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1942 — The first successful A-4 rocket test launches from Peenemünde
An A-4 test rocket, later known as the V-2, lifted off from Peenemünde. The flight was the program's first successful launch after earlier test failures.
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1943 — Lingiades massacre
The Lingiades massacre, on 3 October 1943, was a Nazi German war crime committed by members of the 1st Mountain Division of the Wehrmacht Heer during the Axis occupation of Greece. The village of Lingiades (Greek: Λιγκιάδες), near Ioannina in northwestern Greece, was arbitrarily chosen as a target for reprisals by the Wehrmacht due to the killing of a German officer by members of the Greek Resistance.
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1944 — Operation Pistol
Operation Pistol was the code name for a Special Air Service mission during the Second World War, with the objective to parachute four teams from 'A' Squadron 2nd Special Air Service behind the German lines around the Alsace–Lorraine region of France. Once on the ground they would attempt to disrupt the road and rail networks between Metz and Nancy and the approach to the Rhine plain.
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1945 — Establishment of World Federation of Trade Unions
The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established on October 3, 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War II, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of Trade Unions as a single structure for trade unions world-wide, following the World Trade Union Conference in London, United Kingdom.
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1946 — 1946 American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crash
On October 3, 1946, an American Overseas Airlines (AOA) Douglas DC-4 aircraft named Flagship New England crashed soon after take-off from Stephenville, Newfoundland, killing all 39 people on board. It was, at the time, the deadliest aircraft crash on Canadian soil.
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1949 — WERD begins broadcasting in Atlanta under Black ownership
Jesse B. Blayton Sr.’s WERD began broadcasting from Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn district. It was the first Black-owned radio station in the United States.
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1950 — Brazilian general election, 1950
General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1950. The presidential elections were won by Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party, whilst the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although they lost their majority in the former. Voter turnout was 72.1% in the presidential election, 72.0% in the Chamber elections and 77.7% in the Senate elections.
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1950 — Renmin University of China holds its opening ceremony
On 3 October 1950, Renmin University of China held its opening ceremony and began formal classes, following an earlier decision to establish it.
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1951 — First Battle of Maryang-san
The First Battle of Maryang-san (3–8 October 1951), also known as the Defensive Battle of Maliangshan (Chinese: 馬良山防衛戰; pinyin: Mǎliáng Shān Fángyù Zhàn), was fought during the Korean War between United Nations Command (UN) forces—primarily Australian, British and Canadian—and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA). The fighting occurred during a limited UN offensive by US I Corps, codenamed Operation Commando.
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1952 — Operation Hurricane
Operation Hurricane was the first test of a British atomic device. A plutonium implosion device was detonated on 3 October 1952 in Main Bay, Trimouille Island, in the Montebello Islands in Western Australia. With the success of Operation Hurricane, the United Kingdom became the third nuclear power, after the United States and the Soviet Union.
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1955 — Brazilian presidential election, 1955
Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1955. The result was a victory for Juscelino Kubitschek, who received 35.7% of the vote. Voter turnout was 59.7%.
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1957 — A San Francisco judge rules Allen Ginsberg’s Howl is not obscene
Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled in favor of the publisher of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems in a San Francisco obscenity case.
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1960 — Brazilian presidential election, 1960
Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1960. Jânio Quadros of the National Labour Party, helming a coalition of the PTN, the National Democratic Union and the Christian Democratic Party, won a sweeping victory, taking 48.3% of the vote. Voter turnout was 81.0%. Quadros' victory was the largest in Brazilian history at the time; the 15.6 percent margin of victory would remain a record until Fernando Henrique Cardoso won by 27 points in 1994. His victory marked the first time in 31 years that the presidency had not been won by an heir to the legacy of Getúlio Vargas.
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1962 — Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying astronaut Wally Schirra (pictured)
Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth United States crewed space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scientific experimentation. This was the longest U.S. crewed orbital flight yet achieved in the Space Race, though well behind the several-day record set by the Soviet Vostok 3 earlier in the year.
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1963 — 1963 Honduran coup d'état
The 1963 Honduran coup d'état was a military takeover of the Honduran government on 3 October 1963, ten days before a scheduled election. Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Ramón Villeda Morales as the President of the country and initiated two decades of military rule. Villeda Morales had instituted progressive labor laws and an agrarian reform policy, which prompted accusations of Communist sympathies from the right wing in Honduras and the United States. His intention to expropriate land from United Fruit Company, though never carried out, was a particular source of friction. Civil–military relations in Honduras had deteriorated since 1957.
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1965 — Maranhão gubernatorial election, 1965
The Maranhão gubernatorial election of 1965 as held in Brazilian state of Maranhão on October 3, alongside Brazil's general elections. UDN candidate, José Sarney, was elected on October 3, 1965.
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1966 — Brazilian presidential election, 1966
Indirect presidential elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1966 through an electoral college system. It was the second election during the Brazilian military government, with Artur da Costa e Silva as the sole candidate. Costa e Silva was elected with 295 votes from the ruling National Renewal Alliance Party (ARENA).
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1970 — The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is established
On October 3, 1970, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was established within the U.S. Department of Commerce when Reorganization Plan No. 4 took effect. It brought together existing scientific and environmental agencies.
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1972 — 1972 Iranian local elections
The third local elections in Iran were held on 3 October 1972 to elect the members of city and town municipal councils. As expected, the New Iran Party overtook the People's Party to win 80% of the vote. Out of 3,786 seats nationwide, they won 3,246. People's Party won only 1.5% of total votes in Tehran, while in the provinces New Iran Party had more than 90% of the popular vote.
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1973 — Battle of Ap Da Bien
The Battle of Ap Da Bien was a battle in the Vietnam War, which took place at dawn of October 3, 1973 when the 207th Regiment of the Viet Cong's army-People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam (PLAF) was raided by forces of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam while sheltering near the hamlet of Ap Da Bien in Thạnh Hóa District, Long An Province. The 207th Regiment was established in 1970 by Viet Cong in Cambodia According to the 207th Regiment's website, the battle resulted in the death of over 79 soldiers of the PLAF 207th Regiment, of whom most were ex-students of the Hanoi University of Civil Engineering.
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1975 — EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show (3)
Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) celebrated their 42nd anniversary with three professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in mid to late September. The third EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show took place on October 3, 1975, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico to commemorate the anniversary of EMLL, which over time became the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world.
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1976 — 1976 West German federal election
A federal election was held in West Germany on 3 October 1976 to elect the members of the 8th Bundestag. Although the CDU/CSU alliance became the largest faction in parliament, Helmut Schmidt of the Social Democratic Party remained Chancellor.
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1978 — 1978 Anchorage mayoral election
The 1978 Anchorage mayoral election was held between October 3 and 24, 1978, in order to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Incumbent Mayor George M. Sullivan was re-elected after a run-off against Dave Rose.
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1982 — 1982 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the ninth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Kerry won by six points in terrible weather. This was the first title of their nine-in-a-row.
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1985 — STS-51-J
STS-51-J was NASA's 21st Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 3, 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 7, 1985.
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1986 — A superconducting cyclotron facility is officially opened at Chalk River
Atomic Energy of Canada formally opened the Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron at Chalk River Laboratories. The equipment had already produced its first particle beam the previous year.
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1989 — 1989 Atlanta mayoral election
The 1989 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on October 3, 1989. Former mayor Maynard Jackson won a third non-consecutive term in a landslide victory. Incumbent mayor Andrew Young was barred from seeking reelection due to term limits. Since Jackson received a majority in the general election, no runoff election needed to be held.
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1989 — 1989 Panamanian coup attempt
The 1989 Panamanian coup d'état attempt was a failed coup d'état which occurred in Panama City on 3 October. The attempt was led by Major Moisés Giroldi, supported by a group of officers who had returned from a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Namibia. Although the plotters succeeded in capturing Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, the coup was quickly suppressed.
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1990 — 1990 Maranhão gubernatorial election
The Maranhão gubernatorial election of 1990 was held in the Brazilian state of Maranhão on October 3, alongside Brazil's general elections, with a second round on November 25. PFL candidate, Edison Lobão, was elected on November 25, 1990.
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1990 — China and Singapore establish diplomatic relations
China and Singapore established diplomatic relations on 3 October 1990. Their governments agreed to exchange ambassadors and signed the joint communiqué in New York.
The communiqué was signed in New York.
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1990 — Germany reunifies
The German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany, and Berlin became a united city. Crowds gathered near the Reichstag to mark the change.
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1991 — Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Battle Royal at the Albert Hall was a live professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) that took place on 3 October 1991 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. The event was televised on Sky Movies Plus and later released on VHS and DVD. The main event was a 20-man battle royal which was won by The British Bulldog, last eliminating Typhoon. The other matches were singles matches, and tag team matches, including a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship.
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1992 — 1992 Baton Rouge mayoral election
The 1992 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on October 3, 1992, in order to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Incumbent Mayor Thomas Edward McHugh won re-election against fellow Democratic candidate Ron Johnson, and Republican candidate Kim P. Carmouche.
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1992 — 1992 United States Senate election in Louisiana
The 1992 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on October 3, 1992. Incumbent United States Senator John Breaux won a majority in Louisiana's jungle primary, avoiding a runoff on Tuesday November 3, and winning reelection to another term.
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1992 — 1992 Victorian state election
The 1992 Victorian state election was held on 3 October 1992 to elect the 52nd Parliament of Victoria, including all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and 22 of the 44 members in the Legislative Council. The Labor government of Premier Joan Kirner, who had replaced John Cain on 10 August 1990, was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara, who had campaigned on comprehensive economic and structural reform as well as changes to industrial relations.
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1992 — 1992 Czechoslovak presidential election
The 1992 Czechoslovak presidential election was held from July to October 1992, but parliament failed to elect a new president, foreshadowing the breakup of Czechoslovakia. Incumbent President Václav Havel participated in the first ballot held on 3 July 1992. He ran unopposed but failed to receive enough votes from Slovak MPs to be re-elected. Havel resigned on 17 July due to his failure.
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1993 — A U.S. raid develops into the Battle of Mogadishu
On October 3, 1993, U.S. forces launched a raid in Mogadishu to capture aides of Somali leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The operation developed into a prolonged battle and rescue effort that continued into October 4.
The fighting and rescue operation continued overnight into the following day.
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1994 — Brazilian general election, 1994
General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1994. The presidential elections were won by Fernando Henrique Cardoso of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (and also supported by the Liberal Front Party and the Brazilian Labour Party), who received 54.3% of the vote. Cardoso won the election by a margin of 27.3%, the largest in Brazilian history to date, and the first of his two landslide victories. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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1994 — Attack on Teslić
The Attack on Teslić was an attempt by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) to take Teslić and the surrounding settlements from the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) in October 1994 during the Bosnian War. All attacks on the city were countered by the VRS.
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1994 — 1994 Maranhão gubernatorial election
The Maranhão gubernatorial election of 1994 was held in the Brazilian state of Maranhão on October 3, alongside Brazil's general elections, with a second round on November 16. Liberal Front Party (PFL) candidate Roseana Sarney was elected on November 16, 1994.
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1994 — 1994 Bahia general election
1994 Bahia gubernatorial election was held in the Brazilian state of Bahia on October 3, alongside Brazil's general election, with a second round on November 15. PFL candidate, Paulo Souto, was elected on November 15, 1994.
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1995 — Murder trial of O. J. Simpson
The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player and actor O. J. Simpson was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, who were stabbed to death outside Brown's home in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994.
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1998 — Australian federal election, 1998
Federal elections were held in Australia on 3 October 1998. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by Tim Fischer defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley, despite Beazley's Labor Party, polling more votes overall than Howard's Liberal-National Coalition.
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1998 — New South Wales votes in Australia’s 1998 federal election
On October 3, 1998, voters in New South Wales took part in Australia’s federal election, choosing representatives for the federal House of Representatives and Senate.
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1998 — Western Australia votes in the 1998 federal election
On October 3, 1998, voters in Western Australia took part in Australia’s federal election, choosing representatives for the federal House of Representatives and Senate.
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1998 — Australia’s Capital Territory and Northern Territory vote in the 1998 federal election
On October 3, 1998, voters in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory took part in the federal election for the House of Representatives and Senate.
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1998 — Victoria votes in Australia’s 1998 federal election
On October 3, 1998, voters in Victoria took part in Australia’s federal election for the House of Representatives and Senate.
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1998 — South Australia votes in the 1998 federal election
On October 3, 1998, voters in South Australia took part in Australia’s federal election for the House of Representatives and Senate.
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1998 — Tasmania votes in Australia’s 1998 federal election
On October 3, 1998, voters in Tasmania took part in Australia’s federal election for the House of Representatives and Senate.
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1998 — Queensland votes in Australia’s 1998 federal election
On October 3, 1998, voters in Queensland took part in Australia’s federal election for the House of Representatives and Senate.
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1998 — 1998 Australian Senate election
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1998 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (31 Liberal, two coalition National, one CLP), 29 Labor, one Green, one non-coalition National, nine Democrats, one Independent and one One Nation. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1999, except the territories who took their seats immediately.
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1998 — 1998 Shreveport mayoral election
The 1998 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the defeat of Republican incumbent Robert W. "Bo" Williams by Democratic councilman Keith Hightower. As Hightower did not win at least 50% of the vote in the primary, he and mayor Williams were entitled to a run-off election. However, Williams declined to run in the second round making Hightower the mayor-elect after the first round of voting.
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1999 — Austrian legislative election, 1999
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 3 October 1999. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in the National Council, a right-wing coalition government was formed by the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) after several months of negotiations. Although the FPÖ had finished a fraction of a point ahead of the ÖVP in the popular vote, ÖVP leader Wolfgang Schüssel became Chancellor rather than controversial FPÖ leader Jörg Haider. Haider, who had also been elected Landeshauptmann of Carinthia, was not appointed to the cabinet and resigned as party leader.
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1999 — 1999 Indian general election
General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. Results were announced on 6 October 1999. The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first time since 1984 that a party or alliance had won an outright majority and the second since the 1977 elections that a non-Congress coalition had done so.
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1999 — 1999 Abkhazian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Abkhazia on 3 October 1999, alongside a constitutional referendum. They were the first direct presidential elections in Abkhazia, and resulted in a victory for incumbent President Vladislav Ardzinba, who ran unopposed.
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1999 — 1999 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
The 1999 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the 26th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1999 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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1999 — Sikkim holds its 1999 legislative assembly election
On October 3, 1999, voting took place in the legislative assembly election in Sikkim, India.
Votes were counted on October 6, after polling day.
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1999 — Arunachal Pradesh holds its 1999 legislative assembly election
On October 3, 1999, voting took place in the legislative assembly election in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Votes were counted on October 6, after polling day.
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2000 — Al Gore and George W. Bush hold their first presidential debate
On October 3, 2000, Al Gore and George W. Bush held the first of their three presidential debates at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Jim Lehrer moderated.
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2004 — No Mercy (2004)
No Mercy (2004) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on October 3, 2004, at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It was the seventh annual No Mercy event, and featured eight professional wrestling matches on the event's card. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event were planned by WWE's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand: a storyline expansion of the promotion where employees are assigned to a wrestling brand under the WWE banner.
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2004 — 2004 Abkhazian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Abkhazia on 3 October 2004, the first that were competitive. Election law prohibited incumbent President Vladislav Ardzinba from running for a third term and he instead backed Prime Minister Raul Khadjimba, who also enjoyed support from the Russian authorities.
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2004 — 2004 Kazakh legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 19 September and 3 October 2004. The Otan party won 42 of the 77 seats, gaining a majority in the Mäjilis.
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2004 — 2004 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
The 2004 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Galway and Dublin. Dublin started the stronger and led by six points after twenty five minutes thanks mainly to points from Angie McNally and Mary Nevin. Galway made some changes that proved crucial. However a Niamh Duggan goal and a point from Annette Clarke kept Galway in touch. At half-time Dublin led with the score at 0–7 to 1–2.
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2004 — 2004 PP national party congress
The People's Party (PP) held its 15th national congress in Madrid from 1 to 3 October 2004, to renovate its governing bodies—including the post of president, which amounted to that of party leader—and establish the party platform and policy until the next congress.
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2004 — Battle of Samarra (2004)
The Battle of Samarra, also called Operation Baton Rouge, took place in 2004 during the Iraq War. The city of Samarra in central Iraq had fallen under the control of insurgents shortly after insurgents had seized control of Fallujah and Ramadi. In preparation for an offensive to retake Fallujah, on 1 October, 5,000 American and Iraqi troops assaulted Samarra and secured the city after three days of fighting.
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2004 — 2004 São Paulo mayoral election
The 2004 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo, with the first round taking place on 3 October and the second round taking place on 31 October 2004. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and 55 City Councillors for the administration of the city.
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2005 — UFC Ultimate Fight Night 2
Ultimate Fight Night 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 3, 2005. The event took place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada. The broadcast drew a 1.6 overall rating while going head-to-head with USA Network's World Wrestling Entertainment in a heated ratings battle. This event also marked the first UFC appearance of Thiago Alves, Jon Fitch, Brandon Vera, Spencer Fisher and Brock Larson.
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2005 — WWE Raw Homecoming
Raw Homecoming was a television special that was broadcast live on October 3, 2005 on the USA Network. It was named as such because it was the first edition of WWE's flagship show Monday Night Raw to air on the USA Network since 2000, after airing on Spike TV (currently known as the Paramount Network) for the previous five years.
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2006 — Death of Raymond Wu
On 3 October 2006, Raymond Wu, a physician, died.
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2007 — 2007 U.S. Open Cup final
The 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final was played on October 3, 2007, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The match determined the winner of the 2007 U.S. Open Cup, a tournament open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. This was the 94th edition of the oldest ongoing competition in United States soccer.
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2007 — K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship final
K-1 WORLD MAX 2007 World Championship Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1 organization. It was the sixth annual K-1 World MAX final for middleweight kickboxers (70 kg/154 lb weight class), involving eight finalists and four reserve fighters, with all bouts fought under K-1 rules. Seven of the finalists had won elimination fights at the K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Final Elimination, while the eighth, Gago Drago, had been invited despite losing his elimination match.
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2008 — Strikeforce: Payback
Strikeforce: Payback was a mixed martial arts event held on October 3, 2008. The event was produced by Strikeforce and took place at the Broomfield Events Center in Broomfield, Colorado. It marks the first time Strikeforce has held an event in Colorado and the main event featured a rematch between Duane Ludwig and Sammy Morgan.
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2008 — 2008 Aktütün attack
The 2008 Aktütün attack was a terrorist attack by PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party, a Marxist Leninist terrorist group as recognized by the US, EU, Turkey etc.) on conscript soldiers doing their duty at a border guard point which took place on 3 October 2008 at the Aktütün Gendarmerie Border Station in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari.
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2008 — The United States enacts the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
President George W. Bush signed legislation authorizing the Treasury to purchase troubled assets during the 2008 financial crisis.
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2009 — Battle of Kamdesh
The Battle of Kamdesh took place during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2014). It occurred on October 3, 2009, when a force of 300 Taliban assaulted the American Combat Outpost ("COP") Keating near the town of Kamdesh of Nuristan province in eastern Afghanistan. The attack was the bloodiest battle for US forces since the Battle of Wanat in July 2008, which occurred 20 miles (32 km) away from Kamdesh. The attack on COP Keating resulted in 8 Americans killed and 27 wounded whilst the Taliban suffered an estimated 150 killed.
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2009 — 3rd Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress
The 3rd Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress was a party convention of the governing Turkish Justice and Development Party (AK Party) that took place on 3 October 2009. The AK Party's founding party leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stood as the only candidate for the party leadership, with 1,463 registered delegates voting in the election. Erdoğan was re-elected as leader with 1,362 votes.
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2009 — Four countries sign the Nakhchivan Agreement
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Türkiye signed the agreement establishing the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States, now the Organization of Turkic States.
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2010 — Hell in a Cell (2010)
Hell in a Cell (2010) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by WowWee's Paper Jamz that took place on October 3, 2010, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. It was the second annual Hell in a Cell event. Like the 2009 edition, it featured the Hell in a Cell match. The show marked the last time that the World Heavyweight Championship was contested in a pay-per-view main event; it subsequently became a mid card title. Six matches took place at the event.
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2010 — Bosnian general election, 2010
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 October 2010 for both the Federal government and the two entities. Voters elected 42 deputies to the State House of Representatives. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), 98 deputies to its House of Representatives, two representatives (one Bosniak, one Croat) to the tripartite state presidency and ten cantonal assemblies were elected. In Republika Srpska (RS), 83 deputies to its National Assembly, the Serb representative of the tripartite state presidency, one RS president and two RS vice-presidents were elected. There were 39 political parties, 11 coalitions, and 13 independent candidates.
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2010 — Pernambuco gubernatorial election, 2010
The Pernambuco gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010 to elect the next Governor of Pernambuco. The PSB's Eduardo Campos won reelection in a landslide.
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2010 — Paraná gubernatorial election, 2010
The Paraná gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010, to elect the next Governor of Paraná. The PSDB's Beto Richa won election for his first term as governor.
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2010 — Maranhão gubernatorial election, 2010
The Maranhão gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010 to elect the next Governor of Maranhão. Incumbent Governor Roseana Sarney was reelected for a second term.
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2010 — 2010 Budapest mayoral election
The 2010 Budapest mayoral election was held on 3 October 2010 to elect the Mayor of Budapest (főpolgármester). On the same day, local elections were held throughout Hungary, including the districts of Budapest. The election was run using a First-past-the-post voting system. The winner of this election served for 4 years. The election was won by the governing parties' candidate, István Tarlós.
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2010 — 2010 Mato Grosso do Sul gubernatorial election
The 2010 Mato Grosso do Sul gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010, to elect the next governor of Mato Grosso do Sul. The PMDB's incumbent Governor André Puccinelli won election to a second term.
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2010 — 2010 Amazonas general election
The Amazonas gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010, to elect the next governor of Amazonas. The PMN's Omar Aziz comfortably won reelection.
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2010 — 2010 Acre general election
The Acre gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010, to elect the next governor of Acre. The PT's Tião Viana narrowly won the election and barely avoided a runoff.
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2010 — 2010 Republika Srpska general election
General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 3 October 2010, as part of the general elections across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The presidential elections were won by Milorad Dodik of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.
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2010 — 2010 Tocantins gubernatorial election
The Tocantins gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010, to elect the next governor of Tocantins. Incumbent Governor Carlos Gaguim was running for his first full term, but lost narrowly to the PSDB's Siqueira Campos.
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2010 — 2010 Alagoas general election
The Alagoas gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010, and October 31, 2010, to elect the next governor of Alagoas. Incumbent Governor Vilela Filho was running for reelection and won in a close runoff.
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2010 — 2010 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election
The Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010 to elect the next governor of Rio de Janeiro. With high approval ratings, the PMDB's Sérgio Cabral Filho was easily re-elected without the need for a runoff.
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2010 — 2010 São Paulo gubernatorial election
The state elections in São Paulo in 2010 were held on October 3 as part of the general elections in Brazil. At this time, elections were held in all 26 Brazilian states and the Federal District. Citizens eligible to vote elected the president, the governor and two senators per state, plus state and federal deputies.
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2010 — 2010 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election
The state elections in Rio Grande do Sul in 2010 were held at the same time as Brazil's federal elections October 3. Since 1994, as a result of a constitutional amendment that reduced the presidential term to four years, all federal and state elections in Brazil are held on the same date. The state elections decide governors and the membership of the State Legislative Assemblies.
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2010 — 2010 Bahia general election
The 2010 Bahia gubernatorial election was held on October 3 as part of the general elections in Brazil. In this election, Bahian citizens eligible to vote decided incumbent Governor Jaques Wagner, of the center-left Workers' Party, should receive a new four-year term. His main challengers were former Governor Paulo Souto, of the right wing Democrats, and Minister for National Integration Geddel Vieira Lima, of centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.
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2010 — Brazil holds the first round of its 2010 gubernatorial elections
Voters chose governors in Brazil’s 26 states and the Federal District as part of the general election. Eight states and the Federal District needed a second round.
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2011 — 2011 Northwest Territories general election
The 2011 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 3, 2011. Nineteen members were returned to the 17th Legislative Assembly from single member districts conducted under first-past-the-post voting system. The territory operates on a consensus government system with no political parties; the premier is subsequently chosen by and from the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Three incumbent MLAs faced no challengers and were acclaimed back into office in their districts.
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2011 — 2011 Prince Edward Island general election
The 2011 Prince Edward Island general election was held on October 3, 2011. The Liberal government of Premier Robert Ghiz was elected to a second majority government, winning one seat less than they did in 2007. Ghiz himself considered 18 seats to be a marker for a strong majority. He won 22. Health care was an important issue during the election, especially in rural areas.
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2012 — 2012 Super Coppa Sammarinese
The 2012 Super Coppa Sammarinese was the first Super Coppa Sammarinese football match. It was contested by Tre Penne, the winner of the 2011–12 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, and La Fiorita the winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Titano. The match was held on 3 October 2012 at the Campo di Fiorentino. La Fiorita defeated Tre Penne 0-1, to win their first ever Super Coppa.
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2012 — 2012 United States presidential debates
The 2012 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2012 presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized four debates among the major party candidates, sponsored three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. Only Democratic nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney met the criteria for inclusion in the debates, and thus were the only two to appear in the debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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2013 — 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck
On 3 October 2013, a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. It was reported that the boat had sailed from Misrata, Libya, but that many of the migrants were originally from Eritrea, Somalia and Ghana. An emergency response involving the Italian Coast Guard resulted in the rescue of 155 survivors.
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2014 — 2014 Indelimane ambush
On October 3, 2014, nine Nigerien peacekeepers were killed in an ambush by al-Mourabitoun in Indelimane, Mali.
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2014 — CMLL holds another qualifying block of the 2014 Copa Junior VIP
On October 3, 2014, CMLL held another qualifying block of its Copa Junior VIP professional wrestling tournament at Arena México in Mexico City.
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2015 — WWE Live from Madison Square Garden
Live from Madison Square Garden, also called Live from MSG: Lesnar vs. Big Show, was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It took place on October 3, 2015 and aired exclusively on the WWE Network. The event was hailed as part one of Brock Lesnar's Go To Hell Tour and his return to Madison Square Garden in his first match in the arena since his original departure from the company in 2004. The event also marked the 25-year anniversary of Chris Jericho's debut in professional wrestling.
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2015 — UFC 192
UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson was a mixed martial arts event held on October 3, 2015, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
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2015 — Kunduz hospital airstrike
On 3 October 2015, a United States Air Force AC-130U gunship attacked the Kunduz Trauma Centre operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders in the city of Kunduz, in the province of the same name in northern Afghanistan. It has been reported that at least 42 people were killed and over 30 were injured.
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2016 — 2016 Estonian presidential election
An indirect election took place in Estonia in 2016 to elect the president of Estonia, who is the country's head of state. The Riigikogu — the Parliament of Estonia — elected Kersti Kaljulaid to be the next head of state of Estonia to succeed Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who had served his second and final term as president (as he was term-limited).
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2019 — 2019 Memphis mayoral election
The 2019 Memphis mayoral election took place on October 3, 2019, to elect the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. Jim Strickland, the incumbent mayor, was re-elected to second term in office. The mayoral election coincided with elections to all thirteen seats on the Memphis City Council. The election was officially non-partisan, but all three major candidates were members of the Democratic Party.
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2019 — 24th Busan International Film Festival
The 24th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 3 to October 12, 2019 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea. A total of 299 films from 85 countries were screened at the festival, including 118 world premieres and 27 international premieres. A new "Icons" section was created to introduce the latest films made by iconic filmmakers from around the world in order to focus on both the directors and their works.
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2020 — Victory Road (2020)
The 2020 Victory Road was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. The event took place on October 3, 2020 at the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and aired exclusively on Impact Plus. It was the 11th event in the Victory Road chronology. Nine matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Eric Young successfully defended the Impact World Championship against Eddie Edwards.
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2020 — 2020 Green Party of Canada leadership election
The Green Party of Canada held a leadership election between September 26 and October 3, 2020. The election was held to replace Elizabeth May, who resigned on November 4, 2019, after leading the party for more than a decade and achieving a record three seats in Parliament in the 2019 federal election. Eight candidates ran to replace her.
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2020 — 2020 Czech regional elections
Elections to regional councils in the Czech Republic in 13 regions (except Prague) were held on 2–3 October 2020.
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2020 — 2020 Czech Senate election
Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 2–3 October 2020 alongside regional elections, with second rounds on 9–10 October.
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2021 — 2021 Milan Pilatus PC-12 crash
On 3 October 2021, a Romanian private plane crashed into a building in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. All eight occupants of the aircraft were killed, including the Romanian businessman and billionaire Dan Petrescu, who owned and piloted the plane.
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2021 — 2021 Lisboa Belém Open
The 2021 Lisboa Belém Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifth (men) and first (women) editions of the tournament which were part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2021 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal between 27 September and 3 October 2021.
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2021 — 2021 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge
The 2021 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Berkeley, California, United States between 27 September and 3 October 2021.
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2021 — 2021 ITF Féminin Le Neubourg
The 2021 ITF Féminin Le Neubourg was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Le Neubourg, France between 27 September and 3 October 2021.
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2021 — 2021 Durand Cup final
The 2021 Durand Cup final was the final match of the 2021 Durand Cup, the 130th edition of Asia's oldest football. The tournament is organised by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) of Indian Armed Forces and jointly hosted by the Eastern Command and the Government of West Bengal. It was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, India on 3 October 2021.
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2022 — Quebec holds its 2022 general election
On October 3, 2022, voters in Quebec, Canada, went to the polls to elect the members of the provincial National Assembly.
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2023 — 2023 Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada election
The 2023 election for Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada took place on October 3, 2023, to elect the 38th speaker of the House of Commons, following the resignation of Speaker Anthony Rota. This was held during the 44th Canadian Parliament. On September 22, 2023, Speaker Rota invited a former member of the Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary organization, to attend an address from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, triggering his resignation as speaker.
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2023 — 2023 Manitoba general election
The 2023 Manitoba general election was held on October 3, 2023, to elect 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The New Democratic Party of Manitoba, led by Wab Kinew, formed a majority government, defeating the two-term Progressive Conservative government. Following the election, Kinew became the second Indigenous premier of Manitoba and the first First Nations person to become premier of a Canadian province.
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2023 — Death of Zheng Guangmei
On 3 October 2023, Zheng Guangmei, a zoologist, died.
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2024 — India’s cabinet approves classical-language status for five languages
On October 3, 2024, India’s Union Cabinet approved classical-language status for Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali.
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2025 — PFL Champions Series 3
PFL Champions Series Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Hughes 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on October 3, 2025, at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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