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 I (Gregory the Great).
673 – King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
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: 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.
1651 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
1658 – Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
1666 – The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
1777: The flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time during the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.
1783: The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France sign the Treaty of Paris. The signing signified America's status as a free nation, as Britain formally recognized the independence of its 13 former American colonies, and the boundaries of the new republic were agreed upon: Florida north to the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River.
1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
1802 – William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
1855: American Indian Wars: General William Harney and 700 soldiers take revenge for the Grattan Massacre with a brutal attack on a Sioux village in Nebraska that left 100 men, women, and children dead.
1861: American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk commits a major political blunder by marching his troops into Columbus, Kentucky–negating Kentucky's avowed neutrality and causing the Unionist legislature to invite the U.S. government to drive the invaders away.
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 Mexico elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
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.
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.
1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1914 – French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
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.
1914: Barely a month after the outbreak of World War I, Giacomo della Chiesa is elected to the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming Pope Benedict XV.
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.
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.
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).
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.
1939: World War II: In response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. War came formally to Great Britain at 11 o’clock in the morning of September 3 when a dejected Neville Chamberlain informed the public that London had told Berlin that unless it delivered a pledge to withdraw its forces from Poland a state of war would exist. “I have to tell you now no such undertaking has been received so consequently this country is at with Germany.”
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.
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.
1943: World War II: The British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery begins the Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula, crossing the Strait of Messina from Sicily and landing at Calabria--the "toe" of Italy. On the day of the landing, 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. The Italian government secretly agreed to the Allies' terms for surrender, but no public announcement was made until September 8.
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.
1945 – A three-day celebration begins 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.
1950: A U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) of 35 men arrives in Saigon to screen French requests for American military aid, assist in the training of South Vietnamese troops, and advise on strategy.
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 Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
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.
1964 – Robert F. Kennedy resigns as US Attorney General.
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 American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1987 – In a coup d'état 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 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
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.
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.
2014 – Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods leave over 200 people dead across India and Pakistan.
1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
1802 – William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
1855: American Indian Wars: General William Harney and 700 soldiers take revenge for the Grattan Massacre with a brutal attack on a Sioux village in Nebraska that left 100 men, women, and children dead.
1861: American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk commits a major political blunder by marching his troops into Columbus, Kentucky–negating Kentucky's avowed neutrality and causing the Unionist legislature to invite the U.S. government to drive the invaders away.
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 Mexico elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
1875 – The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
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.
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.
1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
1914 – French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
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.
1914: Barely a month after the outbreak of World War I, Giacomo della Chiesa is elected to the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming Pope Benedict XV.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
1943: World War II: The British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery begins the Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula, crossing the Strait of Messina from Sicily and landing at Calabria--the "toe" of Italy. On the day of the landing, 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. The Italian government secretly agreed to the Allies' terms for surrender, but no public announcement was made until September 8.
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.
1945 – A three-day celebration begins 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.
1950: A U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) of 35 men arrives in Saigon to screen French requests for American military aid, assist in the training of South Vietnamese troops, and advise on strategy.
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 Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
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.
1964 – Robert F. Kennedy resigns as US Attorney General.
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 American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1987 – In a coup d'état 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 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
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.
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.
2014 – Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods leave over 200 people dead across India and Pakistan.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Contemporary Western
Marinus
Pope Gregory I
Remaclus
Pope Gregory I
Remaclus
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
Robert Wolfall, Presbyter (commemoration, Anglicanism)
Robert Wolfall, Presbyter (commemoration, Anglicanism)
Eastern Orthodox
September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop of Nicomedia (4th century)
Martyrs Theophilus the Deacon, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Peter,
Indes, Gorgonius, Zeno, Virgin Domna, and Euthymius (4th century)
Saint Phoebe, Deaconess of Cenchreae near Corinth (1st century)
Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia (309)
Saint Ioannicius, Patriarch of Serbia, Wonderworker (1349)
Blessed John "the Hairy", Fool-for-Christ of Rostov (1580)
Hieromartyr Aristion, Bishop of Alexandria Scabiosa (modern Iskenderun) (3rd century)
Martyrs Zinon, Chariton, Achrontionus, Vitalian
Martyr Dasa
Venerable Theoctistus, fellow ascetic with Venerable Euthymius the Great (5th century)
New-Martyr Polydorus of Cyprus
Edward the Martyr of England
Saint Constantine the New, Emperor
Martyr Archontinus
Celebration of the Icon of the Theotokos of Pisidian Sozopolis
Repose of Priest Peter of Uglich, Fool-for-Christ of Uglich (1866)
Translation of the relics of Nectarius of Pentapolis
Hieromartyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop of Nicomedia (4th century)
Martyrs Theophilus the Deacon, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Peter,
Indes, Gorgonius, Zeno, Virgin Domna, and Euthymius (4th century)
Saint Phoebe, Deaconess of Cenchreae near Corinth (1st century)
Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia (309)
Saint Ioannicius, Patriarch of Serbia, Wonderworker (1349)
Blessed John "the Hairy", Fool-for-Christ of Rostov (1580)
Hieromartyr Aristion, Bishop of Alexandria Scabiosa (modern Iskenderun) (3rd century)
Martyrs Zinon, Chariton, Achrontionus, Vitalian
Martyr Dasa
Venerable Theoctistus, fellow ascetic with Venerable Euthymius the Great (5th century)
New-Martyr Polydorus of Cyprus
Edward the Martyr of England
Saint Constantine the New, Emperor
Martyr Archontinus
Celebration of the Icon of the Theotokos of Pisidian Sozopolis
Repose of Priest Peter of Uglich, Fool-for-Christ of Uglich (1866)
Translation of the relics of Nectarius of Pentapolis
Coptic Orthodox
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