September 3

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

Events

• 36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
• 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
• 590 – Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).
• 673 – King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1651 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
• 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 United States is flown in battle for the first time.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1812 – Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
• 1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
• 1843 – King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
• 1855 – American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
• 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.
• 1874 – The congress of the State of Mexico 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.
• 1878 – Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• 1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the The Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• 1895 – John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
• 1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
• 1914 – French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
• 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
• 1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
• 1925 – USS Shenandoah, 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.
• 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
• 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
• 1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
• 1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
• 1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
• 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.
• 1943 – World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta.
• 1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
• 1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
• 1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• 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.
• 1954 – The German U-boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its 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.
• 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state.
• 1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• 1981 – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women enters into force.
• 1987 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
• 1994 – Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
• 1997 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
• 2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
• 2004 – The Beslan school hostage crisis ends on its third day with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of whom are children.
• 2014 – Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods leave over 200 people dead across India and Pakistan.
• 2015 – China's Victory Day Parade is held in Beijing to celebrate the 70th Victory over Japan Day of the Second World War.

Births

• 1034 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073)
• 1499 – Diane de Poitiers, French mistress of Henry II of France (d. 1566)
• 1568 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian organist and composer (d. 1634)
• 1675 – Paul Dudley, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1751)
• 1693 – Charles Radclyffe, English captain and politician (d. 1746)
• 1695 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian viola player and composer (d. 1764)
• 1704 – Joseph de Jussieu, French explorer, geographer, and mathematician, (d. 1779)
• 1710 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss biologist and zoologist (d. 1784)
• 1724 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (d. 1808)
• 1781 – Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician (d. 1824)
• 1803 – Prudence Crandall, American educator (d. 1890)
• 1810 – Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (d. 1871)
• 1811 – John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community (d. 1886)
• 1814 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (d. 1897)
• 1820 – George Hearst, American businessman and politician (d. 1891)
• 1840 – Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer (d. 1919)
• 1841 – Tom Emmett, English cricketer (d. 1904)
• 1849 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American author and poet (d. 1909)
• 1851 – Olga Constantinovna of Russia (d. 1926)
• 1854 – Charles Tatham, American fencer (d. 1939)
• 1856 – Louis Sullivan, American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (d. 1924)
• 1869 – Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
• 1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (d. 1951)
• 1880 – Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Johnny Douglas, English cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
• 1887 – Frank Christian, American trumpet player (Original New Orleans Jazz Band) (d. 1973)
• 1893 – Andrey Dikiy, Russian-American journalist, historian, and politician (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Sally Benson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1972)
• 1899 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Percy Chapman, English cricketer (d. 1961)
• 1900 – Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (d. 1986)
• 1901 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 1959)
• 1905 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1905 – John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (d. 1977)
• 1908 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
• 1910 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1910 – Maurice Papon, French civil servant (d. 2007)
• 1911 – Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant (d. 2000)
• 1912 – Peter Capell, German actor (d. 1986)
• 1913 – Alan Ladd, American actor and producer (d. 1964)
• 1914 – Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (d. 1994)
• 1915 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (d. 2014)
• 1915 – Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1988)
• 1916 – Trigger Alpert, American bassist (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Tommy J. Smith, Australian horse trainer (d. 1998)
• 1918 – Helen Wagner, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1971)
• 1921 – Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author (d. 1966)
• 1923 – Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Fred Hawkins, American golfer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Kishan Maharaj, Indian tabla player (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist
• 1924 – Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Shoista Mullojonova, Tajikistan singer (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Anne Jackson, American actress
• 1926 – Uttam Kumar, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1980)
• 1926 – Alison Lurie, American author and academic
• 1926 – Irene Papas, Greek actress and singer
• 1927 – Nora Denney, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Whitey Bulger, American mob boss
• 1929 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Steve Rickard, New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Armand Vaillancourt, Canadian sculptor and painter
• 1930 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer (d. 1973)
• 1931 – Dick Motta, American basketball player and coach
• 1931 – Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of the Walloon Region (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Basil Butcher, Guyanese cricketer
• 1933 – Tompall Glaser, American singer-songwriter (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers) (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1935 – Helmut Clasen, German-Canadian motorcycle racer
• 1936 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia
• 1936 – Pilar Pallete, Peruvian-American actress
• 1938 – Sarah Bradford, English historian and author
• 1938 – Caryl Churchill, English-Canadian playwright
• 1938 – Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Frank Duffy, English architect
• 1940 – Pauline Collins, English actress
• 1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Brian Lochore, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1941 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (d. 1990)
• 1942 – Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys)
• 1943 – Valerie Perrine, American model and actress
• 1944 – Geoff Arnold, English cricketer and coach
• 1945 – George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter (Steppenwolf)
• 1945 – Peter Goddard, English physicist, mathematician, and academic
• 1947 – Eric Bell, Northern Irish guitarist and songwriter (Thin Lizzy and The Noel Redding Band)
• 1947 – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway
• 1947 – Michael Connarty, Scottish educator and politician
• 1947 – Mario Draghi, Italian banker and economist
• 1947 – Susan Milan, English flute player and composer
• 1948 – Don Brewer, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Grand Funk Railroad and Terry Knight and the Pack)
• 1948 – Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer
• 1948 – Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
• 1948 – Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (d. 2008)
• 1949 – José Pékerman, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1949 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Doug Pinnick, American singer-songwriter and bass player (King's X and KXM)
• 1951 – Denys Hobson, South African cricketer
• 1951 – Prince Jazzbo, Jamaican DJ and producer (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Şehrazat, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 – George Peponis, Greek-Australian rugby player and physician
• 1954 – Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach
• 1955 – Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Sex Pistols, The Professionals, and Neurotic Outsiders)
• 1956 – Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1956 – Pat McGeown, Northern Irish activist (d. 1996)
• 1956 – Stephen Woolley, English director and producer
• 1957 – Garth Ancier, American businessman
• 1957 – Earl Cureton, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 – Steve Schirripa, American actor and producer
• 1959 – Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1960 – Nick Gibb, English accountant and politician
• 1962 – David De Roure, English computer scientist and academic
• 1963 – Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland
• 1963 – Mubarak Ghanim, Emirati footballer
• 1963 – Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist and author
• 1963 – Amber Lynn, American porn actress and model
• 1964 – Adam Curry, American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio
• 1964 – Spike Feresten, American screenwriter and producer
• 1964 – Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor and producer
• 1964 – Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer-songwriter and guitarist (Vital Signs)
• 1964 – Holt McCallany, American actor
• 1964 – Nigel Rhodes, English actor and guitarist
• 1965 – Costas Mandylor, Australian actor
• 1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor and producer
• 1966 – Steven Johnson Leyba, American painter and author
• 1966 – Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian historian and politician
• 1967 – Chris Gatling, American basketball player
• 1968 – Ray Coulthard, English actor
• 1968 – Rema Messinger, Israeli actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1968 – Grace Poe, Filipino educator and politician
• 1969 – Noah Baumbach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – John Fugelsang, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 1969 – Robert Karlsson, Swedish golfer
• 1969 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1969 – Matthew Offord, English journalist and politician
• 1970 – Jeremy Glick, American businessman (d. 2001)
• 1970 – George Lynch, American basketball player and manager
• 1970 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Kiran Desai, Indian-American author
• 1971 – Glen Housman, Australian swimmer
• 1971 – Chabeli Iglesias, Portuguese-Spanish journalist
• 1971 – Trevor St. John, American actor
• 1972 – Christine Boudrias, Canadian speed skater
• 1972 – Natalia Estrada, Spanish model and actress
• 1972 – Bob Evans, American wrestler and trainer
• 1972 – Robbie O'Davis, Australian rugby player
• 1972 – Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
• 1973 – Norihiko Hibino, Japanese saxophonist and composer
• 1973 – Jennifer Paige, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1973 – Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 – Clare Kramer, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer
• 1975 – Redfoo, American singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer (LMFAO)
• 1975 – Daniel Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
• 1975 – Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey player
• 1976 – Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1976 – Ashley Jones, American actress
• 1976 – Jevon Kearse, American football player
• 1976 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
• 1976 – Raheem Morris, American football player and coach
• 1977 – Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
• 1977 – Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
• 1977 – Nate Robertson, American baseball player
• 1978 – Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Windir) (d. 2004)
• 1978 – John Curtis, English footballer
• 1978 – Paul Moor, English bowler
• 1978 – Michal Rozsíval, Czech ice hockey player
• 1978 – Nick Wechsler, American actor
• 1979 – Júlio César, Brazilian footballer
• 1979 – Tiffany Chapman, English actress
• 1979 – Tomo Miličević, Bosnian-American guitarist (Thirty Seconds to Mars)
• 1980 – B.G., American rapper and actor (Chopper City Boyz and Cash Money Millionaires)
• 1980 – Daniel Bilos, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Cindy Burger, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Jennie Finch, American softball player
• 1980 – Justin Halpern, American blogger and author
• 1980 – Jason McCaslin, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Sum 41 and The Operation M.D.)
• 1981 – Fearne Cotton, English radio and television host
• 1982 – Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (d. 2012)
• 1982 – Ayumi Fujimura, Japanese voice actress
• 1982 – Andrew McMahon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin)
• 1982 – Kaori Natori, Japanese singer (Spontania)
• 1982 – Tiago Rannow, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Augusto Farfus, Brazilian race car driver
• 1983 – Nicky Hunt, English footballer
• 1983 – Marcus McCauley, American football player
• 1983 – Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1983 – Christine Woods, American actress
• 1984 – Paz de la Huerta, American model and actress
• 1984 – Garrett Hedlund, American actor and singer
• 1984 – Seo In-young, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Jewelry)
• 1985 – Carlo Aquino, Filipino actor and singer
• 1985 – Scott Carson, English footballer
• 1985 – Yūki Kaji, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1985 – Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
• 1986 – Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist (Bad Things)
• 1987 – Chris Fountain, English actor
• 1987 – Modibo Maïga, Malian footballer
• 1987 – James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1988 – Marine Debauve, French gymnast
• 1988 – Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer
• 1990 – Rita Volk, Uzbekistani-American actress
• 1992 – August Alsina, American singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Shōta Sometani, Japanese actor
• 1993 – Rina Koike, Japanese model and actress
• 1994 – Glen Rea, Irish footballer
• 2002 – Bugoy Cariño, Filipino actor and dancer

Deaths

• 264 – Sun Xiu, Chinese emperor (b. 235)
• 863 – Umar al-Aqta, Arab emir
• 1354 – Joanikije II, Serbian patriarch and saint
• 1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Italian son of Galeazzo II Visconti (b. 1351)
• 1420 – Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (b. 1340)
• 1467 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1434)
• 1592 – Robert Greene, English author and playwright (b. 1558)
• 1634 – Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1552)
• 1653 – Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (b. 1588)
• 1658 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (b. 1599)
• 1720 – Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and diplomat (b. 1648)
• 1729 – Jean Hardouin, French historian and scholar (b. 1646)
• 1766 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1808 – John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1850 – Ikey Solomon, English criminal (b. 1787)
• 1857 – John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
• 1866 – Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
• 1877 – Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
• 1883 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
• 1886 – William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 – James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 – Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 – Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 – Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 – John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 – Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 – Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 – E. E. Cummings, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1967 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
• 1968 – Isabel Withers, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1969 – John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1970 – Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1970 – Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Canned Heat) (b. 1943)
• 1974 – Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (b. 1901)
• 1978 – Karin Molander, Swedish actress (b. 1889)
• 1980 – Barbara O'Neil, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1980 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor, singer, and producer (b. 1926)
• 1980 – Duncan Renaldo, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1981 – Alec Waugh, English soldier and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
• 1985 – Johnny Marks, American songwriter (b. 1909)
• 1986 – Beryl Markham, English-Kenyan pilot, horse trainer, and author (b. 1902)
• 1987 – Morton Feldman, American composer and educator (b. 1926)
• 1988 – Ferit Melen, Turkish civil servant and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1906)
• 1989 – Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (b. 1953)
• 1991 – Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1993 – David Brown, English businessman (b. 1904)
• 1994 – James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
• 1994 – Major Lance, American singer (b. 1939)
• 1994 – Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Pauline Kael, American author and critic (b. 1919)
• 2001 – Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (b. 1973)
• 2002 – Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (b. 1919)
• 2002 – W. Clement Stone, American businessman, philanthropist, and author (b. 1902)
• 2003 – Alan Dugan, American soldier and poet (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Paul Jennings Hill, American murderer (b. 1954)
• 2003 – Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (b. 1914)
• 2005 – R. S. R. Fitter, English biologist and author (b. 1913)
• 2005 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Carter Albrecht, American keyboard player and guitarist (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians and Sorta) (b. 1973)
• 2007 – Syd Jackson, New Zealand union leader and activist (b. 1939)
• 2007 – Janis Martin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Steve Ryan, American actor (b. 1947)
• 2007 – Jane Tomlinson, English runner (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Noah Howard, American saxophonist (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Sun Myung Moon, South Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (b. 1921)
• 2013 – José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Don Meineke, American basketball player (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Zeus, American dog (b. 2008)
• 2014 – Roy Heather, English actor (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
• 2014 – A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Judy Carne, English actress (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1971)
• 2015 – Binny Yanga, Indian social worker and activist (b. 1958)
• 2015 – Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Marinus
  • Pope Gregory I
  • Remaclus
  • Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances:
  • Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)
  • 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)
• Memorial Day (Tunisia)
• Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)
• Merchant Navy Day (United Kingdom)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada