August 3 in History

Historical Events on August 3

AD 8

Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna
AD 70

Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple are extinguished.
435

Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
881

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
908

Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.
1031

Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
1057

Frederik van Lotharingen elected as first Belgian Pope Stephen IX.
1342

The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
1492

Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
1527

The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1601

Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
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.
1778

The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
1795

Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
1811

First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
1852

Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
1859

The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
1900

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
1907

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
1914

World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
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.
1936

Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1936

A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
1940

World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
1946

Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
1948

Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
1949

The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger, that would create the National Basketball Association
1959

Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
1960

Niger gains independence from France.
1972

The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1975

A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
1977

Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
1981

Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front - Suxxali Reew Mi.
1997

Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
2004

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
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.
2010

Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
2014

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.

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