TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – SEPT 3
301 San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world’s oldest republic still in existence, founded by Saint Marinus
1189 After the death of Henry II, Richard Lionheart is crowned king of England.
1346 Edward III of England begins the siege of Calais, along the coast of France.
1752 Day skipped in the British Empire The British Empire skipped 11 days starting September 3 when it adopted the Gregorian calendar.People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives
1777 The American flag (stars & stripes), approved by Congress on June 14th, is carried into battle for the first time by a force under General William Maxwell.
1783 The Treaty of Paris is signed by Great Britain and the new United States, formally bringing the American Revolution to an end.
1838 Frederick Douglass escapes slavery disguised as a sailor. He would later write The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, his memoirs about slave life.
1895 The first professional American football game is played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania between the Latrobe Young Men’s Christian Association and the Jeannette Athletic Club. Latrobe wins 12-0.
1900 With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa
1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1939 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in a radio broadcast, announced that Britain and France had declared war on Germany. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.
1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
1976 The unmanned US spacecraft Viking 2 lands on Mars, takes first close-up, color photos of the planet’s surface.
1988 Estimated by this date 50,000 Kurdish civilians and soldiers killed by Iraq, many using chemical weapons, in aftermath of Iran-Iraq War
1989 US begins shipping military aircraft and weapons to Columbia for use against that country’s drug lords.
1994 Russia and China announced that they would no longer be targeting nuclear missiles or using force against each other.
1995 Internet giant eBay is founded by Pierre Omidyar
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