Historical Events for 3rd September 2019

1864 – Battle of Berryville, Virginia
1917 – Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
1940 – Dutch government in exile of Gerbrandy forms in London
1945 – US Women’s National Tennis Championship, Forest Hills: Sarah Palfrey Cooke wins second US title; beats Pauline Betz Addie 3-6, 8-6, 6-4
1972 – Finnish runner Lasse VirĂ©n scores a famous victory in the 10,000m at the Munich Olympics in world record 27:38.35
1975 – England cricket batsman Bob Woolmer scores 149 on the final day to save the 4th Test v Australia at The Oval; longest first-class match ever played in England; 32 hours 17 minutes
1984 – St. Louis Cardinals closer Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th in 7-3 win v NY Mets
1992 – Jerry Lewis’ 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368
2004 – The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.
2012 – New Zealand announces withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan

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