September 3

September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining.

Births:

• 1955: Steve Jones, Musician (Sex Pistols)
• 1965: Charlie Sheen, Actor

Deaths:

• 1658: Oliver Cromwell
• 1970: Vince Lombardi, American football coach
• 1991: Frank Capra, Movie director

Events:

• 1189: England's King Richard I was crowned in Westminster.
• 1783: Treaty of Paris signed, ending the revolutionary war between the US and Great Britain.
• 1943: Italy invaded by the Allied forces during World War II.
• 1976: The US spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars.

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