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3 October 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2013 - A boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in more than 360 deaths.Fatal maritime incident near Italy
Anniversary
2008 - The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, establishing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to as a bailout of the U.S. financial system, was enacted.US law creating the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Anniversary
2003 - Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy (both pictured) was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.German-American entertainer duo
Anniversary
1992 - Sinéad O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on live television.Irish singer (1966–2023)
Anniversary
1991 - Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.South African writer (1923–2014)
Historical events
History
2024 - Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of IndiaIndo-Aryan language
History
2023 - Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general electionPremier of Manitoba since 2023
History
2022 - Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Swedish geneticist (born 1955)
History
2021 - Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.2021 aviation accident in Italy
History
2015 - Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.2015 U.S. air strike on a hospital in Afghanistan
History
2013 - At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.Fatal maritime incident near Italy
History
2009 - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.Country in Eastern Europe and West Asia
History
2008 - The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.US law creating the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
History
1995 - O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.1995 US criminal trial
History
1993 - An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.Military conflict during the Somali Civil War
Notable births
Born
2001 - Anton Lundell, Finnish ice hockey playerFinnish ice hockey player (born 2001)
Born
2001 - Max Plath, Australian rugby league playerAustralian rugby league player
Born
2001 - C. J. Stroud, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2001)
Born
2000 - CJ Abrams, American baseball playerAmerican baseball player (born 2000)
Born
1997 - Jonathan Isaac, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
Born
1997 - Bang Chan, Australian singer and record producer based in South KoreaAustralian singer and rapper (born 1997)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer (born 1929)English actress and singer (1929–2025)
Died
2024 - Michel Blanc, French actor, writer and director (born 1952)French actor, writer and director (1952–2024)
Died
2024 - Pierre Christin, French comics creator and writer (born 1938)French comics writer
Died
2024 - Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor (born 1927)Brazilian journalist and television anchor (1927–2024)
Died
2024 - Mary O'Rourke, Irish politician (born 1937)Irish politician (1937–2024)
Died
2023 - Thomas Gambino, American mobster, Gambino crime family (born 1929)Italian-American mobster (1929–2023)
Died
2021 - Todd Akin, American politician (born 1947)American politician (1947–2021)
Died
2021 - Dan Petrescu, Romanian businessman and billionaire (born 1953)Romanian businessman and billionaire (1953–2021)
Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
0.2% illuminated
Lunar age: 0.4 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
10.77 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Libra
18.50 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.