| Events, popular culture, and strange information that happened throughout history on September 3 |
| 1189 | England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster |
| 1752 | This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives |
| 1783 | Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War) |
| 1826 | USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe |
| 1833 | NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) |
| 1849 | Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey |
| 1852 | Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm |
| 1861 | Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality |
| 1865 | Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land |
| 1891 | Cottonpickers organize union & stage strike in Texas |
| 1891 | John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti |
| 1895 | 1st pro football game played (Latrobe, Penn) |
| 1900 | British annex Natal (South Africa) |
| 1902 | Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" |
| 1903 | Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup |
| 1904 | St Louis Olympics close |
| 1906 | Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win |
| 1912 | World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy |
| 1914 | Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV |
| 1916 | Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun |
| 1917 | Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader |
| 1918 | 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 |
| 1925 | 1st international handball match held |
| 1925 | Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die |
| 1930 | Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic) |
| 1932 | Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title |
| 1934 | Tunisia began its move for independence |
| 1935 | 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph) |
| 1935 | Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games |
| 1939 | Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win |
| 1939 | Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada |
| 1940 | 1st showing of high definition color TV |
| 1940 | US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease |
| 1943 | Allies invade Italy |
| 1944 | Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title |
| 1945 | Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies |
| 1947 | Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0 |
| 1947 | Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Sox 11-2 |
| 1951 | TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS |
| 1954 | Pope Pius X canonized a saint |
| 1957 | Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out |
| 1964 | Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson |
| 1965 | Jim Hickman becomes the 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game |
| 1966 | 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry |
| 1967 | Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly |
| 1967 | Nguyen Van Thieu elected pres of S Vietnam under a new constitution |
| 1967 | Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road |
| 1968 | Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 losses by 1 run |
| 1970 | Billy Williams ends then longest NL consecutive streak at 1,117 games |
| 1971 | John Lennon leaves the UK for NYC, never to return |
| 1971 | Qatar regains complete independence from Britain |
| 1971 | Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office |
| 1974 | NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires |
| 1975 | Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die |
| 1975 | Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak |
| 1976 | Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos |
| 1978 | Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29 |
| 1978 | Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff |
| 1979 | Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 |
| 1981 | Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game |
| 1981 | Longest game in Fenway Park, completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7 |
| 1984 | 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery |
| 1985 | 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth |
| 1985 | NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game |
| 1986 | Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game |
| 1990 | 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0 |
| 1990 | Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego) |