Historical Events
Catalan Independence Referendum
King Felipe of Spain speaks out against the Catalan referendum saying organizers have "broken the rule of law"
- Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
Trump Visits Puerto Rico
US President Donald Trump visits Puerto Rico after it was devastated by hurricane Maria
Famous Deaths
- Isabella Karle, American scientist who was instrumental in developing techniques to extract plutonium chloride, dies from a brain tumor at 95
Jalal Talabani (1933-2017)
Iraqi-Kurdish politician and President of Iraq (2005-2014), dies at 83
- Michel Jouvet, French neuroscientist and medical researcher who discovered the region of the brain that controls rapid eye movement (REM sleep), dies at 91
- Solly Hemus, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals 1959–61), dies at 94
Died in 2017 2017 Highlights
About October 3, 2017
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 6 years and 7 months
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation Alpha
Chinese Zodiac: Rooster
Star Sign: Libra
Music Charts
#1 Song: Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) - Cardi B
#1 Song: Too Good At Goodbyes - Sam Smith
