Day Guide for Saturday October 3rd 2020

This is our day guide for Saturday October 3rd 2020 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Observances on October 3rd 2020

Mean Girls Day

Culture
USA

A day dedicated to the cult movie, Mean Girls.

National Boyfriend Day

Family
USA

National Boyfriend Day falls on October 3 and is intended to be a day to celebrate your boyfriend.

National Techies Day

General
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Techies Day

Buy British Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Buy British Day

National Bookshop Day

A day to support independent bookshops on the first Saturday in October.

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General Information for October 3rd 2020

There are 5 observances on this day.
This was 979 days ago.
Day 277 of 2020
89 days left in 2020
Week 40 of the year

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On this Day in History

1985 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J).
1981 - The 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.
1949 - WERD, the 1st black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia.
1942 - Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".