Historical timeline for September 3

North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.

After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.

Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.

In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.

Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150.

Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.

In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.

During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.

Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

Qatar becomes an independent state.

Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.

The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.

"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.

A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.

Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.

World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.

World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).