Events That Happened on September 3

North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.

After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.

Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.

In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.

Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150.

Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.

In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.

During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.

Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

Qatar becomes an independent state.

Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.

The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.

"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.

A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.

Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.

World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.

World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).

The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.

World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.

World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.

Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.

Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).

USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.

William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.

French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.

World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.

A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California.

John Brallier becomes the first openly paid professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.

Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.

Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.

The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.

Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.

American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.

King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.

Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.

Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.

The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.

American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.

The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.

The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.

The Battle of Worcester is the last significant action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.

The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.

At the congress of Visegrád Charles I of Hungary mediates a reconciliation between two neighboring monarchs, John of Bohemia and Casimir III of Poland.

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.

Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.

Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.

King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne.

Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).

San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.

In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player

Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor

Kaia Gerber, American model and actress

Brandon Williams, English footballer

Oskar Seuntjens, Belgian politician

Andrew Austin, Irish cricketer

Sulayman Bojang, Norwegian footballer

Reniece Boyce, West Indian cricketer

Carter Kieboom, American baseball player

Petar Krstić, Macedonian footballer

Salome Pazhava, Georgian rhythmic gymnast

Devin Singletary, American football player

Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer

Christopher Udeh, Nigerian footballer

Joy, South Korean idol and actress

Adama Barro, Burkinabé footballer

Abrahm DeVine, American swimmer

Veronika Domjan, Slovenian athlete

William Eskelinen, Swedish footballer

Dwayne Green, Dutch footballer

D. J. Hogg, American basketball player

Nanda Kyaw, Burmese footballer

Florian Maitre, French cyclist

Callum Moore, Australian footballer

Neilson Powless, American cyclist

Osgar O'Hoisin, Irish tennis player

Zhang Tingting, Chinese handball player

Brad Walsh, Australian footballer

Yoane Wissa, French footballer

Myles Jack, American football player

Niklas Süle, German footballer

Francis Molo, New Zealand rugby league player

Glen Rea, English-Irish footballer

Lee So-jung, South Korean singer

Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player

Lee Seong-jong, South Korean singer

August Alsina, American singer-songwriter

Sakshi Malik, Indian wrestler

Mohammad Shami, Indian cricketer

Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer

Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer

Allie, Canadian wrestler

Modibo Maïga, Malian footballer

Dawid Malan, English cricketer

James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player

Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist

OMI, Jamaican singer

Scott Carson, English footballer

Kelvin Wilson, English footballer

Mason Crosby, American football player

Garrett Hedlund, American actor

T. J. Perkins, Filipino-American wrestler

Augusto Farfus, Brazilian race car driver

Nicky Hunt, English footballer

Marcus McCauley, American football player

Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player

Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (died 2012)

Andrew McMahon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Kaori Natori, Japanese singer

Tiago Rannow, Brazilian footballer

Chris Wilcox, American basketball player

Fearne Cotton, English television and radio presenter

B.G., American rapper and actor

Daniel Bilos, Argentine footballer

Cindy Burger, Dutch footballer

Jason McCaslin, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Júlio César, Brazilian footballer

Tomo Miličević, Bosnian-American guitarist

Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (died 2004)

John Curtis, English footballer

Nichole Hiltz, American actress

Michal Rozsíval, Czech ice hockey player

Nick Wechsler, American actor

Casey Hampton, American football player

Rui Marques, Angolan footballer

Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer

Nate Robertson, American baseball player

Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian ice hockey player and coach

Ashley Jones, American actress

Jevon Kearse, American football player

Raheem Morris, American football player and coach

Daniel Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor

Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey player

Redfoo, American singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer

Martin Gerber, Swiss ice hockey player

Clare Kramer, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer

Jennifer Paige, American singer

Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player and coach

Christine Boudrias, Canadian speed skater

Bob Evans, American wrestler and trainer

Robbie O'Davis, Australian rugby league player

Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player

Kiran Desai, Indian-American author

Glen Housman, Australian swimmer

Chabeli Iglesias, Portuguese-Spanish journalist

Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer and manager

Jeremy Glick, American businessman (died 2001)

George Lynch, American basketball player and coach

Gareth Southgate, English footballer and manager

Noah Baumbach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

John Fugelsang, American comedian, actor, and talk show host

Robert Karlsson, Swedish golfer

Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (died 2004)

Matthew Offord, English journalist and politician

John Picacio, American artist

Grace Poe, Filipino educator and politician

Chris Gatling, American basketball player

Luis Gonzalez, American baseball player

Steven Johnson Leyba, American painter and author

Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian historian and politician

Rachel Johnson, British journalist

Vaden Todd Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Costas Mandylor, Australian actor

Charlie Sheen, American actor and producer

Adam Curry, American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio

Spike Feresten, American screenwriter and producer

Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer-songwriter, guitarist and naat khawan (died 2016)

Holt McCallany, American actor

Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland

Mubarak Ghanim, Emirati footballer

Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic

David De Roure, English computer scientist and academic

Andy Griffiths, Australian author

Nick Gibb, English accountant and politician

Garth Ancier, American businessman

Earl Cureton, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)

Steve Schirripa, American actor and producer

Sadhguru, Indian yogi, mystic

Ivan Šramko, Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia

Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (died 2012)

Pat McGeown, Irish republican activist (died 1996)

Stephen Woolley, English director and producer

Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach

Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter

George Peponis, Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician

Shakti Kapoor, Indian actor

Denys Hobson, South African cricketer

D. Rolland Jennings, American politician

Doug Pinnick, American rock singer-songwriter and bass player

José Pékerman, Argentine footballer, coach, and manager

Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (died 2004)

Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter

Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer

Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice

Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (died 2008)

Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway

Michael Connarty, Scottish educator and politician

Mario Draghi, Italian banker and economist

Gérard Houllier, French footballer and coach (died 2020)

Susan Milan, English flute player and composer

George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter

Peter Goddard, English physicist and mathematician

Martha Saxton, American Historian (died 2023)

Geoff Arnold, English cricketer and coach

Ray Groom, Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania

Valerie Perrine, American model and actress

Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (died 1990)

Frank Duffy, English architect

Pauline Collins, English actress

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2015)

Brian Lochore, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2019)

Liliane Ackermann, French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (died 2007)

Sarah Bradford, English historian and author

Caryl Churchill, English-Canadian playwright

Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (died 2014)

Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (died 2019)

Pilar Pallete, Peruvian-American actress

Helmut Clasen, German-Canadian motorcycle racer

Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)

Basil Butcher, Guyanese cricketer (died 2019)

Tompall Glaser, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (died 2013)

Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973)

Dick Motta, American basketball player and coach

Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (died 2012)

Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author and poet (died 2002)

Whitey Bulger, American organized crime boss (died 2018)

Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (died 2007)

Steve Rickard, New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (died 2015)

Armand Vaillancourt, Canadian sculptor and painter

Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 2007)

Alison Lurie, American author and academic (died 2020)

Irene Papas, Greek actress (died 2022)

Uttam Kumar, Indian Bengali actor, director, producer, singer, composer and playback singer (died 1980)

Anne Jackson, American actress (died 2016)

Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (died 2008)

Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)

Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (died 2014)

Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (died 2010)

Alice Gibson, Belizean chief librarian and educator (died 2021)

Fred Hawkins, American golfer (died 2014)

Mort Walker, American cartoonist (died 2018)

John Aston Sr., English footballer (died 2003)

Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (died 1971)

Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author (died 1966)

Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (died 2012)

Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer (died 2014)

Helen Wagner, American actress (died 2010)

Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1999)

Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (died 2014)

Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1988)

Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (died 1994)

Alan Ladd, American actor and producer (died 1964)

Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant (died 2000)

Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (died 2007)

Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1984)

Maurice Papon, French civil servant (died 2007)

Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1988)

Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (died 1977)

Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (died 1972)

Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor (died 1959)

Percy Chapman, English cricketer (died 1961)

Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (died 1986)

Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)

Sally Benson, American author and screenwriter (died 1972)

Frank Christian, American trumpet player (died 1973)

Johnny Douglas, English cricketer and boxer (died 1930)

Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player (died 1960)

Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (died 1951)

Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)

Louis Sullivan, American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (died 1924)

Charles Tatham, American fencer (died 1939)

Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Hellenes (died 1926)

Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer and poet (died 1909)

Tom Emmett, English cricketer (died 1904)

Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer (died 1919)

George Hearst, American businessman and politician (died 1891)

James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (died 1897)

John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community (died 1886)

Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (died 1871)

Prudence Crandall, American educator (died 1890)

Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician (died 1824)

Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (died 1808)

Abraham Trembley, Swiss biologist and zoologist (died 1784)

Joseph de Jussieu, French explorer, geographer, and mathematician, (died 1779)

Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violin player and composer (died 1764)

Charles Radclyffe, English captain and politician (died 1746)

Paul Dudley, American lawyer and jurist (died 1751)

Adriano Banchieri, Italian organist and composer (died 1634)

Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (died 1073)

Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish peer (born 1930)

Wayne Graham, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)

Charley Johnson, American football player (born 1938)

Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950)

John Ashbery, American poet (born 1927)

Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (born 1929)

Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (born 1939)

Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1971)

Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (born 1914)

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)

Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)

A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1930)

Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (born 1914)

Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (born 1921)

José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1929)

Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (born 1933)

Don Meineke, American basketball player (born 1930)

Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (born 1925)

Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (born 1943)

Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (born 1933)

Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (born 1957)

Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (born 1917)

Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (born 1920)

Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)

Noah Howard, American saxophonist (born 1943)

Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1950)

Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (born 1917)

Carter Albrecht, American keyboard player and guitarist (born 1973)

Syd Jackson, New Zealand trade union leader and activist (born 1939)

Jane Tomlinson, English runner (born 1964)

Steve Fossett, American aviator (born 1944)

R. S. R. Fitter, English biologist and author (born 1913)

William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1924)

Alan Dugan, American soldier and poet (born 1923)

Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (born 1914)

Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (born 1919)

W. Clement Stone, American businessman, philanthropist, and author (born 1902)

Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (born 1919)

Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)

Emma Bailey, American auctioneer and author (born 1910)

Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (born 1910)

Mary Adshead, English painter (born 1904)

James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (born 1918)

Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (born 1924)

David Brown, English businessman (born 1904)

Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1897)

Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (born 1953)

Ferit Melen, Turkish civil servant and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1906)

Morton Feldman, American composer and educator (born 1926)

Johnny Marks, American songwriter (born 1909)

Alec Waugh, English soldier and author (born 1898)

Barbara O'Neil, American actress (born 1910)

Duncan Renaldo, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1904)

Gianni Vella, Maltese artist (born 1885)

Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (born 1901)

Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1891)

Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (born 1913)

Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)

John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (born 1871)

Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (born 1893)

Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (born 1907)

E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (born 1894)

Robert E. Gross, American businessman (born 1897)

Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (born 1887)

Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (born 1884)

John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (born 1869)

Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (born 1892)

Séraphine Louis, French painter (born 1864)

Rafailo Momčilović, Serbian Orthodox hegumen and painter (born 1875)

Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (born 1876)

John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (born 1840)

Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (born 1865)

Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (born 1846)

Evelyn Abbott, English classical scholar (born 1843)

James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (born 1816)

William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (born 1812)

Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (born 1818)

Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (born 1797)

Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (born 1830)

John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (born 1784)

John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (born 1722)

Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (born 1686)

Jean Hardouin, French historian and scholar (born 1646)

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and diplomat (born 1648)

Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (born 1599)

Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (born 1588)

Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1552)

Jean Richardot, Belgian diplomat (born 1540)

Robert Greene, English author and playwright (born 1558)

Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (born 1434)

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (born 1340)

Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Italian son of Galeazzo II Visconti (born 1351)

John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (born c. 1352)

Joanikije II, Serbian patriarch and saint

Anna of Bohemia (born 1290)

Alberto I della Scala, Lord of Verona

Jacob of Orléans, French Jewish scholar

Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (born c. 1040)

Uda, emperor of Japan (born 867)

Umar al-Aqta, Arab emir

Xue Ju, emperor of Qin

Sun Xiu, Chinese emperor (born 235)

Christian feast day: Mansuetus of Toul

Christian feast day: Marinus

Christian feast day: Pope Gregory I

Christian feast day: Remaclus

Christian feast day: Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast day: September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)

China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: V-J Day (People's Republic of China)

Feast of San Marino and the Republic, celebrates the foundation of the Republic of San Marino in 301.

Flag Day (Australia)

Independence Day, celebrates the second independence of Qatar from the United Kingdom in 1971.

Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)

Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)

Merchant Navy Day (United Kingdom)

National Welsh Rarebit Day (United States)

Tokehega Day (Tokelau, New Zealand)