1974 52 years ago Notable Births September 3

Martin Gerber, Swiss ice hockey player

On September 3, in the year 1974, Martin Gerber, Swiss ice hockey player. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of September 3, one of 429 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Martin Gerber. Learn more below.

Martin Gerber is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 2001 NHL entry draft by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Mighty Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Edmonton Oilers, winning the Stanley Cup as a member of the Hurricanes in 2006. Following the 2011–12 season, he played two seasons in the Swedish Elitserien before returning to the Swiss NLA, finishing his playing career with the Kloten Flyers.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on September 3, 1974 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 27 July 2026.

On This Date in History 429

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2024 Sep 3 Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish peer (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2024 Sep 3 Wayne Graham, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2024 Sep 3 Charley Johnson, American football player (born 1938)
Historical Events 2017 Sep 3 North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
Notable Deaths 2017 Sep 3 Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950)
Notable Deaths 2017 Sep 3 John Ashbery, American poet (born 1927)
Selected Events 2017 Sep 3 North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.
Historical Events 2016 Sep 3 The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris…
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 3 Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 3 Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 3 Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1971)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 3 Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (born 1914)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 3 Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 3 Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 3 A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 3 Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (born 1914)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 3 Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 3 José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 3 Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 3 Don Meineke, American basketball player (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 3 Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 3 Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 3 Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 3 Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (born 1957)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 3 Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 3 Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 3 Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)
Historical Events 2010 Sep 3 After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold…
Notable Births 2010 Sep 3 Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 3 Noah Howard, American saxophonist (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 3 Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1950)
Notable Deaths 2008 Sep 3 Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 3 Carter Albrecht, American keyboard player and guitarist (born 1973)
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 3 Syd Jackson, New Zealand trade union leader and activist (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 3 Jane Tomlinson, English runner (born 1964)
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 3 Steve Fossett, American aviator (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2005 Sep 3 R. S. R. Fitter, English biologist and author (born 1913)
Notable Deaths 2005 Sep 3 William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1924)
Historical Events 2004 Sep 3 Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
Notable Births 2003 Sep 3 Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
Notable Deaths 2003 Sep 3 Alan Dugan, American soldier and poet (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2003 Sep 3 Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (born 1914)
Notable Deaths 2002 Sep 3 Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2002 Sep 3 W. Clement Stone, American businessman, philanthropist, and author (born 1902)
Historical Events 2001 Sep 3 In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
Notable Births 2001 Sep 3 Kaia Gerber, American model and actress
Notable Deaths 2001 Sep 3 Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (born 1919)
Selected Events 2001 Sep 3 The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of…
Notable Births 2000 Sep 3 Brandon Williams, English footballer
Notable Deaths 2000 Sep 3 Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)

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