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09-03-2010, 05:17 AM
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This Date in History - September 3rd
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* 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 Consecration of Pope Gregory the Great
* 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
* 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 burns 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.
* 1798 The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
* 1802 William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
* 1803 English scientist John Dalton begins 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 United States 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, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
* 1874 The congress of the state of Mιxico elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juαrez".
* 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 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
* 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: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
* 1942 World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Lakhva Ghetto.
* 1944 Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
* 1945 Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
* 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 begins shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
* 1954 The German U-Boat U-505 begins 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.
* 1987 In a coup d'ιtat in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
* 1994 Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
* 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, more than half of which are children.
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This Date in History - September 3rd
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* 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 Consecration of Pope Gregory the Great
* 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
* 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 burns 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.
* 1798 The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
* 1802 William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
* 1803 English scientist John Dalton begins 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 United States 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, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
* 1874 The congress of the state of Mιxico elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juαrez".
* 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 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
* 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: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
* 1942 World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Lakhva Ghetto.
* 1944 Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
* 1945 Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
* 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 begins shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
* 1954 The German U-Boat U-505 begins 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.
* 1987 In a coup d'ιtat in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
* 1994 Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
* 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, more than half of which are children.
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