Template:Selected anniversaries/September 3

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  • 1658: Oliver Cromwell dies. He was a military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

    1658: Oliver Cromwell dies. He was a military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

  • 1814: Mathematician and academic James Joseph Sylvester born. He will make fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics.

    1814: Mathematician and academic James Joseph Sylvester born. He will make fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics.

  • 1916: Archaeologist and crime-fighter Sylvanus Morley uses archaeological expedition to Mexico during World War I as cover story for secret investigation into alleged Maya-related crimes against mathematical constants.

    1916: Archaeologist and crime-fighter Sylvanus Morley uses archaeological expedition to Mexico during World War I as cover story for secret investigation into alleged Maya-related crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1928: Inventor Philo Farnsworth demonstrates his electronic television system to the press.

    1928: Inventor Philo Farnsworth demonstrates his electronic television system to the press.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of Humpty Dumpty At Bat sells for two hundred thousand dollars.

    2017: Signed first edition of Humpty Dumpty At Bat sells for two hundred thousand dollars.

  • 1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars (nonfiction)Mars.

    1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars (nonfiction)Mars.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-first anniversary of the end of the Viking 2 spacecraft landing at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-first anniversary of the end of the Viking 2 spacecraft landing at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

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