September 3
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September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in
leap years). There are 119 days remaining.
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Events
\n*590 - St. Gregory I becomes Pope. \n*1189 - Richard I of England is crowned in Westminster. \n*1260 - The Mongols are defeated by the Mameluks at the Battle of Ain Jalut. \n*1651 - English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war. \n*1777 - The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland. \n*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. \n*1826 - The USS Vincennes commanded by William Finch, leaves New York City to become first United States warship to circumnavigate globe. \n*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. \n*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. \n*1861 - American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. \n*1878 - Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames. \n*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.). \n*1902 - Popular author Sarah Orne Jewett is thrown out of a carriage, virtually ending her writing career. \n*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. \n*1939 - World War II: France, Australia and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. \n*1943 - World War II: Mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces for the first time in the war. \n*1954 - The last new episode of the Lone Ranger is aired on radio after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years.\n*1954 - The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy and Matsu.\n*1966 - The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs. \n*1967 - The last telecast of the television game show What's My Line airs on CBS after a 17 year run. \n*1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu is elected President of South Vietnam. \n*1967 - "Dagen H" in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right \n*1971 - Qatar regains independence from the United Kingdom. \n*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. \n*1991 - In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people. \n*1994 - Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other. \n*1997 - Arizona Governor Fife Symington is convicted for various crimes tied to his real estate business, effectively forcing him out of office.\n*1997 - A Vietnamese Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64
Births
\n*1499 - Diane de Poitiers, lover of Henri II of France\n*1781 - Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (d. 1824)\n*1810 - Paul Kane, Canadian painter\n*1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett, writer\n*1875 - Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (d. 1951)\n*1883 - Harold DeForest Arnold, telephone pioneer\n*1887 - Frank Christian, jazz musician (d. 1973)\n*1902 - Mantan Moreland, actor (d. 1973)\n*1907 - Lorne Eiseley, anthropologist\n*1910 - Kitty Carlisle, actress, television personality\n*1913 - Alan Ladd, actor (d. 1964)\n*1916 - Eddie Stanky, baseball player (d. 1999)\n*1923 - Mort Walker, cartoonist\n*1926 - Anne Jackson, actress\n*1927 - Hhgh Sidey, contributing editor at Time Magazine\n*1929 - Irene Papas, actress\n*1930 - Cherry Wilder, author\n*1933 - Tompall Glaser, country music singer\n*1938 - Caryl Churchill, playwright\n*1938 - Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist\n*1938 - Eileen Brennan, actress\n*1942 - Al Jardine, rock and roll musician, member of the Beach Boys\n*1943 - Valerie Perrine, US actress\n*1947 - Kjell Magne Bondevik Prime Minister of Norway\n*1955 - Steve Jones, musician (Sex Pistols)\n*1964 - Adam Curry, MTV VJ and Internet entrepreneur\n*1965 - Charlie Sheen, American actor
Deaths
\n*1658 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England\n*1857 - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Company Factor\n*1883 - Ivan Turgenev, author\n*1893 - James Harrison, Australian pioneer of mechanical refrigeration, (b. 1816)\n*1914 - Albéric Magnard, composer\n*1948 - Edvard Benes, President of Czechoslovakia\n*1962 - E. E. Cummings, poet\n*1964 - Stewart Holbrook, American author\n*1967 - Woody Guthrie, American musician and songwriter\n*1969 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese revolutionist\n*1970 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach\n*1974 - Harry Partch, microtonal composer\n*1980 - Duncan Renaldo, actor\n*1991 - Frank Capra, American movie director\n*2001 - Pauline Kael, American movie critic\n* 2003 - Rudolf Leiding, car designer, Volkswagen CEO
Holidays
September 2 - September 4 - August 3 - October 3 - more historical anniversaries
