| Events for 3 September | 
| | • | 1658 Death of Oliver Cromwell (b.1599 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire), English soldier and statesman. |
| | • | 1942 US singer Frank Sinatra left the Tommy Dorsey Band to begin his solo singing career. |
| | • | 1777 The American stars and stripes flag was carried into battle for the first time at the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware, during the Revolutionary War. |
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