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 246^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 119 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 21, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,756,857,600 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 ‘dihectatetracontahexagon’ 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 167 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 4,639 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 3 Historical Events

• 590 –
  Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
• 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.
• 1783 –
  American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• 1870 –
  Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• 1939 –
  World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• 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.
• 1950 –
  “Nino” Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers’ champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• 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.
• 1967 –
  Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.

Who were born on September 3?

• 1499 –
  Diane de Poitiers, French noblewoman and mistress of King Henry II of France (d. 1566)
• 1675 –
  Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
• 1710 –
  Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
• 1810 –
  Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
• 1900 –
  Maurice Dobb, British economist (d. 1976)
• 1926 –
  Anne Jackson, American actress
• 1963 –
  Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist and author
• 1969 –
  Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model, professional wrestler and valet (d. 2004)
• 1982 –
  Tiago Rannow, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 –
  Nicky Hunt, English footballer

Who died on September 3?

• 1634 –
  Edward Coke, English jurist and Member of Parliament (b. 1552)
• 1857 –
  John McLoughlin, Canadian trapper (b. 1784)
• 1860 –
  Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (b. 1804)
• 1961 –
  Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1969 –
  John Lester, American cricketer (b. 1871)
• 1996 –
  Emily Kngwarreye, Australian painter (b. 1910)
• 2001 –
  Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
• 2005 –
  William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
• 2007 –
  Steve Ryan, American actor (b. 1947)
• 2010 –
  Noah Howard, American jazz musician (b. 1943)