03-Sep-1783 The Treaty of Paris was signed, endeding the American War of Independence.

03-Sep-1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies, announced that Great Britain had declared war Germany, and as a result Australia, was also at war.

03-Sep-1976 Viking 2 landed on Mars and returned with photographs of its mission.

03-Sep-1978 Pope John Paul I was officially installed as the 264th Supreme Pontiff.