August 3 Explained

Events

Pre-1600

• 8  - Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
• 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  - Frederick of Lorraine elected as 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.

1601–1900

• 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 known as the first ever 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.

1901–present

• 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.^[3]
• 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.
• 2014  - The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.^[4]
• 2018  - Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.^[5]
• 2019  - Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.^[6]
• 2019  - Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.^{[7] [8] [9]}
• 2023  - Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.^[10]

Births

Pre-1600

• 1442  - Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (d. 1499)^[11]
• 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)

1601–1900

• 1622  - Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, German field marshal (d. 1698)
• 1692  - John Henley, English minister and poet (d. 1759)^[12]
• 1724  - Alvise Foscari, Venetian admiral (d. 1790)
• 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)^[13]
• 1808  - Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (d. 1893)^[14]
• 1811  - Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861)^[15]
• 1817  - Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (d. 1895)
• 1823  - Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana (d. 1867)^[16]
• 1832  - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director (d. 1914)^[17]
• 1837  - Julien Reverchon, French botanist (d. 1905)^[18]
• 1840  - John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (d. 1929)^[19]
• 1850  - Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (d. 1926)^[20]
• 1856  - Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)^[21]
• 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)^[22]
• 1871  - Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (d. 1929)^[23]
• 1872  - Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
• 1886  - Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
• 1887  - Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)^[24]
• 1887  - August Wesley, Finnish journalist, trade unionist, and revolutionary (d. ?)
• 1890  - Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (d. 1974)
• 1894  - Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1951)^[25]
• 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)^[26]
• 1900  - John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970)^[27]

1901–present

• 1901  - John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)^[28]
• 1901  - Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (d. 1981)
• 1902  - Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
• 1902  - David Buttolph, American film composer (d. 1983)^[29]
• 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)^[30]
• 1905  - Franz König, Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)^[31]
• 1907  - Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (d. 1988)^[32]
• 1907  - Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (d. 1996)^[33]
• 1907  - Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d. 1998)
• 1909  - Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (d. 1971)^[34]
• 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)^[35]
• 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)^[36]
• 1918  - Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (d. 1999)^[37]
• 1918  - Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1918  - Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)^[38]
• 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)^[39]
• 1920  - Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1971)^[40]
• 1920  - Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (d. 2013)
• 1921  - Richard Adler, American composer and producer (d. 2012)^[41]
• 1921  - Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (d. 2008)^[42]
• 1921  - Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
• 1922  - John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (d. 2013)^[43]
• 1923  - Jean Hagen, American actress (d. 1977)^[44]
• 1923  - Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012)^[45]
• 1924  - Connie Converse, American musician and singer-songwriter
• 1924  - Leon Uris, American soldier and author (d. 2003)^[46]
• 1925  - Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
• 1925  - Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (d. 2017)^[47]
• 1926  - Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (d. 2013)^[48]
• 1926  - Tony Bennett, American singer and actor (d. 2023)^[49]
• 1926  - Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (d. 2004)^[50]
• 1926  - Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)^[51]
• 1926  - Rushdy Abaza, Egyptian actor (d. 1980)
• 1928  - Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)^[52]
• 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)^[53]
• 1935  - John Erman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2021)
• 1935  - Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 1997)^[54]
• 1935  - Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2019)^[55]
• 1936  - Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (d. 2013)^[56]
• 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  - Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
• 1938  - Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television host (d. 2016)^[57]
• 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)^[58]
• 1941  - Beverly Lee, American singer
• 1941  - Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia^[59]
• 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  - Morris Berman, American historian and social critic ^[60]
• 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  - 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 (d. 2021)
• 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 (d. 2023)
• 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)^[61]
• 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^[62]
• 1963  - Frano Botica, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1963  - James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[63]
• 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
• 1964  - Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player (d. 2007)^[64]
• 1964  - Ralph Knibbs, British rugby union player^[65]
• 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
• 1966  - Robert Laimer, Austrian politician^[66]
• 1967  - Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 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)^[67]
• 1971  - DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, producer, and actress^[68]
• 1972  - Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player and politician
• 1973  - Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
• 1973  - Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
• 1973  - Michael Ealy, American actor^[69]
• 1973  - Chris Murphy, American politician
• 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 actress^[70]
• 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, former bassist of ska band Suburban Legends
• 1985  - Georgina Haig, Australian actress^[71]
• 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
• 1992  - Karlie Kloss, American fashion model^[72]
• 1993  - Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
• 1993  - Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
• 1994  - Kwon Alexander, American football player^[73]
• 1994  - Manaia Cherrington, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994  - Esther Earl, American author, vlogger, and online personality. (d. 2010)^[74] Celebrated annually as Esther day^[75]
• 1994  - Todd Gurley, American football player
• 1994  - Younghoe Koo, South Korean-born American football player^[76]
• 1995  - Zac Gallen, American baseball player^[77]
• 1995  - Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player^[78]
• 1996  - Alec Bohm, American baseball player^[79]
• 1996  - Bokondji Imama, Canadian ice hockey player^[80]
• 1996  - Derwin James, American football player^[81]
• 1997  - Luis Robert Jr., Cuban baseball player^[82]
• 1999  - Zach Wilson, American football player^[83]
• 1999  - Brahim Díaz, Spanish-Moroccan footballer^[84]

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 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. 929)
• 1355  - Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh, English nobleman
• 1460  - James II, king of Scotland (b. 1430)^[85]
• 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)^[86]
• 1546  - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (b. 1509)

1601–1900

• 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)^[87]
• 1720  - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641)
• 1721  - Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)^[88]
• 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 epistemologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
• 1792  - Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)^[89]
• 1797  - Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)^[90]
• 1805  - Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724)^[91]
• 1835  - Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)^[92]
• 1839  - Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)
• 1857  - Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)^[93]
• 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)^[94]
• 1894  - George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)^[95]

1901–present

• 1913  - William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)^[96]
• 1916  - Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)^[97]
• 1917  - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920  - Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)^[98]
• 1922  - Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924  - Joseph Conrad, British novelist (b. 1857)^[99]
• 1925  - William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929  - Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)^[100]
• 1929  - Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)^[101]
• 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)^[102]
• 1943  - Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)^[103]
• 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)^[104]
• 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)^[105]
• 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)^[106]
• 1979  - Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)^[107]
• 1979  - Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1983  - Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1992  - Wang Hongwen, Chinese labor activist and politician, member of the Gang of Four (b. 1935)^[108]
• 1995  - Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (b. 1918)^[109]
• 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)^[110]
• 1998  - Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934)^[111]
• 1999  - Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (b. 1953)
• 1999  - Byron Farwell, American historian and author (b. 1921)^[112]
• 2000  - Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2001  - Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (b. 1922)^[113]
• 2003  - Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)^[114]
• 2004  - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908)^[115]
• 2005  - Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (b. 1920)^[116]
• 2006  - Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)^[117]
• 2006  - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)^[118]
• 2007  - John Gardner, English author (b. 1926)
• 2007  - Peter Thorup, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1948)^[119]
• 2008  - Skip Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1939)
• 2008  - Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)^[120]
• 2008  - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)^[121]
• 2009  - Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)^[122]
• 2010  - Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)^[123]
• 2011  - William Sleator, American author (b. 1945)^[124]
• 2011  - Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945)^[125]
• 2012  - Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
• 2012  - Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (b. 1927)^[126]
• 2012  - Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (b. 1915)^[127]
• 2012  - John Pritchard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
• 2012  - George Shanard, American politician and agribusinessman (b. 1926)^[128]
• 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)^[129]
• 2014  - Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (b. 1923)
• 2014  - Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (b. 1916)^[130]
• 2014  - Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (b. 1958)^[131]
• 2014  - Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (b. 1944)^[132]
• 2015  - Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (b. 1917)^[133]
• 2015  - Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (b. 1944)^[134]
• 2015  - Coleen Gray, American actress (b. 1922)^[135]
• 2015  - Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)^[136]
• 2015  - Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (b. 1926)^[137]
• 2015  - Jef Murray, American artist and author (b. 1960)^[138]
• 2020  - John Hume, Northern Irish politician (b. 1937)^[139]
• 2022  - Jackie Walorski, American politician (b. 1963)^[140]
• 2023  - Mark Margolis, American actor (b. 1939)^[141]
• 2023  - Bram Moolenaar, Dutch software engineer (b. 1961)^[142]
• 2024  - Yamini Krishnamurthy, Indian dancer (b. 1940)^[143]

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.
  • Arbor Day (Niger)
• National Guard Day (Venezuela)

External links

• Web site: On This Day . BBC.
  • Web site: Historical Events on August 3 . OnThisDay.com.

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142. Web site: Message from the family of Bram Moolenaar. 2023-08-05.
143. Web site: PTI . 2024-08-03 . Bharatanatyam icon and Padma awards winner Yamini Krishnamurthy dies at 84 . 2024-08-06 . Deccan Herald . en.