SEPTEMBER 3

1783: The Treaty of Paris officially ends the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain1803: English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements1939: Great Britain and France declare war on Germany during World War II1964: Pakistani pop singer Junaid Jamshed is born1965: American actor Charlie Sheen is born1976: Indian actor Vivek Oberoi is born1976: The unmanned US spacecraft Viking II lands on Mars and takes the first pictures of the planet’s surface

SEPTEMBER 4

1888: George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera1950: The comic strip Beetle Bailey makes its first newspaper appearance1952: Indian actor Rishi Kapoor is born1971: South African all-rounder Lance Klusener is born1974: Pakistani cricketer Naved Ashraf is born1998: Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University

SEPTEMBER 5

1800: Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britain1839: The First Opium War begins in China1847: American outlaw Jesse James is born1882: The first United States Labour Day parade is held in New York City1927: The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon is released by Universal Pictures.1960: Boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) wins gold medal at the Olympic Games1986: Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport1997: Albanian-born missionary and humanitarian Mother Teresa dies

SEPTEMBER 6

1492: Christopher Columbus sails from Canary Islands to cross the Atlantic for the first time1965: India attacks Pakistan as the two countries engage in the War of 19651968: Pakistani cricketer Saeed Anwar is born1975: Czech Tennis star Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum1997: More than two billion people watch Princess Diana’s funeral on TV

SEPTEMBER 7

1940: Nazi Germany begins its initial blitz on London during World War II1979: The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut on cable TV1984: Sri Lankan all-rounder Farveez Maharoof is born

SEPTEMBER 8

1930: 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape1933: Indian singer Asha Bhosle is born1952: Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea is published1966: Pakistani cricketer Ghulam Ali is born1966: The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC1968: The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show2001: Bangladesh’s Mohammad Ashraful becomes youngest man to score a Test century

SEPTEMBER 9

1791: Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington1828: Russian author Leo Tolstoy is born1923: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People’s Party1956: Elvis Presley appears on television for the first time1966: American actor and comedian Adam Sandler is born1967: Indian actor Akshay Kumar is born1976: Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong dies1994: India’s Sachin Tendulkar scores his first century in his 78th One-Day match— OA