Browse events, births, deaths and holidays on September 3 throughout history.
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and…
North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Be…
The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris…
Dubai International Airport is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic as of 2…
After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold…
The Beslan school siege, also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre, was a terrorist attack that occurred from 1 September 2004 to 3 September 200…
Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
Belfast is the capital, largest city and main port of Northern Ireland. It stands on the banks of the river Lagan, and is connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the N…
In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
Vietnam Airlines is the flag carrier of Vietnam. The airline was founded in 1956 and later established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered…
Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 was a chartered Ilyushin Il-62M airliner operated by Cubana, which crashed on 3 September 1989, shortly after takeoff from José Martí International …
Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí…
Varig Flight 254 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from São Paulo, Brazil, to Belém, capital city of the state of Pará in the country's North Region. On 3 September 1989, …
Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.
The 1987 Burundian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that took place in Burundi on 3 September 1987. Tutsi president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed whilst traveling abro…
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 (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described…
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for…
The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Rhodesian Civil War, the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe War of Independence, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in t…
During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia…
The Viking program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes, Viking 1 and Viking 2 both launched in 1975, and landed on Mars in 1976. The mission effort began in 196…
Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares i…
Qatar becomes an independent state.
Dagen H (H-day), today usually called "Högertrafikomläggningen", was on 3 September 1967, the day on which Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the ri…
Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the primary armed forces of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of f…
The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First…
Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. Farina won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in its inaugural …
"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. The term has been applied to both of the days on which…
A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
A diary is a written or audiovisual memorable record, with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have …
Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp…
Operation Baytown was an Allied amphibious landing on the mainland of Italy that took place on 3 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy, itself part of the Italian C…
World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and…
Łachwa Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto in Łachwa, Nazi German-occupied Poland during World War II. The ghetto was created with the aim of persecution and exploitation of the local Jews. …
World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva…