Page 7: Historical Events In September - 03
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
1971 Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies on this day in history. 

1975 On this day in history chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die 

1976 The unmanned NASA spacecraft Viking Two makes a successful Mars landing to begin its mission of sending color photos back to Earth on September - 03. 

1976 The US spacecraft Viking 2 successfully lands on Mars on September - 03. 

1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29 on September - 03. 

1978 On September - 03 pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff 

1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 on September - 03. 

1980 Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas) on September - 03. 

1981 On September - 03 david Brinkley ends 38 years with NBC News as anchor and commentator, only to jump ship to rival network ABC. 

1982 Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered on September - 03. 

1984 On this day in history 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery 

1984 Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83 on September - 03. 

1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth on September - 03. 

1985 Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1987 Morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61 on September - 03. 

1988 Heidi Ittermann was born! on this day in history. 

1989 On September - 03 a Cuban jetliner crashes shortly after takeoff in Havana, killing 152 people. 

1990 A Florida dentist dies of AIDS after allegedly infecting five of his patients with the AIDS virus on September - 03. 

1990 On September - 03 david Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients 

1991 Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94 on September - 03. 

1992 On this day in history johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies 

1993 Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83 on this day in history. 

1994 On this day in history china and Russia agree to a non-aggression pact. 

1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70 on September - 03. 

2005 On this day in history william Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, dies. 

2006 Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open on September - 03. 

2006 Spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship on this day in history. 

2007 On September - 03 british troops withdraw from the Basra region of Iraq. 

2012 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on this day in history. 

2013 15 militants are killed by an Egyptian Army helicopter in Sinai Peninsula on September - 03. 

2017 On this day in history californian governor Jerry Brown issues state of emergency due to La Tuna brush fire near Los Angeles 

2017 On this day in history 1.4 ton WWII bomb defused in Frankfurt, Germany with 60,000 people evacuated, the largest postwar 

2017 North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on September - 03. 

2018 Argentine President Mauricio Macri announces new austerity measures including closing half of all government ministries in televised address on September - 03. 

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