A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 3 throughout history.
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Christopher Columbus, with Juan de la Cosa as second-in-command, sets sail on his first voyage with three ships: Santa María, Pinta, and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, for the "Indies"
German astronomer and priest David Fabricius discovers the light variation of Mira, the first variable star
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Führer is a German word meaning 'leader' or 'guide'. As a political title, it is strongly associated with Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945.
US Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union to limit the use of missile systems capable of defending against missile-delivered nuclear weapons
CNN en Español premieres
Camila is the debut solo studio album by American singer Camila Cabello. It was released on January 12, 2018, through Epic Records and Syco.
American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the 100 m in 10.3 seconds in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, the first of four gold medals he wins at the Games
Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form the National Basketball Association (NBA), with Maurice Podoloff elected as head of the new league
Brazilian soccer forward Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of €222 million on a five-year contract
Inventor Charles Goodyear (23) weds Clarissa Beecher
Austro-Hungarian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger (26) weds Marion Mill; divorce in 1949
British PM Gordon Brown (49) weds Sarah Jane Macaulay (36) in North Queensferry, Fife
American "All By Myself" singer-songwriter Eric Carmen (29) divorces wife Marcy Hill, after less than a year of marriage
Music legend Stevie Wonder (63) divorces fashion designer Kai Millard Morris due to irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage
Louis III (863/65 – 5 August 882) was King of West Francia from 879 until his death in 882.
Louis VI "The Fat," King of France, is crowned at the cathedral in Orléans after his half-brother prevents him from reaching Reims
Tragedy of Mal Saint-Martin: 200 practitioners from Liège lose their lives in the Church of Saint-Martin, set on fire by the "Petits" (tradespeople class)
John Rut (fl. 1512 – 1528) was an English mariner, born in Essex, who was chosen by Henry VIII to command an expedition to North America in search of the Northwest Passage.
Peace of the Ladies (Treaty of Cambrai) is made between the Holy Roman Empire and France, negotiated by Louise of Savoy and Margaret of Austria
Dutch States General meet at Valenciennes
Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun, establishes alternate attendance (sankin kotai) where feudal daimyōs spend 1 year at Edo Castle (Tokyo) and 1 year at their feudal manor, while their families remain in Tokyo as hostages (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21)
2,000 men from the VOC army surround the city of Malacca
Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians
William III and II (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland,...
Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"
Robert LaSalle builds the first ship in America, a brig named the Griffon
The capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance occurred between 1 and 4 August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Battle of Trencsén: Austria defeats Hungarian rebellion army
La Scala is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as il Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala (lit. 'the New Royal Ducal Theatre...
Emperor Francis I permits Jews who serve in the military in the "Countries of the Bohemian Crown" to marry non-Jews
HMS Beagle reaches the river mouth of the Rio Negro
America's first intercollegiate sporting event takes place when the Harvard heavyweight rowing crew beats Yale by 2 lengths over 2 miles on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (Dutch Rijn Railway Company) opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam...
The New Zealand Wars (Māori: Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa) took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the...
Federal fleet bombards Galveston, Texas
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
The American Canoe Association is founded at Lake George, NY, with the first Commodore being William L. Alden
Boers sign Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal becomes semi-autonomous
The Immigration Act of 1917, or the Burnett Act, was a United States Act that aimed to restrict immigration by imposing literacy tests on immigrants, creating new categories of inadmissible persons,...
John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best" premieres in NYC
British journalist Francis Younghusband visits the forbidden city of Lhasa
Washington Nationals' Tom Hughes becomes the first MLB pitcher to win a 1-0 extra innings game with his own home run in the 10th inning against the St. Louis Browns
Emperor Wilhelm of Germany meets with Tsar Nicholas of Russia to discuss Germany's plan to build a railroad to Baghdad; the discussion helps move Russia towards Britain and eventually the Triple Entente
French brothers Amédée and Jean Bouyssonie discover the fossil remains of a nearly complete 60,000-year-old Neanderthal man, known as the "Old Man of La Chapelle," at La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France
Wheatland Hop Riot on a California farm kills four peole in one of the first farm labor disputes
The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign which began on 4 August 1914. On 24 July, the Belgian government had announced that if war came it would uphold its neutrality.
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution,...
First aerial crop dusting in Troy, Ohio, to kill caterpillars
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi).
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly.
Ray Barbuti wins the 400 m in 47.8 at the Amsterdam Olympics, the only individual track event won by an American at the Games
Official automatic timing and photo-finish camera for track events are used for the first time at the Los Angeles Olympics, instrumental in changing the 110 m hurdles final; review gives Donald Finlay bronze ahead of American Jack Keller
Philadelphia A's defeat NY Yankees 7-0, the first time in 308 games "Bronx Bombers" are shut out
German occupiers in France impose censorship rules on films, requiring approval prior to exhibition and forbidding the depiction of German losses in WWI
Gas (petroleum) sales limited in US
Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell (19 March 1883 – 12 October 1946) was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India theater during World War II.
The Belgian Government in London (Dutch: Belgische regering in Londen; French: Gouvernement belge à Londres), also known as the Pierlot IV Government, was the government in exile of Belgium between...
American divers Vicki Draves, Zoe Ann Olsen and Patsy Elsener go 1-2-3 in a US clean sweep of the medals in the women's 3 m springboard at the London Olympics
William H Jackson ends term as deputy director of CIA
Frank Blair becomes news anchor of "Today Show"
Convair, originally Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company created by the 1943 merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft, which later...
Belgian middle-distance runner Roger Moens breaks Rudolf Harbig's long-standing 800 m world record (1:45.7) in Oslo, Norway
American sprinter Willie Williams sets a 100 m world record at 10.1 in Berlin, Germany
British offensive against Imam Ghalib bin Ali of Oman
MLB Baltimore Orioles manager Paul Richards is ejected from both games of a doubleheader at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan
AL defeats NL 5-3 in Game 2 of the All-Star Baseball doubleheader to boost the player pension fund at LA Memorial Coliseum
For the only time in MLB history, teams exchange managers as Detroit trades Jimmy Dykes (44-52) for Cleveland's Joe Gordon (49-46)
Pittsburgh Pirates rout St. Louis Cardinals 19-0, the largest lopsided shutout in NL history
29th Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000 attendees)
Beatles' final performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England
The English rock band the Beatles, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are commonly regarded as the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.
45,000 US soldiers are sent to Vietnam
Cincinnati Reds, with 25 hits and 10 runs in the 5th, edge Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 at Connie Mack Stadium
Sir Christopher James Hampton is a British playwright, screenwriter, and translator.
Flash fire kills 51 at an amusement park on the Isle of Man, UK
Chartered Boeing 707 crashes in Atlas Mountains near Agadir, Morocco while descending in heavy fog for scheduled landing at Inezgane Airport, killing 188
The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, colloquially known as the "Trash-80", later renamed the TRS-80 Model I to distinguish it from its successors) is a desktop microcomputer developed by...
Australia competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978.
Fastest jai-alai shot at 188 mph (302.5 km/h) by José Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, Rhode Island
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1980 followed the system in place since 1978.
Pitching coach Clyde King becomes the New York Yankees' third manager of the season, replacing Gene Michael after the Yankees are swept at home by the Chicago White Sox
John Sain of South Bend, Indiana, builds a 3.91-meter (12.83-foot) house of cards
17-year-old Australian swimmer Jon Sieben stages a withering finish to upset hot favorite Michael Gross of West Germany in the 200 m butterfly at the Los Angeles Olympics in a world record time of 1:57.04
"Nihilator" sets harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ
First NFL "American Bowl" exhibition game at London's Wembley Stadium; Chicago Bears defeat Dallas Cowboys 17-6
David "Skip" Storch (37) swims 152.9 miles (246 km) of the Hudson River from Albany to NYC
Cincinnati Reds set an MLB record for the most hits in the first inning of a game with 16, scoring 14 runs in an 18-1 rout of the Houston Astros
Cheltenham ( CHELT-ən-əm) is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England.
Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins the Hambletonian, securing a second $1 million purse in 22 days for Moiseyev after winning the Meadowlands Pace
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and most populous city of Japan.
"Macarena" by Los Del Rio starts a 14-week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart; sales of 11 million copies worldwide lead to its ranking as the No. 1 Greatest One-Hit Wonder of All Time by VH1 in 2002
Manchester United defeats Chelsea 4-2 on penalties to win the Charity Shield after a bad-tempered 1-1 draw at Wembley
England cricket wicket-keeper Alec Stewart becomes only the 4th batsman to score a century (105) in his 100th Test, during the 3rd Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field.
President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia
Melissa Franklin Johnson is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course) from 2012 to 2019.
The Iraq War, also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011.
On 3 August 2013, the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan was attacked by three suicide bombers.
International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding to be included in the sports program for the 2020 Games only; total number of sports is 33
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22 others.
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems.
wildfires in Turkey's southern coastal Manavgat district burn 118,789 hectares of land in six days, killing eight people [1]
48% of Mexico's states are experiencing drought, with conditions acute in Monterrey, where authorities deliver nine million liters of water daily to 400 neighborhoods after taps run dry [1]
Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard's musical "Back to the Future: The Musical," based on the 1985 Robert Zemeckis film and starring Roger Bart and Casey Likes, opens at Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
Estimated 300,000 protesters march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia, in support of Palestine, calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza; the largest protest in Sydney's history [1]
Elisha Otis is born
Alfred Deakin is born
Stanley Baldwin is born
Rupert Brooke, English poet, known for english poet, was born on 1887-08-03. Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written…
John T. Scopes schoolteacher and scopes trial figure, known for american schoolteacher and scopes trial figure, was born on 1900-08-03.
Martin Sheen, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1941-08-03. Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez, known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor.
Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, writer, tv personality, known for american businesswoman, writer, tv personality, was born on 1942-08-03.
James Hetfield, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1964-08-03. James Alan Hetfield is an American musician.
Marcel Dionne, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1952-08-03. Marcel Elphège Dionne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
Tom Brady athlete, known for american football player and commentator, was born on 1978-08-03. Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr.
Ryan Lochte, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1985-08-03. Ryan Steven Lochte is an American former competition swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist.
Richard Arkwright, English inventor and entrepreneur, known for english inventor and entrepreneur, died on 1792-08-03.
Joseph Conrad, British polish-british writer, known for polish-british writer, died on 1924-08-03. Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer, known for french photographer, died on 2004-08-03. Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist photographer, and also an artist.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian soviet-russian author and dissident, known for soviet-russian author and dissident, died on 2008-08-03.
Louis III (863/65 – 5 August 882) was King of West Francia from 879 until his death in 882.
Louis VI "The Fat," King of France, is crowned at the cathedral in Orléans after his half-brother prevents him from reaching Reims
Tragedy of Mal Saint-Martin: 200 practitioners from Liège lose their lives in the Church of Saint-Martin, set on fire by the "Petits" (tradespeople class)
Christopher Columbus, with Juan de la Cosa as second-in-command, sets sail on his first voyage with three ships: Santa María, Pinta, and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, for the "Indies"
John Rut (fl. 1512 – 1528) was an English mariner, born in Essex, who was chosen by Henry VIII to command an expedition to North America in search of the Northwest Passage.
Peace of the Ladies (Treaty of Cambrai) is made between the Holy Roman Empire and France, negotiated by Louise of Savoy and Margaret of Austria
Dutch States General meet at Valenciennes
German astronomer and priest David Fabricius discovers the light variation of Mira, the first variable star
Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun, establishes alternate attendance (sankin kotai) where feudal daimyōs spend 1 year at Edo Castle (Tokyo) and 1 year at their feudal manor, while their families remain in Tokyo as hostages (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21)
2,000 men from the VOC army surround the city of Malacca
Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians
William III and II (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland,...
Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"
Robert LaSalle builds the first ship in America, a brig named the Griffon
The capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance occurred between 1 and 4 August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Battle of Trencsén: Austria defeats Hungarian rebellion army
La Scala is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as il Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala (lit. 'the New Royal Ducal Theatre...
Richard Arkwright, English inventor and entrepreneur, known for english inventor and entrepreneur, died on 1792-08-03.
Emperor Francis I permits Jews who serve in the military in the "Countries of the Bohemian Crown" to marry non-Jews
Elisha Otis is born
Inventor Charles Goodyear (23) weds Clarissa Beecher
HMS Beagle reaches the river mouth of the Rio Negro
America's first intercollegiate sporting event takes place when the Harvard heavyweight rowing crew beats Yale by 2 lengths over 2 miles on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (Dutch Rijn Railway Company) opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam...
Alfred Deakin is born
The New Zealand Wars (Māori: Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa) took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the...
Federal fleet bombards Galveston, Texas
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Stanley Baldwin is born
The American Canoe Association is founded at Lake George, NY, with the first Commodore being William L. Alden
Boers sign Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal becomes semi-autonomous
The Immigration Act of 1917, or the Burnett Act, was a United States Act that aimed to restrict immigration by imposing literacy tests on immigrants, creating new categories of inadmissible persons,...
Rupert Brooke, English poet, known for english poet, was born on 1887-08-03. Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written…
John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best" premieres in NYC
John T. Scopes schoolteacher and scopes trial figure, known for american schoolteacher and scopes trial figure, was born on 1900-08-03.
British journalist Francis Younghusband visits the forbidden city of Lhasa
Washington Nationals' Tom Hughes becomes the first MLB pitcher to win a 1-0 extra innings game with his own home run in the 10th inning against the St. Louis Browns
Emperor Wilhelm of Germany meets with Tsar Nicholas of Russia to discuss Germany's plan to build a railroad to Baghdad; the discussion helps move Russia towards Britain and eventually the Triple Entente
French brothers Amédée and Jean Bouyssonie discover the fossil remains of a nearly complete 60,000-year-old Neanderthal man, known as the "Old Man of La Chapelle," at La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France
Wheatland Hop Riot on a California farm kills four peole in one of the first farm labor disputes
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign which began on 4 August 1914. On 24 July, the Belgian government had announced that if war came it would uphold its neutrality.
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution,...
First aerial crop dusting in Troy, Ohio, to kill caterpillars
Joseph Conrad, British polish-british writer, known for polish-british writer, died on 1924-08-03. Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi).
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly.
Ray Barbuti wins the 400 m in 47.8 at the Amsterdam Olympics, the only individual track event won by an American at the Games
Austro-Hungarian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger (26) weds Marion Mill; divorce in 1949
Official automatic timing and photo-finish camera for track events are used for the first time at the Los Angeles Olympics, instrumental in changing the 110 m hurdles final; review gives Donald Finlay bronze ahead of American Jack Keller
Philadelphia A's defeat NY Yankees 7-0, the first time in 308 games "Bronx Bombers" are shut out
Führer is a German word meaning 'leader' or 'guide'. As a political title, it is strongly associated with Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945.
American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the 100 m in 10.3 seconds in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, the first of four gold medals he wins at the Games
German occupiers in France impose censorship rules on films, requiring approval prior to exhibition and forbidding the depiction of German losses in WWI
Gas (petroleum) sales limited in US
Martin Sheen, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1941-08-03. Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez, known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor.
Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, writer, tv personality, known for american businesswoman, writer, tv personality, was born on 1942-08-03.
Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell (19 March 1883 – 12 October 1946) was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India theater during World War II.
The Belgian Government in London (Dutch: Belgische regering in Londen; French: Gouvernement belge à Londres), also known as the Pierlot IV Government, was the government in exile of Belgium between...
American divers Vicki Draves, Zoe Ann Olsen and Patsy Elsener go 1-2-3 in a US clean sweep of the medals in the women's 3 m springboard at the London Olympics
Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form the National Basketball Association (NBA), with Maurice Podoloff elected as head of the new league
William H Jackson ends term as deputy director of CIA
Marcel Dionne, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1952-08-03. Marcel Elphège Dionne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
Frank Blair becomes news anchor of "Today Show"
Convair, originally Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company created by the 1943 merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft, which later...
Belgian middle-distance runner Roger Moens breaks Rudolf Harbig's long-standing 800 m world record (1:45.7) in Oslo, Norway
American sprinter Willie Williams sets a 100 m world record at 10.1 in Berlin, Germany
British offensive against Imam Ghalib bin Ali of Oman
MLB Baltimore Orioles manager Paul Richards is ejected from both games of a doubleheader at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan
AL defeats NL 5-3 in Game 2 of the All-Star Baseball doubleheader to boost the player pension fund at LA Memorial Coliseum
For the only time in MLB history, teams exchange managers as Detroit trades Jimmy Dykes (44-52) for Cleveland's Joe Gordon (49-46)
Pittsburgh Pirates rout St. Louis Cardinals 19-0, the largest lopsided shutout in NL history
29th Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000 attendees)
Beatles' final performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England
James Hetfield, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1964-08-03. James Alan Hetfield is an American musician.
The English rock band the Beatles, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are commonly regarded as the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.
45,000 US soldiers are sent to Vietnam
Cincinnati Reds, with 25 hits and 10 runs in the 5th, edge Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 at Connie Mack Stadium
Sir Christopher James Hampton is a British playwright, screenwriter, and translator.
US Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union to limit the use of missile systems capable of defending against missile-delivered nuclear weapons
Flash fire kills 51 at an amusement park on the Isle of Man, UK
Chartered Boeing 707 crashes in Atlas Mountains near Agadir, Morocco while descending in heavy fog for scheduled landing at Inezgane Airport, killing 188
The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, colloquially known as the "Trash-80", later renamed the TRS-80 Model I to distinguish it from its successors) is a desktop microcomputer developed by...
Australia competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978.
Tom Brady athlete, known for american football player and commentator, was born on 1978-08-03. Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr.
American "All By Myself" singer-songwriter Eric Carmen (29) divorces wife Marcy Hill, after less than a year of marriage
Fastest jai-alai shot at 188 mph (302.5 km/h) by José Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, Rhode Island
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1980 followed the system in place since 1978.
Pitching coach Clyde King becomes the New York Yankees' third manager of the season, replacing Gene Michael after the Yankees are swept at home by the Chicago White Sox
John Sain of South Bend, Indiana, builds a 3.91-meter (12.83-foot) house of cards
17-year-old Australian swimmer Jon Sieben stages a withering finish to upset hot favorite Michael Gross of West Germany in the 200 m butterfly at the Los Angeles Olympics in a world record time of 1:57.04
"Nihilator" sets harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ
Ryan Lochte, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1985-08-03. Ryan Steven Lochte is an American former competition swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist.
First NFL "American Bowl" exhibition game at London's Wembley Stadium; Chicago Bears defeat Dallas Cowboys 17-6
David "Skip" Storch (37) swims 152.9 miles (246 km) of the Hudson River from Albany to NYC
Cincinnati Reds set an MLB record for the most hits in the first inning of a game with 16, scoring 14 runs in an 18-1 rout of the Houston Astros
Cheltenham ( CHELT-ən-əm) is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England.
Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins the Hambletonian, securing a second $1 million purse in 22 days for Moiseyev after winning the Meadowlands Pace
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and most populous city of Japan.
CNN en Español premieres
"Macarena" by Los Del Rio starts a 14-week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart; sales of 11 million copies worldwide lead to its ranking as the No. 1 Greatest One-Hit Wonder of All Time by VH1 in 2002
Manchester United defeats Chelsea 4-2 on penalties to win the Charity Shield after a bad-tempered 1-1 draw at Wembley
British PM Gordon Brown (49) weds Sarah Jane Macaulay (36) in North Queensferry, Fife
England cricket wicket-keeper Alec Stewart becomes only the 4th batsman to score a century (105) in his 100th Test, during the 3rd Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer, known for french photographer, died on 2004-08-03. Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist photographer, and also an artist.
President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian soviet-russian author and dissident, known for soviet-russian author and dissident, died on 2008-08-03.
Music legend Stevie Wonder (63) divorces fashion designer Kai Millard Morris due to irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage
Melissa Franklin Johnson is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course) from 2012 to 2019.
The Iraq War, also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011.
On 3 August 2013, the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan was attacked by three suicide bombers.
International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding to be included in the sports program for the 2020 Games only; total number of sports is 33
Camila is the debut solo studio album by American singer Camila Cabello. It was released on January 12, 2018, through Epic Records and Syco.
Brazilian soccer forward Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of €222 million on a five-year contract
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22 others.
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems.
wildfires in Turkey's southern coastal Manavgat district burn 118,789 hectares of land in six days, killing eight people [1]
48% of Mexico's states are experiencing drought, with conditions acute in Monterrey, where authorities deliver nine million liters of water daily to 400 neighborhoods after taps run dry [1]
Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard's musical "Back to the Future: The Musical," based on the 1985 Robert Zemeckis film and starring Roger Bart and Casey Likes, opens at Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
Estimated 300,000 protesters march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia, in support of Palestine, calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza; the largest protest in Sydney's history [1]