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August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. Look up July in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
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August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...
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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
August 2006 is the eighth month of that year, and has yet to occur. ...
August 3, 2005 (Wednesday) The FCC and DOJ have given approval to the proposed merger of Sprint and Nextel, to create the new company of Sprint Nextel Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin will announce on Thursday that Michaëlle Jean has been chosen to succeed Adrienne Clarkson as Governor General...
See also August 2, 2004 - August 2004 - August 4, 2004 Saddam Husseins daughter Raghad reveals her willingness to hire an American lawyer as long as her father gets a fair trial. ...
August 3, 2003 At least 52 people have died in a series of explosions in northern Pakistan (BBC). ...
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A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day, week or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...
Events - 8 - Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
- 435 - Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of the Christological "heresy" (at the time) known as Nestorianism, was exiled by 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 Jews 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.
- 1635 - The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance by which the feudal 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 Date: June 21, 1635).
- 1645 - The Second Battle of Nördlingen is fought between the forces of France and the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1678 - Robert LaSalle builds the Griffon, the first known ship built in America.
- 1783 - Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people.
- 1860 - The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
- 1900 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.
- 1914 - First World War: Germany declares war against France.
- 1916 - First World War: The Battle of Romani is fought between forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
- 1923 - Calvin Coolidge is inaugurated 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.
- 1940 - Second World War: Italy invades British Somaliland.
- 1946 - National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
- 1948 - Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- 1958 - The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
- 1960 - Niger gains independence from France.
- 1972 - 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, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walks off the job. All 13,000 members will eventually be fired by President Ronald Reagan.
- 1981 - Senegalese 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.
- 2004 - The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since September 11, 2001.
- 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.
This article is about the year 8. ...
Tiberius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16, 42 BC â March 16 AD 37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37. ...
Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација) is a region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ...
Events August 3 - Nestorius is exiled by Imperial edict to a monastery in a Sahara oasis. ...
The Patriarch of Constantinople is the Ecumenical Patriarch, ranking as the first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox communion. ...
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Christology is that part of Christian theology that studies and defines Jesus, the Christ. ...
Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the Catholic or Orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ...
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This is a list of the Emperors of the late Eastern Roman Empire, called Byzantine. ...
Theodosius II Flavius Theodosius II (April, 401 - July 28, 450 ). The eldest son of Eudoxia and Arcadius who at the age of 7 became the Roman Emperor of the East. ...
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Events Charles the Fat is crowned western emperor Louis III routs Norman pirates at Saucourt_en_Vimeu Births Deaths Emperor Seiwa of Japan Heads of states France - Louis III, king of France (879_882) Categories: 881 ...
The Battle of Saucourt occurred between Danish forces of pagan Viking warriors and the Christian troops of King Louis III of France on 3 August 881 at Saucourt-en-Vimeu. ...
Louis III (c. ...
The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ...
The Ludwigslied (in English, Lay or Song of Ludwig) is an Old High German short poem written within a year of the Battle of Saucourt of 881, which its celebrates. ...
1492 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For information about the film director, see Chris Columbus. ...
Palos de la Frontera or Palos (formerly also called Palos de Moguer, although this was a misnomer) is a town located in the Spanish province of Huelva, 13 km away from the province capital. ...
Madonna of the Catholic Monarchs, painted ca 1490â95; Ferdinand and the infante Juan are at the Madonnas right hand (with the Inquisitor), Isabella at the left The Catholic Monarchs (Spanish: Reyes Católicos) is the collective title used in history for Queen Lisabella I of Castile and King...
Events January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. ...
John Rut (fl. ...
Motto: Template:Unhide = Avancez (go forward) Nickname: The City of Legends Location City Information Established: August 5, 1583 by Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I Area: (city) 446. ...
Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Ãisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the northeast coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...
Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ...
The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (å¾³å·å¹åº) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ...
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(August 12, 1604 â June 8, 1651) was the third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty who reigned from 1623 to 1651. ...
Daimyo Matsudaira Katamori visits the residence of a retainer. ...
Edo Castle (æ±æ¸å -jÅ) was built in 1457 by Åta DÅkan in what is now the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, but was then known as Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. ...
Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ...
Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ...
Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ...
// Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ...
This article is about the second Battle of Nördlingen fought in 1645 in Germany as part of the Thirty Years War. ...
The Holy Roman Empire and from the 16th century on also The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was a political conglomeration of lands in Central Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ...
Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ...
René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (November 22, 1643 - March 19, 1687) was a French cleric and explorer. ...
1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Mount Asama (also known as Asama-yama) (æµ
éå±±) is an active volcano on central Honshu, the main island of Japan, on the border between Gunma and Nagano prefectures. ...
1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...
1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ...
Firestone tire The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in the late 19th century to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First...
1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Battle of Romani Conflict First World War Date 3– 5 August 1916 Place Sinai peninsula, Egypt Result Allied victory The Battle of Romani took place near the Egyptian town of Romani which lies 23 miles east of the Suez Canal near the Mediterranean shore of the Sinai peninsula. ...
The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...
Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) دÙÙØª ابد Ù
دت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital SöÄüt (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl...
1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ...
The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Hitler redirects here. ...
(Fuehrer in English when umlauts are not used) is a proper noun meaning leader or guide in the German language. ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...
The British Somaliland Protectorate was a British protectorate in the north part of the Horn of Africa, later part of Somalia. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West Location of NBA teams, conferences and divisions NBA redirects here. ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
Whittaker Chambers in 1939 Jay Vivian (David Whittaker) Chambers (April 1, 1901 â July 9, 1961) was an American writer, editor, political operative and defector best known for his accusations of, and testimony on, charges of espionage and subversion against Alger Hiss. ...
Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 â November 15, 1996) was a U.S. State Department official and involved in the early United Nations. ...
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Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nuclear energy is energy released from the atomic nucleus. ...
German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
For other ships named Nautilus, see USS Nautilus and Ships named Nautilus USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the worlds first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first vessel to complete a submerged transit across the North Pole. ...
The Arctic Ocean, located mostly in the north polar region, is the smallest of the worlds five oceans, and the shallowest. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...
Motto: (1789 to 1956) (Latin for Out of many, one) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic - President George W. Bush (R) - Vice...
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM treaty or ABMT) was a treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is the worldâs largest aircraft manufacturer. ...
Panorama of the seaside from the Kasbah The beach seen from the Anezi Hotel Agadir is a city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Souss-Massa-Dra region. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ...
Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Controllers survey the field at Misawa Air Base, Japan. ...
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 â June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981â1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967â1975). ...
Mamadou Dia (born 18 July 1910 in Kombolé) was the first prime minister of Senegal. ...
Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi (Front dAction Anti-Imperialiste - Suxxali Reew Mi) was a front of political parties in Senegal. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre took place on 3 August 1997 in two villages near Arib (see map) in the wilaya of Ain Defla, Algeria. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in the late 19th century, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a...
The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The majority of this article is about heads of states. ...
Maaouya Ould SidAhmed Taya (Arabic: ) (b. ...
A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...
Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ...
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz (born in Riyadh in 1923) is the king and prime minister of Saudi Arabia and leader of the House of Saud. ...
Births - 1509 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (d. 1546)
- 1604 - John Eliot, English missionary (d. 1690)
- 1692 - John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)
- 1770 - King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (d. 1840)
- 1801 - Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect (d. 1865)
- 1808 - Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
- 1811 - Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (d. 1861)
- 1817 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)
- 1832 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
- 1856 - Alfred Deakin, second 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, baseball player (d. 1951)
- 1899 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (d. 1979)
- 1900 - Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945)
- 1900 - John T. Scopes, American defendant (d. 1970)
- 1901 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Catholic prelate (d. 1981)
- 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 - Cardinal Franz König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 2004)
- 1916 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)
- 1918 - Sidney Gottlieb, American Central Intelligence Agency official (d. 1999)
- 1920 - P.D. James, English novelist
- 1923 - Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- 1924 - Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Marv Levy, American football coach
- 1926 - Tony Bennett, American singer
- 1926 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (d. 2004)
- 1927 - Gordon Scott, American actor (Tarzan)
- 1935 - Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut (d. 1997)
- 1936 - Edward Petherbridge, English actor
- 1937 - Steven Berkoff, British actor
- 1937 - Diane Wakoski, American poet
- 1938 - Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television presenter
- 1940 - Lance Alworth, American football player
- 1940 - Martin Sheen, American actor
- 1941 - Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)
- 1941 - Martha Stewart, American publisher and media personality
- 1946 - Jack Straw, British politician
- 1948 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
- 1950 - John Landis, American film director
- 1951 - Marcel Dionne, Canadian hockey player
- 1951 - Jay North, American actor
- 1952 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer and coach
- 1957 - Mani Shankar, Indian Film-maker.
- 1959 - Martin Atkins, English drummer
- 1959 - Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1963 - James Hetfield, American singer and guitarist (Metallica)
- 1963 - Ed Roland, American musician, singer and songwriter (Collective Soul)
- 1964 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician
- 1970 - Gina G, British singer
- 1972 - Sandis Ozolinsh, Latvian hockey player
- 1976 - Troy Glaus, American baseball player
- 1977 - Tom Brady, American football player
- 1978 - Mariusz Jop, Polish football (soccer) player
- 1979 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress and fashion model
- 1986 - Charlotte Casiraghi, heir to the Monaco throne
1509 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ãtienne Dolet (August 3, 1509 - August 3, 1546) was a French scholar, translator and printer. ...
// Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ...
Events January 14 â Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 â Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ...
This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ...
Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ...
John Henley (August 3, 1692 - October 13, 1759), English clergyman, commonly known as Orator Henley, and one of the first entertainers and a precursor to the talk show hosts of today. ...
1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Frederick William III Frederick William III, known in German as Friedrich Wilhelm III, reigned as king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. ...
1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...
Sir Joseph Paxton (1803â1865) was an English gardener and architect of The Crystal Palace. ...
1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Hamilton Fish Hamilton Fish, (3 August 1808â7 September 1893), born in New York City, was an American statesman who served as Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State. ...
1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ...
Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811–April 8, 1861) invented a safety device in 1852 to prevent hoisting machinery from falling. ...
1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Archduke Albert of Austria (born August 3, 1817 in Vienna; died February 2, 1895, Arco (Austrian Habsburg general. ...
1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Ivan pl. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856â7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ...
Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...
1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (August 3, 1860 - September 28, 1935) was a Scottish inventor who is credited with the invention of the motion picture camera under the employ of Thomas Edison. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867â14 December 1947) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on three separate occasions. ...
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ...
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...
1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Haakon VII of Norway, born as Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel or Prince Carl of Denmark (August 3, 1872 â September 21, 1957), was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...
A statue of Rupert Brooke in Rugby Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 â April 23, 1915) was a British poet best known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War. ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Harry Edwin Heilmann (August 3, 1894 - July 9, 1951) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. ...
1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Louis Alexandre Chiron, born August 3, 1899 in Monte Carlo, Monaco â died there on June 22, 1979, was a champion of Grand Prix motor racing. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ...
Ernie Pyle Memorial, Ie-jima, Okinawa, Japan Ernest Taylor Pyle, better known as Ernie Pyle (August 3, 1900 â April 18, 1945) was an American journalist, who wrote as a roving correspondent for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain from 1935 on. ...
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 â October 21, 1970), a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee at the age of 24, was charged on May 25, 1925 with violating Tennessees Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Coat of Arms of primat Wyszyński Categories: Stub | 1901 births | 1981 deaths | Cardinals | Polish primates | Polish bishops ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Bourguiba Bourguibas mausoleum in Monastir Habib Bourguiba (Arabic: ØØ¨Ùب Ø¨ÙØ±ÙÙØ¨Ø©) (born August 3, 1903 in Monastir, Tunisia â died April 6, 2000) was a Tunisian statesman and the first President of the Republic of Tunisia from July 25, 1957 to November 7, 1987. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Clifford Donald Simak ( August 3, 1904 - April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction author. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Dolores Del Rio Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 - April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Franz Cardinal König (center) His Eminence Franz Cardinal König (August 3, 1905 â March 13, 2004) was Archbishop of Vienna (1956 - 1985), and a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
José Manuel Moreno (August 3, 1916 â August 26, 1978), nicknamed el charro Moreno, was an Argentine football player. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Sidney Gottlieb Sidney Gottlieb (August 3, 1918 â March 7, 1999) was an American chemist probably best-known for his involvement with the Central Intelligence Agency mind control program (MKULTRA). ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ...
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park (born 3 August 1920 in Oxford) is a British writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords. ...
1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
HH Pope Shenouty III, 117th Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, and Patriarch of the Apostolic See of St Mark His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, born Nazeer Gayed, has been Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church since November 14, 1971. ...
1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Leon Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American Jewish novelist, known for the amount of research he did for his novels. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Marvin Daniel Levy (born August 3, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois) is currently the General Manager and Vice President of Football Operations for the Buffalo Bills. ...
1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Tony Bennett, 2000 Tony Bennetts heart, left in San Francisco Tony Bennett (born August 3, 1926) is an American popular music, standards, and jazz singer who is widely considered to be one of the best interpretative singers in these genres. ...
Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson (August 3, 1926âDecember 18, 2004) was a British writer and founding member of the SDP. During the 1950s he edited the magazine Drum in Johannesburg, South Africa. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Gordon Scott (with Rickie Sorenson) in Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) Gordon Scott was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Tarzan in the 1950s. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Russian: ÐеоÑгий СÑÐµÐ¿Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ Ð¨Ð¾Ð½Ð¸Ð½; August 3, 1935 â April 7, 1997) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Edward Petherbridge is a British actor. ...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Steven Berkoff (born August 3, 1937) is an actor, writer and director. ...
Diane Wakoski (born 1937) is an American poet who is associated with the deep image poets and the Beats. ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Sir Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE (born 3 August 1938), generally known as Terry Wogan, is a British/Irish radio and television broadcaster who works for the BBC in the United Kingdom. ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
Lance Dwight Alworth (born August 3, 1940 in Houston, Texas) is a former American football wide receiver. ...
Martin Sheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), better known as Martin Sheen, is an American actor, best known for his roles in the film Apocalypse Now, and most recently as President Josiah Bartlet on the television drama The West Wing. ...
For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...
Beverly Lee was a member of the Shirelles. ...
The Shirelles were an influential American girl group in the early 1960s. ...
Martha Stewart (born August 3, 1941) is a business magnate, entrepreneur, and home-making advocate. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
John Whitaker Jack Straw (born August 3, 1946, Buckhurst Hill) is a British Labour Party politician. ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
Jean-Pierre Raffarin Jean-Pierre Raffarin listen? (born August 3, 1948) is a French conservative politician. ...
The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
John Landis (born August 3, 1950) is a movie actor, director, writer, and producer. ...
1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
Marcel Elphege Little Beaver Dionne (born August 3, 1951, in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey centre in the National Hockey League, and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. ...
Jay North (born August 3, 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA) is an actor best remembered for his lead role in the TV series Dennis the Menace. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Osvaldo César (Ossie) Ardiles (born August 3, 1952 in Córdoba, Argentina) is a football coach and former midfielder who won the 1978 World Cup as part of the Argentinian national team. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mani Shankar is a Bollywood director. ...
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The industrial drummer Martin Atkins was born in Coventry, England on August 3, 1959. ...
Koichi Tanaka (ç°ä¸ èä¸, born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules. ...
This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
James Alan Hetfield is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and a founding member of the band Metallica. ...
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. ...
Ed Roland performing live with Collective Soul Ed Roland, full name Edgar Eugene Roland III, was born August 3, 1963. ...
Collective Soul are an alternative rock/post-grunge band from Stockbridge, Georgia, USA. Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s they have enjoyed major commercial popularity on alternative rock and mainstream rock radio. ...
1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
Lucky Dube, The Way It Is Lucky Dube is a South African reggae musician, born in Johannesburg. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
Gina G (born Gina Mary Gardiner, on 3 August 1970 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian pop singer. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...
Sandis OzoliÅÅ¡ (born August 3, 1972 in Riga, Latvia) nicknamed Ozo is a Latvian ice hockey player, currently playing for the New York Rangers of the NHL. Sandis Ozolinsh was drafted in 1991 by the San Jose Sharks, as the 30th pick in the 2nd round. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...
Troy Edward Glaus (born August 3, 1976 in Newport Beach, California) is a Major League Baseball player who plays third base for the Toronto Blue Jays. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
Mariusz Jop (born August 3, 1978) is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for FC Moskva and the Poland national football team. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen on Lost Evangeline Lilly (born Nicole Evangeline Lilly on August 3, 1979) is a Canadian actress. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (born August 3, 1986, at the Princess Grace Clinic in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is the daughter of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now HRH Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi, an Italian industrialist. ...
Deaths - 1181 - Pope Alexander III (b. 1105?)
- 1460 - King James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
- 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)
- 1857 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)
- 1867 - Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785)
- 1877 - William Butler Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago (b.1805)
- 1879 - Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
- 1916 - Sir Roger Casement, Irish rebel (hanged) (b. 1864)
- 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 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, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (b.1913)
- 1979 - Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- 1983 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1929)
- 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)
- 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)
- 2005 - Steven Vincent, American journalist (b. 1955)
Events Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom. ...
Alexander III, né Orlando Bandinelli (c. ...
Events Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor deposed by his son, Henry V Tamna kingdom annexed by Korean Goryeo Dynasty. ...
Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ...
James II of Scotland (October 16, 1430 â August 3, 1460) was king of Scotland from 1437 to 1460. ...
// Events May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians First use of optical methods in the creation of Art A map of Europe in 1430. ...
// Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ...
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (or Antonio Cordiani) (April 12, 1484 - August 3, 1546) was a Florentine architect active during the Italian Renaissance. ...
Events January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Saragossa, Spain July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and...
Ãtienne Dolet (August 3, 1509 - August 3, 1546) was a French scholar, translator and printer. ...
1509 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events January 14 â Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 â Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ...
Bernardino de Mendoza (about 1540âAugust 3, 1604 ) was a Spanish military commander, a diplomat and a writer on military history and politics. ...
Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ...
Guillaume du Vair (March 7, 1556 - August 3, 1621) was a French author and lawyer. ...
Events January 16 - Abdication of Emperor Charles V. His son, Philip II becomes King of Spain, while his brother Ferdinand becomes Holy Roman Emperor January 23 - The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. ...
// Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ...
Francesco Borromini (September 25, 1599 â August 3, 1667 in Rome) was a prominent and influential Baroque architect, and active in Rome and contemporary with the prolific papal architect and often rival, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ...
Events The Jesuit educational plan known as the Ratio Studiorum is issued (January 8). ...
// Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ...
Joshua Barnes (January 10, 1654 - August 3, 1712), English scholar, was born in London. ...
Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ...
// Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...
Anthonie Heinsius (1640 - 1720) was a Dutch statesman during his period of reign 1688 - 1720 as the Grand Pensionary of Holland. ...
Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ...
// Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias...
One of the many bookcase carvings Gibbons made for the Wren Library, Cambridge. ...
// Events January 17 - Englands Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Address, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. ...
1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Matthias Gesner (April 9, 1691 - August 3, 1761), was a German classical scholar and schoolmaster. ...
Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 20 - Leislers Rebellion - New governor arrives in New York - Jacob Leisler surrenders after standoff of several hours March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the cityâs surrender May 6...
1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Stanislaw Konarski StanisÅaw Konarski, real name: Hieronim Konarski (b. ...
Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ...
1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Ãtienne Bonnot de Condillac. ...
// Events July 24 - Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships under admiral Ubilla leave Havana, Cuba for Spain. ...
1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Richard Arkwright Sir Richard Arkwright (December 23, 1732 â August 3, 1792) was an Englishman credited with the spinning frame â later renamed the water frame following the transition to water power. ...
Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ...
1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Jeffrey Amherst by Joshua Reynolds Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (sometimes spelled Geoffrey, he himself spelled his name as Jeffery) (January 29, 1717 - August 3, 1797) served as an officer in the British army Born in Sevenoaks, England, he became a soldier aged about 14. ...
// Events January 4 â The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ...
1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Christopher Anstey (October 31, 1724 _ August 3, 1805) was an English writer and poet. ...
Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (January 20, 1804âAugust 3, 1857), French novelist, was born in Paris. ...
1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Philipp August Böckh (November 24, 1785 - August 3, 1867), was a German classical scholar and antiquarian. ...
1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
William Butler Ogden (June 15, 1805 - August 3, 1877) was the first Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. ...
1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Joseph Severn (December 7, 1793 - August 3, 1879) was a British portrait and subject painter. ...
1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Roger Casement, commemorated on a 1966 Irish stamp Roger David Casement (1 September 1864 â 3 August 1916) was an Irish patriot, a poet, Irish revolutionary and nationalist by inclination. ...
1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Joseph Conrad. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Emile Berliner (May 20, 1851 - August 3, 1929) was an inventor, best known for developing the disc record gramophone (phonograph in American English). ...
1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Norwegian-American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen Thorstein Bunde Veblen (July 30, 1857 â August 3, 1929) was a Norwegian-American economist and sociologist. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about the year. ...
Richard Willstätter Richard Martin Willstätter (August 13, 1872 â August 3, 1942) was a German chemist whose study of the structure of chlorophyll and other plant pigments won him the 1915 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. ...
This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ...
1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Colette Colette [1] was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 â August 3, 1954). ...
1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ...
1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
Flannery OConnor Mary Flannery OConnor (March 25, 1925 â August 3, 1964) was an American author. ...
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 â August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was a controversial American stand-up comedian, writer and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. ...
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Richard Jacqueline Marshall (June 16, 1895 - August 3, 1973) was a Major General in the US Army. ...
1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Alfred Lunt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 Alfred Lunt (August 12, 1892–August 3, 1977) was an American actor. ...
1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Makarios (born Mihalis Christodoulou Mouskos, August 13, 1913âAugust 3, 1977) was archbishop and primate of the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox Church (1950-1977) and first President of the Republic of Cyprus (1960-1977). ...
This is a list of Archbishops of the Autocephalous Greek Cypriot Orthodox Church since its foundation with known dates of enthronement: St. ...
The President of Cyprus is the countrys head of state. ...
1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Bertil Ohlin (April 23, 1899 â August 3, 1979), was a Swedish economist and winner of the 1977 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. ...
The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences (Swe. ...
1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1929 - August 3, 1983) was an American actress. ...
1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Swami Chinmayananda (सà¥âवामॠà¤à¤¿à¤¨à¥âमयाननà¥âद) (1916 - August 3, 1993) was born Balakrishna Menon (Balan) in Ernakulam, Kerala in a very devout Hindu family. ...
Vedanta (VedÄnta, वà¥à¤¦à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤, pronounced as ) means the anta or culmination or essence of the Vedas. ...
1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Lupino in High Sierra Ida Lupino (February 4, 1918 â August 3, 1995) was a film actress, director, and a pioneer in the field of women filmmakers. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Edward Whittemore (1933-1995) was an American novelist, the author of five novels written between 1974 and 1987. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: ÐлÑÑÑеÌд ÐаÌÑÑÑÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ Ð¨Ð½Ð¸ÌÑке, November 24, 1934 â August 3, 1998) was a Russian-German Jewish composer. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Christopher Hewett as Mr. ...
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
Carmen Silvera (June 2, 1922 - August 3, 2002) was an actress best known for playing Edith Melba Artois in the BBC comedy series Allo Allo. ...
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Roger Voudouris Roger Voudouris (December 29, 1954 - August 3, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter best known for his 1979 hit Get Used To It. ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Portrait of Henri Cartier-Bresson taken by George Platt Lynes. ...
1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Françoise dEaubonne (March 12, 1920 in Paris - August 3, 2005 in Paris), French feminist, introduced the term ecofeminism (écologie-féminisme, éco-féminisme or écoféminisme) in 1974. ...
1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ...
Steven Vincent (1955 - August 3, 2005) was an American freelance journalist in Iraq, reporting for the Christian Science Monitor, amongst other publications. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Holidays and observances The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
Saint Stephen Mourned by Saints Gamaliel and Nicodemus, follower of Carlo Saraceni, c. ...
Nicodemus (Greek: ÎικÏδημοÏ) was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who, according to the Gospel of John, showed favour to Jesus. ...
Several nations of the world hold an annual Armed Forces Day to recognize, venerate, and honor their military forces. ...
An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nations assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state. ...
External links - BBC: On This Day
- The New York Times: On This Day
August 2 - August 4 - July 3 - September 3 -- listing of all days August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ...
August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ...
July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ...
September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ...
Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...
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