[Bmcu] September 3

[Floyd Inman]

We had several responses to my question about the significance of September 3. 

One of the answers:

1939: Within hours of the British declaration of War, SS Athenia, a British cruise ship en-route from Glasgow, Scotland to Montreal, Canada is torpedoed by the German submarine U-30 250 miles Northwest of Ireland. 112 passengers and crew members are killed. The "Battle of the Atlantic" begins. 

Another answer:

1926: The gangster Harry "Lefty" Lewis is brought to trial on murder charges in Cook County, Illinois. Throughout the trial, witnesses and it is believed jurors had been intimidated by death threats and the jury acquitted Lewis after only six hours of deliberation, despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt. Rumor has it that they will be competing in the Miner’s Day Drilling Contest.

Another answer:

 1935 : Sir Malcolm Campbell breaks the 300 mph set a new world record on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah with his 2,500 HP Bluebird and beat his own previous world record of 276.82 mph that he had set earlier in the year. Rumor has it that they will be competing in the Miner’s Day Mucking Contest.

Another answer:

2012: BMCU will have a record turnout for the Park City Miner’s Day Parade.

Another answer:

1976 : The unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 launched on on September 9, 1975 lands on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet's surface.

Another answer:

2008 : Two Russian sumo wrestlers tested positive for marijuana in Japan, causing a scandal in the morally conservative sport’s world. One of the two was also arrested for possession of marijuana and then banned from sumo wrestling for life. Rumor has it that they will be competing in the Miner’s Day Mucking Contest.

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