3 October

A list of events which occurred on the 3rd of October.
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:William McCarter is born.
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:Morgan Farley is born.
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:Madlyn Rhue is born.
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:Steve Susskind is born.
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:Joel Polis is born.
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:Allan A. Apone is born.
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:Dale Grahn and Dan Swett are born.
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:Lamont Laird is born.
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:First day of filming on .
:First script draft for and is submitted.
:First script draft for is submitted.
:Story outline for is submitted.
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:Third day of filming on . Location scenes are filmed today, including the Mugato's attack on Kirk.
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:Sixth and final day of filming on .
:Robert H. Justman sends in his resignation from Star Trek.
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:The Sixteenth UK Story Arc continues in TV21 & Joe 90 #54 with the third of six installments.
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:Forty-first day of filming on .
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:Daniel DeSanto and Amy Earhart are born.
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:Thirty-fifth day of filming on . camp scenes are filmed today.
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:Seventh and final day of filming on .
:Visual effects sequences are filmed for , including the deleted "rock man" scene and George Murdock's appearance as "". Makeup tests are also filmed for various background aliens on Nimbus III.
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:Fifth day of filming on .
:Second unit and insert shots were filmed for and .
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: airs.
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: airs.
:Twentieth day of filming on .
:Second day of filming on .
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:Second day of filming on .
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:Fourth day of filming on .
:Fourth day of filming on .
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:Fourth day of filming on .
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: airs.
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:Second day of filming on .
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:Third day of filming on .
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:Star Trek: Encounters is released in North America for Sony PlayStation 2.
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:Donald Hansard, Sr. dies.
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