What are the important events that happened on September 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 3: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 3 is the 247^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 119 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 21, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,725,321,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontaheptagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 148 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,274 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 3 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1658 –
  Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England
• 1666 –
  The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London
• 1803 –
  English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
• 1942 –
  World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva, in present-day Belarus.
• 1954 –
  The German U-Boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
• 1954 –
  The People’s Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• 1967 –
  Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
• 1971 –
  Qatar becomes an independent state
• 1987 –
  In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

Who were born on September 3?

• 1695 –
  Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764)
• 1875 –
  Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (d. 1951)
• 1905 –
  John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
• 1923 –
  Mort Walker, American cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois)
• 1929 –
  Armand Vaillancourt, Canadian sculptor and painter
• 1932 –
  Eileen Brennan, American actress
• 1950 –
  Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King’s X)
• 1972 –
  Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 –
  Nate Robertson, American baseball player
• 1986 –
  Shaun White, American snowboarder and skateboarder

Who died on September 3?

• 1722 –
  Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks (b. 1646)
• 1729 –
  Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
• 1860 –
  Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (b. 1804)
• 1886 –
  William W. Snow, American politician (b. 1812)
• 1964 –
  Stewart Holbrook, American writer (b. 1893)
• 1974 –
  Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
• 1981 –
  Alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)
• 1991 –
  Frank Capra, American film director (b. 1897)
• 2007 –
  Carter Albrecht, American keyboardist and guitarist (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) (b. 1973)
• 2010 –
  Noah Howard, American jazz musician (b. 1943)