Summary of the Day ✨ 3 September (03/09)
On this day, North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test while the U.S. and China, responsible for 40% of global carbon emissions, formally ratified the Paris climate agreement. Elsewhere, a UPS cargo plane crashed after developing an in-flight fire, the Beslan school siege resulted in over 330 deaths including 186 children, and Protestant loyalists in Belfast began picketing a Catholic girls’ school.
Historical Events 📜
- 2017: North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
- 2016: The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world’s carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
- 2010: 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.
- 2004: Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
- 2001: In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
- 1997: Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
- 1989: Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150.
- 1989: Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.
- 1987: In a coup d’état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
- 1981: 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.
- 1978: 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.
- 1976: Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
- 1971: Qatar becomes an independent state.
- 1967: Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
- 1954: The People’s Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
Famous Births 👶
- 2010: Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player
- 2003: Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
- 2001: Kaia Gerber, American model and actress
- 2000: Brandon Williams, English footballer
- 1999: Rich Brian, Indonesian rapper and singer
- 1998: Oskar Seuntjens, Belgian politician
- 1997: Reniece Boyce, West Indian cricketer
- 1997: Carter Kieboom, American baseball player
- 1997: Salome Pazhava, Georgian rhythmic gymnast
- 1997: Devin Singletary, American football player
- 1997: Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer
- 1996: Joy, South Korean idol and actress
- 1996: Abrahm DeVine, American swimmer
- 1996: William Eskelinen, Swedish footballer
- 1996: Nanda Kyaw, Burmese footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish peer (born 1930)
- 2024: Wayne Graham, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)
- 2024: Charley Johnson, American football player (born 1938)
- 2017: Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950)
- 2017: John Ashbery, American poet (born 1927)
- 2015: Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (born 1929)
- 2015: Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (born 1939)
- 2015: Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1971)
- 2015: Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (born 1914)
- 2015: Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)
- 2014: Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
- 2014: A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1930)
- 2013: Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (born 1914)
- 2013: Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (born 1921)
- 2013: José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1929)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- 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)