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
- 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.
- 1783 –Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people.
- 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.
- 1934 –Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.
- 1936 –Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
- 1960 –Niger gains independence from France.
Who were born on August 3?
- 1832 –Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
- 1902 –Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
- 1905 –Franz König, Austrian Cardinal (d. 2004)
- 1925 –Marv Levy, American football coach
- 1963 –James Hetfield, American vocalist and guitarist (Metallica)
- 1967 –Deborah Anne Dyer, aka Skin, singer and model
- 1971 –Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1978 –Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
- 1984 –Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
- 1985 –Holly Blake-Arnstein, American singer and dancer
Who died on August 3?
- 1604 –Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander
- 1621 –Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
- 1792 –Sir Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732)
- 1917 –Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849)
- 1949 –Ignotus, Hungarian editor and writer (b. 1869)
- 1966 –Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925)
- 1979 –Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1899)
- 1983 –Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
- 2008 –Skip Caray, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1939)
- 2009 –Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek Army officer, member of the military junta of 1967–1974 (b. 1919)
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