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2013

Microsoft buys Nokia for 7.2 billion U.S. dollars.

1999

Mario Lemieux’s ownership group officially takes over the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL; Lemieux is the first player in the modern era to buy the team he played for.

1995

The website eBay (Electronic Bay) is founded by Pierre Omidyar.

1978

Eight new metro stations open in Montreal.

Pope John Paul I officially becomes the 263rd pontiff.

1977

The final episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” aired on CBS.

1966

Bobby Orr signs his first NHL contract with the Boston Bruins. It is a two-year contract with a record salary of $70,000 plus a signing bonus.

1944

Anne Frank, a Holocaust diarist, is sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

1935

Malcolm Campbell, driving the Bluebird, becomes the first person to break the 300 mph barrier in a car (301.129 mph) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.

1895

The first professional football game is played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

1888

The first Labor Day parade takes place in Montreal.

1783

The American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

It happened on… September 3

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