Today in history - September 03, 2010
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590
St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1189
30 Jews are mnassacred at King Richard I (lion hearted) coronation
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1189
England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
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1260
Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army
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1483
Utrecht surrenders to Habsburgs army
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1543
Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland
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1650
Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland
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1651
Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
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1658
Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector
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1683
Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
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1697
King William's War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
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1709
1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC
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1725
England, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
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1731
Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland
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1752
This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives
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1752
US adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14)
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1779
Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest
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1783
Treaty of Paris signed (ending US Revolutionary War)
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1791
French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
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1826
USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
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1832
Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
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1833
NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
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1838
Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
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1849
Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
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1852
Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
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1861
Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
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1864
Battle of Berryville, VA
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1864
US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
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1865
Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
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1878
England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die
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1881
Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
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1881
1st US Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62)
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1882
French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
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1888
East Africa Company political & commercial rights
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1888
Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British
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1890
Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open
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1891
John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
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1891
Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas
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1891
11th US Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)
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1895
1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)
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1900
British annex Natal (South Africa)
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1901
Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
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1902
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"
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1902
Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
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1903
Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup
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1904
St Louis Olympics closes
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1906
Phila Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Phila before 10,000 fans
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1906
Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win
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1908
James Barries "What Every Woman Knows," premieres in London
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1911
31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)
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1912
World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
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1914
British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne
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1914
Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
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1914
French troops vacate Reims
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1914
Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
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1916
Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
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1917
1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
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1917
German troops over run Riga Latvia
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1917
Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
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1917
Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
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1918
Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
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1918
5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
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1918
38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)
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1921
16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
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1921
KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
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1923
Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in NYC
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1924
Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
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1924
L Stallings & M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in NYC
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1925
Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
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1925
1st international handball match held
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1928
Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit
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1929
Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17
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1930
Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)
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1932
Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50
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1932
Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title
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1934
Tunisia began its move for independence
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1935
1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
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1935
Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
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1936
3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
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1938
1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland