Tuesday, September 3, 2024 is a Tuesday. It is day 247 of 2024 (67.7% through the year), ISO week 36, in Q3.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2017: North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to September 3.
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Historical Milestones
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.
2017 North Korean nuclear test →The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Troubles →A fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
Hamlet chicken processing plant fire →While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza →The Holocaust: In possibly the first Jewish ghetto uprising, residents of the Łachwa Ghetto in occupied Poland, informed of the upcoming "liquidation" of the ghetto, unsuccessfully fought against their Nazi captors.
The Holocaust →The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America was founded in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America →On the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, British racing motorist Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph (480 km/h).
Bonneville Salt Flats →At the Royal Exhibition Building (pictured) in Melbourne, the flag of Australia flew for the first time.
Royal Exhibition Building →The passenger steamship SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames after colliding (pictured) with the collier Bywell Castle, killing more than 600 people.
Sinking of SS Princess Alice →American Revolutionary War: The British Army and their Hessian allies defeated an American militia at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.
American Revolutionary War →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024 falls on a Tuesday.
750 days ago (2 years, 20 days ago). It is day 247 of 2024 with 119 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Tuesday, September 3, 2024 is written as III.IX.MMXXIV (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is New Moon (approx. 0% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Virgo.