What are the important events that happened on September 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 3 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 21, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,725,321,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontaheptagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,274 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 3 Historical Events
- 590 –Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
- 1189 –Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard “the Lionheart”) is crowned at Westminster.
- 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.
- 1803 –English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
- 1838 –Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
- 1855 –Indian Wars: in Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
- 1875 –The first official game of Polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British Ranchers.
- 1945 –Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
- 1971 –Qatar becomes an independent state
- 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.
Who were born on September 3?
- 1724 –Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
- 1849 –Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (d. 1909)
- 1882 –Johnny Douglas, England cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
- 1900 –Maurice Dobb, British economist (d. 1976)
- 1900 –Percy Chapman, England cricketer (d. 1961)
- 1941 –Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (d. 1990)
- 1970 –George Lynch, American basketball player
- 1972 –Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
- 1973 –Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
- 1976 –Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
Who died on September 3?
- 1658 –Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (b. 1599)
- 1808 –John Montgomery, American Continental congressman (b. 1722)
- 1883 –Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1818)
- 1981 –Alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)
- 1983 –Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
- 2000 –Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 2001 –Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-born American actress (b. 1973)
- 2002 –W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
- 2007 –Syd Jackson, New Zealand Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
- 2010 –Robert Schimmel, American stand-up comedian (b. 1950)
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