September 03

Friday 03, 2004:

The Beslan school massacre results in the deaths of approximately 344 teachers and children.

Wednesday 03, 1997:

A Vietnamese Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

Saturday 03, 1994:

Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.

Tuesday 03, 1991:

In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.

Friday 03, 1976:

Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars and takes the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.

Friday 03, 1971:

Qatar regains independence from the United Kingdom.

Sunday 03, 1967:

Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right

Saturday 03, 1966:

The last new episode of the television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet airs.

Wednesday 03, 1958:

In Greece, police start shaving the hair of youths called "teddy boys" to the skin.

Friday 03, 1954:

The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy

Monday 03, 1951:

The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.

Friday 03, 1943:

World War II: Mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces for the first time in the war.

Sunday 03, 1939:

World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany.

Tuesday 03, 1935:

Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph

Thursday 03, 1914:

Papacy of Giacomo della Chiesa began. He becomes pope Benedict XV.

Wednesday 03, 1902:

Popular author Sarah Orne Jewett is thrown out of a carriage, virtually ending her writing career.

Tuesday 03, 1895:

The first professional American football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0).

Tuesday 03, 1878:

Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

Thursday 03, 1874:

The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".

Tuesday 03, 1861:

American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.

Monday 03, 1855:

Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.

Monday 03, 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.

Sunday 03, 1826:

The USS Vincennes commanded by William Finch, leaves New York City to become first United States warship to circumnavigate globe.

Monday 03, 1798:

Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.

Wednesday 03, 1783:

A treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain is signed in Paris, ending the war.

Wednesday 03, 1777:

The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland.

Sunday 03, 1651:

Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.

Saturday 03, 1650:

Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)

Friday 03, 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.

Sunday 03, 1189:

Richard I of England is crowned in Westminster.

Friday 03, 590:

St. Gregory I becomes Pope.

Tuesday 03, 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.

Wednesday 03, -36:

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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