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Events on the 3rd of September in history

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03 Sep 2036 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.
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03 Sep 0301 San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
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03 Sep 0590 St. Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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03 Sep 0590 Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
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03 Sep 0673 King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
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03 Sep 0863 Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
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03 Sep 1189 30 Jews are mnassacred at King Richard I (lion hearted) coronation
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03 Sep 1189 Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
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03 Sep 1260 Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army
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03 Sep 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.
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03 Sep 1483 Utrecht surrenders to Habsburgs army
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03 Sep 1543 Cardinal Beaton replaces Earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland
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03 Sep 1650 Battle at Dunbar: England vs. Scotland
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03 Sep 1650 Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
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03 Sep 1651 Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
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03 Sep 1651 Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
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03 Sep 1658 Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector
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03 Sep 1658 Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
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03 Sep 1666 The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
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03 Sep 1683 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
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03 Sep 1709 1st major group of Swiss / German colonists reach North and South Carolina
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03 Sep 1725 England, France, Hannover and Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
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03 Sep 1731 Willem KH Friso installed as Viceroy of Friesland
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03 Sep 1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
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03 Sep 1752 US adopts Gregorian calender (becomes September 14)
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03 Sep 1777 American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
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03 Sep 1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending US Revolutionary War)
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03 Sep 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.
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03 Sep 1791 French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
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03 Sep 1798 The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
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03 Sep 1802 William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
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03 Sep 1812 Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
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03 Sep 1826 USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
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03 Sep 1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
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03 Sep 1833 New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
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03 Sep 1838 Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
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03 Sep 1838 Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
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03 Sep 1843 King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
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03 Sep 1849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
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03 Sep 1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
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03 Sep 1855 American 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.
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03 Sep 1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
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03 Sep 1861 American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
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03 Sep 1864 Battle of Berryville, Virginia
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03 Sep 1864 US, British, French and Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
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03 Sep 1870 Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
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03 Sep 1874 The congress of the State of Mexico elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
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03 Sep 1875 The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
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03 Sep 1878 Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
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03 Sep 1879 Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the The Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
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03 Sep 1881 1st US Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62)
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03 Sep 1881 Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
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03 Sep 1882 French / Vietnamese / Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
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03 Sep 1888 East Africa Company political and commercial rights
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03 Sep 1888 Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British
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03 Sep 1890 Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open
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03 Sep 1891 11th US Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)
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03 Sep 1891 Cotton pickers organize union and staged strike in Texas
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03 Sep 1891 John Stephens Durham, named Minister to Haiti
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03 Sep 1895 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)
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03 Sep 1895 John Brallier becomes the first openly 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.
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03 Sep 1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
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03 Sep 1901 Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
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03 Sep 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
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03 Sep 1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"
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03 Sep 1904 St. Louis Olympics closes
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03 Sep 1906 Philadelphia Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans
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03 Sep 1908 James Barries "What Every Woman Knows, " premieres in London
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03 Sep 1911 31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)
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03 Sep 1914 British expeditionary army / general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne
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03 Sep 1914 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
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03 Sep 1914 French troops vacate Reims
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03 Sep 1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
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03 Sep 1914 William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
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03 Sep 1914 French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
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03 Sep 1914 World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
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03 Sep 1916 World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
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03 Sep 1917 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
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03 Sep 1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia
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03 Sep 1917 Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
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03 Sep 1917 Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
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03 Sep 1918 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)
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03 Sep 1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
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03 Sep 1918 Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
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03 Sep 1921 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
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03 Sep 1921 KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
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03 Sep 1924 Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
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03 Sep 1925 1st international handball match held
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03 Sep 1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
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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.
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03 Sep 1928 Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and final career hit
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03 Sep 1929 Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17
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03 Sep 1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)
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03 Sep 1932 Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title
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03 Sep 1933 Yevgeniy 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).
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03 Sep 1934 Tunisia began its move for independence
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03 Sep 1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
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03 Sep 1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
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03 Sep 1935 Sir 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.
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03 Sep 1936 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
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03 Sep 1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland
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03 Sep 1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada
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03 Sep 1939 German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia
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03 Sep 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland
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03 Sep 1939 Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win
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03 Sep 1939 World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
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03 Sep 1939 World 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.
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03 Sep 1940 1st showing of high definition color TV
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03 Sep 1940 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)
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03 Sep 1940 Netherlands government in exile of Gerbrandy forms London
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03 Sep 1940 Sicherheits police bans Freemasons, Rotary, and Red Cross
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03 Sep 1940 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
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03 Sep 1941 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)
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03 Sep 1941 KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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03 Sep 1941 The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
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03 Sep 1942 World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva, in present-day Belarus.
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03 Sep 1943 British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina)
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03 Sep 1943 General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily
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03 Sep 1943 World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta.
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03 Sep 1944 58th US Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86)
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03 Sep 1944 68th and last transport of Dutch Jews (Anne Frank) leaves to Auschwitz
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03 Sep 1944 Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France
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03 Sep 1944 Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US Tennis title
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03 Sep 1944 French troops liberate Lyon
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03 Sep 1944 Last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz
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03 Sep 1944 Prince Bernhard appointed Supreme Commander of the Netherlands Domestic Arm Force
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03 Sep 1944 Tank division of British Guards free Brussels
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03 Sep 1944 Holocaust: 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.
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03 Sep 1945 65th US Mens Tennis: Sgt Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62)
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03 Sep 1945 Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
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03 Sep 1945 A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
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03 Sep 1947 Philadelphia Athletics Bill McCahan no-hits Washingston Senators, 3-0
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03 Sep 1947 Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2
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03 Sep 1949 Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
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03 Sep 1950 "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
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03 Sep 1951 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
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03 Sep 1951 The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
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03 Sep 1953 French Minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
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03 Sep 1954 China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy and Amoy
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03 Sep 1954 Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954 signed
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03 Sep 1954 Pope Pius X canonized a Saint
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03 Sep 1954 The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
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03 Sep 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.
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03 Sep 1955 KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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03 Sep 1956 Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
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03 Sep 1957 Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)
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03 Sep 1957 KTCA TV channel 2 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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03 Sep 1957 Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out
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03 Sep 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open
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03 Sep 1964 US attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns
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03 Sep 1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
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03 Sep 1965 Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic
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03 Sep 1965 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit 3 HRs in a game
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03 Sep 1965 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei
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03 Sep 1965 Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from Los Angeles to California
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03 Sep 1966 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
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03 Sep 1966 Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"
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03 Sep 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution
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03 Sep 1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
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03 Sep 1967 WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
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03 Sep 1967 Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
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03 Sep 1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
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03 Sep 1970 After NL record 1,117 consecutive games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
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03 Sep 1970 Bill Haley & His Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia
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03 Sep 1970 Indonesian President Suharto visits Netherlands
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03 Sep 1971 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
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03 Sep 1971 Manlio Brosio resigns as Secretary General of NATO
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03 Sep 1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
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03 Sep 1971 Qatar becomes an independent state.
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03 Sep 1973 General Walters, ends term as acting Director of CIA
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03 Sep 1974 Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
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03 Sep 1974 NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires
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03 Sep 1974 US and German DR establish diplomatic relations
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03 Sep 1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
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03 Sep 1975 Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
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03 Sep 1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
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03 Sep 1976 Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
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03 Sep 1977 Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV
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03 Sep 1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
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03 Sep 1978 Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)
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03 Sep 1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
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03 Sep 1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000
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03 Sep 1979 Iran army conquerors Mahabad
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03 Sep 1979 Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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03 Sep 1981 Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
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03 Sep 1981 Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
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03 Sep 1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
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03 Sep 1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
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03 Sep 1984 Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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03 Sep 1984 South Africa adopts constitution
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03 Sep 1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I) - Discovery 6-returns to Earth
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03 Sep 1985 New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game
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03 Sep 1986 Astros and Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game
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03 Sep 1987 Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
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03 Sep 1987 In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
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03 Sep 1989 "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 performances
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03 Sep 1989 Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last US Tennis Open singles victory
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03 Sep 1989 Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die
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03 Sep 1990 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleveland 3-0
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03 Sep 1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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03 Sep 1990 Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
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03 Sep 1990 White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57
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03 Sep 1994 Circulation of the Netherlands Telegraph / News of the Day reaches 800,000
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03 Sep 1994 Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
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03 Sep 1995 Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT)
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03 Sep 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3)
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03 Sep 1995 New York Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle
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03 Sep 1995 Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit
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03 Sep 1997 Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
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03 Sep 2001 In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
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03 Sep 2004 The Beslan school hostage crisis ends on its third day with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of whom are children.
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03 Sep 2014 Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods leave over 200 people dead across India and Pakistan.
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