The Birthday Gazette

Born on September 3

September 3 birthdays & history

If you were born on September 3, you share a birthday with Mario Draghi, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Carl David Anderson. September 3 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 3 is the 247th day of the year in leap years (246th in other years).

Famous people born on September 3

  • 1947Mario Draghi, Italian banker and economist
  • 1936Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia
  • 1905Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1965Charlie Sheen, American actor and producer
  • 1988Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
  • 1940Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author
  • 1938Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1875Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche
  • 1899Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1979Júlio César, Brazilian footballer

What happened on September 3

  • 1411The Treaty of Selymbria was concluded between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman prince Musa Çelebi.
  • 1895John Brallier becomes the first openly paid professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12–0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
  • 1901At the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, the flag of Australia flew for the first time.
  • 1914Wilhelm, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • 1933Yevgeniy 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).
  • 1935On 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).
  • 1936The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America was founded in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.
  • 1950"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
  • 1967Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
  • 1971Qatar becomes an independent state.
  • 1976Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
  • 1981The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.

Also observed on September 3

  • China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)
  • China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances: V-J Day (People's Republic of China)
  • Feast of San Marino and the Republic, celebrates the foundation of the Republic of San Marino in 301.
  • Flag Day (Australia)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the second independence of Qatar from the United Kingdom in 1971.
  • Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)

Questions, answered

What star sign is September 3?

People born on September 3 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.

Which famous people were born on September 3?

Mario Draghi (1947), Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936), Carl David Anderson (1905), Charlie Sheen (1965), Jérôme Boateng (1988), Eduardo Galeano (1940) were all born on September 3.

What happened on September 3 in history?

Among other things: in 1971, Qatar becomes an independent state; in 1976, Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars; in 1981, 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.

Can I get a newspaper front page from September 3?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 3 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “September 3”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.