Tuesday September 3, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

September 3: Day of the Week

September 3, 2024 is the 247th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 119 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

September 3 Historical Event(s)

1798
The week long battle of St. George’s Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
1802
William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
1855
Indian Wars: in Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
1878
Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat SS Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
1933
Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
1939
World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
1971
Qatar becomes an independent state
1976
Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
1994
Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People’s Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
1997
Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev TU-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

Who were born on September 3?

1781
Eugène de Beauharnais, French nobleman, son of Joséphine de Beauharnais and adoptive son of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1824)
1899
Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1931
Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer (accused to be the “Boston Strangler”) (d. 1973)
1940
Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
1964
Holt McCallany, American actor
1969
Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model, professional wrestler and valet (d. 2004)
1972
Christine Boudrias, Canadian short track speed skater
1978
Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player
1980
The B.G., American rapper
1983
Nicky Hunt, English footballer

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