Famous Events on September 3rd:
3rd Sept. 1783: The American 'War of Independence' comes to an end, when Britain signs a treaty in Paris
3rd Sept. 1895: The first professional American football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0).
3rd Sept. 1939 : In response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, declare war on Germany
3rd Sept. 1935 : Sir Malcolm Campbell breaks the 300 mph set a new world record on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah with his 2,500 HP Bluebird and beat his own previous world record of 276.82 mph that he had set earlier in the year
3rd Sept. 1976 : The unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 launched on on September 9, 1975 lands on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet's surface
Famous Birthdays:
1986 Shaun White, American snowboarder and skateboarder
1965 Charlie Sheen, American actor
1942 Al Jardine, American musician (the Beach Boys)
1875 Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer
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