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Old 09-03-2005, 07:08 AM
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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.

1783 ~ American Revolutionary War: The Treaty of Paris between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain was signed in Paris, ending the war.

1875 ~ Birthday of Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer.

1893 ~ Death of James Harrison, Australian pioneer of mechanical refrigeration.

1935 ~ Malcolm Campbell reached 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 MPH.

1939 ~ World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare 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.

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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