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.
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
- 435 –Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
- 1492 –Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
- 1645 –Thirty Years’ War: the Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1811 –First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
- 1903 –Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
- 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.
- 1929 –Jiddu Krishnamurti, tapped to be the messianic “World Teacher”, shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
- 1934 –Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.
- 1948 –Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- 1960 –Niger gains independence from France.
Who were born on August 3?
- 1509 –Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
- 1734 –Naungdawgyi, King of Burma (d. 1763)
- 1860 –William Kennedy Dickson, France-born Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
- 1872 –King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
- 1915 –Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician and Nisga'a statesman (d. 2006)
- 1934 –William Calhoun, American professional wrestler (d. 1989)
- 1937 –Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer
- 1937 –Roland Burris, American politician
- 1960 –Tim Mayotte, American tennis player
- 1979 –Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
Who died on August 3?
- 1621 –Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
- 1761 –Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
- 1773 –Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
- 1797 –Jeffrey Amherst, British military commander (b. 1717)
- 1879 –Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
- 1929 –Emile Berliner, German-born American telephone and recording pioneer (b. 1851)
- 1949 –Ignotus, Hungarian editor and writer (b. 1869)
- 2002 –Niculiţă Secrieriu, Romanian painter (b. 1938)
- 2003 –Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
- 2006 –Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born British opera singer (b. 1915)
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