Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 3
This is a list of selected September 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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September 3: Ganesh Chaturthi (Hinduism, 2008); Independence Day in Qatar; Flag Day in Australia; Armed Forces Day in Taiwan
- 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus.
- 1783 – Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War.
- 1901 – The National Flag of Australia, a Blue Ensign defaced with the Commonwealth Star and the Southern Cross, flew for the first time atop the Royal Exhibition Building (pictured) in Melbourne.
- 1991 – The Hamlet chicken processing plant fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.