09-02-2010, 07:14 PM
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September 3rd
301 ~ San Marino, the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus.
1658 ~ Death of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England.
1875 ~ Birthday of Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer.
1893 ~ Death of James Harrison, Australian pioneer of mechanical refrigeration.
1939 ~ World War II: France and the United Kingdom declared war on Germany.
1954 ~ The last new episode of The Lone Ranger was aired on radio after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years.
1962 ~ Death of e. e. cummings, poet.
1976 ~ The Viking 2 spacecraft landed on Mars and took the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.
1995 ~ eBay founded. (with a little help from Oldfart  )
2004 ~ More than 200 people die at the end of a three-day siege at a school in Beslan, Russia came to a bloody end.
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