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Construction of the Lovell Telescope began on 3 September 1952
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovell_Telescope



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The 2010 Canterbury earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake



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British Declaration Of War - Radio Broadcast - 3 Sept 1939
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtJ_zbz1NyY

The Battle of Cooch's Bridge was fought on September 3, 1777
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50656391/battle-of-coochs-bridge/

The Allied invasion of mainland Italy on September 3, 1943
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy

The monastic community of San Marino was founded on 3 September 301
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino

Dagen H (H day), today mostly called "Högertrafikomläggningen", was on 3 September 1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H

The 34th Mersenne prime was announced on 3 September 1996
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t31611818/mersenne-prime/



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Viking 2 landed on Mars in 1976.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44304495/viking-2-mission/

SMART-1 impacted the Moon in 2006
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3187813/smart-1/

Sir Malcolm Campbell set his final land speed record on 3 September 1935
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Campbell#Land_speed_record



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Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer (September 3, 1874 - August 13, 1957) was a Norwegian mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_St%C3%B8rmer

Lev Semenovich Pontryagin (3 September 1908 - 3 May 1988) was a Russian mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Semenovich_Pontryagin

Carl David Anderson (3 September 1905 - 11 January 1991) was an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_David_Anderson

Prudence Crandall (September 3, 1803 - January 28, 1890) was a schoolteacher 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudence_Crandall

Cherry Barbara Grimm (3 September 1930 - 14 March 2002) was a science fiction and fantasy writer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Wilder

Stephen Philip "Steve" Jones (born 3 September 1955) is an English rock guitarist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jones_(musician)

Gerald 'Gerry' Neugebauer (3 September 1932 - 26 September 2014) was an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Neugebauer

Lyudmila Karachkina (born 3 September 1948) is a former Soviet/Ukrainian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Karachkina

Ralph Copeland (3 September 1837 - 27 October 1905) was an English astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Copeland

Edward Pigott (1753 - 27 June 1825) was an English astronomer,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Pigott

Heinrich Christian Schumacher (September 3, 1780 - December 28, 1850) was a German-Danish astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Christian_Schumacher



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The last time Mars occulted Sigma Sagittarii was on September 3, 423
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Sagittarii

Delta Cancri was involved in the first recorded occultation by Jupiter on September 3, B.C. 240
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Cancri#History

The Teen Age Message, was sent to 47 Ursae Majoris on September 3, 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Age_Message



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NGC 6620 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering on the 3rd September 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58461130/ngc-6620/

NGC 6829 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on the 3rd September 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58461122/ngc-6829/

NGC 6831 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on the 3rd September 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58461113/ngc-6831/

NGC 7030 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 3rd September 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58461103/ngc-7030/

NGC 7121 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 3rd September 1872.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58461183/ngc-7121/

NGC 7241 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 3rd September 1872.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58461017/ngc-7241/



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Nova Circini 1926 was observed at magnitude 6.5 on 3 September 1926
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54841577/x-circini/

J002E3 was a supposed asteroid discovered on September 3, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J002E3

Asteroid 230 Athamantis was discovered by the German-Austrian astronomer K. de Ball on September 3, 1882, in Bothkamp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/230_Athamantis

Asteroid 250 Bettina was discovered on September 3, 1885
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54842045/asteroid-250-bettina/

The Exeter incident was a highly publicized UFO sighting that occurred on September 3, 1965 approximately 5 miles from Exeter, New Hampshire, in the neighbouring community of Kensington. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_incident

A meteor exploded over Antarctica on Sept. 3, 2004, with the energy of 13,000 to 28,000 tons of TNT
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3917291/antarctic-meteor/



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Meteorites

The Lissa (L6) meteorite fell in Stredocesky, Czech Republic, on the 3rd September, 1808.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44790360/lissa-meteorite/

The Grzempach (H5) meteorite fell in Pila, Poland, on the 3rd September, 1910.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44790361/grzempach-meteorite/

The Santa Cruz (CM2) meteorite fell in Tamaulipas, Mexico, on the 3rd September, 1939.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44790362/santa-cruz-meteorite/



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