October 3Siegfried& Roy with a white lion1792 Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.1953 Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.1963 Oswaldo Lpez Arellano replaced Honduran president Ramn Villeda Morales in a violent coup, initiating two decades of military rule.1992 Sinad O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John PaulII on live television.2003 Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried& Roy (both pictured) was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.EliasI of Antioch (d.723)Gabriel Lalemant (b.1610)Caroline Brady (b.1905)Carl Nielsen (d.1931)More anniversaries: October 2October 3October 4ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout