On 3rd September,1609
English navigator Henry Hudson, in a quest for a passage to India on behalf of the Dutch East India Company, sailed into the harbour of present-day New York City and up the river that now bears his name.
On 3rd September,1900
With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexed the Boer Republic of South Africa
On 3rd September,1966
24th World Science Fiction Convention honored “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry
On 3rd September,1976
After a nearly yearlong journey, NASA’s robotic spacecraft, Viking 2 landed on Mars and began relaying information about the planet’s atmosphere and soil as well as colour photographs of the rocky surface.
On 3rd September, 2001
American film critic Pauline Kael, an outspoken reviewer for THE NEW YORKER magazine who was celebrated as much for the provocative style of her writing as for the content, died in Massachusetts.
