Today's Holidays in October 3

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Shmini Atzeret שמיני עצרת holiday
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Muhiyuddīn Ibn al-‘Arabi ق major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2015 — Forty-two killed and 33 missing in Kunduz hospital airstrike operated by Médecins Sans Frontières. ↗
• 2013 — At least 134 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa. ↗
• 2009 — The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of Turkic Council. ↗
• 2008 — The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush. ↗
• 1995 — O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1999 — Starley, Australian pop singer
• 1997 — Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater
• 1994 — Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player
• 1993 — Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer
• 1991 — Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter