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What happend on 3. August in History
In our data base we found 299 events happened on 3. August:
• 8: Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatae on the river Bathinus. [category: Events]
• 435: Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. [category: Events]
• 881: Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied. [category: Events]
• 1031: Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey. [category: Events]
• 1460: James II of Scotland (b. 1430) [category: Deaths]
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• 1491: Maria of Jülich-Berg (d. 1543) [category: Births]
• 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. [category: Events]
• 1509: Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) [category: Births]
• 1527: Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal [category: Deaths]
• 1527: The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland. [category: Events]
• 1546: Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (b. 1484) [category: Deaths]
• 1546: Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509) [category: Deaths]
• 1601: Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló. [category: Events]
• 1604: Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish diplomat [category: Deaths]
• 1621: Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556) [category: Deaths]
• 1645: Thirty Years' War: the Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1667: Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599) [category: Deaths]
• 1678: Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes. [category: Events]
• 1692: John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) [category: Births]
• 1712: Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654) [category: Deaths]
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• 1720: Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641) [category: Deaths]
• 1721: Grinling Gibbons, English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: Naungdawgyi, Myanmar king (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1761: Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar (b. 1691) [category: Deaths]
• 1770: Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840) [category: Births]
• 1773: Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700) [category: Deaths]
• 1780: Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1792: Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English military commander (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1805: Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1811: Elisha Otis, American inventor and businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1811: First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer. [category: Events]
• 1817: Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Austrian general (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1819: Simon Knéfacz, Croatian writer (b. 1752) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1835: Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1850: Reginald Heber Roe, Australian academic and educator (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1852: Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event [category: Events]
• 1855: Joe Hunter, English cricketer (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1856: Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1857: Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: William Kennedy Dickson, France-Scottish actor, director, and inventor (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1860: The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 1863: Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian writer and journalist (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1866: Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1867: Stanley Baldwin, English politician (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1867: Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1877: William B. Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Dick Grant, Canadian runner (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1879: Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1887: Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1894: Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1895: Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1895: Neva Morris, American super-centenarian (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1899: Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1900: Ernie Pyle, American journalist (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1900: John T. Scopes, American teacher (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1900: The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded. [category: Events]
• 1901: John C. Stennis, American politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1901: Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1902: Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1903: Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1903: Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town. [category: Events]
• 1904: Clifford D. Simak, American writer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1905: Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1905: Franz König, Austrian cardinal (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1907: Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian military leader and politician, 29th President of Brazil (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1907: Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1909: Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American novelist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1911: Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1913: Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1913: A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland Hop Riot, starts in Wheatland, California. [category: Events]
• 1914: World War I: Germany declares war against France. [category: Events]
• 1915: Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1915: Pete Newell, American basketball coach (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1916: José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1916: Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1916: Roger Casement, Irish rebel (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1917: Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1920: Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect [category: Births]
• 1920: Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: P. D. James, English author [category: Births]
• 1921: Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1921: Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1921: Richard Adler, American songwriter and composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court. [category: Events]
• 1923: Jean Hagen, American actress (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1923: Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1924: Joseph Conrad, Polish-English writer (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Marv Levy, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1925: William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Anthony Sampson, English journalist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1926: Tony Bennett, American singer [category: Births]
• 1927: Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Cécile Aubry, French actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1928: Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Emile Berliner, German-American inverter and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Jiddu Krishnamurti, tapped to be the messianic "World Teacher", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him. [category: Events]
• 1933: Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1934: Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader, founded UNITA (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1934: Michael Chapman, English bassoonist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1934: William Calhoun, American wrestler (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1934: Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer. [category: Events]
• 1935: Georgy Shonin, Soviet astronaut (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1935: Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader [category: Births]
• 1936: A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors. [category: Events]
• 1936: Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics. [category: Events]
• 1937: Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1937: Roland Burris, American politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Steven Berkoff, English actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Terry Wogan, Irish-English broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1939: Apoorva Sengupta, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1939: Jimmie Nicol, English drummer (Colin Hicks & The Cabin Boys) [category: Births]
• 1940: James Tyler, American guitarist, composer, and author (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1940: Lance Alworth, American football player [category: Births]
• 1940: Martin Sheen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland. [category: Events]
• 1941: Beverly Lee, American singer (The Shirelles) [category: Births]
• 1941: Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia [category: Births]
• 1942: Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician [category: Births]
• 1944: Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1945: Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1946: Jack Straw, English politician [category: Births]
• 1946: John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Byrds) [category: Births]
• 1946: Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1946: Francis Newton, American golfer (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. [category: Events]
• 1948: Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1949: B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter (War) [category: Births]
• 1949: Philip Casnoff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Ignotus, Hungarian editor and writer (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Jo Marie Payton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: John Landis, American director [category: Births]
• 1951: Jay North, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1952: Loles León, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Ian Bairnson, Scottish musician (Keats) [category: Births]
• 1954: Gary Peters, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Colette, French writer (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Corey Burton, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1956: Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny and Dead Men Walking) [category: Births]
• 1957: Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Ana Kokkinos, Australian director [category: Births]
• 1958: Lambert Wilson, French actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. [category: Events]
• 1959: John C. McGinley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Koichi Tanaka, Japanese engineer and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1959: Martin Atkins, English drummer (Public Image Ltd, Ministry, and Killing Joke) [category: Births]
• 1959: Mike Gminski, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people. [category: Events]
• 1960: Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1960: Tim Mayotte, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1960: Niger gains independence from France. [category: Events]
• 1961: Lee Rocker, American bassist (Stray Cats) [category: Births]
• 1961: Molly Hagan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Collective Soul) [category: Births]
• 1963: Isaiah Washington, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metallica, Spastik Children, and Leather Charm) [category: Births]
• 1963: Lisa Ann Walter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand [category: Births]
• 1964: Kevin Sumlin, American college football coach [category: Births]
• 1964: Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboardist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1964: Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1964: Flannery O'Connor, American writer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Brent Butt, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Eric Esch, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1966: Lenny Bruce, American comedian (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Mathieu Kassovitz, French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1967: Skin, English singer and model (Skunk Anansie) [category: Births]
• 1968: Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1969: Doug Overton, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Manmohan Waris, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1970: Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer, created Super Smash Bros and Kirby [category: Births]
• 1970: Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter (Deftones and Sol Invicto) [category: Births]
• 1971: DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, and producer (Salt-n-Pepa) [category: Births]
• 1971: Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1971: Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Brigid Brannagh, Irish-American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Erika Marozsán, Hungarian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek musician and composer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. [category: Events]
• 1973: Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1973: Michael Ealy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1975: Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: A privately chartered Boeing 707 crashes into the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188. [category: Events]
• 1976: Troy Glaus, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Deniz Akkaya, Turkish model [category: Births]
• 1977: Tom Brady, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Alfred Lunt, American actor (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers. [category: Events]
• 1977: The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKUltra. [category: Events]
• 1978: Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Joi Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1978: Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Angelos Terzakis, Greek writer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, and Throwdown) [category: Births]
• 1980: Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Nadia Ali, Pakistani-American singer-songwriter (iiO) [category: Births]
• 1980: Tony Pashos, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi. [category: Events]
• 1982: Aaron Stevens, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Mamie Gummer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Mark Reynolds, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Ryan Carter, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Carah Faye Charnow, American singer-songwriter (Shiny Toy Guns and Versant) [category: Births]
• 1984: Chris Maurer, American singer and bass player (Suburban Legends) [category: Births]
• 1984: Jon Foster, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Ryan Lochte, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Yasin Avcı, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Holly Blake-Arnstein, American singer and dancer (Dream) [category: Births]
• 1985: Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Charlotte Casiraghi, Monegasque daughter of Caroline, Princess of Hanover [category: Births]
• 1987: Kim Hyung-jun, Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501) [category: Births]
• 1988: Denny Cardin, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Leigh Tiffin, American football player [category: Births]
• 1989: Jules Bianchi, French race car driver [category: Births]
• 1989: Sam Hutchinson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Jourdan Dunn, English model [category: Births]
• 1990: Betty Amann, German-American actress (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner [category: Births]
• 1992: Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner [category: Births]
• 1992: Karlie Kloss, American model [category: Births]
• 1993: Ola Abidogun, English sprinter [category: Births]
• 1993: Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo) [category: Births]
• 1995: Edward Whittemore, American writer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Ida Lupino, English actress and director (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Pietro Rizzuto, Canadian politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara. [category: Events]
• 1998: Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Byron Farwell, American historian (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Christopher Hewett, English actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom injuring seven people. [category: Events]
• 2002: Carmen Silvera, English actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Bob Murphy, American sportscaster (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks. [category: Events]
• 2005: Françoise d'Eaubonne, French activist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2006: Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Love) (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: John Gardner, English author (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping. [category: Events]
• 2008: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (The Tarriers and The Rooftop Singers) (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Skip Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek army officer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2011: Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Berry, English motorcycle racing promoter and manager (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Paul McCracken, American economist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• _: Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Emancipation Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day (Venezuela) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lydia of Thyatira [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nicodemus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Stephen (Discovery of the relic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Waltheof of Melrose [category: Holidays and observances]