Today in History: September 3, Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War

In the modern day is Wednesday Sept the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On Sept representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris which officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized U S sovereignty Also on this date In during the Civil War Confederate forces invaded the edge state of Kentucky which had declared its neutrality in the conflict Related Articles Disney to pay million fine after FTC says it allowed content collection on kids Google avoids breakup in search monopoly occurrence but judge orders other changes in landmark ruling Firefighters question leaders role in Washington immigration raid Amazon ends a undertaking that lets Prime members share free shipping perk with users outside household Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition In the United States celebrated the first federal Labor Day holiday In Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile more than mph kph speeding across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah In Britain France Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland in a radio address Britain s King George VI revealed With God s help we shall prevail In Allied forces invaded Italy during World War II the same day Italian officers signed a secret armistice with the Allies In America s Viking lander touched down on Mars to take the first close-up color photographs of the red planet s surface In a French judge closed a two-year inquiry into the car crash that killed Princess Diana dismissing all charges against nine photographers and a press motorcyclist and concluding the crash was caused by an inebriated driver In Walmart mentioned it would stop selling ammunition for handguns and short-barrel rifles and the store chain requested that customers not openly carry firearms in its stores the announcement followed a shooting at a Walmart store in Texas that left people dead In contemporary times s Birthdays Singer-musician Al Jardine The Beach Boys is Actor Valerie Perrine is Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet is Rock guitarist Steve Jones The Sex Pistols is Actor Steve Schirripa TV The Sopranos is Author Malcolm Gladwell is Actor Charlie Sheen is Filmmaker Noah Baumbach is Actor Garrett Hedlund is Olympic gold medal snowboarder Shaun White is Model-actor Kaia Gerber is Actor Jack Dylan Grazer is