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The launch of a V-2 rocket
German flag
A hunger strike memorial in Derry's Bogside
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| German Unity Day; | refimprove |
| 2333 BC – Dangun, a mythical figure, established the Kingdom of Go-Joseon (present-day Korea). | Need to verify date |
| 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd the Prince of Wales, the last native ruler of Wales to resist English]domination, was executed by drawing and quartering. | refimprove |
| 1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland, under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he is seen in public before his death four days later. | Moved to October 7, date of death |
| 1908 – The original incarnation of the Pravda newspaper was founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna. | Tagged for cleanup |
| 1929 – King Alexander I renamed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and changed its subdivisions from 33 oblasts to nine new banovinas. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1951 – In Major League Baseball, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games. | unreferenced section |
| 1964 – According to a popular legend, the first Buffalo wings were first prepared at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, US, as a fast and easy snack to present to hungry guests. | need to verify date |
| 1993 – American armed forces attempted to capture officials of Somalian warlor] Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organization at the Battle of Mogadishu. | unreferenced sections |
| 1995 – In a highly publicized criminal trial, actor and former American football player O. J. Simpson was acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. | Featured on June 17, date of arrest |
Eligible
- 1935 – Italian forces under General Emilio De Bono invaded Abyssinia during the opening stages of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
- 1942 – World War II: The first successful test of the German V-2 rocket (example pictured), the world's first ballistic missile and first man-made item to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight, occurred.
October 3: Labour Day in Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia (2011); National Foundation Day in South Korea
- 1918 – World War I: Following his armed forces' defeat to the Allied Powers, Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I abdicated in favor of his son Boris III (pictured).
- 1951 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, began.
- 1981 – The hunger strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ended after seven months and 10 deaths.
- 1990 – East and West Germany officially joined to form the first fully sovereign united German state since the end of World War II.
- 2003 – Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo of Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at The Mirage hotel and casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip.