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September 3

This year marks the 1725th anniversary of San Marino — September 3 carries the weight of round numbers. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

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Virgo is the sign for September 3 — read more on the Virgo page, or see September's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on September 3?

September 3 is the 246th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 301 and 2017. Famous people born on September 3 include Eduardo Galeano, Emperor Go-Sanjō and Dorothea Lambert Chambers.

Released on September 3

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

2025

  • Game Hirogami
  • Game Jötunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
  • Movie The Conjuring: Last Rites

2024

  • Game Star Trucker
  • Game Spectre Divide
  • Game Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
  • Game The Casting of Frank Stone

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 301

    San Marino

  2. 1411

    Treaty of Selymbria

  3. 1658

    Oliver Cromwell

  4. 1777

    American Revolutionary War

  5. 1878

    Sinking of SS Princess Alice

  6. 1914

    World War I

  7. 1939

    World War II

  8. 1941

    The Holocaust

  9. 2016

    China

  10. 2017

    North Korea

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 3

Eduardo Galeano

b. 1940

Emperor Go-Sanjō

b. 1034

Dorothea Lambert Chambers

b. 1878

Ferdinand Porsche

b. 1875

Fritz Pregl

b. 1869

Costas Mandylor

b. 1965

Dominic Thiem

b. 1993

Charlie Sheen

b. 1965

Deaths

  • 2017John Ashbery
  • 2003Rudolf Leiding
  • 1991Frank Capra
  • 1883Ivan Turgenev
  • 1877Adolphe Thiers
  • 1658Oliver Cromwell

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Mansuetus of Toul
  • —Christian feast day: Marinus
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Gregory I
  • —Christian feast day: Remaclus
  • —Christian feast day: Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)
  • —China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: V-J Day (People's Republic of China)

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