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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 03 Sep 1925 | 1st international handball match held | |||
| 03 Sep 1925 | Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die | |||
| 03 Sep 1925 | Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (d. 2008) | |||
| 03 Sep 1925 | Shoista Mullojonova, Tajikistan singer (d. 2010) | |||
| 03 Sep 1925 | Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007) | |||
| 03 Sep 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. | |||
| 03 Sep 1925 | WW2 | The battleship HMS Nelson was launched at Vickers-Armstrong's Newcastle shipyard in England, United Kingdom. | ||
| 03 Sep 1925 | WW2 | The US Navy airship Shenandoah broke in two during a squall at Caldwell, Ohio, United States, killing 14. | ||
| 03 Sep 1925 |
USS Shenandoah airship crash In 1925, the U.S. Navy airship Shenandoah, the first American-built rigid dirigible crashed. It was struck and destroyed in a violent thunderstorm, ripped apart by high winds, over Caldwell, Ohio. Of the 43 crew members, 14 died, but 29 survived. It was the first of the Zeppelin type to use helium gas, of which a supply was was available in the U.S. This ZR-1 was launched 20 Aug 1923, and tested in flight 3 Sep 1923. Covered with an aluminum-painted fabric, it was 680 feet long, weighed 36 tons, could bear 55 tons, and carry enough fuel to cruise 5,000 miles at an average speed of 65 mph. Although at the time the crash made front-page news around the world, this tragedy has been largely forgotten. |
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| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 03 Sep 1950 | Aaron Smith: Rocker (Romeo Void) | |||
| 03 Sep 1950 | Doug Pinnick, American singer-songwriter and bass player (King's X and KXM) | |||
| 03 Sep 1950 | "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix. | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 03 Sep 1975 | Ava Lovell: Miss Universe - Belize (1996) | |||
| 03 Sep 1975 | Christobal Huet: Hockey goalie (Team France 1998) | |||
| 03 Sep 1975 | Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die | |||
| 03 Sep 1975 | Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak | |||
| 03 Sep 1975 | Redfoo, American singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer (LMFAO) | |||
| 03 Sep 1975 | Daniel Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor | |||
| 03 Sep 1975 | Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey player | |||
| 03 Sep 1975 | An all-star jam session took place at a party in Los Angeles for actor Peter Sellers 50th Birthday. The line-up for the group who named themselves the Trading Faces: Bill Wyman on bass, Ronnie Wood, Jesse Ed Davis, and Danny Kortchmar on guitars, Keith Moon, organ and drums, Joe Cocker, vocals, Nigel Olsson, drums and David Bowie and Bobby Keys on sax. | |||
| 03 Sep 1975 | birth DJ Redfoo (Stefan Kendal Gordy), one half of LMFAO who had the 2011 world wide hits 'Party Rock Anthem' and 'Sexy And I Know It'. RedFoo is the son of music mogul Berry Gordy who formed Motown Records. | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 03 Sep 2000 | Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914) | |||
| 03 Sep 2000 |
Ozone hole In 2000, NASA data showed the hole at just under 11 million square miles, the biggest it had ever been to date. Record low temperatures in the stratosphere are believed to have helped the expansion of the ozone hole during the southern hemisphere's spring season. Antarctic ozone depletion starts in July, when sunlight triggers chemical reactions in cold air trapped over the South Pole during the Antarctic winter. It intensifies during August and September before tailing off as temperatures rise in late November of early December. Depletion of the ozone layer over Antarctica and the Arctic is being monitored because ozone protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation. By 9 Sep 2000, the hole had grown over Chile, exposing a populated city for the first time. A larger hole was recorded on 24 Sep 2006. |
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| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 03 Sep 2005 | R. S. R. Fitter, English biologist and author (b. 1913) | |||
| 03 Sep 2005 | William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924) | |||
| 03 Sep 2005 | Blues musician Fats Domino was rescued from New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit the city. The 77-year-old singer had been reported missing since the storm in New Orleans which had flooding the city leaving thousands feared dead. | |||
| 03 Sep 2005 | The Rolling Stones performed at Magnetic Hill Concert Site in Moncton to 89,260 fans, making it the largest music event ever in Atlantic Canada. | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 03 Sep 2010 | Noah Howard, American saxophonist (b. 1943) | |||
| 03 Sep 2010 | Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1950) | |||
| 03 Sep 2010 | Mike Edwards a founding member of ELO was killed in a freak accident when a giant bale of hay tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van. The 62 year-old cellist died after the 600 kg (1,323 lb) bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, southern England, smashed through a hedge and careered on to the road. Edwards played cello with ELO, the seven-piece band led by Jeff Lynne, from their first live gig in 1972 until he left in January 1975. He quit the band in 1975 to become a Buddhist, changing his name to Deva Pramada and making his living by teaching the cello. | |||
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