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| September 3rd, 2036 (September 03 2036) | Event | In the battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. | |
| September 3rd, 2004 (September 03 2004) | Event | The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children. | |
| September 3rd, 1997 (September 03 1997) | Event | A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. | |
| September 3rd, 1995 (September 03 1995) | Event | eBay founded. | |
| September 3rd, 1994 (September 03 1994) | Event | Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People s Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other. | |
| September 3rd, 1993 (September 03 1993) | Birth | Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol | |
| September 3rd, 1991 (September 03 1991) | Event | In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people. | |
| September 3rd, 1987 (September 03 1987) | Birth | Chris Fountain, English actor | |
| September 3rd, 1986 (September 03 1986) | Birth | Shaun White, American snowboarder | |
| September 3rd, 1985 (September 03 1985) | Birth | Scott Carson, English footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1985 (September 03 1985) | Birth | Kelvin Wilson, English footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1984 (September 03 1984) | Birth | Garrett Hedlund, American actor | |
| September 3rd, 1983 (September 03 1983) | Birth | Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver | |
| September 3rd, 1983 (September 03 1983) | Birth | Nicky Hunt, English footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1983 (September 03 1983) | Birth | Marcus McCauley, American football player | |
| September 3rd, 1983 (September 03 1983) | Birth | Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player | |
| September 3rd, 1982 (September 03 1982) | Birth | Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter | |
| September 3rd, 1982 (September 03 1982) | Birth | Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model | |
| September 3rd, 1981 (September 03 1981) | Birth | Fearne Cotton, British television presenter | |
| September 3rd, 1980 (September 03 1980) | Birth | The B.G., American rapper | |
| September 3rd, 1980 (September 03 1980) | Birth | Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1980 (September 03 1980) | Birth | Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41) | |
| September 3rd, 1980 (September 03 1980) | Birth | Jennie Finch, American softball player | |
| September 3rd, 1979 (September 03 1979) | Birth | Tomo Milicevic, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars) | |
| September 3rd, 1978 (September 03 1978) | Birth | John Curtis, English footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1978 (September 03 1978) | Birth | Paul Moor, English ten-pin bowler | |
| September 3rd, 1978 (September 03 1978) | Birth | Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player | |
| September 3rd, 1978 (September 03 1978) | Birth | Nick Wechsler, American actor | |
| September 3rd, 1978 (September 03 1978) | Birth | Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (died in 2004) | |
| September 3rd, 1977 (September 03 1977) | Birth | Rui Marques, Angolan footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1977 (September 03 1977) | Birth | Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1977 (September 03 1977) | Birth | Nate Robertson, American baseball player | |
| September 3rd, 1976 (September 03 1976) | Event | Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. | |
| September 3rd, 1976 (September 03 1976) | Birth | Ashley Jones, American actress | |
| September 3rd, 1976 (September 03 1976) | Birth | Jevon Kearse, American football player | |
| September 3rd, 1976 (September 03 1976) | Birth | Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor | |
| September 3rd, 1975 (September 03 1975) | Birth | Cristobal Huet, French hockey player | |
| September 3rd, 1974 (September 03 1974) | Birth | Clare Kramer, American actress | |
| September 3rd, 1973 (September 03 1973) | Birth | Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer | |
| September 3rd, 1973 (September 03 1973) | Birth | Jennifer Paige, American singer/songwriter | |
| September 3rd, 1973 (September 03 1973) | Birth | Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player | |
| September 3rd, 1972 (September 03 1972) | Birth | Natalia Estrada, Spanish model and actress | |
| September 3rd, 1972 (September 03 1972) | Birth | Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player | |
| September 3rd, 1972 (September 03 1972) | Birth | Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress | |
| September 3rd, 1971 (September 03 1971) | Event | Qatar becomes an independent state | |
| September 3rd, 1971 (September 03 1971) | Birth | Chabeli Iglesias, Spanish journalist | |
| September 3rd, 1970 (September 03 1970) | Birth | Gareth Southgate, English footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1969 (September 03 1969) | Birth | John Fugelsang, American actor | |
| September 3rd, 1967 (September 03 1967) | Event | Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight | |
| September 3rd, 1966 (September 03 1966) | Birth | Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician | |
| September 3rd, 1965 (September 03 1965) | Birth | Charlie Sheen, American actor | |
| September 3rd, 1964 (September 03 1964) | Birth | Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur | |
| September 3rd, 1964 (September 03 1964) | Birth | Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer | |
| September 3rd, 1964 (September 03 1964) | Birth | Holt McCallany, American actor | |
| September 3rd, 1963 (September 03 1963) | Birth | Amber Lynn, American porn star | |
| September 3rd, 1963 (September 03 1963) | Birth | Mubarak Ghanim, UAE footballer | |
| September 3rd, 1962 (September 03 1962) | Birth | Costas Mandylor, Australian-born actor | |
| September 3rd, 1959 (September 03 1959) | Birth | Merritt Butrick, American actor (died in 1989) | |
| September 3rd, 1957 (September 03 1957) | Birth | Garth Ancier, American television executive | |
| September 3rd, 1956 (September 03 1956) | Birth | Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member | |
| September 3rd, 1955 (September 03 1955) | Birth | Steve Jones, English musician (Sex Pistols) | |
| September 3rd, 1954 (September 03 1954) | Event | The People s Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy. | |
| September 3rd, 1954 (September 03 1954) | Event | The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago s Museum of Science and Industry. | |
| September 3rd, 1953 (September 03 1953) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director | |
| September 3rd, 1951 (September 03 1951) | Event | The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network. | |
| September 3rd, 1950 (September 03 1950) | Birth | Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King s X) | |
| September 3rd, 1949 (September 03 1949) | Birth | Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (died in 2004) | |
| September 3rd, 1949 (September 03 1949) | Birth | Jose Pekerman, Argentine football manager | |
| September 3rd, 1948 (September 03 1948) | Birth | Levy MwanawasaZambian Politician | |
| September 3rd, 1947 (September 03 1947) | Birth | Eric Bell, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy) | |
| September 3rd, 1947 (September 03 1947) | Birth | Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician | |
| September 3rd, 1944 (September 03 1944) | Event | Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later. | Anne Frank Quotes |
| September 3rd, 1943 (September 03 1943) | Event | World War II: Mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces for the first time in the war. | |
| September 3rd, 1943 (September 03 1943) | Birth | Valerie Perrine, American actress | |
| September 3rd, 1943 (September 03 1943) | Birth | Frank Lister, Soccer player | |
| September 3rd, 1942 (September 03 1942) | Event | World War II: Uprising of the Jewish ghetto in Lakhva occurs. | |
| September 3rd, 1942 (September 03 1942) | Birth | Al Jardine, American musician (the Beach Boys) | |
| September 3rd, 1942 (September 03 1942) | Birth | John Shrapnel, English actor | |
| September 3rd, 1941 (September 03 1941) | Birth | Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (died in 1990) | |
| September 3rd, 1940 (September 03 1940) | Birth | Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist | |
| September 3rd, 1940 (September 03 1940) | Birth | Pauline Collins, English actress | |
| September 3rd, 1939 (September 03 1939) | Event | World War II begins when France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, starting the Allies. | |
| September 3rd, 1938 (September 03 1938) | Birth | Eileen Brennan, American actress | |
| September 3rd, 1938 (September 03 1938) | Birth | Caryl Churchill, English playwright | |
| September 3rd, 1938 (September 03 1938) | Birth | Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| September 3rd, 1935 (September 03 1935) | Event | 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 | |
| September 3rd, 1934 (September 03 1934) | Birth | Freddie King, American musician (died in 1976) | |
| September 3rd, 1933 (September 03 1933) | Event | Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet UnionCommunism Peak (7495 m). | |
| September 3rd, 1933 (September 03 1933) | Birth | Tompall Glaser, American singer | |
| September 3rd, 1931 (September 03 1931) | Birth | Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler (died in 1973) | |
| September 3rd, 1931 (September 03 1931) | Birth | Dick Motta, American basketball coach | |
| September 3rd, 1930 (September 03 1930) | Birth | Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (died in 2002) | |
| September 3rd, 1929 (September 03 1929) | Event | Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly followed by the Crash of 1929. | |
| September 3rd, 1929 (September 03 1929) | Birth | Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (died in 2007) | |
| September 3rd, 1928 (September 03 1928) | Birth | Gaston Thorn, President of the European Commission(died in 2007) | |
| September 3rd, 1926 (September 03 1926) | Birth | Alison Lurie, American novelist | |
| September 3rd, 1926 (September 03 1926) | Birth | Irene Papas, Greek actress | |
| September 3rd, 1925 (September 03 1925) | Birth | Bengt Lindstrom, Swedish artist (died in 2008) | |
| September 3rd, 1925 (September 03 1925) | Birth | Hank Thompson, American singer (died in 2007) | |
| September 3rd, 1923 (September 03 1923) | Birth | Mort Walker, American cartoonist | |
| September 3rd, 1921 (September 03 1921) | Birth | Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent,Pulitzer prize winner | |
| September 3rd, 1921 (September 03 1921) | Birth | Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (died in 1971) | |
| September 3rd, 1918 (September 03 1918) | Birth | Helen Wagner, American actress | |
| September 3rd, 1916 (September 03 1916) | Birth | Eddie Stanky, American baseball player (died in 1999) | |
| September 3rd, 1914 (September 03 1914) | Event | William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. | |
| September 3rd, 1914 (September 03 1914) | Birth | Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (died in 1994) | |
| September 3rd, 1913 (September 03 1913) | Birth | Alan Ladd, American actor (died in 1964) | |
| September 3rd, 1911 (September 03 1911) | Birth | Bernard Mammes, American cyclist (died in 2000) | |
| September 3rd, 1910 (September 03 1910) | Birth | Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (died in 2007) | |
| September 3rd, 1910 (September 03 1910) | Birth | Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (died in 2007) | |
| September 3rd, 1908 (September 03 1908) | Birth | Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (died in 1988) | |
| September 3rd, 1907 (September 03 1907) | Birth | Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist (died in 1977) | |
| September 3rd, 1905 (September 03 1905) | Birth | Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1991) | |
| September 3rd, 1901 (September 03 1901) | Birth | Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (died in 1959) | |
| September 3rd, 1900 (September 03 1900) | Birth | Maurice Dobb, British economist (died in 1976) | |
| September 3rd, 1900 (September 03 1900) | Birth | Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician (died in 1986) | |
| September 3rd, 1899 (September 03 1899) | Birth | Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died in 1985) | |
| September 3rd, 1897 (September 03 1897) | Birth | Sally Benson, American writer (died in 1972) | |
| September 3rd, 1887 (September 03 1887) | Birth | Frank Christian, American musician (died in 1973) | |
| September 3rd, 1878 (September 03 1878) | Event | Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames. | |
| September 3rd, 1875 (September 03 1875) | Birth | Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (died in 1951) | |
| September 3rd, 1874 (September 03 1874) | Event | The congress of the state of Mexico elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juarez". | |
| September 3rd, 1870 (September 03 1870) | Event | Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, which will result in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23. | |
| September 3rd, 1869 (September 03 1869) | Birth | Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1930) | |
| September 3rd, 1861 (September 03 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. | |
| September 3rd, 1856 (September 03 1856) | Birth | Louis Sullivan, American architect (died in 1924) | |
| September 3rd, 1855 (September 03 1855) | Event | Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children. | William King Quotes |
| September 3rd, 1851 (September 03 1851) | Birth | Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, Queen of Greece (died in 1926) | |
| September 3rd, 1849 (September 03 1849) | Birth | Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (died in 1909) | Sarah Orne Jewett Quotes |
| September 3rd, 1838 (September 03 1838) | Event | 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. | Frederick Douglass Quotes |
| September 3rd, 1820 (September 03 1820) | Birth | George Hearst, (died in 1891) American businessman and father of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. | |
| September 3rd, 1810 (September 03 1810) | Birth | Paul Kane, Canadian painter (died in 1871) | |
| September 3rd, 1798 (September 03 1798) | Event | Weeklong battle of St. George s Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize. | |
| September 3rd, 1783 (September 03 1783) | Event | American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain. America is officially free from Britain | |
| September 3rd, 1781 (September 03 1781) | Birth | Eugene de Beauharnais, son of Josephine de Beauharnais (died in 1824) | |
| September 3rd, 1777 (September 03 1777) | Event | Cooch s BridgeSkirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time. | |
| September 3rd, 1724 (September 03 1724) | Birth | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (died in 1808) | |
| September 3rd, 1710 (September 03 1710) | Birth | Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (died in 1784) | Abraham Quotes |
| September 3rd, 1695 (September 03 1695) | Birth | Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (died in 1764) | |
| September 3rd, 1693 (September 03 1693) | Birth | Charles Radclyffe, British politician (died in 1746) | |
| September 3rd, 1675 (September 03 1675) | Birth | Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (died in 1751) | |
| September 3rd, 1666 (September 03 1666) | Event | The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London | |
| September 3rd, 1662 (September 03 1662) | Death | William Lenthall, English politician (born in 1591) | |
| September 3rd, 1658 (September 03 1658) | Death | Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (born in 1599) | Oliver Cromwell Quotes |
| September 3rd, 1653 (September 03 1653) | Death | Claudius Salmasius, French classical scholar (born in 1588) | |
| September 3rd, 1651 (September 03 1651) | Event | Third English Civil War: Battle of WorcesterCharles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war. | |
| September 3rd, 1650 (September 03 1650) | Event | Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650) | |
| September 3rd, 1634 (September 03 1634) | Death | Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (born in 1552) | |
| September 3rd, 1592 (September 03 1592) | Death | Robert Greene, English writer (born in 1558) | |
| September 3rd, 1568 (September 03 1568) | Birth | Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (died in 1634) | |
| September 3rd, 1499 (September 03 1499) | Birth | Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (died in 1566) | |
| September 3rd, 1420 (September 03 1420) | Death | Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland | |
| September 3rd, 1402 (September 03 1402) | Death | Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (born in 1351) | |
| September 3rd, 1260 (September 03 1260) | Event | 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. | |
| September 3rd, 1189 (September 03 1189) | Event | Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster. | |
| September 3rd, 1034 (September 03 1034) | Birth | Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (died in 1073) | |
| September 3rd, 0301 (September 03 0301) | Event | San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world s oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. | |
