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0 Holidays October 3

Christian feast day: Gerard of Brogne

On October 3, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Gerard of Brogne. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of October 3, a notable event in this corner of history.

Saint Gérard founded Brogne Abbey and reformed eighteen others according to the Benedictine Rule.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on October 3, 0 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 16 June 2026.

On This Date in History

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Oct 3 Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer (born 1929)
Historical Events 2024 Oct 3 Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 3 Michel Blanc, French actor, writer and director (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 3 Pierre Christin, French comics creator and writer (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 3 Cid Moreira, Brazilian journalist and television anchor (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 3 Mary O'Rourke, Irish politician (born 1937)
Historical Events 2023 Oct 3 Wab Kinew is elected to be the first First Nations Premier of a Canadian province in the 2023 Manitoba general election
Notable Deaths 2023 Oct 3 Thomas Gambino, American mobster, Gambino crime family (born 1929)
Historical Events 2022 Oct 3 Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Historical Events 2021 Oct 3 Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.
Notable Deaths 2021 Oct 3 Todd Akin, American politician (born 1947)
Notable Deaths 2021 Oct 3 Dan Petrescu, Romanian businessman and billionaire (born 1953)
Historical Events 2015 Oct 3 Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 3 Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 3 Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 3 Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 3 Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (born 1963)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 3 Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 3 Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 3 Kevin Metheny, American businessman (born 1954)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 3 Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (born 1929)
Historical Events 2013 Oct 3 At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 3 Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (born 1978)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 3 Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 3 Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (born 1922)
Selected Events 2013 Oct 3 A boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in more than 360…
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 3 Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 3 Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (born 1916)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 3 Albie Roles, English footballer (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 3 Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 3 Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1921)
Historical Events 2009 Oct 3 Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
Notable Deaths 2009 Oct 3 Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (born 1929)
Historical Events 2008 Oct 3 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
Selected Events 2008 Oct 3 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, establishing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to…
Notable Deaths 2007 Oct 3 M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 3 Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 3 John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (born 1916)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 3 Peter Norman, Australian runner (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 3 Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 3 Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 3 Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (born 1918)
Notable Births 2004 Oct 3 Noah Schnapp, American actor
Notable Deaths 2004 Oct 3 John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1960)
Notable Deaths 2004 Oct 3 Janet Leigh, American actress (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2003 Oct 3 Florence Stanley, American actress (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2003 Oct 3 William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (born 1907)
Selected Events 2003 Oct 3 Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy (both pictured) was mauled by a tiger during a performance…
Notable Deaths 2002 Oct 3 Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1943)
Notable Births 2001 Oct 3 Anton Lundell, Finnish ice hockey player

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