Today in History – September 3rd

• 301, San Marino, one of the smallest nations and world’s oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
• 863, Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
• 1189, Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard “the Lionheart”) is crowned at Westminster.
• 1651, Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester, Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
• 1658, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (b. 1599) died.
• 1658, Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England
• 1666, The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London
• 1777, American Revolutionary War: during the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge, the Flag of the US is flown in battle for the 1st time.
• 1783, American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the US and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 1798, The week long battle of St. George’s Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
• 1802, William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
• 1803, English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
• 1810, Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871) was born.
• 1812, 24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
• 1838, Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
• 1855, in Nebraska, 700 soldiers avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
• 1861, Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
• 1875, Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (d. 1951) was born.
• 1875, The 1st official game of Polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British Ranchers.
• 1910, Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (d. 2007) was born.
• 1914, Memphis Slim, American pianist (d. 1988) was born.
• 1923, Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (d. 2010) was born.
• 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
• 1939, WWII: France, the UK, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• 1939, WWII: The UK and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war.
• 1943, WWII: The Allied invasion of Italy begins.
• 1944, Holocaust: diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on last transport train from Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz.
• 1945, Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
• 1962, E. E. Cummings, American poet (b. 1894) died.
• 1967, Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
• 1970, Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913) died.
• 1971, Qatar becomes an independent state
• 1976, Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• 1991, Frank Capra, American film director (b. 1897) died.
• 1994, Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People’s Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
• 2005, William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924) died.

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