** Ferdinand II, 3rd Duke of Braganza and 1st Duke of Guimarães ( 1475 ).

** Teodosius I, 5th Duke of Braganza and 3rd Duke of Guimarães.

** John II, 8th Duke of Braganza and 3rd Duke of Barcelos.

** 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment ( 3 < sup > e </ sup > REI ), based in French Guiana

** Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension: Select Essays 1944-1968 New World Library, 3rd ed.

** Seleucid Mesopotamia ( 4th to 3rd c. BC )

** Parthian Babylonia ( 3rd c. BC to 3rd c. AD )

** Osroene ( 2nd c. BC to 3rd c. AD )

** Persian Mesopotamia, Persian Asuristan ( Assyria ) ( 3rd to 7th c. AD )

** Alexander, a Pannonian soldier, martyred in 3rd century.

** Vibration damper added into torque tube between 2nd and 3rd support bearing on manual gearbox cars and behind 2nd bearing on automatics.

** Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, opens the 3rd session of the 30th Canadian Parliament.

** The United States Post Office Department ( later renamed the United States Postal Service ) begins the 3rd regular airmail service in the world ( between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC ), the 1st being from Allahabad to Naini Junction in India on the 18th February 1911 and the 2nd being from London to Windsor Castle on the 22nd June 1911.

** Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States ( b. 1743 )

** Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia ( b. 1867 )

** Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian politician and 3rd President of Austria

** Josefa Iloilo, 3rd President of Fiji ( d. 2011 )

** Queens Park Rangers become the first 3rd Division side to win the League Cup at Wembley Stadium, defeating West Bromwich Albion 3 – 2.

** Yamagata Aritomo, 3rd Prime Minister of Japan ( b. 1838 )

** İsmet İnönü is appointed as the prime minister in Turkey ( Turkey's 4th and İnönü's 3rd government ).

** Sonam Gyatso, 3rd Dalai Lama, first Dalai Lama ( d. 1588 )

** George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, British soldier ( d. 1888 )

** Sonam Gyatso, 3rd Dalai Lama, first Dalai Lama ( b. 1543 )

** Cortez, Florida, a census-designated place

** Mind Blast: Xavier is able to place massive amounts of information inside the mind of others to cause extreme mental pain on them.

** The Battle of Harpers Ferry ( September 12 – 15, 1862 ), a battle in the American Civil War that took place around what is now Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

** Three Books of Known Space ( 1996 reprint of Tales of Known Space, with " Madness Has Its Place " in place of " The Borderland of Sol ", packed with World of Ptavvs and A Gift from Earth )

** Moot hill, a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place

** Milton ( CDP ), Saratoga County, New York, a census-designated place within the town

** Node ( botany ), the place on a plant stem where a leaf is attached

** Used in place of ん in Japanese typing shorthand.

** Till plain, a plain of glacial till that forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of a glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carries.

** Organic redox reaction, a redox reaction that takes place with organic compounds

** Games scheduled by UEFA, the European governing body of soccer, that were scheduled for September 12 and 13 were postponed ( games had been played on the 11th as the first plane strike took place at 2: 46 PM CET ).

** Gabonese president Leon M ' ba is toppled by a military coup and his archrival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.

** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters.

** Released in 1999 and stated to take place in that year:

** Released in 1999 and stated to take place in that year:

** Three Super Sentai series — Choujin Sentai Jetman ( 1991 – 1992 ), Chōriki Sentai Ohranger ( 1995 – 1996 ), and Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V ( 1999 – 2000 ) — take place in 1999.

** The 1996 Doctor Who television movie takes place from December 30, 1999 to January 1, 2000.

** Soviet war in Afghanistan ( 1979 – 1989 )-Although taking place almost entirely throughout the 1980s, the war officially started on December 27, 1979.

** The First Congo War takes place in Zaire from 1996 to 1997, resulting in Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko being overthrown from power on 16 May 1997, ending 32 years of his rule.

** War between ethnic-Albanian separatists and Yugoslav military and Serb paramilitary forces in Kosovo begin in 1996 and escalates in 1998 with increasing reports of atrocities taking place.

** The last two executions in The Netherlands take place.

** 2006 Lebanon War ( summer 2006 ) – took place in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.

** The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, takes place at Westminster Abbey, watched by over 2 billion people worldwide.

** Two cosmonauts transfer from Soyuz 5 to Soyuz 4 via a spacewalk while the two craft are docked together, the first time such a transfer takes place.