Historical Events on September 3.

1. 1783 – Brittan finally recognized the independence of the United States of America. The treaty of Paris marked the end of the American Revolution following two years of secret negotiations between beleaguered Britain and the colonial Rebels.

2. 1916 – Home Rule League in India was established by British social reformer and Indian Independence leader Annie Besant.

3. 1939 – New Zealand, Australia, Britain, and France declared war on Germany after Germany invented Poland on September 1.

4. 1950 – The first world driving championship was won by Nino Farina of Italy at the Monza Grand Prix.

5. 1971 – Qatar became an independent state.

6. 1976 – The American spacecraft Vikings II landed on Mars and sent photographs back to Earth.

7. 2017 – The sixth and most powerful nuclear test was conducted by North Korea.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 3.

1. 1728 – Matthew Boulton, an English engineer who invented and manufactured the steam engine with James Watt.

2. 1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company.

3. 1899 – Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet, Australian virologist. who was awarded the Order of Merit in recognition of his work on diseases such as influenza, polio, and cholera.

4. 1923 – Kishan Maharaj, an Indian tabla player.

5. 1951– Maithripala Sirisena, Shri Lankan Politician. He was the 7th President of Shri Lanka.

6. 1957 – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Indian Yogi, visionary, and humanitarian.

7. 1958 – Shakti Kapoor, Indian actor. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films.

8. 1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor.

9. 1971 – Kiran Desai, an Indian author whose novel Inheritance of Loss won the man Booker prize in 2006.

10. 1974 – Mastan Babu Malli, Indian mountaineer. Best known for his 2006 world record creating feat of climbing each continent’s highest peak (the Seven Summits) in the shortest time at that point.

11. 1976 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor.

12. 1990 – Mohammed Shami, an Indian international cricketer.

13. 1992 – Sakshi Malik, Indian wrestler. Won Bronze medal in 2016 Olympics. She became the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 3.

1. 1599 – Oliver Cromwell, He was an English statesman, soldier, and revolutionary.

2. 1877 – Adelphi Thiers, French historian, and politician. 2nd President of France.

3. 1944 – John Lumsden, Irish physician. He founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland.

4. 1991 – Frank Capra, Frank Russell Capra was an Italian-American film director, producer, and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s.

5. 1953 – Khapru Mama Parvatkar, Indian Tabla player.

6. 2012 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor. He earned critical acclaims for his award-nominated role in The Green Mile.

7. 2015 – Chandra Bahadur Dangi. A Nepali with a maximum height of 54.6 cm. He was recorded as the shortest human in the world in the recorded history of mankind.

3-September-1767

Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.

3-September-1905

Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born.

3-September-1906

Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.

3-September-1915

Following the monsoon, a good harvest is expected, except in Gujarat, in northern Rajputana and Punjab where isolated falls were recorded in Delhi.

3-September-1916

Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement.

3-September-1931

Dr. Chandreshwarprasad Rachamohan Thakur was born in Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar).

3-September-1931

Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar.

3-September-1953

Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away.

3-September-1979

M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985.

3-September-1983

U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.

3-September-1984

Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.

3-September-1987

Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster.

3-September-1992

Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.

3-September-1993

Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat.

3-September-1994

The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC.

3-September-1995

Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.

3-September-1997

India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.

3-September-1997

Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directs the state government to pay an ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000 to the family of a college student, who had committed suicide following ragging in the hostel.

3-September-1997

Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died.

3-September-1999

Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.

3-September-1999

India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.

3-September-2000

National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.