Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 3
October 3: Independence Day in Iraq (1932)
- 2333 BC - Dangun, a mythical figure, established the Kingdom of Go-Joseon (presentday Korea).
- 1283 - David ap Gruffydd the Prince of Wales, the last native ruler of Wales to resist English domination, was captured by English forces and subsequently executed by drawing and quartering.
- 1935 - Italy invaded Ethiopia, igniting the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
- 1990 - German reunification: The five re-established German states (Bundesländer) of East Germany formally joined West Germany.
- 1993 - Battle of Mogadishu: Soldiers from Malaysian, Pakistani and U.S. armed forces attempted to capture Somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, as chronicled in a book and then a film entitled "Black Hawk Down".
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