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 Mongols are defeated by the Mameluks at the Battle of Ain Jalut .
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 CBS network.
1954 - The last new episode of the Lone Ranger 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 - Lorne 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
1986 - Shaun White , professional snowboarder and skateboarder
Deaths
1658 - Oliver Cromwell , Lord Protector of England
1857 - John McLoughlin , Hudson's Bay Company Factor
1883 - Ivan Turgenev , author
1893 - James Harrison , Australian pioneer of mechanical refrigeration , (b. 1816 )
1903 - Joseph Skipsey , British poet
1914 - Albéric Magnard , composer
1948 - Edvard Benes , President of Czechoslovakia
1962 - E. E. Cummings , poet
1964 - Stewart Holbrook , American author
1967 - Woody Guthrie , American musician and songwriter
1969 - Ho Chi Minh , Vietnamese revolutionist
1970 - Vince Lombardi , American football coach
1974 - Harry Partch , microtonal composer
1980 - Duncan Renaldo , actor
1991 - Frank Capra , American movie director
1994 - James T. Aubrey , American television executive (b. 1918)
2001 - Pauline Kael , American movie critic
2001 - Thuy Trang , American actress
2003 - Ray Davis , American officer, Korean War
2003 - Paul Hill , executed for two anti-abortion murders
2003 - Rudolf Leiding , car designer, Volkswagen CEO
Holidays
External links
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