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1971 On September - 03 percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies 
1975 On this day in history chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
1976 The unmanned NASA spacecraft Viking Two makes a successful Mars landing to begin its mission of sending color photos back to Earth on September - 03.
1976 The US spacecraft Viking 2 successfully lands on Mars on this day in history.
1978 On September - 03 crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff on this day in history.
1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 on September - 03.
1980 Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas) on September - 03.
1981 David Brinkley ends 38 years with NBC News as anchor and commentator, only to jump ship to rival network ABC on September - 03.
1982 Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered on September - 03.
1984 On September - 03 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
1984 On September - 03 arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83
1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth on September - 03.
1985 Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73 on September - 03.
1987 On this day in history morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61
1988 On this day in history heidi Ittermann was born!
1989 A Cuban jetliner crashes shortly after takeoff in Havana, killing 152 people on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history a Florida dentist dies of AIDS after allegedly infecting five of his patients with the AIDS virus.
1990 David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients on this day in history.
1991 Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94 on September - 03.
1992 On September - 03 johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
1993 On this day in history leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83
1994 On this day in history china and Russia agree to a non-aggression pact.
1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70 on September - 03.
2005 William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, dies on this day in history.
2006 On this day in history andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open.
2006 On this day in history spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
2007 On this day in history british troops withdraw from the Basra region of Iraq.
2012 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on September - 03.
2013 On September - 03 15 militants are killed by an Egyptian Army helicopter in Sinai Peninsula
2017 On September - 03 californian governor Jerry Brown issues state of emergency due to La Tuna brush fire near Los Angeles
2017 On this day in history 1.4 ton WWII bomb defused in Frankfurt, Germany with 60,000 people evacuated, the largest postwar
2017 On September - 03 north Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
2018 On this day in history argentine President Mauricio Macri announces new austerity measures including closing half of all government ministries in televised address