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What happened in history on this day: September 3?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On September 3 in ...
- 1991 - Lotus Development ships Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows. Price is US$595.
- 1991 - Integral Peripherals introduces the first 1.8-inch hard disk drive, in capacities of 20 and 40 MB. The drive is about the size of a deck of cards.
- 1996 - Iomega announces the Ditto tape backup drive. It features 2 GB storage capacity, backward-compatibility with other tape formats Drive price is US$149.95 (internal) and US$199.95 (external); cartridge price is about US$20.
- 1999 - In Iowa, Microware Systems files a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Apple Computer, claiming trademark violation by Apple of Microware's "OS-9" operating system. Microware seeks Apple's earnings from the sale of Mac OS 9, and an order refraining Apple from using the name in advertising.
- 2006 - FreeDOS 1.0 is released.
- 2009 - US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit grants Microsoft a stay of injuction issues August against selling Word.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the last Disneyland TV show.
- 1983 - The Disney Channel debuts the TV series Coming On.
- 1988 - Disney's syndicated TV show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee begins airing.
- 1990 - Antigua & Barbuda issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters in Hollywood.
- 1990 - The syndicated Disney TV series The Challengers first airs.
- 1993 - The syndicated Disney two-hour TV special Going Bonkers airs.
- 1995 - The One Man's Dream show gives its last performance at Tokyo Disneyland.
- 2002 - Disney releases the film Mickey's House of Villains on DVD and videocassette.
- 2010 - The Disney Channel premieres the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock 2.
- 1974 - The Corvette assembly plant re-opens following a labor strike.
- 1977 - At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the Twin 80/1 SCCA Trans-Am Championship - Round 9 race is held.
- Finishing 6th in category II and 6th overall is the #76 Corvette driven by Buzz Fyhrie.
- Finishing 2nd in category I and 8th overall is The Big Apple #9 Corvette 427, driven by John Huber.
- Finishing 5th in category I and 11th overall is the Hager Racing #99 Corvette 427, driven by Don Hager.
- Finishing 6th in category I and 12th overall is the Babe's Garage #78 Corvette driven by Babe Headley.
- Finishing 7th in category I and 13th overall is the Kerns Racing #38 Corvette 350, driven by Bob Kerns.
- Finishing 7th in category II and 14th overall is the Automotive Enterprises #27 Corvette 427, driven by Rich Sloma.
- Finishing 8th in category I and 15th overall is the Vettemotion Racing #23 Corvette 350, driven by Vernon Brown.
- Finishing 9th in category I and 16th overall is the Brandt Moving #60 Corvette 350, driven by John Brandt Jr.
- Finishing 10th in category I and 17th overall is the Pipe Dreams #47 Corvette 350, driven by Dick Danielson.
- Finishing 11th in category I and 18th overall is the Pirrotta Racing #87 Corvette 460, driven by Joe Pirrotta.
- Finishing 12th in category I and 20th overall is the Sanborn Racing #35 Corvette 350, driven by Jim Sanborn.
- Finishing 15th in category I and 23rd overall is the Franko #74 Corvette 350, driven by Rusty Schmidt.
- Finishing 17th in category I and 25th overall is the Midwest Speed #82 Corvette 454, driven by Emery Emond.
- Finishing 18th in category I and 26th overall is the Rauth Auto Parts #29 Corvette 350, driven by D.T. Mitchell.
- Finishing 19th in category I and 27th overall is the Strandemo Midwest #28 Corvette 433, driven by Steve Strandemo.
- Finishing 20th in category I and 28th overall is the Schott Racing Corvette #20 Corvette 454, driven by Dan Schott.
- Finishing 22nd in category I and 30th overall is the Dittman #24 Corvette 350, driven by Rick Dittman.
- Finishing 24th in category I and 33rd overall is the Smego Racing #55 Corvette 350, driven by Ron Smego.
- 1996 - Workers at the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Corvette plant begin assembling the first production 1997 Corvette.
- 2004 - The National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame Induction Banquet is held. Inductees are Dan Gale, Ray Battaglini, Darrel Bowlin, Jon Brookmyer, and Terry McManmon. They were instrumental in the establishment of the National Corvette Museum.
- 2005 - At the Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the Labour Day Weekend Grand Prix of Mosport race is held, round ten of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series.
- Finishing 2nd is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #28 Corvette C6, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 7th is the Tom Oates Chevrolet #99 Corvette Z06, driven by Chip Herr.
- Finishing 8th is the Banner Engineering #6 Corvette C6, driven by Leighton Reese.
- Finishing 9th is the Whelen Engineering #31 Corvette Z06, driven by Sonny Whelen.
- In 20th place, but not finishing the race, is the Blackdog Racing #34 Corvette C6, driven by Tony Gaples.
- 2006 - At the Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the Grand Prix of Mosport race is held, round eight of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 2nd in GT1 class is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C6-R driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- Finishing 4th in GT1 class is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C6-R driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- 2015 - The National Corvette Museum Skydome re-opens after repairs following the sinkhole floor collapse of February 2014.
- 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 - (1115 hours London time) The British Foreign Office notifies the German Embassy that a state of war existed as of 1100 hours British Summer Time.
- 1939 - (1117 hours) The British Admiralty issues orders to all ships to open hostilities against Germany.
- 1939 - (1130 hours) In London, air raid sirens are tested.
- 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 - (1215 hours Berlin time) French Ambassador Robert Coulondre informs Joachim von Ribbentrop that at 1700 hours France would be in a state of war with Germany.
- 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 - Ireland proclaims its neutrality.
- 1939 - (evening London time) Winston Churchill is appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, and a member of the British Inner War Cabinet.
- 1939 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 2 "for the Conduct of the War". No forces are to be transferred to the West, the immediate aim is the conclusion of operations against Poland. Conversion of entire German economy to war basis is ordered. Full mobilization of all Armed Forces is ordered. No attacks may be made on the West until attacked upon.
- 1939 - (1400 hours) German Führer der U-Boote Karl Dönitz sends a message to all submarines at sea reminding them of the Prize Rules: to let crews into lifeboats before sinking any ships.
- 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) Premier Edouard Daladier announces officially by radio that a state of war exists with Germany.
- 1939 - (2115 hours Melbourne time) Prime Minister Menzies announces that Australia is at war with Germany.
- 1939 - Australian Prime Minister Menzies sends a message to Stanley Bruce, the Australian High Commissioner in London, England, stating that the question of providing an expeditionary force would have to wait until the position of Japan is known.
- 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.
- 1940 - Hermann Göring decides to cease bombing British airfields, switching to bombing London.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler postpones an invasion of Great Britain until September 21.
- 1941 - British Major General Grasett proposes to the British Imperial Chief of Staff and war office Chief of Staff that the Hong Kong garrison be strengthened by two battalions from Canada.
- 1942 - In the Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland, German submarine U-517 torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship Donald Stewart.
- 1943 - (0345 hours) An artillery barrage commences on the Italian mainland across the Strait of Messina, in advance of a landing.
- 1943 - (0535 hours) The British artillery barrage on the Italian mainland ends.
- 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. General Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff Walter Bedell Smith signs on behalf of the Allies.
- 1943 - (evening) 320 British bombers attack Berlin, Germany. About 20 are shot down. Much damage is done, and 35,000 people are made homeless.
- 1944 - (early morning) The entire Canadian 1st Infantry Division reaches the Conca River in Italy.
- 1944 - The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division formally enters Dieppe.
- 1944 - The British 2nd Army reaches Brussels, Belgium, liberating the city.
- 1944 - 675 British aircraft attack six German airfields in Holland. One Halifax bomber is shot down.
- 1944 - Sixty British bombers attack gun batteries near Brest, France.
- 1970 - Grenada issues six postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the war.
- 1985 - The People's Republic of China issues two postage stamps marking the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1991 - The United States issues ten postage stamps marking World War II in 1941.
- 1995 - The People's Republic of China issues eight postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1981 - Coleco Industries obtains exclusive use of Midway Manufacturing's trademark on self-contained and portable electronic versions of Midway's coin-operated arcade games.
- 1996 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Pocket portable game system in the USA.
- 2003 - Sega Sports releases the NFL 2K4 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 1939 - France and England declare war on Germany.
- 1967 - Swedish automobile driving switches to the right-hand side of roads.
- 1964 - By an Act of Congress (Retention of 1964 on All Coins Act), the U.S. Mint is authorized to strike 1964-dated coins past the end of the calendar year, due to a coin shortage. Production of 0.900 fine silver coins is to end in June 1965.
- 1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup.
- 1906 - New York Yankees win second game on a forfeit over Philadelphia Athletics; second forfeit win.
- 1917 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader.
- 1925 - First international handball match is held.
- 1932 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title.
- 1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in ten games.
- 1939 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox on a forfeit, their fourth forfeit win.
- 1944 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title.
- 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.
- 1957 - Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out.
- 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.
- 1968 - Chicago White Sox set American League record of 39 losses by one run.
- 1970 - Billy Williams ends longest National League consecutive streak at 1,117 games.
- 1974 - NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1985 - New York Mets' Gary Carter hits three consecutive home runs in a game.
- 1990 - Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego).
- 2006 - Spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
- 2006 - Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Diego Padres by score 12-1.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Houston Astros by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 8-6.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Miami Marlins by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Cleveland Guardians by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Minnesota Twins by score 13-0.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Chicago Cubs by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats New York Mets by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Oakland Athletics by score 8-1.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats New York Yankees by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Detroit Tigers by score 12-2.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Texas Rangers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 5-4.
- 1976 - American Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos.
- 1978 - Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29.
- 1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I) - Discovery 6 - returns to Earth.
- 2003 - Hubble Space Telescope starts Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
- 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.
- 1930 - Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic).
- 1979 - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm, kills over 1,000.
- 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.
- 2008 - Tropical Storm Gustav disperses, after causing US$20 billion damage in the US, and 283 deaths in the US and Caribbean.
- 1826 - USS Vincennes leaves New York to become first warship to circumnavigate globe.
- 1833 - New York Sun begins publishing (first US daily newspaper).
- 1849 - California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey.
- 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.
- 1861 - Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality.
- 1865 - Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land.
- 1891 - Cottonpickers organize union and stage strike in Texas.
- 1918 - Five soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston, Texas riot of 1917.
- 1925 - Dirigible Shenandoah crashes near Caldwell, Ohio, USA; 13 die.
- 1929 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits a high point of 381.17.
- 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.
- 1945 - Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies.
- 1964 - US Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson.
- 1964 - By an Act of Congress (Retention of 1964 on All Coins Act), the U.S. Mint is authorized to strike 1964-dated coins past the end of the calendar year, due to a coin shortage. Production of 0.900 fine silver coins is to end in June 1965.
- 1964 - Robert Kennedy resigns as attorney general.
- 1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office.
- 1976 - American Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos.
- 1984 - 28-year-old Chicago resident wins US$40 million in Illinois Lottery Lotto state lottery.
- 1991 - In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.
- 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.
- 2002 - Consolidated Freightways, the third largest U.S. trucking firm, files for bankruptcy.
- 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.
- 2007 - Steve Fossett takes off from a private airstip in western Nevada, then he and the plane vanish.
- 2008 - The CW network in the USA debuts the new 90210 TV Show.
- 2016 - The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally join the Paris global climate agreement.
Other history:
- 1189 - England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster.
- 1752 - This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives.
- 1783 - Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War).
- 1833 - NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper).
- 1916 - Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun.
- 1935 - First automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph).
- 1940 - First showing of high definition color TV.
- 1967 - Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road.
- 1976 - Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos.
- 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.
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