September, 3rd 2010
1783: Treaty of Paris
ending Revolutionary War is signed
1849: Cal State
Constitutional Convention convenes in
Monterey
1900: British annex
Natal (South Africa)
1906: Yanks win second
game on a forfeit over A's 2nd forfeit
win
1916: Allies turned
back Germans in World War I's Battle
of Verdun
1935: 1st automobile to
exceed 300 mph Sir Malcolm Campbell
1939: Yanks beat Red
Sox on a forfeit 4th forfeit win
1939: Britain declared
war on Germany. France followed six
hours later quickly joined by Australia
New Zealand South Africa & Canada
1940: US gives Britain
50 destroyers in exchange for military
bases
1940: 1st showing of
high definition color TV
1943: Allied troops
invade Italy
1976: US Viking 2 lands
on Mars at Utopia
1978: Crew of Soyuz 31
returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1979: Hurricane David a
strong Atlantic storms kills over 1
000
1984: 28 year old
Chicagoan won $40 million in Illinois
state lottery
1985: 20th Space
Shuttle Mission - Discovery 6 returns
to Earth