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What happened in history on this day: September 3?
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- 301 - San Marino is founded by Saint Marinus.
- 590 - Saint Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1189 - England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster.
- 1189 - Rabbi Jacob of Orleans killed in anti Jewish riot in London England.
- 1596 - Birth of Nicolo Amati Italy, violin maker (Stradivari and Guarneri).
- 1651 - Royalist forces under Charles II are defeated by Oliver Cromwell's forces.
- 1658 - Oliver Cromwell the Lord Protector of England, dies at age 59.
- 1783 - The Treaty of Paris is signed, formally recognizing the United States as a free and independent nation.
- 1811 - Birth of John Humphrey Noyes in Vermont, USA; founded Oneida Community (Perfectionists).
- 1826 - USS Vincennes leaves New York to become first warship to circumnavigate globe.
- 1833 - New York Sun begins publishing (first US daily newspaper).
- 1849 - Birth of Sarah Orne Jewett in Maine, USA; author (Country of the Pointed Firs).
- 1849 - California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey.
- 1852 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1855 - American army second lieutenant John L. Grattan and about 30 men are killed while negotiating with Sioux, after killing Brule Lakota chief Conquering Bear.
- 1856 - Birth of Louis Henri Sullivan in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; father of modern US architecture.
- 1859 - Confederación Granadina declares itself at war.
- 1860 - Birth of Edward Albert Filene; merchant, established US credit union movement.
- 1861 - Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality.
- 1865 - Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land.
- 1875 - Birth of Ferdinand Porsche; German automaker (dies 1951).
- 1900 - British annex Natal (South Africa).
- 1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup.
- 1905 - Birth of Carl David Anderson in New York City, New York, USA; physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics).
- 1907 - Birth of Andrew Brewin in Canada; lawyer/cofounder of New Democratic Party.
- 1907 - Birth of Loren Eiseley; professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets).
- 1910 - Birth of Kitty Carlisle AKA Kitty Carlisle Hartin New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress (Animal Crackers), singer, panelist (To Tell the Truth TV show).
- 1910 - Birth of Yale Gracey in Shanghai, China; began at Disney Studios in 1939 as art director and layout artist on over 60 Disney films, added special effects to Disneyland attractions, retired 1975, named Disney Legend 1989.
- 1910 - Birth of Dorothy Maynor in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; soprano (founded Harlem School of Arts).
- 1912 - World's first cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy.
- 1913 - Birth of Alan Ladd in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA; actor (Shane movie, Carpetbaggers, Boy on a Dolphin, Box 13 radio show).
- 1914 - Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV.
- 1914 - Prince Wilhelm of Albania resigns and leaves the country.
- 1916 - Allies turn back Germans in Battle of Verdun.
- 1917 - Birth of Edward Raymond Stanky AKA Eddie Stanky AKA The Brat; second baseman (Brooklyn Dodgers), Phil Rizzuto's nemesis.
- 1917 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader.
- 1918 - Five soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston, Texas riot of 1917.
- 1918 - Birth of Helen Wagner in Lubbock, Texas, USA; actress (Nancy - As the World Turns).
- 1923 - Birth of Mort Walker; cartoonist (Beetle Bailey).
- 1923 - Birth of Terry Wilson in California, USA; actor (Bill - Wagon Train).
- 1925 - First international handball match is held.
- 1925 - Dirigible Shenandoah crashes near Caldwell, Ohio, USA; 13 die.
- 1926 - Birth of Bill Flemming in Chicago, Illinois, USA; sportscaster (60-year career, ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961-), covered more than 600 events, TV announcer for 11 Olympics).
- 1926 - Birth of Anne Jackson in Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine, Everything's Relative).
- 1926 - Birth of Irene Papas; actress (Anne of Thousand Days, Guns of Navarone, Z).
- 1929 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits a high point of 381.17.
- 1930 - Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic).
- 1932 - Birth of Eileen Brennan; actress (Private Benjamin, 7th Heaven).
- 1932 - Birth of Richard Tyler in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Henry Aldrich - Aldrich Family).
- 1932 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title.
- 1934 - Tunisia begins its move for independence.
- 1935 - First automobile to exceed 300 mph, driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph).
- 1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in ten games.
- 1935 - Birth of Eileen Brennan in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Laugh-In, Private Benjamin).
- 1939 - (0900 hours London time) Sir Neville Henderson, the British Ambassador in Berlin informs the German government that if Germans are not withdrawing from Poland by 11:00 AM London time, that a state of war would exist as of that hour. A short time later, French Ambassador Robert Coulondre delivers a similar ultimatum, with 5:00 PM deadline.
- 1939 - Russia informs France and Britain that if they join in the German-Polish conflict, Russia would be compelled to revise her Western borders.
- 1939 - (1110 hours London time) British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declares the country is at war with Germany.
- 1939 - (1117 hours) The British Admiralty issues orders to all ships to open hostilities against Germany.
- 1939 - (about 1134 hours Berlin time) Joachim von Ribbentrop reads his government's reply to the British ultimatum to British Ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson. The written reply, signed by Adolf Hitler, refuses to accept or fulfill the terms of the ultimatum, and blames Britain for the conditions in Poland and Germany that lead to the conflict.
- 1939 - German forces capture Czestochova in Upper Silesia, and Polish forces retreat from the area.
- 1939 - The Egyptian government proclaims martial law, in order to deport Germans, impose censorship, and arrest persons suspected of espionage.
- 1939 - Polish president Isnaz Moscieki declares Poland is under a state of war with Germany.
- 1939 - Denmark issues a declaration of neutrality.
- 1939 - (1700 hours) France declares a state of war on Germany.
- 1939 - Spanish Generalissimo Francisco Franco declares the neutrality of his country.
- 1939 - The Netherlands Government issues a statement declaring strict neutrality.
- 1939 - (evening London time) Winston Churchill is appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, and a member of the British Inner War Cabinet.
- 1939 - (1930 hours) German submarine U-30 torpedoes and sinks Donaldson Line passenger liner Athenia, 250 miles north of the west coast of Ireland. Of about 1418 passengers, 118 die. Germany denies responsibility, claiming that Great Britain planted a bomb to bring the US into the war.
- 1939 - (2030 hours Paris time) French Premier Edouard Daladier announces officially by radio that a state of war exists with Germany.
- 1939 - (2115 hours Melbourne time) Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that Australia is at war with Germany.
- 1939 - (late evening) Ten Whitley planes from England drop 13.5 tons of leaflets on northern Germany. The 5.4 million leaflets tell Germans that Adolf Hitler's promises are worthless, that Germany is near bankruptcy, and weak compared to Allied forces. This is the start of operation NICKEL.
- 1939 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox on a forfeit, their fourth forfeit win.
- 1940 - First showing of high definition color TV.
- 1940 - Birth of Pauline Collins in London, England; actress (Shirley Valentine, Upstairs Downstairs, Bleak House).
- 1942 - Birth of Al Jardine; singer, guitarist (The Beach Boys - "In My Room").
- 1943 - Birth of Valerie Perrine; actress (As The World Turns, Steambath).
- 1943 - Operation Baytown begins, as the British 8th Army begins an assault on Italy, from Sicily across the Strait of Messina, landing near Reggio di Calabria.
- 1943 - Near Syracuse, Sicily, Italian Guiseppe Castellano signs capitulation of Italy. US General Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff Walter Bedell Smith signs on behalf of the Allies.
- 1944 - Birth of Sherwood C "Woody" Spring in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; Colonel USA/astronaut (STS 61B).
- 1944 - Birth of Valerie Perrine in Galveston, Texas, USA; actress (Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny).
- 1944 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title.
- 1944 - The British 2nd Army reaches Brussels, Belgium, liberating the city.
- 1945 - Birth of Mike Harrison; keyboardist (Spooky Tooth - "It's All About").
- 1945 - Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies.
- 1947 - Philadelphia Athletics' Bill McCahan no-hits Washington Senators, 3-0.
- 1947 - New York Yankees get 18 singles to beat Boston Red Sox 11-2.
- 1948 - Birth of Donald Brewer; drummer (Grand Funk Railroad).
- 1951 - CBS-TV airs the first episode of TV soap opera Search for Tomorrow.
- 1953 - The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is established.
- 1954 - Pope Pius X canonized a saint.
- 1954 - Final airing of The Lone Ranger on radio after 2,956 episodes, spanning 21 years.
- 1955 - Birth of Steve Jones; guitarist (The Sex Pistols).
- 1956 - Birth of Hans-Georg Beyer in German Democratic Republic; team handball player (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1957 - Birth of Steve Schirripa; actor (The Sopranos).
- 1957 - Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the last Disneyland TV show.
- 1964 - US Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson.
- 1965 - Birth of Todd Lewis; guitarist (The Toadies).
- 1965 - Birth of Charlie Sheen [Carlos Estevez] in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Wall Street, Platoon, Two-and-a-Half Men, Spin City).
- 1965 - Jim Hickman becomes the first New York Mets' player to hit three home runs in a game.
- 1965 - In preparation of their move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels baseball team change their name to the California Angels.
- 1966 - ABC airs the final Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet TV show.
- 1967 - CBS-TV airs What's My Line for the final time after airing for 17 years.
- 1967 - NBC airs the last (until 1969) The Andy Williams Show TV show.
- 1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution.
- 1967 - Swedish automobile driving switches to the right-hand side of roads.
- 1968 - In Bartin, Turkey, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs, causing 24 deaths, 200 injuries, and destroying over 2,000 houses. Several villages are completely razed.
- 1968 - Chicago White Sox set American League record of 39 losses by one run.
- 1969 - Death of Nguyen Sinh Cung AKA Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam; leader of Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1969).
- 1970 - Billy Williams ends longest National League consecutive streak at 1,117 games.
- 1970 - Vince Lombardi, football coach, dies in Washington DC at age 57.
- 1971 - Qatar becomes an independant state.
- 1971 - Signing of the Four Power Agreement on Berlin.
- 1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office.
- 1971 - ABC airs The Lawrence Welk Show for the last time on network TV.
- 1972 - In Northwestern Kashmir, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. Over 100 killed, over 1,000 homes destroyed.
- 1974 - NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires.
- 1975 - Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mountains of Morocco, 188 die.
- 1976 - American Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos.
- 1977 - Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh hits his 756th career homer to surpass Hank Aaron as the All-time career home run leader in professional baseball.
- 1978 - Birth of Nick Wechsler; actor (Roswell).
- 1978 - Pope John Paul I is officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff.
- 1978 - Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29.
- 1979 - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm, kills over 1,000.
- 1981 - The Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners play nineteen innings to a 7-7 tie. The game ends with the Mariners winning 8-7 in 20 innings when the suspended game is resumed the next day making it the longest game played in Fenway Park history.
- 1982 - Italian general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa is killed in a mafia ambush.
- 1982 - Michael Thoma, actor (Eight is Enough, Fame), dies at age 55.
- 1984 - 28-year-old Chicago resident wins US$40 million in Illinois Lottery Lotto state lottery.
- 1984 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at age 80.
- 1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I) - Discovery 6 - returns to Earth.
- 1985 - New York Mets' Gary Carter hits three consecutive home runs in a game.
- 1986 - Price of gold passes US$400 per ounce in London.
- 1988 - Disney's syndicated TV show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee begins airing.
- 1990 - David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDS after infecting five patients.
- 1990 - The TV series The Challengers first airs.
- 1990 - Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego).
- 1991 - In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.
- 1991 - Frank Capra, Italian-born film director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at age 94 (born 1897).
- 1993 - The syndicated Disney TV show Going Bonkers airs.
- 1994 - Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
- 1994 - Death of James T. Aubrey Junior at age 75 after a heart attack; movie/TV executive (president of CBS, president of MGM).
- 1995 - Online auction company eBay is founded.
- 1996 - The U.S. launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq in reaction to the attack on Arbil.
- 1996 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Pocket portable game system in the USA.
- 1997 - Arizona Governor Fife Symington is convicted for various crimes tied to his real estate business, effectively forcing him out of office.
- 1997 - Death of Hal Goodman at age 82; comedy writer (Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Frank Sinatra, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson).
- 1998 - In Somalia, the southern port of Kismayo is declared the capital of independent Jubaland under Muhamed Said Hersi.
- 2001 - Death of Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-born actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) (born 1973).
- 2002 - Consolidated Freightways, the third largest U.S. trucking firm, files for bankruptcy.
- 2003 - Hubble Space Telescope starts Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
- 2004 - Russian forces end the siege at a school in Beslan, Northern Ossetia. At least 335 people (among which are 32 of the approximately 40 hostage-takers) are killed and at least 700 people injured.
- 2004 - Hurricane Frances makes landfall in Florida. After killing two people in the Bahamas, Hurricane Frances kills ten people in Florida, two in Georgia and one in South Carolina.
- 2004 - A small asteroid explodes in the stratosphere above Antarctica depositing micron-sized dust particles.
- 2005 - Death of William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (born 1924).
- 2006 - Spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
- 2006 - The European Space Agency's SMART-1 is deliberately crashed into the Moon, the first controlled lunar impact accompanied by real-time observation from Earth.
- 2006 - Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open.
- 2007 - British troops withdraw from the Basra region of Iraq.
- 2007 - Danish police arrest eight young Muslims in Copenhagen, Denmark, averting a major terrorist attack.
- 2007 - Steve Fossett takes off from a private airstip in western Nevada, then he and the plane vanish.
- 2007 - Official groundbreaking for the Panama Canal expansion project.
- 2007 - In Bangladesh, police arrest Khaleda Zia, leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, former Prime Minister, on charges of corruption.
- 2007 - In Jamaica, Bruce Golding of the Jamaica Labour Party is elected prime minister, breaking eighteen years of rule by the People's National Party. Golding won 50.1 percent of the popular vote, and 32 of 60 seats.
- 2008 - Tropical Storm Gustav disperses, after causing US$20 billion damage in the US, and 283 deaths in the US and Caribbean.
- 2008 - The CW network in the USA debuts the new 90210 TV Show.
- 2008 - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan survives an assassination attempt near Islamabad, while on his way to meet British Leader of the Opposition David Cameron.
- 2008 - President's Dimitris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat hold peace talks in Nicosia, aimed at reunifying Cyprus.
- 2010 - A suicide bomber strikes a Shi'ite rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 54 people, wounding about 160.
- 2010 - New Zealand's South Island is hit by 7.0-magnitude earthquake, 30km west of Christchurch. Damage is relatively minor, with no injuries reported.
- 2016 - The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally join the Paris global climate agreement.
- 2017 - North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
- 2020 - The skeletons of 200 mammoths and 30 other animals are unearthed at a construction site for the Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport. It is the largest find of mammoth bones to date.
- 2020 - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdelaziz al-Hilu, the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, sign an agreement to transition the country into a secular state.
- 2022 - Death of Dan Lembo at age 75 at home in Manhattan, New York, USA; reality show contestant (Survivor: Nicaragua TV show (2010)).
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