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| August 3rd, 2007 (August 03 2007) | Death | John Gardner, British author (born in 1926) | |
| August 3rd, 2006 (August 03 2006) | Death | Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (born in 1945) | |
| August 3rd, 2006 (August 03 2006) | Death | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, singer (born in 1915) | |
| August 3rd, 2005 (August 03 2005) | Event | President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. | |
| August 3rd, 2005 (August 03 2005) | Death | Francoise d Eaubonne, French feminist (born in 1920) | |
| August 3rd, 2004 (August 03 2004) | Event | The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks. | |
| August 3rd, 2004 (August 03 2004) | Death | Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (born in 1908) | |
| August 3rd, 2003 (August 03 2003) | Death | Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (born in 1954) | |
| August 3rd, 2002 (August 03 2002) | Death | Carmen Silvera, British actress (born in 1922) | |
| August 3rd, 2001 (August 03 2001) | Event | The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, U.K injuring seven people. (See 3 August 2001 Ealing bombing). | |
| August 3rd, 2001 (August 03 2001) | Death | Christopher Hewett, British actor (born in 1922) | |
| August 3rd, 1998 (August 03 1998) | Death | Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (born in 1934) | |
| August 3rd, 1997 (August 03 1997) | Event | Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; 40-76 villagers killed. | |
| August 3rd, 1997 (August 03 1997) | Death | Pietro Rizzuto, Canadian politician (born in 1934) | |
| August 3rd, 1996 (August 03 1996) | Event | General William F. Garrison accepted responsibility for the outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and he retired from military service. | |
| August 3rd, 1995 (August 03 1995) | Death | Ida Lupino, English actress and director (born in 1914) | |
| August 3rd, 1995 (August 03 1995) | Death | Edward Whittemore, American writer (born in 1933) | |
| August 3rd, 1993 (August 03 1993) | Birth | Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer | |
| August 3rd, 1993 (August 03 1993) | Death | Swami Chinmayananda, spread the teachings of Vedanta (born in 1916) | |
| August 3rd, 1990 (August 03 1990) | Death | Betty Amann, German-American actress | |
| August 3rd, 1987 (August 03 1987) | Birth | Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model | |
| August 3rd, 1986 (August 03 1986) | Birth | Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco | |
| August 3rd, 1985 (August 03 1985) | Birth | Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby league footballer | |
| August 3rd, 1984 (August 03 1984) | Birth | Jon Foster, American actor | |
| August 3rd, 1984 (August 03 1984) | Birth | Amanda Kimmel, American beauty queen | |
| August 3rd, 1984 (August 03 1984) | Birth | Yasin Avci, Danish footballer | |
| August 3rd, 1984 (August 03 1984) | Birth | Ryan Lochte, American swimmer | |
| August 3rd, 1983 (August 03 1983) | Birth | Mamie Gummer, American actress | |
| August 3rd, 1983 (August 03 1983) | Death | Carolyn Jones, American actress (born in 1930) | |
| August 3rd, 1981 (August 03 1981) | Event | In the United States, Air traffic controllers affiliated with the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walk off the joborn in President Ronald Reagan ultimately responds by firing those who ignore his order to return to work. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1981 (August 03 1981) | Event | Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launches the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi. | |
| August 3rd, 1980 (August 03 1980) | Birth | Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 3rd, 1980 (August 03 1980) | Birth | Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through) | |
| August 3rd, 1979 (August 03 1979) | Birth | Kris Jenkins, American football player | |
| August 3rd, 1979 (August 03 1979) | Birth | Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model/actress | |
| August 3rd, 1979 (August 03 1979) | Death | Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1899) | |
| August 3rd, 1978 (August 03 1978) | Birth | Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer | |
| August 3rd, 1977 (August 03 1977) | Event | United States Senate Hearing on MKULTRA. | |
| August 3rd, 1977 (August 03 1977) | Birth | Tom Brady, American football player | |
| August 3rd, 1977 (August 03 1977) | Birth | Tomas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor | |
| August 3rd, 1977 (August 03 1977) | Birth | Oscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist | |
| August 3rd, 1977 (August 03 1977) | Death | Alfred Lunt, American actor (born in 1892) | |
| August 3rd, 1977 (August 03 1977) | Death | Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (born in 1913) | |
| August 3rd, 1976 (August 03 1976) | Birth | Troy Glaus, American baseball player | |
| August 3rd, 1975 (August 03 1975) | Event | A privately chartered Boeing 707 impacts the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco killing 188. | |
| August 3rd, 1975 (August 03 1975) | Birth | Aryiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete | |
| August 3rd, 1973 (August 03 1973) | Birth | Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones) | |
| August 3rd, 1973 (August 03 1973) | Birth | Patrick Wilson, American actor | |
| August 3rd, 1973 (August 03 1973) | Birth | Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder | |
| August 3rd, 1973 (August 03 1973) | Birth | Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer | |
| August 3rd, 1973 (August 03 1973) | Birth | Michael Ealy, American actor | |
| August 3rd, 1973 (August 03 1973) | Death | Richard Marshall, U.S. Army general (born in 1895) | |
| August 3rd, 1972 (August 03 1972) | Event | U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. | |
| August 3rd, 1972 (August 03 1972) | Birth | Sandis Ozolins, Latvian ice hockey player | |
| August 3rd, 1971 (August 03 1971) | Birth | Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (died in 2007) | John Scott Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1971 (August 03 1971) | Birth | DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa) | |
| August 3rd, 1970 (August 03 1970) | Birth | Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer | |
| August 3rd, 1968 (August 03 1968) | Birth | Rod Beck, American baseball player (died in 2007) | |
| August 3rd, 1967 (August 03 1967) | Birth | Mathieu Kassovitz, French film director and screenwriter | |
| August 3rd, 1966 (August 03 1966) | Birth | Eric Esch, American boxer | |
| August 3rd, 1966 (August 03 1966) | Death | Lenny Bruce, American comedian (born in 1925) | Lenny Bruce Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1964 (August 03 1964) | Birth | Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician (died in 2007) | |
| August 3rd, 1964 (August 03 1964) | Death | Flannery O Connor, American writer (born in 1925) | |
| August 3rd, 1963 (August 03 1963) | Birth | James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica) | |
| August 3rd, 1963 (August 03 1963) | Birth | Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono | |
| August 3rd, 1963 (August 03 1963) | Birth | Ed Roland, American musician (Collective Soul) | |
| August 3rd, 1963 (August 03 1963) | Birth | Isaiah Washington, American actor | |
| August 3rd, 1963 (August 03 1963) | Birth | Lisa Ann Walter, American actress | |
| August 3rd, 1961 (August 03 1961) | Birth | Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats) | |
| August 3rd, 1961 (August 03 1961) | Birth | Molly Hagan, American actress | |
| August 3rd, 1960 (August 03 1960) | Event | Niger gains independence from France. | |
| August 3rd, 1960 (August 03 1960) | Birth | Tim Mayotte, American tennis player | |
| August 3rd, 1959 (August 03 1959) | Birth | John C. McGinley, American actor | |
| August 3rd, 1959 (August 03 1959) | Birth | Martin Atkins, English musician | |
| August 3rd, 1959 (August 03 1959) | Birth | Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate | |
| August 3rd, 1958 (August 03 1958) | Event | The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. | |
| August 3rd, 1958 (August 03 1958) | Event | The Billboard Hot 100 is founded | |
| August 3rd, 1958 (August 03 1958) | Birth | Ana Kokkinos, Greek-Australian film director | |
| August 3rd, 1958 (August 03 1958) | Birth | Lambert Wilson, French actor | |
| August 3rd, 1958 (August 03 1958) | Death | Peter Collins, English race car driver (born in 1931) | |
| August 3rd, 1957 (August 03 1957) | Birth | Mani Shankar, Indian film maker | |
| August 3rd, 1956 (August 03 1956) | Birth | Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician | |
| August 3rd, 1954 (August 03 1954) | Birth | Gary Peters, English footballer | |
| August 3rd, 1954 (August 03 1954) | Death | Colette, French writer (born in 1873) | |
| August 3rd, 1952 (August 03 1952) | Birth | Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer | |
| August 3rd, 1952 (August 03 1952) | Birth | Frank Schaeffer, American author | |
| August 3rd, 1952 (August 03 1952) | Birth | Loles Leon, Spanish actress | |
| August 3rd, 1951 (August 03 1951) | Birth | Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 3rd, 1951 (August 03 1951) | Birth | Jay North, American actor | |
| August 3rd, 1950 (August 03 1950) | Birth | John Landis, American film director | |
| August 3rd, 1949 (August 03 1949) | Event | National Basketball Association is founded in the United States. | |
| August 3rd, 1949 (August 03 1949) | Birth | Reed Waller, American comic book author | |
| August 3rd, 1948 (August 03 1948) | Event | Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. | |
| August 3rd, 1948 (August 03 1948) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France | |
| August 3rd, 1948 (August 03 1948) | Birth | Pierre Lacroix, National Hockey League executive | |
| August 3rd, 1946 (August 03 1946) | Birth | Jack Straw, British politician | |
| August 3rd, 1946 (August 03 1946) | Birth | Syreeta Wright, American singer and songwriter (died in 2004) | |
| August 3rd, 1945 (August 03 1945) | Birth | Eamon Dunphy, former Irish footballer | |
| August 3rd, 1942 (August 03 1942) | Death | Richard Willstatter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1872) | |
| August 3rd, 1941 (August 03 1941) | Birth | Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles) | |
| August 3rd, 1941 (August 03 1941) | Birth | Martha Stewart, American media personality | |
| August 3rd, 1940 (August 03 1940) | Event | World War II: Italy invades British Somaliland. | |
| August 3rd, 1940 (August 03 1940) | Birth | Lance Alworth, American football player | |
| August 3rd, 1940 (August 03 1940) | Birth | Martin Sheen, American actor | |
| August 3rd, 1939 (August 03 1939) | Birth | Jimmy Nicol, English musician | |
| August 3rd, 1939 (August 03 1939) | Birth | Egil Krogh, American lawyer and Watergate figure | |
| August 3rd, 1938 (August 03 1938) | Birth | Terry Wogan, Irish television presenter | |
| August 3rd, 1937 (August 03 1937) | Birth | Steven Berkoff, English actor | |
| August 3rd, 1936 (August 03 1936) | Event | Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash by defeating Ralph Metcalfe at Berlin Olympics. | Jesse Owens Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1936 (August 03 1936) | Birth | Edward Petherbridge, English actor | |
| August 3rd, 1935 (August 03 1935) | Birth | Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (died in 1997) | |
| August 3rd, 1934 (August 03 1934) | Event | Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Fuhrer. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1934 (August 03 1934) | Birth | Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler (died in 1989) | |
| August 3rd, 1934 (August 03 1934) | Birth | Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (died in 2002) | |
| August 3rd, 1929 (August 03 1929) | Death | Emil Berliner, German-born telephone and recording pioneer (born in 1851) | |
| August 3rd, 1929 (August 03 1929) | Death | Thorstein Veblen, American economist (born in 1857) | |
| August 3rd, 1928 (August 03 1928) | Birth | Cecile Aubry, French actress | |
| August 3rd, 1927 (August 03 1927) | Birth | Gordon Scott, American actor (died in 2007) | |
| August 3rd, 1926 (August 03 1926) | Birth | Tony Bennett, American singer | Tony Bennett Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1926 (August 03 1926) | Birth | Anthony Sampson, British journalist (died in 2004) | |
| August 3rd, 1925 (August 03 1925) | Birth | Marv Levy, American football coach | |
| August 3rd, 1924 (August 03 1924) | Birth | Leon Uris, American novelist (died in 2003) | |
| August 3rd, 1924 (August 03 1924) | Death | Joseph Conrad, Polish-born writer (born in 1857) | Joseph Conrad Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1923 (August 03 1923) | Event | The deceased Warren G. Harding was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge as the 30th President of the United States. | Warren G. Harding Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1923 (August 03 1923) | Birth | Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity | |
| August 3rd, 1922 (August 03 1922) | Birth | Robert Sumner, American evangelist and author | |
| August 3rd, 1921 (August 03 1921) | Birth | Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (died in 1972) | |
| August 3rd, 1921 (August 03 1921) | Birth | Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic | |
| August 3rd, 1920 (August 03 1920) | Birth | P. D. James, English novelist | |
| August 3rd, 1920 (August 03 1920) | Birth | Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (died in 1971) | |
| August 3rd, 1918 (August 03 1918) | Birth | Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (died in 1999) | |
| August 3rd, 1917 (August 03 1917) | Death | Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (born in 1849) | |
| August 3rd, 1916 (August 03 1916) | Event | World War I: Battle of RomaniAllied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army, under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal, and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai. | Al Murray Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1916 (August 03 1916) | Birth | Jose Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (died in 1978) | |
| August 3rd, 1916 (August 03 1916) | Death | Sir Roger Casement, Irish rebel (hanged) (born in 1864) | |
| August 3rd, 1915 (August 03 1915) | Birth | Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (died in 2006) | |
| August 3rd, 1915 (August 03 1915) | Birth | Pete Newell, American basketball coach | |
| August 3rd, 1914 (August 03 1914) | Event | World War I: Germany declares war against France. | |
| August 3rd, 1913 (August 03 1913) | Event | Wheatland Hop Riot | |
| August 3rd, 1913 (August 03 1913) | Birth | Mel Tolkin, television comedy writer (died in 2007) | |
| August 3rd, 1911 (August 03 1911) | Birth | Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (died in 1990) | |
| August 3rd, 1905 (August 03 1905) | Birth | Dolores del Rio, Mexican-born actress (died in 1983) | |
| August 3rd, 1905 (August 03 1905) | Birth | Franz Cardinal Konig, Austrian Catholic archbishop (died in 2004) | |
| August 3rd, 1904 (August 03 1904) | Birth | Clifford D. Simak, American author (died in 1988) | Clifford D. Simak Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1903 (August 03 1903) | Birth | Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (died in 2000) | |
| August 3rd, 1902 (August 03 1902) | Birth | Regina Jonas, first woman rabbi | |
| August 3rd, 1901 (August 03 1901) | Birth | Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Polish Catholic prelate (died in 1981) | |
| August 3rd, 1900 (August 03 1900) | Event | Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded. | |
| August 3rd, 1900 (August 03 1900) | Birth | Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (died in 1945) | |
| August 3rd, 1900 (August 03 1900) | Birth | John T. Scopes, American defendant (died in 1970) | |
| August 3rd, 1899 (August 03 1899) | Birth | Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (died in 1979) | |
| August 3rd, 1895 (August 03 1895) | Birth | Marguerite Nichols, American actress (died in 1941) | |
| August 3rd, 1894 (August 03 1894) | Birth | Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (died in 1951) | |
| August 3rd, 1887 (August 03 1887) | Birth | Rupert Brooke, English poet (died in 1915) | Rupert Brooke Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1879 (August 03 1879) | Death | Joseph Severn, English painter (born in 1793) | |
| August 3rd, 1877 (August 03 1877) | Death | William Butler Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (born in 1805) | |
| August 3rd, 1872 (August 03 1872) | Birth | King Haakon VII of Norway (died in 1957) | |
| August 3rd, 1867 (August 03 1867) | Birth | Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1947) | |
| August 3rd, 1867 (August 03 1867) | Death | Philipp August Bockh, German scholar and antiquarian (born in 1785) | |
| August 3rd, 1860 (August 03 1860) | Event | The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand. | |
| August 3rd, 1860 (August 03 1860) | Birth | W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (died in 1935) | |
| August 3rd, 1857 (August 03 1857) | Death | Eugene Sue, French novelist (born in 1804) | |
| August 3rd, 1856 (August 03 1856) | Birth | Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1919) | |
| August 3rd, 1852 (August 03 1852) | Event | First Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Harvard won. | |
| August 3rd, 1850 (August 03 1850) | Birth | Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (died in 1926) | Reginald Heber Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1839 (August 03 1839) | Death | Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (born in 1763) | |
| August 3rd, 1832 (August 03 1832) | Birth | Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (died in 1914) | |
| August 3rd, 1817 (August 03 1817) | Birth | Archduke Albert, Austrian general (died in 1895) | |
| August 3rd, 1811 (August 03 1811) | Birth | Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (died in 1861) | |
| August 3rd, 1808 (August 03 1808) | Birth | Hamilton Fish, American politician (died in 1893) | |
| August 3rd, 1805 (August 03 1805) | Death | Christopher Anstey, English writer (born in 1724) | |
| August 3rd, 1801 (August 03 1801) | Birth | Joseph Paxton, English gardener (died in 1865) | |
| August 3rd, 1797 (August 03 1797) | Death | Jeffrey Amherst, British military commander (born in 1717) | |
| August 3rd, 1792 (August 03 1792) | Death | Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (born in 1732) | |
| August 3rd, 1783 (August 03 1783) | Event | Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people. | |
| August 3rd, 1780 (August 03 1780) | Death | Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (born in 1715) | Philo Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1773 (August 03 1773) | Death | Stanislaw Konarski, Polish writer (born in 1700) | |
| August 3rd, 1770 (August 03 1770) | Birth | King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (died in 1840) | |
| August 3rd, 1761 (August 03 1761) | Death | Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (born in 1691) | |
| August 3rd, 1721 (August 03 1721) | Death | Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (born in 1648) | |
| August 3rd, 1720 (August 03 1720) | Death | Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (born in 1641) | |
| August 3rd, 1712 (August 03 1712) | Death | Joshua Barnes, English scholar (born in 1654) | |
| August 3rd, 1692 (August 03 1692) | Birth | John Henley, English clergyman (died in 1759) | |
| August 3rd, 1678 (August 03 1678) | Event | Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built in America. | |
| August 3rd, 1667 (August 03 1667) | Death | Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (born in 1599) | |
| August 3rd, 1645 (August 03 1645) | Event | Thirty Years War: Second Battle of Nordlingen (Battle of Allerheim)A French army under the command of Louis de Bourbon, Duc d Enghien and Marshal Henri, Vicomte de Turenne attacks and defeats an Imperial army, led by Field Marshal Franz Baron (Freiherr) von Mercy at Alerheim, near Nordlingen, Germany. | |
| August 3rd, 1635 (August 03 1635) | Event | The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyo are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635). | |
| August 3rd, 1621 (August 03 1621) | Death | Guillaume du Vair, French writer (born in 1556) | |
| August 3rd, 1604 (August 03 1604) | Death | Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander | |
| August 3rd, 1546 (August 03 1546) | Death | Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (born in 1484) | |
| August 3rd, 1546 (August 03 1546) | Death | Etienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (born in 1509) | |
| August 3rd, 1527 (August 03 1527) | Event | First known letter was sent from North America by John Rut while at St. John s, Newfoundland. | |
| August 3rd, 1527 (August 03 1527) | Death | Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal | |
| August 3rd, 1509 (August 03 1509) | Birth | Etienne Dolet, French scholar (died in 1546) | |
| August 3rd, 1492 (August 03 1492) | Event | Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| August 3rd, 1492 (August 03 1492) | Event | The Jews of Spain are expelled by the Catholic Monarchs. | |
| August 3rd, 1460 (August 03 1460) | Death | King James II of Scotland (born in 1430) | |
| August 3rd, 0881 (August 03 0881) | Event | Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, where Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied | |
| August 3rd, 0435 (August 03 0435) | Event | Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, was exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. | |
| August 3rd, 0008 (August 03 0008) | Event | Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. | |
