September 3 - Glasgledius

September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining.

Events:

590 - St. Gregory I becomes Pope
1189 - Richard I of England crowned in Westminster
1651 - Charles II of England is defeated at the Battle of Worcester
1777 - The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland.
1783 - Treaty of Paris (1783) signed, ending the American revolutionary war
1826 - USS Vincennes leaves New York to become first United States warship to circumnavigate globe
1861 - Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades Kentucky
1895 - First professional football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0.)
1900 - United Kingdom annexes Natal, South Africa
1916 - Battle of Verdun
1939 - France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany
1939 - Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that, as a consequence of Britain's declaration, Australia is also at war
1943 - Italy invaded by the Allied forces during World War II
1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam
1971 - Qatar regains independence from the United Kingdom
1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1976 - Viking 2 lands on Mars
1978 - John Paul I becomes Pope

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December