September 3rd, 1978

Born on September 3rd, 1978

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What happened on September 3rd, 1978?

September 3rd, 1978

During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesian_Bush_War

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, 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.

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, 1978

45

Tinkara Kovač

Slovenian singer

*September 3rd, 1978, Koper

45

Nick Wechsler

American actor

*September 3rd, 1978, Albuquerque

45

Charles Grant

Player of American football

*September 3rd, 1978, Colquitt

45

Michal Rozsíval

Czech ice hockey player

*September 3rd, 1978, Vlašim

45

John Curtis

English footballer, born 1978

*September 3rd, 1978, Nuneaton

45

Nichole Hiltz

American actress

*September 3rd, 1978, Hanover

25

Terje Bakken

Norwegian musician

*September 3rd, 1978, Sogndal Municipality †January 14th, 2004, Sogndal Municipality

45

Sara Aleixo

Portuguese singer and model

*September 3rd, 1978, Funchal

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 3rd?

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

43

Stefan Buck

German association football player and manager

*September 3rd, 1980, Bad Saulgau

44

Júlio César

Brazilian footballer

*September 3rd, 1979, Duque de Caxias

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

81

Dorothea Douglass

English tennis and badminton player (1878–1960)

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

44

Stian Eckhoff

Norwegian biathlete

*September 3rd, 1979, Trondheim

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

46

Olof Mellberg

Swedish association football player and manager

*September 3rd, 1977, Skagersvik

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

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

37

Shaun White

American snowboarder and skateboarder

*September 3rd, 1986, San Diego

35

Nicole Banecki

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, Berlin

90

Emil Stehle

German bishop and theologian

*September 3rd, 1926, Mühlhausen †May 16th, 2017, Constance

55

Christophe Mengin

Racing cyclist

*September 3rd, 1968, Cornimont

80

Valerie Perrine

American actress

*September 3rd, 1943, Galveston

50

Jason McCartney

American cyclist

*September 3rd, 1973, Honolulu

47

Vivek Oberoi

Indian actor (born 1976)

*September 3rd, 1976, Hyderabad

76

Mario Draghi

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

*September 3rd, 1947, Rome

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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