About September 3
September 3, 2024 is the 247th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 119 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 148 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 3
- 590 –Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
- 863 –Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
- 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
- 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.
- 1802 –William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
- 1838 –Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
- 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 México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of “Villa de Juárez”.
- 1914 –William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
- 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).
- 1945 –Three-day celebration was held 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.
- 1951 –The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
- 1967 –Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
- 1987 –In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
- 1997 –Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev TU-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
- 2004 –Beslan school hostage crisis – day 3: the Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of which are children.
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