# What happened on August 3 in history?

**Date:** August 3  
**Events recorded:** 48  
**Years spanned:** 8 – 2023  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/august/3/

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## Featured Event

**2023** — Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Slovenia_floods)

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## Events on this date

- **8** — Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0s))
- **435** — Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople))
- **881** — Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saucourt-en-Vimeu))
- **908** — Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Eisenach))
- **1031** — Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Haraldsson))
- **1057** — Frederick of Lorraine elected as Pope Stephen IX. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Stephen_IX))
- **1342** — The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Algeciras_(1342%E2%80%931344)))
- **1492** — Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus))
- **1527** — The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rut))
- **1601** — Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Turkish_War))
- **1645** — Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years'_War))
- **1678** — Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier%2C_Sieur_de_La_Salle))
- **1778** — The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Scala))
- **1795** — Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Greenville))
- **1811** — First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfrau))
- **1829** — The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lewistown))
- **1852** — Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University))
- **1859** — The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dental_Association))
- **1900** — The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_(company)))
- **1903** — Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Macedonian_Revolutionary_Organization))
- **1907** — Judge 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis))
- **1914** — World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1921** — Major 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball))
- **1936** — Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens))
- **1936** — A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursha-2))
- **1940** — World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1946** — Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_World_%26_Splashin'_Safari))
- **1948** — Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittaker_Chambers))
- **1949** — The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Association_of_America))
- **1958** — The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)))
- **1959** — Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIDE))
- **1960** — Niger gains independence from France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger))
- **1972** — The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate))
- **1975** — A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_707))
- **1977** — Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation))
- **1981** — Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal))
- **1997** — Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oued_El-Had_and_Mezouara_massacre))
- **1997** — The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_world's_tallest_structures))
- **2004** — The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty))
- **2005** — President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Mauritania))
- **2007** — Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direcci%C3%B3n_de_Inteligencia_Nacional))
- **2010** — Widespread 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Karachi_riots))
- **2014** — A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ludian_earthquake))
- **2014** — The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi_genocide))
- **2018** — Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
- **2019** — Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyubov_Sobol))
- **2019** — Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_Walmart_shooting))
- **2023** — Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Slovenia_floods))

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## Notable births on August 3

- **1999** — **Zach Wilson** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Wilson))
- **1999** — **Brahim Díaz** — Spanish-Moroccan footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahim_D%C3%ADaz))
- **1999** — **Yoo Yeon-jung** — South Korean singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_Yeon-jung))
- **1997** — **Luis Robert Jr.** — Cuban baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Robert_Jr.))
- **1996** — **Alec Bohm** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Bohm))
- **1996** — **Bokondji Imama** — Canadian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokondji_Imama))
- **1996** — **Derwin James** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwin_James))
- **1995** — **Zac Gallen** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Gallen))
- **1995** — **Victoria Kan** — Russian tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Kan))
- **1994** — **Kwon Alexander** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwon_Alexander))

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## Notable deaths on August 3

- **2025** — **Loni Anderson** — American actress (born 1945) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loni_Anderson))
- **2024** — **Yamini Krishnamurthy** — Indian dancer (born 1940) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy))
- **2023** — **Mark Margolis** — American actor (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Margolis))
- **2023** — **Bram Moolenaar** — Dutch software engineer (born 1961) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Moolenaar))
- **2022** — **Jackie Walorski** — American politician (born 1963) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Walorski))
- **2020** — **John Hume** — Northern Irish politician (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hume))
- **2015** — **Robert Conquest** — English-American historian, poet, and academic (born 1917) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Conquest))
- **2015** — **Mel Farr** — American football player and businessman (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Farr))
- **2015** — **Coleen Gray** — American actress (born 1922) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleen_Gray))
- **2015** — **Margot Loyola** — Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Loyola))

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