September 3rd in US Political History P2

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On September 3rd in 1944 U.S. forces entered Belgium at Peruwelz led by reconnaissance scout James W. Carroll on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

On September 3rd in 1944 The U.S. Seventh Army captured Lyons, France. French troops liberate Lyon.

On September 3rd in 1976 The U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars. The unmanned spacecraft took the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.

On September 3rd in 1989 The U.S. began shipping military aircraft and weapons, worth $65 million, to Columbia in its fight against drug lords.

On September 3rd in 1990 President Bush returned to Washington from his Maine vacation home to prepare for his summit in Finland with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

On September 3rd in 1993 The US Labor Department reported the nation's unemployment rate edged down to a two-year low of 6.7 percent the previous month.

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