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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 21, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 487,272 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 ‘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 198 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 4,608 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 3 Historical Events
- 881 –Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
- 1527 –The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
- 1903 –Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 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.
- 1936 –A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
- 1972 –The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 1975 –A privately chartered Boeing 707 crashes into the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
- 1977 –The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKULTRA.
- 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.
Who were born on August 3?
- 1863 –Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian writer and journalist (d. 1922)
- 1872 –King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
- 1902 –Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
- 1933 –Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer
- 1963 –Isaiah Washington, American actor
- 1963 –James Hetfield, American vocalist and guitarist (Metallica)
- 1973 –Michael Ealy, American actor
- 1976 –Troy Glaus, American baseball player
- 1977 –Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
- 1983 –Mamie Gummer, American actress
Who died on August 3?
- 1621 –Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
- 1712 –Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)
- 1761 –Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)
- 1917 –Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849)
- 1964 –Flannery O'Connor, American writer (b. 1925)
- 1975 –Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
- 1983 –Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
- 2002 –Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922)
- 2007 –John Gardner, British author (b. 1926)
- 2011 –Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945)
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