Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In September - 03
Saturday, 21 December 2024
1971 Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies on September - 03. 
1975 On this day in history chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
1976 On September - 03 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 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29 on this day in history.
1978 On this day in history pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 on this day in history.
1980 Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas) on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history david Brinkley ends 38 years with NBC News as anchor and commentator, only to jump ship to rival network ABC.
1982 Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered on this day in history.
1984 On September - 03 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
1984 On this day in history arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83
1985 On this day in history 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
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 On this day in history a Cuban jetliner crashes shortly after takeoff in Havana, killing 152 people.
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 On September - 03 frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94
1992 Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies on September - 03.
1993 Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1994 China and Russia agree to a non-aggression pact on September - 03.
1994 On this day in history billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
2005 On September - 03 william Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, dies.
2006 Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open on this day in history.
2006 On this day in history spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
2007 British troops withdraw from the Basra region of Iraq on September - 03.
2012 On this day in history 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
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 1.4 ton WWII bomb defused in Frankfurt, Germany with 60,000 people evacuated, the largest postwar on September - 03.
2017 On September - 03 north Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
2018 On September - 03 argentine President Mauricio Macri announces new austerity measures including closing half of all government ministries in televised address