Major Events
- 301 San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, founded by Saint Marinus
- 1650 Battle of Dunbar; Oliver Cromwell's English New Model Army defeats Scottish force in surprise attack
- 1783 Treaty of Paris signed in Paris ends the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America
- 1791 French Revolution: The new French Constitution, declaring France a constitutional monarchy, is passed by the National Assembly
- 1900 With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa
- 1939 World War II: Britain declares war on Germany after invasion of Poland. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada
- 1944 Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp [1]
- 1988 Estimated by this date 50,000 Kurdish civilians and soldiers killed by Iraq, many using chemical weapons, in aftermath of Iran-Iraq War
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Sep 3 in Film & TV
- 1951 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
Sep 3 in Music
- 1912 Arnold Schoenberg's "Funf Orchesterstucke" (Five Pieces for Orchestra) premieres in London at a Promenade Concert
Sep 3 in Sport
- 1950 Giuseppe "Nino" Farina wins inaugural Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in an Alfa Romeo; wins by 3 points from Juan Manuel Fangio
Did You Know?
Flag of the United States flown in battle for the 1st time at Cooch's Bridge, Delaware, a skirmish during American Revolutionary War
Eugène de Beauharnais
Louis Sullivan
Ferdinand Porsche
Carl David Anderson
Whitey Bulger
Mario Draghi
Charlie Sheen
Steve Jones
Shaun White
Dominic Thiem
Fun Fact About September 3
Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar, losing 11 days. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
Famous Weddings
- 1869 Heinz food producer Henry John Heinz marries Sarah Sloan Young
- 1921 American journalist Ernest Hemingway (22) weds American Hadley Richardson (29) in Bay Township, Michigan; divorce in 1927
- 1923 Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead (21) weds field archaeologist Luther Cressman (25)
Famous Divorces
- 2010 Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage
More September 3 Weddings
Oliver Cromwell
Edvard Beneš
Vince Lombardi
Frank Capra
Sun Myung Moon
Walter BeckerArticles, Photos and Quiz
Sweden Switches to Driving on the Right Hand Side
Kungsgatan, Stockholm, on Dagen H (switch-over day)
September 3, 1967
Tragedy of Macbeth Brings Fits of Laughter
Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O’Toole returned to the stage on this day playing Shakespeare’s Macbeth in London. Critics savaged the production but the fans?
September 3, 1980
