HIGHLIGHTS OF HISTORY

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,  2010

This is the 246th day of 2010             

There are 119 days remaining in 2010    

TODAY IN HISTORY  

September 3
1189   After the death of Henry II, Richard Lionheart is crowned king of England.
1260   Mamelukes under Sultan Qutuz defeat Mongols and Crusaders at Ain Jalut.
1346   Edward III of England begins the siege of Calais, along the coast of France.
1650   The English under Cromwell defeat a superior Scottish army under David Leslie at the Battle of Dunbar.
1777   The American flag (stars & stripes), approved by Congress on June 14th, is carried into battle for the first time by a force under General William Maxwell.
1783   The Treaty of Paris is signed by Great Britain and the new United States, formally bringing the American Revolution to an end.
1838   Frederick Douglass escapes slavery disguised as a sailor. He would later write The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, his memoirs about slave life.
1855   General William Harney defeats Little Thunder's Brule Sioux at the Battle of Blue Water in Nebraska.
1895   The first professional American football game is played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania between the Latrobe Young Men's Christian Association and the Jeannette Athletic Club. Latrobe wins 12-0.
1914   The French capital is moved from Paris to Bordeaux as the Battle of the Marne begins.
1916   The German Somme front is broken by an Allied offensive.
1918   The United States recognizes the nation of Czechoslovakia.
1939   After Germany ignores Great Britain's ultimatum to stop the invasion of Poland, Great Britain declares war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
1939   The British passenger ship Athenia is sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic, with 30 Americans among those killed. American Secretary of State Cordell Hull warns Americans to avoid travel to Europe unless absolutely necessary.
1943   British troops invade Italy, landing at Calabria.
1944   The U.S. Seventh Army captures Lyons, France.
1945   General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the Japanese commander of the Philippines, surrenders to Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright at Baguio.
1967   Lieutenant General Ngyuen Van Thieu is elected president of South Vietnam.
1969   Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam, dies.

Born on September 3
1849   Sarah Orne Jewett, author (Tales of New England, The Country of the Pointed Firs).
1856   Louis H. Sullivan, architect who gained fame for his design of the Chicago Auditorium Theater.
1875   Ferdinand Porsche, automotive engineer, designer of the Volkswagen in 1934 and the Porsche sports car in 1950.
1894   Richard Niebuhr, theologian.
1907   Carl Anderson, physicist and 1936 Nobel prize winner for his discovery of the positron.
1914   Dixie Lee Ray, Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission who received the U.N. Peace Prize in 1977.
1927   Hugh Sidey, news correspondent and author of John F. Kennedy, President.

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