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, 29,236,320 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 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
- 1527 –The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
- 1811 –First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
- 1852 –Harvard wins the first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
- 1900 –The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded.
- 1913 –A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland Hop Riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
- 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, US.
- 1948 –Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- 1959 –Portugal’s state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
- 1972 –The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Who were born on August 3?
- 1509 –Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)
- 1894 –Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
- 1915 –Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician and Nisga'a statesman (d. 2006)
- 1920 –P. D. James, English novelist
- 1921 –Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic (d. 2008)
- 1927 –Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1954 –Gary Peters, English footballer
- 1964 –Lucky Dube, South African reggae vocalist and keyboardist (d. 2007)
- 1978 –Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
- 1984 –Chris Maurer, American musician
Who died on August 3?
- 1546 –Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)
- 1667 –Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)
- 1720 –Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641)
- 1839 –Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)
- 1877 –William Butler Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- 1964 –Flannery O'Connor, American writer (b. 1925)
- 1977 –Alfred Lunt, American actor (b. 1892)
- 1990 –Betty Amann, German-born American actress (b. 1905)
- 1998 –Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)
- 2011 –Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945)
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