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What Happened on September 3rd This Day in History

Year	Name
2017	North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
2016	The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
2010	After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.
2004	Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
2001	In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
1997	Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
1989	Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.
1987	In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
1981	The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
1978	During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.[4]
1976	Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1971	Qatar becomes an independent state.
1967	Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
1954	The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
1950	"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
1945	A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
1944	Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
1943	World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.
1942	World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
1941	The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
1939	World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
1939	World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
1935	Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
1933	Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
1925	USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
1916	World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
1914	William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1914	French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
1914	World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
1895	John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12
1879	Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
1878	Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1875	The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
1870	Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
1861	American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
1855	American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
1843	King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
1838	Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
1812	Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
1798	The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
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.
1777	American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
1666	The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
1658	The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
1651	The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
1650	Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.
1411	The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
1335	At the congress of Visegrád Charles I of Hungary mediates a reconciliation between two neighboring monarchs, John of Bohemia and Casimir III of Poland.
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.
1189	Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
863	Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
673	King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
590	Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
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.
36	In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.

Famous People Born on September 3

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Year	Name
1924	Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (d. 2014)
1996	Zhang Tingting, Chinese handball player
1997	Christopher Udeh, Nigerian footballer
1996	Neilson Powless, American cyclist
1971	Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer and manager
1996	Veronika Domjan, Slovenian athlete
1938	Sarah Bradford, English historian and author
1996	Callum Moore, Australian footballer
1803	Prudence Crandall, American educator (d. 1890)
1996	Florian Maitre, French cyclist

Famous People Deaths On September 3

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Date	Name
1467	Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1434)
1120	Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c. 1040)
1985	Johnny Marks, American songwriter (b. 1909)
264	Sun Xiu, Chinese emperor (b. 235)
1987	Morton Feldman, American composer and educator (b. 1926)
1653	Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (b. 1588)
1970	Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
2001	Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (b. 1919)
1658	Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (b. 1599)
1906	Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)