Historical Events In September - 03

1971  Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies on September - 03.   

1975  Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history the unmanned NASA spacecraft Viking Two makes a successful Mars landing to begin its mission of sending color photos back to Earth.   

1976  On September - 03 the US spacecraft Viking 2 successfully lands on Mars   

1978  On September - 03 crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29   

1978  On September - 03 pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff   

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 this day in history.   

1982  On September - 03 della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered   

1984  On this day in history 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery   

1984  Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1985  20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth on September - 03.   

1985  On September - 03 joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73   

1987  On this day in history morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61   

1988  On September - 03 heidi Ittermann was born!   

1989  On this day in history a Cuban jetliner crashes shortly after takeoff in Havana, killing 152 people.   

1990  A Florida dentist dies of AIDS after allegedly infecting five of his patients with the AIDS virus on September - 03.   

1990  On September - 03 david Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients   

1991  On this day in history frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94   

1992  On this day in history johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies   

1993  On September - 03 leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83   

1994  On September - 03 china and Russia agree to a non-aggression pact.   

1994  On September - 03 billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70   

2005  On this day in history william Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, dies.   

2006  On September - 03 andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open.   

2006  Spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship on this day in history.   

2007  British troops withdraw from the Basra region of Iraq on September - 03.   

2012  On September - 03 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan   

2013  15 militants are killed by an Egyptian Army helicopter in Sinai Peninsula on September - 03.   

2017  Californian governor Jerry Brown issues state of emergency due to La Tuna brush fire near Los Angeles on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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   

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1034  On September - 03 birth of emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073)   

1499  On September - 03 birth of diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566)   

1568  Adriano Banchieri, composer was born on September - 03.   

1596  Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri) was born on this day in history.   

1600  On September - 03 birth of dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk   

1608  On this day in history birth of pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military   

1675  Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751) was born on September - 03.   

1693  Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746) was born on this day in history.   

1189  Death of Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England on September - 03.   

1205  On this day in history petrus van Poitiers, French theologist (Sententiarum libri V), dies   

1402  On this day in history gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke/tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51   

1420  On September - 03 death of robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland   

1592  On September - 03 death of robert Greene, English writer (b. 1558)   

1634  Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies on September - 03.   

1642  On September - 03 elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I/Charlotte, dies at 65   

1653  On September - 03 claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65