October 3rd (1981) was a Saturday. It's the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 89 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 3rd October, 1981
» The 1981 Irish hunger strike known as hunger strike by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
Famous Birthdays on October 3 in 1981
» Danny Coid, English footballer
» Seth Gabel, American actor
» Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
» Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
» Matt Sparrow, English footballer
» Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress
October 3rd Famous Deaths for 1981
» Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
October 3rd Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints called feast day:
» Abd-al-Masih (martyr) named Abd-al-Masih
» Two Ewalds called Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair
» Théodore Guérin
» George Bell (bishop) e.g George Bell and John Raleigh Mott, Episcopal Church (USA))
» October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» German Unity Day (National Day of Germany)
» Iraq British Mandate and Kingdom e.g National Day (Iraq), celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932.
» Gaecheonjeol or National Foundation Day or 'Gaecheonjeol' (South Korea)