Tukuk-OS📅 September 3
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on September 3? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.
- 2017 — North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.
- 2001 — The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- 1991 — A fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
Hamlet chicken processing plant fireFood processingHamlet, North Carolina
- 1987 — While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.
- 1942 — The Holocaust: In possibly the first Jewish ghetto uprising, residents of the Łachwa Ghetto in occupied Poland, informed of the upcoming "liquidation" of the ghetto, unsuccessfully fought against their Nazi captors.
- 1941 — The mass expulsion of Soviet Germans from the Volga German ASSR began.
Deportation of Soviet Germans (1941–1942)Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1936 — The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America was founded in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North AmericaParliament HillOttawa
- 1935 — On the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, British racing motorist Malcolm Campbell (pictured) became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph (480 km/h).
- 1901 — At the Royal Exhibition Building (pictured) in Melbourne, the flag of Australia flew for the first time.
- 1878 — The passenger steamship SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames after colliding (pictured) with the collier Bywell Castle, killing more than 600 people.
- 1651 — English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell (pictured) won the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War.* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The British Army and their Hessian allies defeated an American militia at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.
- 1650 — Under Oliver Cromwell, the English New Model Army ambushed a poorly prepared Scottish force at the Battle of Dunbar, the first battle of the Third English Civil War.
- 1411 — The Treaty of Selymbria was concluded between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman prince Musa Çelebi.
- 863 — Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine Empire decisively defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon, beginning the era of Byzantine ascendancy.
- -36 — The Sicilian revolt against the Second Triumvirate of the Roman Republic ended when the fleet of Sextus Pompey, the rebel leader, was defeated at the Battle of Naulochus.
War between Sextus Pompey and the Second TriumvirateSecond TriumvirateRoman Republic
Births
- 2010 — Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player
- 2003 — Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
- 2001 — Kaia Gerber, American model and actress
- 2000 — Brandon Williams, English footballer
- 1999 — Rich Brian, Indonesian rapper and singer
- 1998 — Oskar Seuntjens, Belgian politician
- 1997 — Reniece Boyce, West Indian cricketer
- 1997 — Carter Kieboom, American baseball player
- 1997 — Salome Pazhava, Georgian rhythmic gymnast
- 1997 — Devin Singletary, American football player
- 1997 — Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer
- 1996 — Joy, South Korean idol and actress
Deaths
- 2026 — Ritu Khullar, Canadian jurist (born 1964)
- 2024 — Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish peer (born 1930)
- 2024 — Wayne Graham, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)
- 2024 — Charley Johnson, American football player (born 1938)
- 2017 — Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950)
- 2017 — John Ashbery, American poet (born 1927)
- 2015 — Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (born 1929)
- 2015 — Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (born 1939)
- 2015 — Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1971)
- 2015 — Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (born 1914)
- 2015 — Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)
- 2014 — Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blessed Bartholomew Gutierrez
- Christian feast day: Blessed Brigida Morello Zancano
- Christian feast day: Mansuetus of Toul
- Christian feast day: Marinus
- Christian feast day: Phoebe
- Christian feast day: Pope Gregory I
- Christian feast day: Remaclus
- Christian feast day: Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)
- China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: V-J Day (People's Republic of China)
- Feast of San Marino and the Republic, celebrates the foundation of the Republic of San Marino in 301.
- Flag Day (Australia)
- Independence Day, celebrates the second independence of Qatar from the United Kingdom in 1971.
- Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)
- Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)
- Merchant Navy Day (United Kingdom)
- National Welsh Rarebit Day (United States)
- Tokehega Day (Tokelau, New Zealand)
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