Today in History for 3rd October 2026

Historical Events

1926 - English long-distance runner Violet Piercy sets the first recognized female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechnic Marathon course between Windsor and London
1947 - First telescope lens 200 inches (508 cm) in diameter is completed
1988 - Discovery 7 returns to Earth after a 4-day excursion
1988 - WBMW-FM in Washington, D.C. changes its call sign to WJFK and begins airing The Howard Stern Radio Show
2018 - Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Frances Arnold, Gregory Winter, and George Smith for their use of evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies

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Famous Birthdays

1901 - Jean Grémillon, French film director (Remorques, Light of Summer), born in Bayeux, France (d. 1959)
1954 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist (Texas Flood; "Pride And Joy"; David Bowie - "Let's Dance"), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1990)
1966 - Frank Hannon, American blues and rock guitarist (Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy), born in Sacramento, California
1981 - Andreas Isaksson, Swedish soccer goalkeeper (133 caps; PSV, Kasımpaşa), born in Smygehamn, Sweden
1987 - Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen (2006 Miss Universe winner), actress and TV host, born in Cayey, Puerto Rico

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Famous Deaths

1568 - Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of King Henry II of France and 3rd wife of Philip II of Spain, dies in childbirth at 23
1611 - Margarita of Austria, Queen of Spain and Portugal by marriage to King Philip III and II of Spain, dies at 26
1860 - Rembrandt Peale, American portrait and historical painter (Margaret Irvine Miller ,1805; Court of Death, 1820), and museum keeper (Baltimore), dies at 82
1953 - Arnold Bax, British composer known for his orchestral music (Tintagel), and memoirist (Farewell My Youth), dies of heart failure at 69
2018 - Leon M. Lederman, American experimental physicist (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1988 - for research on quarks and leptons) and author (The God Particle), dies from complications of dementia at 96

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