Today was a pretty slow day at Mahalo in regards to official contest and there were few announcements made about anything. Barnraising Contest #8 just got underway but there was no news to report on who was leading the charge.

Community Manager, Jeff Hoard began his Mahalo Timelines project as his Date and Year project had came full circle. The new timeline initiative is to ensure Mahalo has visually stimulating timelines built on important topics.http://www.mahalo.com/answers/today-in-history/what-is-one-significant-event-that-that-happened-on-september-3 As part of the timeline project @jeffhoard plans on asking for significant events. @bunnyphuphu won best answer for the creative way she introduced September 3rd as being the day World War II beganhttp://www.mahalo.com/answers/today-in-history/what-is-one-significant-event-that-that-happened-on-september-3

@buddawiggi won the Answer of the Day Contest by nominating @ewpldf's answer to a question regarding historical cartoons.http://www.mahalo.com/member/ewpldf

• Qatar - Independence Day
• Australia - Flag Day
• Tunisia - Memorial Day

• 1975: Cristobal Huet - Habs, Blackhawks
• 1965: Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men
• 1964: Adam Curry - MTV VJ
• 1955: Steve Jones - The Sex Pistols

• 2005: William Rehnquist - Supreme Court Chief Justice
• 2001: Pauline Kael - Film Critic
• 1991: Frank Capra - Director, It's a Wonderful Life

• 2007: Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
• 1998: Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
• 1988: George Michael - Monkey
• 1978: A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
• 1968: The Rascals - People Got to be Free
• 1958: Domenico Modugno - Volare
• 1938: Tommy Dorsey - Music, Maestro Please Josh Hosler: Chart Topper Archive

• 2007: Halloween - Malcolm McDowell
• 2006: Invincible - Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear
• 2005: The Transporter 2 - Jason Statham
• 2004: Hero Movie - Jet Li
• 2003: Jeepers Creepers II - Ray Wise, Nicki Aycox
• 1998: Blade - Wesley Snipes The Numbers: Historical Box Office Charts

• 2008: MLB - Tampa Bay Rays
• 2009: MLB - New York Yankees - .642

• 2008: Ryan Howard, PHI - 37 Home Runs
• 2009: Albert Pujols, STL - 42 Home Runs
• 2008: Tim Lincecum, SFG - 216 Strikeouts
• 2009: Tim Lincecum, SFG - 233 StrikeoutsMLB: Daily Stats

• September 2 - All Days - September 4

• 2009: In India, Y.S.R. Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in a helicopter crash.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/03/india.politician/index.html
• 2004: The Beslan School Hostage Crisis ends in Beslan, Russia, a crisis that ended with 344 deaths.

• 1995: The Internet auction site eBay is founded by French programmer Pierre Omidyar.

• 1976: Mars Timeline - The NASA Viking II Lander reached Marshttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/viking/

• 1838: Famous Abolitionist, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in Maryland when he boarded a train to New York.

• 1189: Richard I The Lionheart is crowned King of England at Westminster