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September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 119 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 36 BC – 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.
- 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
- 590 – Gregory I became pope.
- 863 – Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
- 1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
- 1260 – 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.
- 1650 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
- 1651 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
- 1666 – The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
- 1777 – Cooch's Bridge – Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
- 1783 – 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
- 1798 – Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
- 1802 – William Wordsworth composed the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802".
- 1803 – English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
- 1812 – 24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
- 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.
- 1855 – 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.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, which will result in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
- 1874 – The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
- 1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
- 1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
- 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union – Communism Peak (7495 m).
- 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
- 1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
- 1941 – Holocaust: start of gassings in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1942 – World War II: Uprising of the Jewish ghetto in Lakhva occurs.
- 1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
- 1945 – As combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater and the final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China together celebrate V-J Day on the following day, because Kuomingtang represented China on the Missouri and the news reached the Communist Party of China's areas one-day late. There are still many "September 3" streets and primary schools in China.
- 1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
- 1951 – The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
- 1954 – The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
- 1954 – 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.
- 1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
- 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state
- 1976 – Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
- 1994 – Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
- 1995 – eBay founded.
- 1997 – A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
- 1999 – 87-automobile pile-up on Highway 401 freeway just east of Windsor, Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake St. Clair.
- 2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis: Day 3: The Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, over half of which are children.
Births
- 1034 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073)
- 1499 – Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566)
- 1568 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (d. 1634)
- 1675 – Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
- 1693 – Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
- 1695 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
- 1710 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
- 1724 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
- 1781 – Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Josephine de Beauharnais (d. 1824)
- 1810 – Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
- 1820 – George Hearst, American businessman and father of William Randolph Hearst (d. 1891)
- 1841 – Tom Emmett, England cricketer (d. 1904)
- 1849 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (d. 1909)
- 1851 – Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, Queen of Greece (d. 1926)
- 1856 – Louis Sullivan, American architect (d. 1924)
- 1856 – Robert Stewart, South African cricketer (d. 1913)
- 1869 – Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
- 1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (d. 1951)
- 1882 – Johnny Douglas, England cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
- 1887 – Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
- 1897 – Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972)
- 1899 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985)
- 1900 – Maurice Dobb, British economist (d. 1976)
- 1900 – Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician (d. 1986)
- 1900 – Percy Chapman, England cricketer (d. 1961)
- 1901 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (d. 1959)
- 1905 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
- 1905 – John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
- 1907 – Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist (d. 1977)
- 1908 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988)
- 1910 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (d. 2007)
- 1910 – Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (d. 2007)
- 1911 – Bernard Mammes, American cyclist (d. 2000)
- 1913 – Alan Ladd, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1914 – Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (d. 1994)
- 1916 – Eddie Stanky, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1918 – Helen Wagner, American actress
- 1921 – Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner (d. 1966)
- 1921 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
- 1923 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
- 1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer
- 1925 – Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Alison Lurie, American novelist
- 1926 – Irene Papas, Greek actress
- 1928 – Gaston Thorn, President of the European Commission (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (d. 2002)
- 1931 – Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
- 1931 – Dick Motta, American basketball coach
- 1932 – Eileen Brennan, American actress
- 1933 – Tompall Glaser, American singer
- 1933 – Basil Butcher, West Indian cricketer
- 1934 – Freddie King, American musician (d. 1976)
- 1938 – Caryl Churchill, English playwright
- 1938 – Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
- 1940 – Pauline Collins, English actress
- 1941 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (d. 1990)
- 1942 – Al Jardine, American musician (The Beach Boys)
- 1942 – John Shrapnel, English actor
- 1943 – Valerie Perrine, American actress
- 1943 – Frank Lister, English footballer
- 1947 – Eric Bell, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
- 1947 – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician
- 1948 – Levy Mwanawasa – Zambian Politician (d. 2008)
- 1949 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
- 1949 – José Pekerman, Argentine football manager
- 1950 – Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X)
- 1951 – Denys Hobson, former South African cricketer
- 1953 – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director
- 1955 – Steve Jones, English musician (Sex Pistols)
- 1956 – Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- 1957 – Garth Ancier, American television executive
- 1957 – Earl Cureton, American basketball player
- 1959 – Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1962 – Costas Mandylor, Australian-born actor
- 1963 – Amber Lynn, American porn star
- 1963 – Mubarak Ghanim, UAE footballer
- 1964 – Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur
- 1964 – Spike Feresten, American television writer
- 1964 – Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
- 1964 – Holt McCallany, American actor
- 1964 – Nigel Rhodes, English actor and musician
- 1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor
- 1966 – Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician
- 1969 – John Fugelsang, American actor
- 1969 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model, professional wrestler, and valet (d. 2004)
- 1970 – Jeremy Glick, American United Airlines Flight 93 passenger (d. 2001)
- 1970 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer
- 1971 – Chabeli Iglesias, Spanish journalist
- 1971 – Trevor St. John, American actor
- 1972 – Natalia Estrada, Spanish model and actress
- 1972 – Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
- 1972 – Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress
- 1973 – Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
- 1973 – Jennifer Paige, American singer/songwriter
- 1973 – Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player
- 1974 – Clare Kramer, American actress
- 1974 – Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer
- 1975 – Cristobal Huet, French hockey player
- 1976 – Ashley Jones, American actress
- 1976 – Jevon Kearse, American football player
- 1976 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
- 1977 – Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
- 1977 – Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
- 1977 – Nate Robertson, American baseball player
- 1978 – John Curtis, English footballer
- 1978 – Paul Moor, English ten-pin bowler
- 1978 – Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player
- 1978 – Nick Wechsler, American actor
- 1978 – Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (d. 2004)
- 1979 – Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
- 1979 – Tiffany Chapman, English actress
- 1980 – The B.G., American rapper
- 1980 – Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer
- 1980 – Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41)
- 1980 – Jennie Finch, American softball player
- 1981 – Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
- 1982 – Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
- 1982 – Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
- 1983 – Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver
- 1983 – Nicky Hunt, English footballer
- 1983 – Marcus McCauley, American football player
- 1983 – Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1984 – Garrett Hedlund, American actor
- 1985 – Scott Carson, English footballer
- 1985 – Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
- 1986 – Shaun White, American snowboarder
- 1987 – Chris Fountain, English actor
- 1993 – Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol
Deaths
- 1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1351)
- 1420 – Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland
- 1592 – Robert Greene, English writer (b. 1558)
- 1634 – Edward Coke, English jurist and Member of Parliament (b. 1552)
- 1653 – Claudius Salmasius, French classical scholar (b. 1588)
- 1658 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (b. 1599)
- 1662 – William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
- 1720 – Henri de Massue, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648)
- 1722 – Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
- 1729 – Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
- 1766 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (b. 1686)
- 1808 – John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
- 1857 – John McLoughlin, Canadian trapper (b. 1784)
- 1860 – Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (b. 1804)
- 1866 – Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
- 1883 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian author (b. 1818)
- 1886 – William W. Snow, American politician (b. 1812)
- 1893 – James Harrison, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1816)
- 1903 – Joseph Skipsey, British poet (b. 1832)
- 1914 – Albéric Magnard, French composer (b. 1865)
- 1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian vaudevillian and impresario
- 1948 – Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
- 1961 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
- 1962 – E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894)
- 1963 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (b. 1907)
- 1964 – Stewart Holbrook, American author (b. 1893)
- 1967 – James Dunn, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1967 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer and businessman(b.1893)
- 1968 – Isabel Withers, American actress (b. 1896)
- 1969 – John Lester, American cricketer (b. 1871)
- 1970 – Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)
- 1970 – "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (b. 1943)
- 1974 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
- 1980 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor (b. 1926)
- 1980 – Duncan Renaldo, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1981 – Alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)
- 1983 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
- 1985 – Johnny Marks, American singer (b. 1909)
- 1987 – Morton Feldman, American composer (b. 1926)
- 1991 – Frank Capra, American film director (b. 1897)
- 1994 – James T. Aubrey, American television executive (b. 1918)
- 1994 – Billy Wright, English former footballer (b. 1924)
- 1994 – Major Lance, American singer (b. 1939)
- 1996 – Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian artist (b. 1910)
- 2000 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
- 2001 – Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (b. 1973)
- 2002 – W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
- 2003 – Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
- 2005 – R. S. R. Fitter, British ornithologist and botanist (b. 1913)
- 2005 – William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
- 2007 – Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
- 2007 – Steve Ryan, American actor (b. 1947)
- 2007 – Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
- 2007 – Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)
- 2008 – Donald Blakeslee, American aviator, led 4th Fighter Group during World War II. (b. 1917)
Holidays and observances
- Australia – Flag Day.
- Canadian Merchant Navy Day.
- RC Saints – Pope Gregory I, Saint Marinus, Remaclus.
- Qatar – Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1971).
- San Marino – Foundation (301) by Saint Marinus.
- Republic of China (Taiwan) – Armed Forces Day.
- Tunisia – Memorial Day.
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