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 246th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 119 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 21, 2022 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,702,720 minutes 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.
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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 141 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 3,543 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 3 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1651 –Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester – Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
- 1798 –The week long battle of St. George’s Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
- 1874 –The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of “Villa de Juárez”.
- 1875 –The first official game of Polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British Ranchers.
- 1925 –USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the United States’ first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
- 1951 –The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
- 1954 –The People’s Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
- 1967 –Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
- 1994 –Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People’s Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
Who were born on September 3?
- 1499 –Diane de Poitiers, French noblewoman and mistress of King Henry II of France (d. 1566)
- 1926 –Alison Lurie, American novelist
- 1926 –Anne Jackson, American actress
- 1931 –Dick Motta, American basketball coach
- 1950 –Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King’s X)
- 1964 –Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
- 1965 –Charlie Sheen, American actor
- 1972 –Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
- 1977 –Nate Robertson, American baseball player
- 1978 –Valfar, Norwegian vocalist (Windir) (d. 2004)
Who died on September 3?
- 1634 –Edward Coke, English jurist and Member of Parliament (b. 1552)
- 1722 –Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks (b. 1646)
- 1766 –Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (b. 1686)
- 1961 –Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
- 1980 –Duncan Renaldo, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1985 –Johnny Marks, American singer (b. 1909)
- 1987 –Morton Feldman, American composer (b. 1926)
- 1994 –Billy Wright, English footballer (b. 1924)
- 2000 –Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- 2010 –Robert Schimmel, American stand-up comedian (b. 1950)
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