August

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==Events==
* [[8]] - [[Roman Empire]] [[general]] [[Tiberius]] defeats [[Dalmatia]]ns on the river [[List of rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bathinus]].
* [[435]] - Deposed [[Patriarch of Constantinople]] [[Nestorius]], considered the originator of [[Nestorianism]], was exiled by [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Theodosius II]] to a [[monastery]] in [[Egypt]].
* [[881]] - [[Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu]], where [[Louis III of France]] defeated the [[Vikings]], an event celebrated in the poem ''[[Ludwigslied]]''
*[[1492]] - [[Christopher Columbus]] sets sail from [[Palos de la Frontera]], [[Spain]].
* 1492 - The [[Jew]]s of [[Spain]] are expelled by the [[Catholic Monarchs]].
*[[1527]] - First known letter was sent from [[North America]] by [[John Rut]] while at [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]].
*[[1635]] - The third of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]], [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Iemitsu]], establishes the system of alternate attendance ([[sankin kotai]]) by which the feudal [[daimyo|daimyō]] 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 calendar|Japanese Date]]: [[June 21]], [[1635]]).
*[[1645]] - [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Battle of Nördlingen (1645)|Second Battle of Nördlingen (Battle of Allerheim)]] - A French army under the command of [[Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé|Louis de Bourbon, Duc d'Enghien]] and [[Marshal]] [[Vicomte de Turenne|Henri, Vicomte de Turenne]] attacks and defeats an [[Holy Roman Empire|Imperial]] army, led by [[Field Marshal]] [[Franz von Mercy|Franz Baron (Freiherr) von Mercy]] at [[Alerheim]], near [[Nördlingen]], [[Germany]].
*[[1678]] - [[Robert LaSalle]] builds the ''[[Le Griffon]]'', the first known ship built in [[North America|America]].
*[[1783]] - [[Mount Asama]] erupts in [[Japan]], killing 35,000 people.
*[[1852]] - First [[Harvard-Yale Regatta|Boat Race]] between [[Yale University|Yale]] and [[Harvard University|Harvard]], the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Harvard won.
*[[1860]] - The [[New Zealand land wars|Second Maori War]] begins in [[New Zealand]].
*[[1900]] - [[Firestone Tire|Firestone Tire & Rubber Company]] founded.
*[[1913]] - [[Wheatland Hop Riot]]
*[[1914]] - [[World War I]]: [[Germany]] declares war against [[France]].
*[[1916]] - [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Romani]] - Allied forces, under the command of [[Archibald Murray]], defeat an attacking [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman army]], under the command of [[Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein]], securing the [[Suez Canal]], and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai.
*[[1923]] - The deceased [[Warren G. Harding]] was succeeded by [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Calvin Coolidge]] as the 30th [[President of the United States]].
*[[1934]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] becomes the supreme leader of [[Germany]] by joining the offices of [[President]] and [[Chancellor]] into [[Führer]].
*[[1936]] - [[Jesse Owens]] wins the 100 meter dash by defeating Ralph Metcalfe at Berlin Olympics.
*[[1940]] - [[World War II]]: [[Italy]] invades [[British Somaliland]].
*[[1948]] - [[Whittaker Chambers]] accuses [[Alger Hiss]] of being a [[communist]] and a [[secret agent|spy]] for the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1949]] - [[National Basketball Association]] is founded in the [[United States]].
*[[1958]] - The [[Nuclear energy|nuclear]] [[submarine]] [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|USS ''Nautilus'']] travels beneath the [[Arctic Ocean|Arctic]] ice cap.
* 1958 - The [[Billboard Hot 100]] is founded
*[[1960]] - [[Niger]] gains independence from [[France]].
*[[1972]] - [[United States|U.S.]] Senate ratifies the [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]].
*[[1975]] - A privately chartered [[Boeing]] 707 impacts the mountainside near [[Agadir]], [[Morocco]] killing 188.
*[[1977]] - [[United States Senate]] Hearing on [[MKULTRA]].
*[[1981]] - In the [[United States]], [[Air traffic controller]]s affiliated with the [[Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968)|Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization]] walk off the job. President [[Ronald Reagan]] ultimately responds by firing those who ignore his order to return to work.
* 1981 - [[Senegal]]ese opposition parties, under the leadership of [[Mamadou Dia]], launches the [[Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi]].
*[[1996]] - [[General]] [[William F. Garrison]] accepted responsibility for the outcome of the [[1993]] raid in [[Somalia]], and he retired from military service.
*[[1997]] - [[Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre]] in [[Algeria]]; 40-76 villagers killed.
*[[2001]] - The [[Real IRA]] detonate a car bomb in [[Ealing]], [[London]], [[U.K]] injuring seven people. (See [[3 August 2001 Ealing bombing]]).
*[[2004]] - The pedestal of the [[Statue of Liberty]] reopens after being closed since the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].
*[[2005]] - [[President]] [[Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya]] of [[Mauritania]] is overthrown in a [[military coup]] while attending the [[funeral]] of [[King Fahd]] in [[Saudi Arabia]].

==Births==
*[[1509]] - [[Étienne Dolet]], French scholar (d. [[1546]])
*[[1692]] - [[John Henley]], English clergyman (d. [[1759]])
*[[1770]] - King [[Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia]] (d. [[1840]])
*[[1801]] - [[Joseph Paxton]], English gardener (d. [[1865]])
*[[1808]] - [[Hamilton Fish]], American politician (d. [[1893]])
*[[1811]] - [[Elisha Graves Otis]], American inventor (d. [[1861]])
*[[1817]] - [[Archduke Albert (1817-1895)|Archduke Albert]], Austrian general (d. [[1895]])
*[[1832]] - [[Ivan Zajc]], Croatian composer (d. [[1914]])
*[[1850]] - [[Reginald Heber Roe]], 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. [[1926]])
*[[1856]] - [[Alfred Deakin]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. [[1919]])
*[[1860]] - [[W.K. Dickson]], Scottish inventor (d. [[1935]])
*[[1867]] - [[Stanley Baldwin]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1947]])
*[[1872]] - King [[Haakon VII of Norway]] (d. [[1957]])
*[[1887]] - [[Rupert Brooke]], English poet (d. [[1915]])
*[[1894]] - [[Harry Heilmann]], American baseball player (d. [[1951]])
*[[1895]] - [[Marguerite Nichols]], American actress (d. [[1941]])
*[[1899]] - [[Louis Chiron]], Monegasque race car driver (d. [[1979]])
*[[1900]] - [[Ernie Pyle]], American war correspondent (d. [[1945]])
* 1900 - [[John T. Scopes]], American defendant (d. [[1970]])
*[[1901]] - [[Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński]], Polish Catholic prelate (d. [[1981]])
*[[1902]] - [[Regina Jonas]], first woman rabbi
*[[1903]] - [[Habib Bourguiba]], Tunisian politician (d. [[2000]])
*[[1904]] - [[Clifford D. Simak]], American author (d. [[1988]])
*[[1905]] - [[Dolores del Rio]], Mexican-born actress (d. [[1983]])
* 1905 - [[Franz König|Franz Cardinal König]], Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. [[2004]])
*[[1911]] - [[Alex McCrindle]], Scottish actor (d. [[1990]])
*[[1913]] - [[Mel Tolkin]], television comedy writer (d. [[2007]])
*[[1915]] - [[Frank Arthur Calder]], Canadian politician (d. [[2006]])
* 1915 - [[Pete Newell]], American basketball coach
*[[1916]] - [[José Manuel Moreno]], Argentine footballer (d. [[1978]])
*[[1918]] - [[Sidney Gottlieb]], American CIA official (d. [[1999]])
*[[1920]] - [[P. D. James]], English novelist
* 1920 - [[Charlie Shavers]], American trumpet player (d. [[1971]])
*[[1921]] - [[Marilyn Maxwell]], American actress (d. [[1972]])
* 1921 - [[Hayden Carruth]], American poet and literary critic
*[[1922]] - [[Robert Sumner]], American evangelist and author
*[[1923]] - [[Shenouda III of Alexandria]], Pope of the [[Coptic Christianity]]
*[[1924]] - [[Leon Uris]], American novelist (d. [[2003]])
*[[1925]] - [[Marv Levy]], American football coach
*[[1926]] - [[Tony Bennett]], American singer
* 1926 - [[Anthony Sampson]], British journalist (d. [[2004]])
*[[1927]] - [[Gordon Scott]], American actor (d. [[2007]])
*[[1928]] - [[Cécile Aubry]], French actress
*[[1934]] - [[William Calhoun|Haystacks Calhoun]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1989]])
* 1934 - [[Jonas Savimbi]], Angolan political leader (d. [[2002]])
*[[1935]] - [[Georgi Shonin]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1997]])
*[[1936]] - [[Edward Petherbridge]], English actor
*[[1937]] - [[Steven Berkoff]], English actor
*[[1938]] - [[Terry Wogan]], Irish television presenter
*[[1939]] - [[Jimmy Nicol]], English musician
* 1939 - [[Egil Krogh]], American lawyer and [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] figure
*[[1940]] - [[Lance Alworth]], American football player
* 1940 - [[Martin Sheen]], American actor
*[[1941]] - [[Beverly Lee]], American singer ([[Shirelles]])
* 1941 - [[Martha Stewart]], American media personality
*[[1945]] - [[Eamon Dunphy]], former Irish footballer
*[[1946]] - [[Jack Straw (politician)|Jack Straw]], British politician
* 1946 - [[Syreeta Wright]], American singer and songwriter (d. [[2004]])
*[[1948]] - [[Jean-Pierre Raffarin]], Prime Minister of France
* 1948 - [[Pierre Lacroix]], [[National Hockey League]] executive
*[[1949]] - [[Reed Waller]], Acclaimed Cat Porn Comic Book artist/Writer on New Richland Star
*[[1950]] - [[John Landis]], American film director
*[[1951]] - [[Marcel Dionne]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1951 - [[Jay North]], American actor
*[[1952]] - [[Osvaldo Ardiles]], Argentine footballer
* 1952 - [[Frank Schaeffer]], American author
* 1952 - [[Loles León]], Spanish actress
*[[1954]] - [[Gary Peters]] Football league manager and former professional footballer
*[[1956]] - [[Abhisit Vejjajiva]], Thai politician and [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]] leader
*[[1957]] - [[Mani Shankar]], Indian film maker
*[[1958]] - [[Ana Kokkinos]], Greek-Australian film director
* 1958 - [[Lambert Wilson]], French actor
*[[1959]] - [[John C. McGinley]], American actor
* 1959 - [[Martin Atkins]], English drummer
* 1959 - [[Koichi Tanaka]], Japanese scientist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]]
*[[1961]] - [[Lee Rocker]], American musician ([[Stray Cats]])
* 1961 - [[Molly Hagan]], American actress
*[[1963]] - [[James Hetfield]], American musician ([[Metallica]])
* 1963 - [[Ed Roland]], American musician ([[Collective Soul]])
* 1963 - [[Isaiah Washington]], American actor
*[[1964]] - [[Lucky Dube]], South African reggae musician (d. [[2007]])
*[[1966]] - [[Eric Esch]], American boxer
*[[1967]] - [[Mathieu Kassovitz]], French film director and screenwriter
*[[1968]] - [[Rod Beck]], American baseball player (d. [[2007]])
*[[1970]] - [[Masahiro Sakurai]], Japanese video game developer
*[[1971]] - [[Forbes Johnston]], Scottish footballer (d. [[2007]])
* 1971 - [[DJ Spinderella]], American rapper ([[Salt-N-Pepa]])
*[[1972]] - [[Sandis Ozoliņš]], Latvian ice hockey player
*[[1973]] - [[Stephen Carpenter]], American musician ([[Deftones]])
* 1973 - [[Jay Cutler (bodybuilder)|Jay Cutler]], American bodybuilder
* 1973 - [[Nikos Dabizas]], Greek footballer
* 1973 - [[Michael Ealy]], American actor
*[[1975]] - [[Aryiro Strataki]], Greek heptathlete
*[[1976]] - [[Troy Glaus]], American baseball player
*[[1977]] - [[Tom Brady]], American football player
* 1977 - [[Tómas Lemarquis]], Icelandic actor
* 1977 - [[Óscar Pereiro]], Spanish cyclist
*[[1978]] - [[Mariusz Jop]], Polish footballer
*[[1979]] - [[Kris Jenkins]], American football player
* 1979 - [[Evangeline Lilly]], Canadian model/actress
*[[1980]] - [[Dominic Moore]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 - [[Brandan Schieppati]], American singer ([[Bleeding Through]])
*[[1984]] - [[Jon Foster]], American actor
* 1984 - [[Amanda Kimmel]], American beauty queen
* 1984 - [[Yasin Avci]], Danish footballer
*[[1985]] - [[Sonny Bill Williams]], New Zealand rugby league footballer
*[[1986]] - [[Charlotte Casiraghi]], daughter of [[Princess Caroline of Monaco]]
*[[1993]] - [[Yurina Kumai]], Japanese singer


==Deaths==
*[[1460]] - King [[James II of Scotland]] (b. [[1430]])
*[[1527]] - [[Scaramuccia Trivulzio]], Italian cardinal
*[[1546]] - [[Antonio da Sangallo the Younger]], Italian architect (b. [[1484]])
* 1546 - [[Étienne Dolet]], French scholar and printer (b. [[1509]])
*[[1604]] - [[Bernardino de Mendoza]], Spanish military commander
*[[1621]] - [[Guillaume du Vair]], French writer (b. [[1556]])
*[[1667]] - [[Francesco Borromini]], Swiss sculptor and architect (b. [[1599]])
*[[1712]] - [[Joshua Barnes]], English scholar (b. [[1654]])
*[[1720]] - [[Anthonie Heinsius]], Dutch statesman (b. [[1641]])
*[[1721]] - [[Grinling Gibbons]], Dutch-born woodcarver (b. [[1648]])
*[[1761]] - [[Johann Matthias Gesner]], German classical scholar (b. [[1691]])
*[[1773]] - [[Stanisław Konarski]], Polish writer (b. [[1700]])
*[[1780]] - [[Étienne Bonnot de Condillac]], French philosopher (b. [[1715]])
*[[1792]] - [[Richard Arkwright]], English industrialist and inventor (b. [[1732]])
*[[1797]] - [[Jeffrey Amherst]], British military commander (b. [[1717]])
*[[1805]] - [[Christopher Anstey]], English writer (b. [[1724]])
*[[1839]] - [[Dorothea von Schlegel]], German novelist (b. [[1763]])
*[[1857]] - [[Eugène Sue]], French novelist (b. [[1804]])
*[[1867]] - [[Philipp August Böckh]], German scholar and antiquarian (b. [[1785]])
*[[1877]] - [[William Butler Ogden]], American politician, 1st [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. [[1805]])
*[[1879]] - [[Joseph Severn]], English painter (b. [[1793]])
*[[1916]] - Sir [[Roger Casement]], Irish rebel (hanged) (b. [[1864]])
*[[1917]] - [[Ferdinand Georg Frobenius]], German mathematician (b. [[1849]])
*[[1924]] - [[Joseph Conrad]], Polish-born writer (b. [[1857]])
*[[1929]] - [[Emil Berliner]], German-born telephone and recording pioneer (b. [[1851]])
* 1929 - [[Thorstein Veblen]], American economist (b. [[1857]])
*[[1942]] - [[Richard Willstätter]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1872]])
*[[1954]] - [[Colette]], French writer (b. [[1873]])
*[[1964]] - [[Flannery O'Connor]], American writer (b. [[1925]])
*[[1966]] - [[Lenny Bruce]], American comedian (b. [[1925]])
*[[1973]] - [[Richard Marshall]], U.S. Army general (b. [[1895]])
*[[1977]] - [[Alfred Lunt]], American actor (b. [[1892]])
* 1977 - [[Makarios III]], [[List of Archbishops of Cyprus|Archbishop]] and first [[President of Cyprus]] (b. [[1913]])
*[[1979]] - [[Bertil Ohlin]], Swedish economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1899]])
*[[1983]] - [[Carolyn Jones]], American actress (b. [[1930]])
*[[1990]] - [[Betty Amann]], German-American actress
*[[1993]] - Swami [[Chinmayananda]], spread the teachings of [[Vedanta]] (b. [[1916]])
*[[1995]] - [[Ida Lupino]], English actress and director (b. [[1914]])
* 1995 - [[Edward Whittemore]], American writer (b. [[1933]])
*[[1997]] - [[Pietro Rizzuto]], Canadian politician (b. [[1934]])
*[[1998]] - [[Alfred Schnittke]], Russian composer (b. [[1934]])
*[[2001]] - [[Christopher Hewett]], British actor (b. [[1922]])
*[[2002]] - [[Carmen Silvera]], British actress (b. [[1922]])
*[[2003]] - [[Roger Voudouris]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1954]])
*[[2004]] - [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], French photographer (b. [[1908]])
*[[2005]] - [[Françoise d'Eaubonne]], French feminist (b. [[1920]])
*[[2006]] - [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]], American psychedelic rock musician (b. [[1945]])
* 2006 - [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]], singer (b. [[1915]])
*[[2007]] - [[John Gardner]], British author (b. [[1926]])


==Holidays and observances==
*[[Equatorial Guinea]] - [[Armed Forces Day]].
*[[Niger]] - [[Independence Day]].
*[[Kentucky]] - Watermelon Day
*[[Venezuela]] - [[Flag Day]] (since 2006)
[[Roman Catholicism]]
* Saint Abidon
* [[Saint Gamaliel]]
* [[Saint Nicodemus]]
* Translation of [[Saint Olaf of Norway]], king, martyr [Norway]
* Saint Walthen, abbot of Melrose
* Invention of [[Saint Stephen]]

== External links ==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/3 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=03}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Aug&day=03 On This Day in Canada]
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