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This day in history: 3 September

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395 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 3 September.
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2017: North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

Holidays and observances

China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)

China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: V-J Day (People's Republic of China)

Christian feast day: Blessed Bartholomew Gutierrez

Christian feast day: Blessed Brigida Morello Zancano

Christian feast day: Mansuetus of Toul

Christian feast day: Marinus

Christian feast day: Phoebe

Christian feast day: Pope Gregory I

Christian feast day: Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast day: Remaclus

Christian feast day: September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feast of San Marino and the Republic, celebrates the foundation of the Republic of San Marino in 301.

Events

2017North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

2016The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.

2010After 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.

2004Beslan school siege ends, resulting in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.

2001In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.

1997Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

1989Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150.

1989Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.

1987In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

1981The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.

1978During 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 gu

1976Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

1971Qatar becomes an independent state.

1967Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.

1954The 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.

1945A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.

1944Holocaust: 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.

1943World 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.

1942World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).

1941The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.

1939World 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.

1939World 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.

1935Sir 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.

1933Yevgeniy 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).

1925USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, is destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

1916World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; this is the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.

1914French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.

1914Wilhelm, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.

1914World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.

1911A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California.

1895John Brallier becomes the first openly paid professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.

1879Siege 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 throughou

1878Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

1870Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

1861American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.

1855American 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.

1843King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.

1838Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.

1812Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.

Born on this day

2010Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player

2003Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor

2001Kaia Gerber, American model and actress

2000Brandon Williams, English footballer

1999Rich Brian, Indonesian rapper and singer

1998Oskar Seuntjens, Belgian politician

1997Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer

1997Carter Kieboom, American baseball player

1997Devin Singletary, American football player

1997Reniece Boyce, West Indian cricketer

1997Salome Pazhava, Georgian rhythmic gymnast

1996Abrahm DeVine, American swimmer

1996Callum Moore, Australian footballer

1996Florian Maitre, French cyclist

1996Joy, South Korean idol and actress

1996Nanda Kyaw, Burmese footballer

1996Neilson Powless, American cyclist

1996William Eskelinen, Swedish footballer

1996Yoane Wissa, French-Congolese footballer

1995Myles Jack, American football player

1995Niklas Süle, German footballer

1994Francis Molo, New Zealand rugby league player

1994Glen Rea, English-Irish footballer

1993Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player

1993Lee Seong-jong, South Korean singer

1993Lee So-jung, South Korean singer

1992August Alsina, American singer-songwriter

1992Sakshi Malik, Indian wrestler

1990Mohammad Shami, Indian cricketer

1988Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer

1988Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer

1987Allie, Canadian wrestler

1987Dawid Malan, English cricketer

1987James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Modibo Maïga, Malian footballer

1986Capitão Telhada, Brazilian politician

1986OMI, Jamaican singer

1986Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist

1985Kelvin Wilson, English footballer

1985Scott Carson, English footballer

Died on this day

2026Ritu Khullar, Canadian jurist (born 1964)

2024Charley Johnson, American football player (born 1938)

2024Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish peer (born 1930)

2024Wayne Graham, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)

2017John Ashbery, American poet (born 1927)

2017Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950)

2015Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (born 1929)

2015Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1971)

2015Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)

2015Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (born 1939)

2015Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (born 1914)

2014Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)

2014A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1930)

2013Don Meineke, American basketball player (born 1930)

2013Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (born 1933)

2013José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1929)

2013Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (born 1925)

2013Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (born 1921)

2013Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (born 1914)

2012Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)

2012Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (born 1943)

2012Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (born 1933)

2012Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (born 1957)

2012Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (born 1917)

2012Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (born 1920)

2010Noah Howard, American saxophonist (born 1943)

2010Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1950)

2008Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (born 1917)

2007Carter Albrecht, American keyboard player and guitarist (born 1973)

2007Jane Tomlinson, English runner (born 1964)

Quote of the day

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

Marcus Aurelius

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