October 3 in History

200 senior thegns choose Morcar to become their new leader

Northumbrian leaders reject Tostig and choose Morcar to replace him as earl.

The standard of revolt is raised in Yorkshire. Morcar is declared the new Earl. A coalition of Yorkshire, Northumbria & Mercia against Tostig

Northumbrian rebels move against Tostig's officials and declare that they will no longer accept his rule.

David of Wales is surrendered by his own men, then condemned & executed

David I surrenders his own men, then is condemned & executed

Agrees terms for the release of David II for ransom

Edward IV is deposed

A "Treaty of Universal & Perpetual Peace" is signed by England, France & the Papacy

Publicly swears to observe the Treaty of London during ceremonies at St Pauls Cathedral.

Delivers a public Latin oration praising peace during the St Pauls celebration of the treaty.

Delivers an oration praising peace during the public ceremonies celebrating the Treaty of London.

Celebrates high mass as Henry VIII and the French ambassadors publicly swear to uphold the newly concluded peace.

A "Treaty of Universal & Perpetual Peace" is signed by England, France & the Papacy

Requests Wexford to surrender but Sinnott refuses & waits for reinforcements

The Treaty of Limerick ends the Williamite war in Ireland between the Jacobites and the supporters of William of Orange

Concludes the siege of Limerick

The Treaty of Limerick ends the Williamite war in Ireland between the Jacobites and the supporters of William of Orange

Charles II signs his final will naming Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, as heir to the Spanish monarchy.

Charles II signs a final will naming Philip of Anjou as heir to the Spanish monarchy.

Appointed Chief Minister of Prussia

Is named supreme dictator and centralises political authority.

United States Senate approves ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with amendments

The Hungarians cross the Austrian border

Lincoln assigns Ulysses S Grant to command the armies of the United States

Franz Joseph accepts the cession of Venetia through France under the Treaty of Vienna.

The Treaty of Vienna transfers Venetia from Austria through France to Italy.

Victor Emmanuel's kingdom receives Venetia following the peace settlement with Austria.

Appointed Prime Minister of Spain

Habibullah Khan succeeds his father without a major succession war.

Roosevelt convenes miners and operators to resolve the prolonged anthracite coal strike.

Dissolves Parliament, the election war-cry is "The Peers versus the People"

Dissolves Parliament during the campaign against the House of Lords.

Dissolves Parliament, the election war-cry is "The Peers versus the People"

The federal government begins collecting income tax under the newly ratified Sixteenth Amendment.

The Underwood Tariff Act reduces duties where US goods control the market. The Underwood Tariff Act reduces duties on commodities

The Underwood Tariff reduces import duties and introduces a federal income-tax schedule.

The War Revenue Act raises income, corporate and excess-profits taxes to fund mobilisation.

Appointed Chancellor of Germany in October 1918 in order to negotiate an armistice with the allies in the last days of the war

Haig continues pressure beyond the Hindenburg Line as British forces attack the Beaurevoir defences.

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

Appoints a Government that for the first time included representatives of the Social Democrats, Friedrich Ebert and Philipp Scheidemann. Appointed Chancellor of Germany in October 1918 in order to negotiate an armistice with the allies in the last days of the war

Meets Emir Feisal in Damascus after the city's capture.

Appointed Foreign Minister

Forms a new Government

Meets Feisal in Damascus

Germany requests an armistice

Germany requests an armistice

Britain & Russia resume diplomatic relations

Britain & Russia resume diplomatic relations

The monarchy achieves full independence & heads the constitution of Iraq

The monarchy achieves full independence & heads the constitution of Iraq. Britains mandate over Iraq comes to an end. As a condition for independence from British control, Iraq has to allow an RAF presence, give Britain land and resources, and coordinate foreign policy for 25 years

Arrested & imprisoned for 5 years for attempting to assassinate Chancellor Dollfuss

Dertil attemps to assassinate Chancellor Dollfuss as he leaves the Parliament building

Dertil attemps to assassinate Chancellor Dollfuss as he leaves the Parliament building

Launches the invasion of Ethiopia despite League obligations.

Begins Italian operations against Ethiopia.

Appeals to the League after Italy invades Ethiopia.

Italy invades Ethiopia without declaring war

Italy invades Ethiopia without declaring war

Holds cross party meeting of those opposed to Munich & what to do in an election

The Commons debate on the Munich Agreement begins

Attlee criticized the government's policy and the sacrifice of Czechoslovakia during the Commons debate.

Chamberlain opened the Commons debate by defending the agreement as an alternative to immediate war.

The Commons debate on the Munich Agreement begins

Holds cross party meeting of those opposed to Munich & what to do in an election

Calls for a group to oppose Chamberlain but finds few supporters

Hitler toured newly occupied Sudeten territory and received orchestrated public welcomes.

Churchill appoints Ernest Bevin as Minister of Labour

Dupont assumes command of the Ravenna Division while it is deployed on the Don.

1st successful test launching of of thew V2, liquid fuelled rocket

1st successful test launching of of thew V2, liquid fuelled rocket

Closes in on Metz

Directs Ehe im Schatten, an early post-war DEFA film.

French forces evacuate Cao Bang during the Border Campaign

Britain explodes its first atomic bomb off Australia and becomes the third member of the nuclear club

Great Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, becoming the third state to test a nuclear weapon.

Russia demands Kennan be recalled for comments about "icy cold" western diplomats

Oswald wrote to the Socialist Party of America on October 3, 1956, describing himself as a Marxist and requesting information about its youth league.

Rejects unilateral nuclear disarmament at Labour conference.

Warns against going naked into the conference chamber.

Kennedy signed legislation authorizing measures to prevent Cuban aggression and Soviet military expansion in the hemisphere.

Wally Schirra flies six orbits in the Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7

Oswald arrives in Dallas at about 2:20 p.m. after returning from Mexico by bus.

Oswald boards Greyhound bus 1265 from Laredo to Dallas at about 3 a.m.

Oswald crosses the International Bridge into Texas at about 1:35 a.m. on October 3.

After reaching Dallas, Oswald visits the employment commission and files another unemployment compensation claim.

Oswald returned to the Dallas area after failing to obtain the Cuban and Soviet visas he had sought in Mexico City.

Oswald's Greyhound journey to Dallas passes through San Antonio and substantially follows the Interstate 35 corridor.

Oswald spends the night at the YMCA and registers as a serviceman to avoid paying the membership fee.

The Act replaces national-origin quotas with family and employment-based immigration priorities.

Signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 at Liberty Island, ending the national origins quota system.

Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967, and Dylan makes his first live appearance in twenty months at a Guthrie memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968

Marries Norma Johnson

Wins re-election after opposition candidates withdraw or are excluded

The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty enters into force after ratification by the Soviet Union and United States.

Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's for the GDR

Appointed Head of State for the GDR

Release The Who by Numbers.

Helmut Schmidts coalition Government is returned with a reduced majority

Subhas Mukhopadhyay and his team achieve the birth of India's first child conceived through in vitro fertilization.

Sings on the self-titled Genesis album, including Mama and That's All.

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali became prime minister of Tunisia.

The strike collapses after military repression. 5000 are killed during the opening months of the regime

The former East Germany entered the European Community framework through German reunification during Delors's Commission presidency.

Declares emergency measures in Moscow as armed clashes escalate between the presidency and parliamentary opponents.

Orders security forces to defend key government and broadcasting facilities during armed attacks in Moscow.

Has an orchiectomy to remove the diseased testicle, asked in an interview what Armstrongs chances are, Dr. Reeves, the surgeon, says "Almost none. We told Lance initially 20 to 50% chance, mainly to give him hope. But with the kind of cancer he had, with the x-rays, the blood tests, almost no hope."

Network Rail assumes ownership and management of the national rail infrastructure.

A combined ultraviolet and infrared view separates hot young stellar populations from cool dusty star-forming regions across M31.

Signs the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act authorizing the Troubled Asset Relief Program

Wells Fargo announces an agreement to acquire Wachovia without direct federal assistance.

New Delhi opens the Commonwealth Games after extensive preparations and controversy over costs and administration.

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves from sources including merging black holes.

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to LIGO and gravitational-wave astronomy, inaugurated by the detection of a binary black hole merger.

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for decisive contributions to LIGO and the observation of gravitational waves, first detected from a binary black hole merger.

Teachey uses Hubble data with Kepler observations to report evidence for a possible large moon orbiting exoplanet Kepler-1625b.

Directs Never Look Away.

Starmer's Government announces an agreement concerning sovereignty and the Diego Garcia base.

Death of Gustav Stressman

Dies in Berlin on 3 October 1929.

Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967, and Dylan makes his first live appearance in twenty months at a Guthrie memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968

Death of Ronald William George Barker

Denis Healey dies.

Commands a Huguenot Army & escapes after the Catholic victory

His ship is sunk & he & his crew are taken prisoner by the Turks

The Belgians plan to evacuate Antwerp, Churchill visits it & rallies its defence

Begins a succesful assault on Blanc Mont on the heights of the Meuse

Joins up with Hodges First Army