August 3 in history
Events on August 3
Notable events that happened on August 3 in past years.
- 2023
Major floods hit parts of Slovenia.
Wikipedia article: 2023 Slovenia floods - 2014
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
Wikipedia article: 2014 Ludian earthquake - 2007
Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
Wikipedia article: Directorate of National Intelligence - 1997
Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand opens after two-and-a-half years of construction, becoming the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at the time.
Wikipedia article: Sky Tower (Auckland) - 1975
A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
Wikipedia article: Boeing 707 - 1958
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
Wikipedia article: USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - 1946
Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
Wikipedia article: Holiday World & Splashin' Safari - 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.
Wikipedia article: Commissioner of Baseball - 1900
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
Wikipedia article: Firestone (company) - 1852
Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.
Wikipedia article: Harvard University - 1778
The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
Wikipedia article: La Scala - 1645
Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
Wikipedia article: Thirty Years' War - 1347
The city of Calais surrenders after a protracted siege to the English following the English defeat of a French relief fleet in the battle of Crotoy. It will remain in English hands for more than 200 years.
Wikipedia article: Calais - 1031
Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
- 8
Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
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