Historical Events
Sports History
Kawhi Leonard returns from injury in a preseason win over the Portland Trail Blazers
- Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded to Svante Pääbo for "discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution" (including sequencing genome of the Neanderthal) [1]
Music History
Ringo Starr postpones five dates of his All-Starr Band tour in Canada due to his testing positive for COVID-19
Famous Deaths
- Charles Fuller, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (A Soldier's Play; Zooman and the Sign; The Brownsville Raid), and screenwriter (A Soldier's Story; A Gathering of Old Men), dies at 83 [1]
- Joe Bussard, American musicologist, preservationist, and record label owner (Fonotone), dies of pancreatic cancer at 86
- Per Bredesen, Norwegian soccer forward (18 caps; Ørn Horten FK, Lazio, Udinese, AC Milan, Bari, Messina), dies at 91
Died in 2022 2022 Highlights
About October 3, 2022
Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 1 year, 6 months and 24 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation Alpha
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Libra
Music Charts
#1 Song: Bad Habit - Steve Lacy
#1 Song: Unholy - Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide