Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 3
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This is a list of selected September 3 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.September 3: Ganesh Chaturthi (Hinduism, 2008); Independence Day in Qatar; Flag Day in Australia; Armed Forces Day in Taiwan
- 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus.
- 1260 – Egyptian Mamluks defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine.
- 1783 – Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War.
- 1901 – The National Flag of Australia (pictured), a Blue Ensign defaced with the Commonwealth Star and the Southern Cross, flew for the first time atop the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
- 1976 – The NASA Viking 2 spacecraft landed on Mars and took the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.
- 1991 – The Hamlet chicken processing plant fire kills 25 people locked inside a burning chicken plant in North Carolina, USA.
More events: September 2 – September 3 – September 4
