^B{^#!16!3 October^N! Feast day of St Hesychius, St Thomas Cantelupe of Hereford, St Attilanus, St Gerard of Brogne, St Froilan, St Ewald the Fair, and St Ewald the Dark.
^B{1811^B} The first women's county cricket match began at Newington, between Hampshire and Surrey. ^B{1888^B} Gilbert and Sullivan's ^B{Yeomen of the Guard^B} was performed for the first time, at London's Savoy Theatre. ^B{1906^B} SOS was established as an international distress signal, replacing the call sign CQD. ^B{1929^B} The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was renamed Yugoslavia. ^B{1952^B} The first British atomic bomb was detonated on the Monte Bello Islands, off W Australia. ^B{1956^B} The Bolshoi Ballet performed in Britain, at Covent Garden, for the first time. ^B{1972^B} US President Nixon signed SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) limiting US and USSR to 200 defensive antiballistic missiles to be installed at two sites. B{1990^B} East and West Germany were officially reunified, with Berlin as the capital.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Pierre Bonnard, French painter, ^B{1867^B}; Louis Aragon, French poet, ^B{1897^B}; Michael Hordern, English actor, ^B{1911^B}; James Herriot, Scottish author, ^B{1916^B}; Gore Vidal, US author, ^B{1925^B}; Chubby Checker, US rock singer, ^B{1941^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}St Francis, Italian founder of the Franciscan order, ^B{1226^B}; William Morris, English designer, socialist, and poet, ^B{1896^B}; Woody Guthrie, US singer and composer, ^B{1967^B}; Malcolm Sargent, British conductor, ^B{1967^B}; Jean Anouilh, French dramatist, ^B{1987^B}.
