This day in History - September 3

414 Historic Events for September 3
1914 Event Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
1914 Event French troops vacate Reims
1914 Event Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
1914 Event British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne
1914 Death Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58
1915 Birth Knut Nystedt, composer
1915 Birth Abel Ehrlich, composer
1916 Event Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1916 Birth Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker
1917 Event 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
1917 Birth Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)
1917 Birth Peter Winter, naval commander
1917 Event German troops over run Riga Latvia
1917 Event Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
1917 Death Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
1917 Event Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
1918 Event 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)
1918 Event 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1918 Event Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
1918 Birth Helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)
1921 Event 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
1921 Event KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
1922 Birth Rosendo Ejercito Santos, composer
1923 Birth Terry Wilson, Calif, actor (Bill-Wagon Train)
1923 Event Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in NYC