All Events

Historical Events on August 3

  • Christopher Columbus

    1492

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

  • Battle of Nördlingen (1645)

    1645

    Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Harvard-Yale Regatta

    1852

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

  • Romania during World War I

    1914

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

  • Black Sox Scandal

    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.

  • Italian conquest of British Somaliland

    1940

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

  • Alger Hiss

    1948

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

  • Niger

    1960

    Niger gains independence from France.

  • September 11 attacks

    2004

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

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Famous Birthdays on August 3

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Famous Deaths on August 3

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