October 3
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Significant events that happened (or will happen) on October 3.
Events
- 1825 – After many incidents of student disorder and drunkenness culminate in violent rioting on the Lawn, the entire faculty threatens to resign. The 82-year-old Jefferson summons all to the Rotunda. Confronting the failure of student self-rule and the threat to his dream of a university, he breaks into tears. Rioting students confess, some are expelled, and strict rules replace the former code of student self-government. Student mayhem is quelled, briefly. [1]
- 1918 – Charlottesville Mayor E.G. Haden ordered public gatherings to be canceled to stop the spread of the influenza strain that was spreading around the world at the time. [2]
- 1925 – Jefferson Theater reopens after a remodel [3]
- 1933 – A referendum is held in Albemarle County and Charlottesville to determine local opinion on whether Prohibition should be repealed. The repeal vote won on a three to one margin. [4] [5]
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References
- ↑ Web. Serpentine Timeline, Winter 2018, retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ↑ Web. Public Gatherings are Discontinued, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, October 3, 1918, retrieved April 11, 2020. Print. October 3, 1918 page 1.
- ↑ Web. New Jefferson Open Tomorrow, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, October 2, 1925, retrieved October 2, 2022. Print. October 2, 1925 page 1.
- ↑ Web. Chamberlain Explains Marking of Ballots in Virginia Referendum, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, September 26, 1933, retrieved September 25, 2022. Print. September 26, 1933 page 3.
- ↑ Web. City and County Give More Than 3 to 1 for Repeal and Control, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, October 4, 1933, retrieved October 3, 2022. Print. October 4, 1933 page 1.
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