September 3

September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining.

Events:

590 - St. Gregory I becomes Pope
1189 - Richard I of England crowned in Westminster
1651 - Charles II of England is defeated at the Battle of Worcester
1777 - The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland.
1783 - Treaty of Paris (1783) signed, ending the American revolutionary war
1826 - USS Vincennes leaves New York to become first United States warship to circumnavigate globe
1861 - Confederate General Leonidas Polk[?] invades Kentucky
1895 - First professional football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0.)
1900 - United Kingdom annexes Natal, South Africa
1916 - Battle of Verdun
1939 - France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany
1939 - Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that, as a consequence of Britain's declaration, Australia is also at war
1943 - Italy invaded by the Allied forces during World War II
1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam
1971 - Qatar regains independence from the United Kingdom
1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1976 - Viking 2 lands on Mars
1978 - John Paul I becomes Pope

Births:

1499 - Diane de Poitiers, lover of Henri II of France
1781 - Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon?s wife, Josephine (+ 1824)
1810 - Paul Kane, Canadian painter
1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett[?], writer
1875 - Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (+ 1951)
1883 - Harold DeForest Arnold[?], telephone pioneer
1902 - Mantan Moreland[?], actor (+ 1973)
1907 - Lorne Eiseley[?], anthropologist
1910 - Kitty Carlisle[?], actress, television personality
1913 - Alan Ladd[?], actor (+ 1964)
1916 - Eddie Stanky[?], baseball player (+ 1999)
1923 - Mort Walker, cartoonist
1926 - Anne Jackson[?], actress
1927 - Hhgh Sidey[?], contributing editor at Time Magazine
1929 - Irene Papas[?], actress
1933 - Tompall Glaser[?], country music singer
1938 - Caryl Churchill[?], playwright
1938 - Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist
1938 - Eileen Brennan[?], actress
1942 - Al Jardine[?], rock and roll musician, member of the Beach Boys
1944 - Valerie Perinne[?], actress
1955 - Steve Jones, musician (Sex Pistols)
1965 - Charlie Sheen[?], American actor

Deaths:

1658 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England
1857 - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Company Factor
1883 - Ivan Turgenev, author
1948 - Eduard Benes, President of Czechoslovakia
1962 - E. E. Cummings, poet
1964 - Stewart Holbrook, American author
1967 - Woody Guthrie, American musician and songwriter
1970 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach
1974 - Harry Partch, microtonal composer
1980 - Duncan Renaldo[?], actor
1991 - Frank Capra, American movie director
2001 - Pauline Kael[?], American movie critic

Holidays:

September 2 - September 4 - August 3 - October 3 - more historical anniversaries

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

		September 3
		September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining. Events: 590 - St. Gregory I becomes Pope 1189 - Richard I of England crowned in Westminster 1651 - Charles II of England is defeated at the Battle of Worcester 1777 - The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland. 1783 - Treaty of Paris (1783) signed, ending the American revolutionary war 1826 - USS Vincennes leaves New York to become first United States warship to circumnavigate globe 1861 - Confederate General Leonidas Polk[?] invades Kentucky 1895 - First professional football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0.) 1900 - United Kingdom annexes Natal, South Africa 1916 - Battle of Verdun 1939 - France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany 1939 - Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that, as a consequence of Britain's declaration, Australia is also at war 1943 - Italy invaded by the Allied forces during World War II 1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam 1971 - Qatar regains independence from the United Kingdom 1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office 1976 - Viking 2 lands on Mars 1978 - John Paul I becomes Pope Births: 1499 - Diane de Poitiers, lover of Henri II of France 1781 - Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon?s wife, Josephine (+ 1824) 1810 - Paul Kane, Canadian painter 1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett[?], writer 1875 - Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (+ 1951) 1883 - Harold DeForest Arnold[?], telephone pioneer 1902 - Mantan Moreland[?], actor (+ 1973) 1907 - Lorne Eiseley[?], anthropologist 1910 - Kitty Carlisle[?], actress, television personality 1913 - Alan Ladd[?], actor (+ 1964) 1916 - Eddie Stanky[?], baseball player (+ 1999) 1923 - Mort Walker, cartoonist 1926 - Anne Jackson[?], actress 1927 - Hhgh Sidey[?], contributing editor at Time Magazine 1929 - Irene Papas[?], actress 1933 - Tompall Glaser[?], country music singer 1938 - Caryl Churchill[?], playwright 1938 - Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist 1938 - Eileen Brennan[?], actress 1942 - Al Jardine[?], rock and roll musician, member of the Beach Boys 1944 - Valerie Perinne[?], actress 1955 - Steve Jones, musician (Sex Pistols) 1965 - Charlie Sheen[?], American actor Deaths: 1658 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England 1857 - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Company Factor 1883 - Ivan Turgenev, author 1948 - Eduard Benes, President of Czechoslovakia 1962 - E. E. Cummings, poet 1964 - Stewart Holbrook, American author 1967 - Woody Guthrie, American musician and songwriter 1970 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach 1974 - Harry Partch, microtonal composer 1980 - Duncan Renaldo[?], actor 1991 - Frank Capra, American movie director 2001 - Pauline Kael[?], American movie critic Holidays: September 2 - September 4 - August 3 - October 3 - more historical anniversaries See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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