September 3

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

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1 Events

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