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September 3rd is the 246th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 119 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus.

1189 – Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.

1650 – Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.

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.

1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.

1875 – The first official polo game is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.

1895 – John Brallier became the first openly paid professional American football player when he was born US$10 by David Berry to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.

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.

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

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.

1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

Birthdays

1568 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian organist and composer (d. 1634)

1704 – Joseph de Jussieu, French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (d. 1779)

1803 – Prudence Crandall, American educator (d. 1890)

1814 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (d. 1897)

1887 – Frank Christian, American trumpet player (d. 1973)

1905 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

1915 – Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1988)

1923 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist (d. 2018)

1929 – Whitey Bulger, American organized crime boss (d. 2018)

1933 – Tompall Glaser, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1950 – Doug Pinnick, American rock singer-songwriter and bass player

1986 – Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist. days

Holidays and Observances

Foundation Day in San Marino

 The history of San Marino can be traced back to 301 A.D. when Saint Marinus founded a Christian refuge on Mount Titano in present-day San Marino. The Republic of San Marino is a landlocked country in southern Europe, bordered by Italy to the north and surrounded by the San Marino Apennine Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. It covers an area of just 380 square miles and has 32,000 people.

 On October 17, 1739, Cardinal Giulio Alberoni, legate of Ravenna, occupied the country. But, independence was restored by Pope Clement XII on February 5, 1740, the feast day of Saint Agatha. She became a patron saint of the republic from then on.

 In 1915, San Marino declared itself neutral in World War I. This did not sit well with Italy, which had joined the Allied forces and suspected that Austrian spies could use the republic as a base for their operations. Italy tried to force a detachment of Carabinieri into the republic and cut its telephone lines when it did not comply.

Others Include

Merchant Navy Day

National Pet Rock Day

National Skyscraper Day

National Stephen Day

National Welsh Rarebit Day

US Bowling League Day

Yamashita Surrender Day