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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 215th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 21, 2021 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,132,480 minutes 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 ‘dihectadecapentagon’ 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 182 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 3,147 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.
- 1914 –World War I: Germany declares war against France.
- 1946 –Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, US.
- 1960 –Niger gains independence from France.
- 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.
Who were born on August 3?
- 1850 –Reginald Heber Roe, Australian academic and educator (d. 1926)
- 1856 –Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
- 1903 –Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000)
- 1921 –Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic (d. 2008)
- 1963 –Lisa Ann Walter, American actress
Who died on August 3?
- 1667 –Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)
- 1712 –Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
- 1773 –Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
- 1839 –Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)
- 1975 –Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
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