October 3

Events

 * 1837 - Morse files a caveat on the telegraph with U.S. Patent Office

Births

 * 1936 – Steve Reich, American composer
 * 1938 – Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
 * 1940 – Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter
 * 1941 – Chubby Checker, American musician
 * 1947 – John Perry Barlow, American musician
 * 1949 – Lindsey Buckingham, American musician (Fleetwood Mac)
 * 1951 – Keb' Mo', American singer
 * 1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American musician (d. 1990)
 * 1962 – Tommy Lee, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
 * 1966 – Frank Hannon American guitarist Tesla (band)
 * 1971 – Kevin Richardson, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
 * 1972 – Black Thought, American rapper (The Roots)
 * 1975 – India.Arie, American singer
 * 1975 – Talib Kweli, American rapper
 * 1984 – Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, American singer

Deaths

 * 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
 * 1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)
 * 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)
 * 1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
 * 1969 – Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)
 * 2000 – Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)
 * 2008 – Johnny J, American record producer and songwriter (b. 1969)