Editing September 3 (section)

===1901–present===

* [[1911]] &ndash; A fire that started on [[Fraser's Million Dollar Pier]] destroys six to eight square blocks of [[Ocean Park, Santa Monica|Ocean Park, California]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1912-09-04 |title=Flames Eat Business Heart of Ocean Park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-flames-eat-busines/132608201/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=1}}</ref>
* [[1914]] &ndash; [[William, Prince of Albania]] leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
*  1914 &ndash; French composer [[Albéric Magnard]] is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.<ref>Patrice Marcilloux (2009) “La mort héroïsée d’Albéric Magnard: essai d’approche culturelle”, in Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau et al. (eds.), ''La Grande Guerre des musiciens'', Lyon: Symétrie, pp. 85–102.</ref>
*  1914 &ndash; [[World War I]]: Start of the [[Battle of Grand Couronné]], a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of [[Nancy, France|Nancy]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; World War I: [[Leefe Robinson]] destroys the German [[airship]] [[Schütte-Lanz SL 11]] over [[Cuffley]], north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
*[[1925]] &ndash; {{USS|Shenandoah|ZR-1|6}}, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a [[squall line]] over [[Noble County, Ohio]]. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, [[Zachary Lansdowne]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Yevgeniy Abalakov]] is the first man to reach the highest point in the [[Soviet Union]], Communism Peak (now called [[Ismoil Somoni Peak]] and situated in [[Tajikistan]]) (7495 m).
*[[1935]] &ndash; Sir [[Malcolm Campbell]] reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] in [[Utah]], becoming the first person to drive an [[automobile]] over 300&nbsp;mph.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also [[India in World War II|declares war]], but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
*  1939   &ndash; World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a [[Blockade of Germany (1939–45)|naval blockade of Germany]] that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the [[Battle of the Atlantic]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Karl Fritzsch]], deputy camp commandant of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]], experiments with the use of [[Zyklon B]] in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, [[Dov Lopatyn]] leads an uprising in the [[Łachwa Ghetto#Uprising and massacre|Ghetto]] of [[Lakhva]] (present-day [[Belarus]]).
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: British and Canadian troops [[Operation Baytown|land on the Italian mainland]]. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the [[Armistice of Cassibile]], although it is not announced for another five days.
*[[1944]] &ndash; Holocaust: [[Diarist]] [[Anne Frank]] and her family are placed on the last transport train from the [[Westerbork transit camp]] to the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]], arriving three days later.
*[[1945]] &ndash; A three-day celebration begins in China, following the [[Victory over Japan Day#China|Victory over Japan Day]] on September 2.
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Farina|"Nino" Farina]] becomes the first [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One Drivers' champion]] after winning the [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; The [[People's Liberation Army]] begins shelling the [[Republic of China]]-controlled islands of [[Quemoy]], starting the [[First Taiwan Strait Crisis]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Dagen H]] in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Qatar]] becomes an independent state.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Viking program]]: The American ''[[Viking 2]]'' spacecraft lands at [[Utopia Planitia]] on [[Mars]].
*[[1978]] &ndash; During the [[Rhodesian Bush War]] a group of [[Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army|ZIPRA]] guerrillas shot down civilian [[Vickers Viscount]] aircraft ([[Air Rhodesia Flight 825]]) with a Soviet-made [[9K32 Strela-2|SAM Strela-2]]; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Seeds of Political Destruction|date=18 September 1978|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916377,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307203237/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916377,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2008|location=New York|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=22 November 2012|ref={{sfnRef|Time|1978}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Rhodesians Never Die: The Impact of War and Political Change on White Rhodesia c. 1970–1980|last1=Godwin|first1=Peter|author-link1=Peter Godwin|last2=Hancock|first2=Ian|year=1995|orig-year=1993|location=Harare|publisher=Baobab Books|isbn=978-0-908311-82-8}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; The [[Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women]], an international [[bill of rights]] for women, is instituted by the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en|title=United Nations Treaty Collection|language=EN|access-date=2018-11-01|archive-date=2015-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906035454/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; In a [[1987 Burundian coup d'état|coup d'état in Burundi]], President [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]] is deposed by Major [[Pierre Buyoya]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046]] crashes into a residential area of [[Havana]] shortly after takeoff from [[José Martí International Airport]], killing 150.<ref name="ASN">{{ASN accident|id=19890903-1|accessdate=7 August 2012}}</ref>
*1989   &ndash; [[Varig Flight 254]] crashes in the [[Amazon rainforest]] near [[São José do Xingu]] in Brazil, killing 12.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-241 PP-VMK São José do Xingu, MT |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890903-0 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Vietnam Airlines]] [[Vietnam Airlines Flight 815|Flight 815]] ([[Tupolev Tu-134]]) crashes on approach into [[Phnom Penh]] airport, killing 64.
*[[2001]] &ndash; In [[Belfast]], Protestant [[Ulster loyalism|loyalists]] begin a [[Holy Cross dispute|picket of Holy Cross]], a Catholic [[primary school]] for girls.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Beslan school siege]] results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
*[[2010]] &ndash; After taking off from [[Dubai International Airport]], [[UPS Airlines Flight 6]] develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near [[Nad Al Sheba]], killing both crew members on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-44AF (SCD) N571UP Dubai Airport (DXB)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100903-0|access-date=2020-09-01|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; The U.S. and [[China]], together responsible for [[List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions|40% of the world's carbon emissions]], both formally ratify the [[Paris Agreement|Paris global climate agreement]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[North Korea]] conducts its sixth and most powerful [[2017 North Korean nuclear test|nuclear test]].