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03 September, 2004
The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.
03 September, 1997
A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
03 September, 1995
eBay founded.
03 September, 1994
Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the Peoples Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
03 September, 1991
In Hamlet, North Carolina, a grease fire breaks out at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant, killing 25 people.
03 September, 1976
Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
03 September, 1967
Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
03 September, 1954
The Peoples Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy. The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicagos Museum of Science and Industry.
03 September, 1951
The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
03 September, 1944
Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
03 September, 1943
World War II: Mainland Italy is invaded by Allied forces for the first time in the war.
03 September, 1942
World War II: Uprising of the Jewish ghetto in Lakhva occurs.
03 September, 1939
World War II begins when France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, starting the Allies.
03 September, 1935
Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph
03 September, 1933
Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m).
03 September, 1929
Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
03 September, 1914
Giacomo della Chiesa acceeds to the papacy as Pope Benedict XV.
03 September, 1892
English football club Nottingham Forest played their first league game, it was against Everton FC and ended 2-2.
03 September, 1878
Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
03 September, 1874
The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
03 September, 1870
Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, which will result in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
03 September, 1861
American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
03 September, 1855
Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.
03 September, 1838
Dressed in a sailors uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a Free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
03 September, 1798
Weeklong battle of St. Georges Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
03 September, 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.
03 September, 1777
Coochs Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
03 September, 1666
The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
03 September, 1651
Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
03 September, 1650
Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
03 September, 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.
03 September, 1189
Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
03 September, 590
St. Gregory I becomes Pope.
03 September, 301
San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the worlds oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.

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