September 3rd, 1942

Born on September 3rd, 1942

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What happened on September 3rd, 1942?

September 3rd, 1942

World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Łachwa_Ghetto

September 3rd, 1942

The Holocaust: In possibly the first Jewish ghetto uprising, residents of the Łachwa Ghetto in occupied Poland, informed of the upcoming "liquidation" of the ghetto, unsuccessfully fought against their Nazi captors.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

What else happened on September 3rd?

September 3rd, 2017

North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.

September 3rd, 2001

The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

September 3rd, 1991

A fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.

September 3rd, 1987

In a military coup d'état in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposed the incumbent president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza while he was abroad in Canada.

September 3rd, 1935

On the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, British racing motorist Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph (480 km/h).

September 3rd, 1901

The flag of Australia flew for the first time, from the Royal Exhibition Building (pictured) in Melbourne.

September 3rd, 1878

The passenger steamship SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames after colliding (pictured) with the collier Bywell Castle, killing more than 600 people.

September 3rd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: The British Army and their Hessian allies defeated an American militia at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.

September 3rd, 1651

English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell (pictured) won the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War.

September 3rd, 1650

Under Oliver Cromwell, the English New Model Army ambushed a poorly prepared Scottish force at the Battle of Dunbar, the first battle of the Third English Civil War.

September 3rd, 0863

Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine Empire decisively defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon, beginning the era of Byzantine ascendancy.

January 1st, 1970

The Sicilian revolt against the Second Triumvirate of the Roman Republic ended when the fleet of Sextus Pompey, the rebel leader, was defeated at the Battle of Naulochus.

September 3rd, 2017

North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 3rd

Born on September 3rd, 1942

81

Al Jardine

American musician

*September 3rd, 1942, Lima

81

Michael Hui

Hong Kong comedian, screenwriter, film director and actor

*September 3rd, 1942, Panyu District

81

Claire Krähenbühl

Swiss writer and poet

*September 3rd, 1942, Yverdon-les-Bains

71

Bernadette Suau

French archivist and historian (1942-2013)

*September 3rd, 1942, Mirande †December 8th, 2013, Toulouse

81

Ray Xifo

American actor

*September 3rd, 1942, Newark

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Who's birthday is on September 3rd?

80

Valerie Perrine

American actress

*September 3rd, 1943, Galveston

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

83

Pauline Collins

British actress

*September 3rd, 1940, Exmouth

81

Dorothea Douglass

English tennis and badminton player (1878–1960)

*September 3rd, 1878, Ealing †January 7th, 1960, Kensington

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

79

Dagmar Schipanski

German politician (1943–2022)

*September 3rd, 1943, Sättelstädt †September 7th, 2022

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

85

Caryl Churchill

British dramatist

*September 3rd, 1938, London

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

76

Mario Draghi

Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy

*September 3rd, 1947, Rome

77

René Pijnen

Dutch cyclist

*September 3rd, 1946, Woensdrecht

80

Eileen Brennan

American actress (1932-2013)

*September 3rd, 1932, Los Angeles †July 28th, 2013, Burbank

83

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Tunisian politician

*September 3rd, 1936, Hammam Sousse †September 19th, 2019, Jeddah

86

Irina Ionesco

French photographer

*September 3rd, 1935, 14th arrondissement of Paris †July 25th, 2022, 12th arrondissement of Paris

74

Eduardo Galeano

Uruguayan writer and journalist

*September 3rd, 1940, Montevideo †April 13th, 2015, Montevideo

89

Whitey Bulger

American gangster and crime boss (1929-2018)

*September 3rd, 1929, Boston †October 30th, 2018, United States Penitentiary, Hazelton

67

Klaus Draeger

German engineer and manager

*September 3rd, 1956, Constance

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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