09-03-2004, 05:22 AM
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Location: Maryland
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September 3rd
1651 ~ Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England was defeated in the last main battle of the English Civil War.
1658 ~ Death of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England.
1777 ~ The Flag of the United States flew in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland.
1838 ~ Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boarded a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.
1875 ~ Birthday of Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer.
1893 ~ Death of James Harrison, Australian pioneer of mechanical refrigeration.
1935 ~ Sir Malcolm Campbell reached 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 MPH.
1954 ~ The last new episode of the “Lone Ranger was aired on radio after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years.
1962 ~ Death of e. e. cummings, poet.
1969 ~ Death of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese revolutionary.
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