August 3

Events

 * -   defeats ns on the river.
 * - Deposed, considered the originator of , was exiled by   to a  in.
 * -, where defeated the , an event celebrated in the poem 
 * - sets sail from,.
 * 1492  - The s of  are expelled by the.
 * - First known letter was sent from by  while at,.
 * - The third of the, , establishes the system of alternate attendance by which the feudal  are required to spend one year at  in  and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in  as virtual political hostages. (Traditional : , ).
 * - : - A French army under the command of  and   attacks and defeats an  army, led by   at, near ,.
 * - builds the , the first known ship built in.
 * - erupts in, killing 35,000 people.
 * - First between  and, the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Harvard won.
 * - The begins in.
 * - founded.
 * - : declares war against.
 * - : - Allied forces, under the command of, defeat an attacking , under the command of , securing the , and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai.
 * - The deceased was succeeded by   as the 30th.
 * - becomes the supreme leader of  by joining the offices of  and  into.
 * - wins the 100 meter dash by defeating Ralph Metcalfe at Berlin Olympics.
 * - : invades.
 * - accuses  of being a  and a  for the.
 * - is founded in the.
 * - The   travels beneath the  ice cap.
 * 1958   - The  is founded
 * - gains independence from.
 * - Senate ratifies the.
 * - A privately chartered 707 impacts the mountainside near,  killing 188.
 * - Hearing on.
 * - In the, s affiliated with the walk off the job. President  ultimately responds by firing those who ignore his order to return to work.
 * 1981  - ese opposition parties, under the leadership of, launches the.
 * -  accepted responsibility for the outcome of the  raid in, and he retired from military service.
 * - in ; 40-76 villagers killed.
 * - The detonate a car bomb in, ,  injuring seven people. (See ).
 * - The pedestal of the reopens after being closed since the.
 * -  of  is overthrown in a  while attending the  of  in.
 * -  of  is overthrown in a  while attending the  of  in.

Births

 * -, French scholar (d. )
 * -, English clergyman (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, English gardener (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, Austrian general (d. )
 * -, Croatian composer (d. )
 * -, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. )
 * -, 2nd (d. )
 * -, Scottish inventor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Monegasque race car driver (d. )
 * -, American war correspondent (d. )
 * 1900  -, American defendant (d. )
 * -, Polish Catholic prelate (d. )
 * -, first woman rabbi
 * -, Tunisian politician (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Mexican-born actress (d. )
 * 1905  -, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. )
 * -, Scottish actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * 1915  -, American basketball coach
 * -, Argentine footballer (d. )
 * -, American CIA official (d. )
 * -, English novelist
 * 1920  -, American trumpet player (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1921  -, American poet and literary critic
 * -, American evangelist and author
 * -, Pope of the
 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, American football coach
 * -, American singer
 * 1926  -, British journalist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, French actress
 * -, American professional wrestler (d. )
 * 1934  -, Angolan political leader (d. )
 * -, Soviet cosmonaut (d. )
 * -, English actor
 * -, English actor
 * -, Irish television presenter
 * -, English musician
 * 1939  -, American lawyer and  figure
 * -, American football player
 * 1940  -, American actor
 * -, American singer
 * 1941  -, American media personality
 * -, former Irish footballer
 * -, British politician
 * 1946  -, American singer and songwriter (d. )
 * -, Prime Minister of France
 * 1948  -,  executive
 * -, Acclaimed Cat Porn Comic Book artist/Writer on New Richland Star
 * -, American film director
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1951  -, American actor
 * -, Argentine footballer
 * 1952  -, American author
 * 1952  -, Spanish actress
 * - Football league manager and former professional footballer
 * -, Thai politician and leader
 * -, Indian film maker
 * -, Greek-Australian film director
 * 1958  -, French actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1959  -, English drummer
 * 1959  -, Japanese scientist,
 * -, American musician
 * 1961  -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * 1963  -, American musician
 * 1963  -, American actor
 * -, South African reggae musician (d. )
 * -, American boxer
 * -, French film director and screenwriter
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Japanese video game developer
 * -, Scottish footballer (d. )
 * 1971  -, American rapper
 * -, Latvian ice hockey player
 * -, American musician
 * 1973  -, American bodybuilder
 * 1973  -, Greek footballer
 * 1973  -, American actor
 * -, Greek heptathlete
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American football player
 * 1977  -, Icelandic actor
 * 1977  -, Spanish cyclist
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, American football player
 * 1979  -, Canadian model/actress
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1980  -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * 1984  -, American beauty queen
 * -, New Zealand rugby league footballer
 * -, daughter of
 * -, Japanese singer

Deaths

 * - King (b. )
 * -, Italian cardinal
 * -, Italian architect (b. )
 * 1546  -, French scholar and printer (b. )
 * -, Spanish military commander
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. )
 * -, English scholar (b. )
 * -, Dutch statesman (b. )
 * -, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. )
 * -, German classical scholar (b. )
 * -, Polish writer (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )
 * -, English industrialist and inventor (b. )
 * -, British military commander (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, German novelist (b. )
 * -, French novelist (b. )
 * -, German scholar and antiquarian (b. )
 * -, American politician, 1st (b. )
 * -, English painter (b. )
 * - Sir, Irish rebel (hanged) (b. )
 * -, German mathematician (b. )
 * -, Polish-born writer (b. )
 * -, German-born telephone and recording pioneer (b. )
 * 1929  -, American economist (b. )
 * -, German chemist, (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, U.S. Army general (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1977  -,  and first  (b. )
 * -, Swedish economist, (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, German-American actress
 * - Swami, spread the teachings of (b. )
 * -, English actress and director (b. )
 * 1995  -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Canadian politician (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, British actress (b. )
 * -, American singer and songwriter (b. )
 * -, French photographer (b. )
 * -, French feminist (b. )
 * -, American psychedelic rock musician (b. )
 * 2006  -, singer (b. )
 * -, British author (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Watermelon Day
 * - (since 2006)
 * - Watermelon Day
 * - (since 2006)
 * Translation of, king, martyr [Norway]
 * , abbot of Melrose
 * Invention of [common; Paris, in green]
 * Translation of, king, martyr [Norway]
 * , abbot of Melrose
 * Invention of [common; Paris, in green]