On October 3, 1922, Georgia Democrat Rebecca Latimer Felton was appointed to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Thomas E. Watson, making her the first woman chosen to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Felton was 87 and ultimately served only briefly, but the appointment was historically significant at a time when women had gained the constitutional right to vote only two years earlier.
The date also marks German reunification in 1990 and the beginning of the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, giving October 3 an unusually dense historical footprint.