What are the important events that happened on August 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 3 is the 216th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 21, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 478,512 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecahexagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 179 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,243 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 3 Historical Events
8 –
Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
1601 –
Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Guruslău.
1811 –
First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
1900 –
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded.
1914 –
World War I: Germany declares war against France.
1936 –
Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1948 –
Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
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.
2004 –
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
Who were born on August 3?
1887 –
Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
1904 –
Clifford D. Simak, American writer (d. 1988)
1907 –
Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (d. 1996)
1950 –
John Landis, American film director
1958 –
Lambert Wilson, French actor
1959 –
Martin Atkins, English drummer (Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Killing Joke)
1963 –
Ed Roland, American vocalist (Collective Soul)
1978 –
Joi Chua, Singaporean singer
1980 –
Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1992 –
Karlie Kloss, American model
Who died on August 3?
1621 –
Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
1721 –
Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born English woodcarver (b. 1648)
1857 –
Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
1917 –
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849)
1993 –
Chinmayananda, Indian Vedanta Swami (b. 1916)
2004 –
Bob Murphy, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1924)
2005 –
Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920)
2006 –
Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Love) (b. 1945)
2006 –
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born British opera singer (b. 1915)
2008 –
Skip Caray, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1939)
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