September 3rd Events |
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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, 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, 1976 (September 03 1976) | Event | Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. | |
September 3rd, 1971 (September 03 1971) | Event | Qatar becomes an independent state | |
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, 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, 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, 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, 1942 (September 03 1942) | Event | World War II: Uprising of the Jewish ghetto in Lakhva occurs. | |
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, 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, 1933 (September 03 1933) | Event | Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet UnionCommunism Peak (7495 m). | |
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, 1914 (September 03 1914) | Event | William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. | |
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1666 (September 03 1666) | Event | The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London | |
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, 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, 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. | |