Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight. Date: September 3, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)

Qatar becomes an independent state. Date: September 3, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. Date: September 3, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)

During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site. Date: September 3, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations. Date: September 3, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)

In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. Date: September 3, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)

Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12. Date: September 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)

Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150. Date: September 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. Date: September 3, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. Date: September 3, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)