What happened on August 3? There are more than 265 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About August 3
August 3 is the 216th day of the year 2024. There are 150 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 31st week of the year 2024.
On this day in Unadilla, Georgia 31091 sunrise occured at 06:50 AM and sunset occured at 08:31 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Peridot while the mystical birthstone is Diamond.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 179 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For August 3
- 8Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
- 435Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
- 881Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
- 1031Olaf II of Norway is canonised as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
- 1492Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
- 1527The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
- 1601Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Guruslău.
- 1645Thirty Years’ War: the Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1678Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
- 1783Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people.
- 1811First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
- 1852Harvard wins the first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
- 1860The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
- 1900The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded.
- 1903Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
- 1907Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
- 1913A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland Hop Riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
- 1914World War I: Germany declares war against France.
- 1921Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
- 1929Jiddu Krishnamurti, tapped to be the messianic “World Teacher”, shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
- 1934Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.
- 1936A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
- 1936Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
- 1940World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
- 1946Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, US.
- 1948Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- 1949The National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
- 1958The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
- 1959Portugal’s state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
- 1960Niger gains independence from France.
- 1972The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 1975A privately chartered Boeing 707 crashes into the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
- 1977The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKULTRA.
- 1981Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
- 1997Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
- 2001The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, United Kingdom injuring seven people.
- 2004The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
- 2005Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran.
- 2005President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
- 2007Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
- 2010Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
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Who Were Born On August 3?
- 1509Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
- 1692John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
- 1734Naungdawgyi, King of Burma (d. 1763)
- 1770King Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
- 1803Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)
- 1808Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
- 1811Elisha Otis, American inventor (d. 1861)
- 1817Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)
- 1832Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
- 1850Reginald Heber Roe, Australian academic and educator (d. 1926)
- 1855Joe Hunter, English cricketer (d. 1891)
- 1856Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
- 1860William Kennedy Dickson, France-born Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
- 1863Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian writer and journalist (d. 1922)
- 1867Stanley Baldwin, English politician (d. 1947)
- 1872King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
- 1887Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
- 1894Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
- 1895Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
- 1895Neva Morris, Iowa’s oldest person (d. 2010)
- 1899Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
- 1900Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945)
- 1900John T. Scopes, American teacher and evolutionist (d. 1970)
- 1901John C Stennis, American politician (d. 1995)
- 1901Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Catholic cardinal (d. 1981)
- 1902Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
- 1903Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000)
- 1904Clifford D. Simak, American writer (d. 1988)
- 1905Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
- 1905Franz König, Austrian Cardinal (d. 2004)
- 1907Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (d. 1996)
- 1907Lawrence Brown, American jazz trombonist (d. 1988)
- 1909Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American novelist (d. 1971)
- 1911Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
- 1913Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian television comedy writer (d. 2007)
- 1915Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician and Nisga'a statesman (d. 2006)
- 1915Pete Newell, American basketball coach (d. 2008)
- 1916José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)
- 1916Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)
- 1917Les Elgart, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1995)
- 1918Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1918Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)
- 1920Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)
- 1920Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-born Canadian architect
- 1920P. D. James, English novelist
- 1921Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic (d. 2008)
- 1921Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
- 1921Richard Adler, American lyricist and composer
- 1923Jean Hagen, American film and TV actress (d. 1977)
- 1923Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of Coptic Christianity
- 1924Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)
- 1925Marv Levy, American football coach
- 1926Anthony Sampson, British journalist (d. 2004)
- 1926Tony Bennett, American singer
- 1927Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1928Cécile Aubry, French actress (d. 2010)
- 1928Henning Moritzen, Danish actor
- 1933Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer
- 1934Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)
- 1934Michael Chapman, British classical bassoonist (d. 2005)
- 1934William Calhoun, American professional wrestler (d. 1989)
- 1935Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1997)
- 1935Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
- 1937Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer
- 1937Roland Burris, American politician
- 1937Steven Berkoff, English actor
- 1938Terry Wogan, Irish television presenter
- 1939Apoorva Sengupta, Indian cricketer
- 1939Jimmie Nicol, English musician
- 1940James Tyler, American musicologist and author (d. 2010)
- 1940Lance Alworth, American football player
- 1940Martin Sheen, American actor
- 1941Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)
- 1941Martha Stewart, American media personality
- 1943Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-born British mathematician
- 1944Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973)
- 1945Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer
- 1946Jack Straw, British politician
- 1946John York, American bass player
- 1946Syreeta Wright, American singer and songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1948Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French politician
- 1949B. B. Dickerson, American bass player & song writer
- 1949Philip Casnoff, American actor
- 1950Jo Marie Payton, American actress
- 1950John Landis, American film director
- 1951Jay North, American actor
- 1951Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952Loles León, Spanish actress
- 1952Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
- 1953Ian Bairnson, Scottish musician
- 1954Gary Peters, English footballer
- 1955Corey Burton, American voice actor
- 1956Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer
- 1956Kirk Brandon, English musician
- 1958Ana Kokkinos, Australian film director
- 1958Lambert Wilson, French actor
- 1959John C. McGinley, American actor
- 1959Koichi Tanaka, Japanese engineer and chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1959Martin Atkins, English drummer (Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Killing Joke)
- 1959Mike Gminski, American basketball player
- 1960Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
- 1960Tim Mayotte, American tennis player
- 1961Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats)
- 1961Molly Hagan, American actress
- 1963Ed Roland, American vocalist (Collective Soul)
- 1963Isaiah Washington, American actor
- 1963James Hetfield, American vocalist and guitarist (Metallica)
- 1963Lisa Ann Walter, American actress
- 1964Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician
- 1964Lucky Dube, South African reggae vocalist and keyboardist (d. 2007)
- 1964Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
- 1966Brent Butt, Canadian actor
- 1966Eric Esch, American boxer
- 1967Deborah Anne Dyer, aka Skin, singer and model
- 1967Mathieu Kassovitz, French film director and screenwriter
- 1968Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
- 1969Doug Overton, American basketball player
- 1970Manmohan Waris, Indian Punjabi singer
- 1970Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer
- 1970Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist (Deftones)
- 1971Deidra Muriel Roper, American DJ and rapper, known as DJ Spinderella
- 1971Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1972Erika Marozsán, Hungarian actress
- 1972Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1973Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
- 1973Michael Ealy, American actor
- 1973Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
- 1975Argiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
- 1976Troy Glaus, American baseball player
- 1977Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
- 1977Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
- 1977Tom Brady, American football player
- 1978Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
- 1978Joi Chua, Singaporean singer
- 1978Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
- 1979Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
- 1980Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
- 1980Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980Tony Pashos, American football player
- 1982Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
- 1983Mamie Gummer, American actress
- 1983Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
- 1984Chris Maurer, American musician
- 1984Jon Foster, American actor
- 1984Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
- 1984Sunil Chetri, Indian footballer
- 1984Yasin Avci, Danish footballer
- 1985Holly Blake-Arnstein, American singer and dancer
- 1985Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- 1986Charlotte Casiraghi, Monegasque royalty
- 1987Kim Hyung Joon, Korean singer (SS501)
- 1988Denny Cardin, Italian footballer
- 1988Leigh Tiffin, American football player
- 1989Jules Bianchi, French racing driver
- 1990Jourdan Dunn, British fashion model
- 1992Karlie Kloss, American model
- 1993Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
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Who Died On August 3?
- 1460King James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
- 1527Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
- 1546Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)
- 1546Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)
- 1604Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander
- 1621Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
- 1667Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)
- 1712Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
- 1720Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641)
- 1721Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born English woodcarver (b. 1648)
- 1761Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
- 1773Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
- 1780Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (b. 1715)
- 1792Sir Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732)
- 1797Jeffrey Amherst, British military commander (b. 1717)
- 1805Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724)
- 1835Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
- 1839Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)
- 1857Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
- 1866Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician (b. 1804)
- 1867Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785)
- 1877William Butler Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- 1879Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
- 1916Sir Roger Casement, Irish rebel (hanged) (b. 1864)
- 1917Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849)
- 1924Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer (b. 1857)
- 1925William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
- 1929Emile Berliner, German-born American telephone and recording pioneer (b. 1851)
- 1929Thorstein Veblen, American economist (b. 1857)
- 1942Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1872)
- 1949Ignotus, Hungarian editor and writer (b. 1869)
- 1954Colette, French writer (b. 1873)
- 1958Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
- 1964Flannery O'Connor, American writer (b. 1925)
- 1966Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925)
- 1971Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (b. 1882)
- 1972Giannis Papaioannou, Turkey-born Greek musician and composer (b. 1913)
- 1973Richard Marshall, U.S. Army general (b. 1895)
- 1975Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
- 1977Alfred Lunt, American actor (b. 1892)
- 1977Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (b. 1913)
- 1979Angelos Terzakis, Greek writer (b. 1907)
- 1979Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1899)
- 1983Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
- 1990Betty Amann, German-born American actress (b. 1905)
- 1993Chinmayananda, Indian Vedanta Swami (b. 1916)
- 1995Edward Whittemore, American writer (b. 1933)
- 1995Ida Lupino, English actress and director (b. 1914)
- 1996Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (b. 1939)
- 1997Pietro Rizzuto, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
- 1998Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)
- 1999Byron Farwell, American military historian (b. 1921)
- 2001Christopher Hewett, British actor (b. 1922)
- 2002Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922)
- 2002Niculiţă Secrieriu, Romanian painter (b. 1938)
- 2003Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
- 2004Bob Murphy, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1924)
- 2004Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908)
- 2005Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920)
- 2006Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Love) (b. 1945)
- 2006Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born British opera singer (b. 1915)
- 2007John Gardner, British author (b. 1926)
- 2008Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (b. 1918)
- 2008Erik Darling, American folk singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
- 2008Skip Caray, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1939)
- 2009Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek Army officer, member of the military junta of 1967–1974 (b. 1919)
- 2011Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945)
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