Today is Tuesday, September third, the 247th day of the yr 2024. There are 119 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On September 3, 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell became the primary person to drive a automobile faster than 300 miles per hour across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Also on this date:
In 1861, in the course of the Civil War, Confederate troops invaded the border state of Kentucky, which had declared its neutrality within the conflict.
In 1783, representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized U.S. sovereignty.
In 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland. In a radio address, Britain's King George VI said: “With God's help we will win.”
In 1943, Allied forces invaded Italy during World War II, the identical day Italian officials signed a secret armistice with the Allies.
In 1976, the American lander Viking 2 landed on Mars and took the primary close-up color photographs of the surface of the red planet.
In 1999, a French judge concluded a two-year investigation into the automobile crash that killed Princess Diana. He dismissed all charges against nine photographers and a press motorcyclist and concluded that the accident had been brought on by a drunk driver.
In 2019, Walmart announced it might stop selling ammunition for handguns and short-barreled rifles and asked its customers to not openly carry firearms in stores. The announcement followed a shooting at a Walmart store in Texas that left 22 people dead.
Today's birthdays:
- Singer and musician Al Jardine (The Beach Boys) is 81.
- Actress Valerie Perrine is 81.
- Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet is 71.
- Rock guitarist Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols) is 69.
- Actor Steve Schirripa (TV: “The Sopranos”) is 66.
- The writer Malcolm Gladwell is 61.
- Actor Charlie Sheen is 59.
- Filmmaker Noah Baumbach is 55.
- Dance-rock musician Redfoo (LMFAO) is 49.
- Actor Garrett Hedlund is 40.
- Olympic snowboard champion Shaun White is 38.
- Model and actress Kaia Gerber is 23.
- Actor Jack Dylan Grazer is 21.
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