September 3

September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining.

Events

• 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus.
• 590 – St. Gregory I becomes Pope.
• 1189 – Richard I of England is crowned in Westminster.
• 1260 – The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.
• 1651 – English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
• 1777 – The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland.
• 1783 – American Revolutionary War ends: Treaty of Paris – A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war.
• 1826 – The USS Vincennes commanded by William Finch, leaves New York City to become first United States warship to circumnavigate globe.
• 1838 – Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
• 1855 – Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village killing 100 men, women, and children.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• 1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• 1895 – The first professional football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12–0).
• 1902 – Popular author Sarah Orne Jewett is thrown out of a carriage, virtually ending her writing career.
• 1914 – Papacy of Giacomo della Chiesa began. He becomes pope Benedict XV.
• 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 MPH.
• 1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany.
• 1943 – World War II: Mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces for the first time in the war.
• 1951 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
• 1954 – The last new episode of the Lone Ranger is aired on radio after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years.
• 1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy and Matsu.
• 1966 – The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.
• 1967 – The last telecast of the television game show What's My Line? airs on CBS after a 17 year run.
• 1967  – Nguyen Van Thieu is elected President of South Vietnam.
• 1967  – Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right
• 1971 – Qatar regains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1976 – Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars takes the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.
• 1991 – In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.
• 1994 – Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
• 1997 – Arizona Governor Fife Symington is convicted for various crimes tied to his real estate business, effectively forcing him out of office.
• 1997  – A Vietnamese Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
• 2004 – The Beslan school massacre results in the deaths of approximately 344 teachers and children.
• 2004  – Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Universe, experiences a wardrobe malfunction while modelling at Westfield Shopping Mall, Parrammatta, Australia

Births

• 1499 – Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566)
• 1781 – Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (d. 1824)
• 1810 – Paul Kane, Canadian painter
• 1849 – Sarah Orne Jewett, writer
• 1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (d. 1951)
• 1883 – Harold DeForest Arnold, telephone pioneer
• 1887 – Frank Christian, jazz musician (d. 1973)
• 1900 – Maurice Dobb: economist, Lecturer 1924-1959 and Reader 1959-1976 at Cambridge University (d. 1976).
• 1902 – Mantan Moreland, actor (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Loren Eiseley, anthropologist
• 1908 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Soviet mathematician
• 1910 – Kitty Carlisle, actress, television personality
• 1913 – Alan Ladd, actor (d. 1964)
• 1916 – Eddie Stanky, baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Helen Wagner, American soap opera actress
• 1921 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
• 1923 – Mort Walker, cartoonist
• 1926 – Anne Jackson, actress
• 1927 – Hugh Sidey, contributing editor at Time Magazine
• 1929 – Irene Papas, actress
• 1930 – Cherry Wilder, author
• 1933 – Tompall Glaser, country music singer
• 1938 – Caryl Churchill, playwright
• 1938  – Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist
• 1938  – Eileen Brennan, actress
• 1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
• 1942 – Al Jardine, rock and roll musician, member of the Beach Boys
• 1943 – Valerie Perrine, US actress
• 1947 – Kjell Magne Bondevik Prime Minister of Norway
• 1955 – Steve Jones, musician (Sex Pistols)
• 1964 – Adam Curry, MTV VJ and Internet entrepreneur
• 1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor
• 1965  – Todd Lewis, guitarist/singer (Toadies and The Burden Brothers)
• 1976 – Vivek Oberoi, Bollywood actor
• 1982 – Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
• 1986 – Shaun White, professional snowboarder and skateboarder

Deaths

• 1658 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (b. 1599)
• 1857 – John McLoughlin, Canadian trapper
• 1883 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian author
• 1893 – James Harrison, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1816)
• 1903 – Joseph Skipsey, British poet
• 1914 – Albéric Magnard, composer
• 1948 – Edvard Benes, President of Czechoslovakia
• 1962 – E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894)
• 1964 – Stewart Holbrook, American author
• 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American musician and songwriter
• 1969 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese revolutionary
• 1970 – Vince Lombardi, American football coach
• 1974 – Harry Partch, composer
• 1980 – Duncan Renaldo, actor
• 1991 – Frank Capra, American film director
• 1994 – James T. Aubrey, American television executive (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Pauline Kael, American film critic
• 2001 – Thuy Trang, American actress
• 2003 – Paul Hill, anti-abortion murderer
• 2003 – Rudolf Leiding, German car designer and executive

Holidays

• Independence Day in Qatar

External links

• BBC: On This Day

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