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August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 150 days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
AD 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna .
AD 70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished.
435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius , considered the originator of Nestorianism , is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt .
881 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu : Louis III of France defeats the Vikings , an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied .
908 – Battle of Eisenach : An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia .
1031 – Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel , the English Bishop of Selsey .
1057 – Frederik van Lotharingen elected as first Belgian Pope Stephen IX .
1342 – The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista .
1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera , Spain.
1527 – The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland .
1601 – Long War : Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló .
1645 – Thirty Years' War : The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire .
1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon , the first known ship built on the Great Lakes .
1778 – The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta .
1795 – Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country .
1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau , third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
1829 – The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River .[1]
1852 – Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event.
1859 – The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York .
1900 – The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
1903 – Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic , which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
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.
1914 – World War I : Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality .
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.
1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe , at the Berlin Olympics .
1936 – A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands , Ryazan Oblast , Russia , killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
1940 – World War II : Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland .
1946 – Santa Claus Land , the world's first themed amusement park , opens in Santa Claus, Indiana , United States.
1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union .
1949 – The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association .
1958 – The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus , becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole .
1959 – Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau , Portuguese Guinea , killing over 50 people.
1960 – Niger gains independence from France.
1972 – The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty .
1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir , Morocco , killing 188.
1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80 , one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers .
1981 – Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia , launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi .
1997 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria : A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
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.[2]
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks .
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 .
2007 – Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping .
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.
2014 – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan , China.
2018 – Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.[3]
2019 – Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol , are arrested in an election protest in Moscow , Russia.[4]
2019 – Twenty-three people are killed and 23 injured in a shooting in El Paso, Texas .[5] [6]
Births [ ]
1486 – Imperia Cognati , Italian courtesan (d. 1512)
1491 – Maria of Jülich-Berg , German noblewoman (d. 1543)
1509 – Étienne Dolet , French scholar and translator (d. 1546)
1622 – Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein , German field marshal (d. 1698)
1692 – John Henley , English minister and poet (d. 1759)
1766 – Aaron Chorin , Hungarian rabbi and author (d. 1844)
1770 – Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
1803 – Joseph Paxton , English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (d. 1865)
1808 – Hamilton Fish , American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (d. 1893)
1811 – Elisha Otis , American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861)
1817 – Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (d. 1895)
1823 – Thomas Francis Meagher , Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana (d. 1867)
1832 – Ivan Zajc , Croatian composer, conductor, and director (d. 1914)
1840 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey , English jurist and politician (d. 1929)
1850 – Reginald Heber Roe , English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (d. 1926)
1856 – Alfred Deakin , Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
1860 – William Kennedy Dickson , French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 1935)
1863 – Géza Gárdonyi , Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1922)
1867 – Stanley Baldwin , English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
1871 – Vernon Louis Parrington , American historian and scholar (d. 1929)
1872 – Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
1886 – Maithili Sharan Gupt , Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
1887 – Rupert Brooke , English poet (d. 1915)
1890 – Konstantin Melnikov , Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (d. 1974)
1894 – Harry Heilmann , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1951)
1895 – Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley , English politician (d. 1942)
1896 – Ralph Horween , American football player and coach (d. 1997)
1899 – Louis Chiron , Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
1900 – Ernie Pyle , American soldier and journalist (d. 1945)
1900 – John T. Scopes , American educator (d. 1970)
1901 – John C. Stennis , American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
1901 – Stefan Wyszyński , Polish cardinal (d. 1981)
1902 – Regina Jonas , German rabbi (d. 1944)
1902 – David Buttolph , American film composer (d. 1983)
1903 – Habib Bourguiba , Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia (d. 2000)
1904 – Dolores del Río , Mexican actress (d. 1983)
1904 – Clifford D. Simak , American journalist and author (d. 1988)
1905 – Franz König , Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)
1907 – Lawrence Brown , American trombonist and composer (d. 1988)
1907 – Ernesto Geisel , Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (d. 1996)
1907 – Yang Shangkun , Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d.1998)
1909 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark , American author and educator (d. 1971)
1911 – Alex McCrindle , Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990)
1912 – Fritz Hellwig , German politician (d. 2017)
1913 – Mel Tolkin , Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1916 – Shakeel Badayuni , Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970)
1916 – José Manuel Moreno , Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1917 – Les Elgart , American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995)
1918 – James MacGregor Burns , American historian, political scientist, and author (d. 2014)
1918 – Sidney Gottlieb , American chemist and theorist (d. 1999)
1918 – Larry Haines , American actor (d. 2008)
1918 – Eddie Jefferson , American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1920 – Norman Dewis , English test driver and engineer (d. 2019)
1920 – Max Fatchen , Australian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1920 – P. D. James , English author (d. 2014)
1920 – Charlie Shavers , American trumpet player and composer (d. 1971)
1920 – Elmar Tampõld , Estonian-Canadian architect (d. 2013)
1921 – Richard Adler , American composer and producer (d. 2012)
1921 – Marilyn Maxwell , American actress (d. 1972)
1922 – John Eisenhower , American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (d. 2013)
1923 – Jean Hagen , American actress (d. 1977)[7]
1923 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012)
1924 – Connie Converse , American musician and singer-songwriter
1924 – Leon Uris , American soldier and author (d. 2003)
1925 – Marv Levy , American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
1925 – Lewis Rowland , American neurologist (d. 2017)
1926 – Rona Anderson , Scottish-English actress (d. 2013)
1926 – Tony Bennett , American singer and actor
1926 – Anthony Sampson , English journalist and author (d. 2004)
1926 – Gordon Scott , American actor (d. 2007)
1928 – Cécile Aubry , French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1928 – Henning Moritzen , Danish actor (d. 2012)
1930 – James Komack , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1933 – Pat Crawford , Australian cricketer (d. 2009)
1934 – Haystacks Calhoun , American wrestler and actor (d. 1989)
1934 – Michael Chapman , English bassoon player (d. 2005)
1934 – Jonas Savimbi , Angolan general, founded UNITA (d. 2002)
1935 – John Erman , American actor, director, and producer
1935 – Georgy Shonin , Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1997)
1935 – Vic Vogel , Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2019)
1936 – Jerry G. Bishop , American radio and television host (d. 2013)
1936 – Edward Petherbridge , English actor
1937 – Steven Berkoff , English actor, director, and playwright
1937 – Roland Burris , American lawyer and politician, 39th Illinois Attorney General
1937 – Tom Georgeson , English actor
1937 – Duncan Sharpe , Pakistani-Australian cricketer
1938 – Terry Wogan , Irish-English radio and television host (d. 2016)
1939 – Jimmie Nicol , English drummer
1939 – Apoorva Sengupta , Indian general and cricketer (d. 2013)
1940 – Lance Alworth , American football player
1940 – Martin Sheen , American actor and producer
1940 – James Tyler , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2010)
1941 – Beverly Lee , American singer
1941 – Martha Stewart , American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia [8]
1943 – Béla Bollobás , Hungarian-English mathematician and academic
1943 – Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson of Sweden
1943 – Steven Millhauser , American novelist and short story writer
1944 – Nino Bravo , Spanish singer (d. 1973)
1945 – Eamon Dunphy , Irish footballer and journalist
1946 – Robert Ayling , English businessman
1946 – Jack Straw , English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1946 – Syreeta Wright , American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1946 – John York , American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1947 – Ralph Wright , English footballer (d. 2020)
1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin , French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
1949 – Philip Casnoff , American actor and director
1949 – B. B. Dickerson , American bass player and songwriter
1949 – Sue Slipman , English politician
1950 – Linda Howard , American author
1950 – John Landis , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Jo Marie Payton , American actress and singer
1950 – Ernesto Samper , Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
1951 – Marcel Dionne , Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Jay North , American actor
1952 – Osvaldo Ardiles , Argentinian footballer and manager
1953 – Ian Bairnson , Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player
1953 – Marlene Dumas , South African painter
1954 – Michael Arthur , English physician and academic
1954 – Gary Peters , English footballer and manager
1956 – Kirk Brandon , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Todd Christensen , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1956 – Dave Cloud , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
1956 – Balwinder Sandhu , Indian cricketer and coach
1957 – Bodo Rudwaleit , German footballer and manager
1957 – Kate Wilkinson , New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation
1958 – Lindsey Hilsum , English journalist and author
1958 – Ana Kokkinos , Australian director and screenwriter
1959 – Martin Atkins , English drummer and producer
1959 – Mike Gminski , American basketball player and sportscaster
1959 – John C. McGinley , American actor and producer
1959 – Koichi Tanaka , Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1960 – Tim Mayotte , American tennis player and coach
1960 – Gopal Sharma , Indian cricketer
1961 – Molly Hagan , American actress
1961 – Nick Harvey , English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1961 – Lee Rocker , American bassist
1963 – Tasmin Archer , English pop singer[9]
1963 – Frano Botica , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1963 – James Hetfield , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – David Knox , Australian rugby player
1963 – Ed Roland , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963 – Lisa Ann Walter , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Isaiah Washington , American actor and producer[10]
1964 – Lucky Dube , South African singer and keyboard player (d. 2007)
1964 – Ralph Knibbs , British rugby union player[11]
1964 – Nate McMillan , American basketball player and coach
1964 – Kevin Sumlin , American football player and coach
1964 – Abhisit Vejjajiva , English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
1966 – Brent Butt , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Gizz Butt , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Eric Esch , American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
1967 – Mathieu Kassovitz , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
1967 – Skin , English singer and guitarist
1968 – Rod Beck , American baseball player (d. 2007)
1969 – Doug Overton , American basketball player and coach
1970 – Stephen Carpenter , American guitarist and songwriter
1970 – Gina G , Australian singer-songwriter
1970 – Masahiro Sakurai , Japanese video game designer
1971 – Forbes Johnston , Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1971 – DJ Spinderella , American DJ, rapper, producer, and actress
1972 – Sandis Ozoliņš , Latvian ice hockey player and politician
1973 – Jay Cutler , American bodybuilder
1973 – Nikos Dabizas , Greek footballer
1973 – Michael Ealy , American actor[10]
1973 – Chris Murphy , American politician, junior senator of Connecticut
1975 – Wael Gomaa , Egyptian footballer
1975 – Argyro Strataki , Greek heptathlete
1976 – Troy Glaus , American baseball player
1977 – Tom Brady , American football player
1977 – Justin Lehr , American baseball player
1977 – Óscar Pereiro , Spanish cyclist and footballer
1978 – Joi Chua , Singaporean singer-songwriter and actress
1978 – Mariusz Jop , Polish footballer
1978 – Jenny Tinmouth , English motorcycle racer
1978 – Dimitrios Zografakis , Greek footballer
1979 – Evangeline Lilly , Canadian model and actress
1980 – Nadia Ali , Libyan-American singer-songwriter
1980 – Dominic Moore , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Tony Pashos , American football player
1980 – Brandan Schieppati , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Hannah Simone , Canadian television host and actress
1981 – Fikirte Addis , Ethiopian fashion designer
1981 – Travis Bowyer , American baseball player
1981 – Pablo Ibáñez , Spanish footballer
1982 – Kaspar Kokk , Estonian skier
1982 – Jesse Lumsden , Canadian bobsledder and football player
1982 – Damien Sandow , American wrestler
1983 – Ryan Carter , American ice hockey player
1983 – Mark Reynolds , American baseball player
1984 – Yasin Avcı , Turkish footballer
1984 – Sunil Chhetri , Indian footballer
1984 – Matt Joyce , American baseball player
1984 – Ryan Lochte , American swimmer
1984 – Chris Maurer , American singer and bass player
1985 – Georgina Haig , Australian actress[12]
1985 – Brent Kutzle , American bass player and producer
1985 – Ats Purje , Estonian footballer
1985 – Sonny Bill Williams , New Zealand rugby player and boxer
1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi , Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto
1986 – Darya Domracheva , Belarusian biathlete
1987 – Kim Hyung-jun , South Korean singer and dancer
1987 – Chris McQueen , Australian-English rugby league player
1988 – Denny Cardin , Italian footballer
1988 – Leigh Tiffin , American football player
1988 – Sven Ulreich , German footballer
1989 – Jules Bianchi , French race car driver (d. 2015)
1989 – Sam Hutchinson , English footballer
1989 – Tyrod Taylor , American football player
1989 – Nick Viergever , Dutch footballer
1990 – Jourdan Dunn , English model
1990 – Kang Min-kyung , South Korean singer
1992 – Gamze Bulut , Turkish runner
1992 – Gesa Felicitas Krause , German runner
1992 – Diāna Marcinkēviča , Latvian tennis player
1992 – Aljon Mariano , Filipino basketball player
1992 – Lum Rexhepi , Finnish footballer
1993 – Ola Abidogun , English sprinter
1993 – Yurina Kumai , Japanese singer
1994 – Manaia Cherrington , New Zealand rugby league player
1994 – Todd Gurley , American football player
1995 – Victoria Kan , Russian tennis player
1999 – Yoo Yeon-jung , South Korean singer
Deaths [ ]
908 – Burchard , duke of Thuringia
908 – Egino , duke of Thuringia
908 – Rudolf I , bishop of Würzburg
925 – Cao , Chinese empress dowager
979 – Thietmar , margrave of Meissen
1003 – At-Ta'i , Abbasid caliph (b. 932)
1355 – Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh , English nobleman
1460 – James II , king of Scotland (b. 1430)
1527 – Scaramuccia Trivulzio , Italian cardinal
1530 – Francesco Ferruccio , Italian captain (b. 1489)
1546 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger , Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (b. 1484)
1546 – Étienne Dolet , French scholar and translator (b. 1509)
1604 – Bernardino de Mendoza , Spanish commander and diplomat (b. 1540)
1621 – Guillaume du Vair , French lawyer and author (b. 1556)
1712 – Joshua Barnes , English historian and scholar (b. 1654)
1720 – Anthonie Heinsius , Dutch politician (b. 1641)
1721 – Grinling Gibbons , Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
1761 – Johann Matthias Gesner , German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
1773 – Stanisław Konarski , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
1780 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac , French epistemiologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
1792 – Richard Arkwright , English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
1797 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst , English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)
1805 – Christopher Anstey , English author and poet (b. 1724)
1835 – Wenzel Müller , Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
1839 – Dorothea von Schlegel , German author and translator (b. 1763)
1857 – Eugène Sue , French author and politician (b. 1804)
1866 – Gábor Klauzál , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
1867 – Philipp August Böckh , German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
1877 – William B. Ogden , American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1879 – Joseph Severn , English painter (b. 1793)
1894 – George Inness , American painter (b. 1825)
1913 – William Lyne , Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
1916 – Roger Casement , Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius , German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
1920 – Peeter Süda , Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
1922 – Ture Malmgren , Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
1924 – Joseph Conrad , Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
1925 – William Bruce , Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
1929 – Emile Berliner , German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
1929 – Thorstein Veblen , American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
1936 – Konstantin Konik , Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
1942 – Richard Willstätter , German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
1943 – Frumka Płotnicka , Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)[13]
1949 – Ignotus , Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
1954 – Colette , French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
1958 – Peter Collins , English race car driver (b. 1931)
1959 – Herb Byrne , Australian footballer (b. 1887)
1961 – Hilda Rix Nicholas , Australian artist (b. 1884)
1964 – Flannery O'Connor , American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
1966 – Lenny Bruce , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
1968 – Konstantin Rokossovsky , Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)
1969 – Alexander Mair , Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
1972 – Giannis Papaioannou , Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
1973 – Richard Marshall , American general (b. 1895)
1974 – Edgar Johan Kuusik , Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)
1975 – Andreas Embirikos , Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
1977 – Makarios III , Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)
1977 – Alfred Lunt , American actor and director (b. 1892)
1979 – Bertil Ohlin , Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1979 – Angelos Terzakis , Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
1983 – Carolyn Jones , American actress (b. 1930)
1995 – Ida Lupino , English-American actress and director (b. 1918)
1995 – Edward Whittemore , American soldier and author (b. 1933)
1996 – Jørgen Garde , Danish admiral (b. 1939)
1997 – Pietro Rizzuto , Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
1998 – Alfred Schnittke , Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934)
1999 – Rod Ansell , Australian hunter (b. 1953)
1999 – Byron Farwell , American historian and author (b. 1921)
2000 – Joann Lõssov , Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
2001 – Christopher Hewett , English actor and director (b. 1922)
2003 – Roger Voudouris , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
2004 – Henri Cartier-Bresson , French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
2005 – Françoise d'Eaubonne , French author and poet (b. 1920)
2006 – Arthur Lee , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
2006 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)
2007 – John Gardner , English author (b. 1926)
2007 – Peter Thorup , Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1948)
2008 – Skip Caray , American sportscaster (b. 1939)
2008 – Erik Darling , American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
2008 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2009 – Nikolaos Makarezos , Greek soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
2010 – Bobby Hebb , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2011 – William Sleator , American author (b. 1945)
2011 – Bubba Smith , American football player and actor (b. 1945)
2012 – Frank Evans , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
2012 – Martin Fleischmann , Czech-English chemist and academic (b. 1927)
2012 – Paul McCracken , American economist and academic (b. 1915)
2012 – John Pritchard , American basketball player (b. 1927)
2013 – John Coombs , English-Monegasque race car driver and businessman (b. 1922)
2013 – Jack English Hightower , American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2013 – Jack Hynes , Scottish-American soccer player and manager (b. 1920)
2014 – Miangul Aurangzeb , Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (b. 1928)
2014 – Edward Clancy , Australian cardinal (b. 1923)
2014 – Dorothy Salisbury Davis , American author (b. 1916)
2014 – Kenny Drew, Jr. , American pianist and composer (b. 1958)
2014 – Lydia Yu-Jose , Filipino political scientist and academic (b. 1944)
2015 – Robert Conquest , English-American historian, poet, and academic (b. 1917)
2015 – Mel Farr , American football player and businessman (b. 1944)
2015 – Coleen Gray , American actress (b. 1922)
2015 – Margot Loyola , Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
2015 – Johanna Quandt , German businesswoman (b. 1926)
2015 – Jef Murray , Australian artist and author (b. 1960)
2020 – John Hume , Northern Irish politician (b. 1937)[14]
Holidays and observances [ ]
Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau )
Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)
Christian feast day :
George Freeman Bragg , W. E. B. Du Bois (Episcopal Church )
Lydia of Thyatira
Myrrhbearers (Lutheran Church )
Nicodemus
Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic)
Stephen (Discovery of the relic)
Waltheof of Melrose
August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Flag Day (Venezuela)
Independence Day , celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.
National Guard Day (Venezuela)
International Beer Day (2018)
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↑ "El Paso Shooting Victim Dies Months Later, Death Toll Now 23" . The New York Times. April 26, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020 .
↑ "Jean Hagen" . latimes.com . Retrieved 27 June 2020 .
↑ "Martha Stewart Fast Facts" . CNN . 22 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2020 .
↑ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tasmin-archer-mn0000014931/biography
↑ 10.0 10.1 "Famous birthdays for Aug. 3: Tom Brady, Martha Stewart" . UPI . August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
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↑ Rose, Mike (August 3, 2018). "Today's top celebrity birthdays list for August 3, 2018" . The Plain Dealer . Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
↑ "Rozmowa z dr Aleksandrą Namysło, historykiem z Oddziału Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej w Katowicach – Katowice – NaszeMiasto.pl" . katowice.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
↑ "Famous People Who Died in August 2020" . On This Day . Retrieved 2020-08-23 .
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