Today September 3rd in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
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.
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 was 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.
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.
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.
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.
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-Sanjo 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 – Eileen Brennan, American actress
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
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
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 Milicevic, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
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 colonial entrepreneur and jurist (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)
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 – Richard 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, Maori 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
RC Saints – Pope Gregory I, Saint Marinus, Remaclus.
Qatar – Independence Day (from Great Britain, 1971).
San Marino – Foundation (301) by Saint Marinus.
Taiwan/Republic of China – Armed Forces Day.
Australia – Flag Day.
Canadian Merchant Navy Day.
Tunisia – Memorial Day.
