September 3 in history
Events on September 3
Notable events that happened on September 3 in past years.
- 2017
North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
Wikipedia article: North Korea - 2001
In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
Wikipedia article: Belfast - 1987
In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
Wikipedia article: 1987 Burundian coup d'état - 1971
Qatar becomes an independent state.
Wikipedia article: Qatar - 1945
A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
Wikipedia article: Victory over Japan Day - 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.
Wikipedia article: The Holocaust - 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).
Wikipedia article: Yevgeniy Abalakov - 1914
French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
Wikipedia article: Albéric Magnard - 1895
John Brallier becomes the first openly paid 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.
Wikipedia article: John Brallier - 1861
American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
Wikipedia article: American Civil War - 1812
Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
Wikipedia article: Pigeon Roost State Historic Site - 1666
The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
Wikipedia article: Royal Exchange, London - 1411
The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of Selymbria - 863
Major Byzantine victory under general Petronas at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid under emir Umar al-Aqta, who is killed in battle.
- 36 BC
In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
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