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Day Of The Week: August 3
August 3, 2025 is the 215th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 3
- 881 –Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
- 1492 –Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
- 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.
- 1903 –Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
- 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.
- 1948 –Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- 1977 –The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKULTRA.
- 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.
- 2007 –Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
Who were born on August 3?
- 1734 –Naungdawgyi, King of Burma (d. 1763)
- 1855 –Joe Hunter, English cricketer (d. 1891)
- 1904 –Clifford D. Simak, American writer (d. 1988)
- 1907 –Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (d. 1996)
- 1911 –Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
- 1921 –Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
- 1934 –Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)
- 1935 –Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1997)
- 1956 –Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer
- 1980 –Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
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