Today In History - Friday, September 3rd
2004
Beslan school hostage crisis: Day 3: The Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, over half of which are children.
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1997
A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
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1995
eBay founded.
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1994
Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
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1976
Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
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1971
Qatar becomes an independent state
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1967
Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
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1954
The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
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The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
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1951
The first long-running American television soap opera, ''Search for Tomorrow'', airs its first episode on the CBS network.
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1950
"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
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1944
Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
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1942
World War II: Uprising of the Jewish ghetto in Lakhva occurs.
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1939
World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
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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.
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1933
Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m).
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1914
William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
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1878
Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat 1865|2 collides with the ''2 collides with the ''Bywell Castle'' in the River Thames.
1874
The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
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1870
Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, which will result in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
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1861
American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
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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.
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1838
Dressed in a sailor's 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.
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1812
24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre.
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1803
English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
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1798
Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
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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. America is officially free from Britain
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1777
Cooch's 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.
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1666
The Royal Exchange burnt down in the Great Fire of London
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1651
Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
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1650
Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
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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.
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1189
Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
863
Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.
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301
San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
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36 BC
In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
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