Historical Events - September 3

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.

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

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

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

1971 – Qatar became an independent state.

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

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

Famous Birthdays– September 3

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

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

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.

1923 – Kishan Maharaj, an Indian tabla player.

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

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

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

1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor.

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

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.

1976 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor.

1990 – Mohammed Shami, an Indian international cricketer.

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 – September 3

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

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

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

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.

1953 – Khapru Mama Parvatkar, Indian Tabla player.

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

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.