August 3

August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

Events

• 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
• 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.
• 1031 – Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
• 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 is inaugurated.
• 1795 – Treaty of Greenville is signed.
• 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
• 1860 – The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
• 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.
• 1913 – A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland hop riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
• 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.
• 1929 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, tagged as the messianic "World Teacher", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
• 1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter 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
• 1958 – The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
• 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.
• 1961 – The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded by the merger of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress.
• 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 – The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKUltra.
• 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.
• 2001 – The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom injuring seven people.
• 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.
• 2005 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran.
• 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.

Births

• 1491 – Maria of Jülich-Berg (d. 1543)
• 1509 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (d. 1546)
• 1692 – John Henley, English minister and poet (d. 1759)
• 1734 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (d. 1763)
• 1766 – Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author (d. 1844)
• 1770 – Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
• 1803 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (d. 1865)
• 1808 – Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (d. 1893)
• 1811 – Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861)
• 1817 – Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (d. 1895)
• 1832 – Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director (d. 1914)
• 1840 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (d. 1929)
• 1850 – Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (d. 1926)
• 1856 – Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
• 1860 – William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 1935)
• 1863 – Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1922)
• 1867 – Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
• 1871 – Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (d. 1929)
• 1872 – Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
• 1886 – Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Rupert Brooke, English-Greek soldier and poet (d. 1915)
• 1890 – Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (d. 1974)
• 1891 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
• 1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1951)
• 1895 – Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (d. 1942)
• 1895 – Neva Morris, American super-centenarian (d. 2010)
• 1896 – Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (d. 1997)
• 1899 – Louis Chiron, Monacan race car driver (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (d. 1945)
• 1900 – John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970)
• 1901 – John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
• 1901 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
• 1902 – David Buttolph, American film composer (d. 1983)
• 1903 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia (d. 2000)
• 1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Dolores del Río, Mexican-American actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Franz König, Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)
• 1907 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (d. 1996)
• 1909 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (d. 1971)
• 1911 – Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990)
• 1913 – Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970)
• 1916 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1978)
• 1917 – Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995)
• 1918 – James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (d. 2014)
• 1918 – Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
• 1920 – Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (d. 2012)
• 1920 – P. D. James, English author (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1971)
• 1920 – Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Richard Adler, American composer and producer (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress and singer (d. 1972)
• 1922 – John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Jean Hagen, American actress (d. 1977)
• 1923 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Leon Uris, American soldier and author (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
• 1926 – Rona Anderson, Scottish-English actress (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer and actor
• 1926 – Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (d. 2012)
• 1930 – James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (d. 1989)
• 1934 – Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (d. 2002)
• 1935 – John Erman, American actor, director, and producer
• 1935 – Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1997)
• 1935 – Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader
• 1936 – Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Edward Petherbridge, English actor
• 1937 – Steven Berkoff, English actor, director, and playwright
• 1937 – Roland Burris, American lawyer and politician, 39th Illinois Attorney General
• 1937 – Tom Georgeson, English actor
• 1937 – Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
• 1938 – Terry Wogan, Irish-English radio and television host (d. 2016)
• 1939 – Jimmie Nicol, English drummer (The Spotnicks and Colin Hicks & The Cabin Boys)
• 1939 – Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer
• 1940 – Lance Alworth, American football player
• 1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
• 1940 – James Tyler, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1941 – Beverly Lee, American singer (The Shirelles)
• 1941 – Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
• 1943 – Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician and academic
• 1943 – Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson of Sweden
• 1943 – Steven Millhauser, American author and academic
• 1944 – Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973)
• 1945 – Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer and journalist
• 1946 – Robert Ayling, English businessman
• 1946 – Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1946 – John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1947 – Ralph Wright, English footballer
• 1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
• 1949 – Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
• 1949 – B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter (War)
• 1949 – Sue Slipman, English politician
• 1950 – Linda Howard, American author
• 1950 – John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 – Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer
• 1950 – Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
• 1951 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 – Jay North, American actor
• 1952 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1953 – Ian Bairnson, Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot, and Keats)
• 1954 – Michael Arthur, English physician and academic
• 1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer and manager
• 1956 – Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny, and Dead Men Walking)
• 1956 – Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 1956 – Dave Cloud, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
• 1956 – Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1957 – Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
• 1957 – Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation
• 1958 – Lindsey Hilsum, English journalist and author
• 1958 – Ana Kokkinos, Australian director and screenwriter
• 1959 – Martin Atkins, English drummer and producer (Public Image Ltd, Ministry, and Killing Joke)
• 1959 – Mike Gminski, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1959 – John C. McGinley, American actor and producer
• 1959 – Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 – Tim Mayotte, American tennis player and coach
• 1960 – Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1961 – Molly Hagan, American actress
• 1961 – Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• 1961 – Lee Rocker, American bassist (Stray Cats)
• 1963 – Frano Botica, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1963 – James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metallica, Spastik Children, and Leather Charm)
• 1963 – Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Collective Soul and Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project)
• 1963 – Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Isaiah Washington, American actor and producer
• 1964 – Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Kevin Sumlin, American football player and coach
• 1964 – Abhisit Vejjajiva, English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1966 – Brent Butt, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Gizz Butt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Prodigy, The Destructors, English Dogs, Janus Stark, Sabbat, The More I See)
• 1966 – Eric Esch, American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
• 1967 – Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
• 1967 – Skin, English singer and guitarist (Skunk Anansie)
• 1968 – Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1969 – Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter (Deftones, Sol Invicto, and Kush)
• 1970 – Gina G, Australian singer
• 1970 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer, created Super Smash Bros. and Kirby
• 1970 – Alejandro Alcondez, Mexican/American actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director
• 1971 – Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
• 1971 – Will Muschamp, American football player and coach
• 1971 – DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, and producer (Salt-N-Pepa)
• 1972 – Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player and politician
• 1973 – Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
• 1973 – Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
• 1975 – Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
• 1976 – Troy Glaus, American baseball player
• 1977 – Tom Brady, American football player
• 1977 – Justin Lehr, American baseball player
• 1977 – Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist and footballer
• 1978 – Joi Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1978 – Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
• 1978 – Jenny Tinmouth, English motorcycle racer
• 1978 – Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
• 1980 – Nadia Ali, Libyan-American singer-songwriter (iiO)
• 1980 – Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Tony Pashos, American football player
• 1980 – Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, and Throwdown)
• 1980 – Hannah Simone, Canadian television host and actress
• 1981 – Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
• 1981 – Travis Bowyer, American baseball player
• 1981 – Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Erlend Tvinnereim, Norwegian tenor
• 1982 – Kaspar Kokk, Estonian skier
• 1982 – Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
• 1982 – Damien Sandow, American wrestler
• 1983 – Ryan Carter, American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
• 1984 – Yasin Avcı, Turkish footballer
• 1984 – Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer
• 1984 – Carah Faye Charnow, American singer-songwriter (Shiny Toy Guns and Versant)
• 1984 – Matt Joyce, American baseball player
• 1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
• 1984 – Chris Maurer, American singer and bass player (Suburban Legends)
• 1985 – Brent Kutzle, American bass player and producer (OneRepublic)
• 1985 – Ats Purje, Estonian footballer
• 1985 – Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player and boxer
• 1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi, Monacan journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto
• 1987 – Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501)
• 1987 – Juri Kurakin, Estonian ice dancer
• 1987 – Chris McQueen, Australian rugby player
• 1988 – Denny Cardin, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Leigh Tiffin, American football player
• 1989 – Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (d. 2015)
• 1989 – Sam Hutchinson, English footballer
• 1989 – Nick Viergever, Dutch footballer
• 1992 – Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
• 1992 – Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
• 1992 – Diāna Marcinkēviča, Latvian tennis player
• 1992 – Aljon Mariano, Filipino basketball player
• 1992 – Lum Rexhepi, Finnish footballer
• 1993 – Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
• 1993 – Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo and Guardians 4)
• 1994 – Esther Earl, American activist and blogger (d. 2010)
• 1995 – Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player

Deaths

• 1460 – James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
• 1527 – Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
• 1546 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (b. 1484)
• 1546 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (b. 1509)
• 1562 – John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, English son of Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Oxford (b. 1516)
• 1604 – Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish commander and diplomat (b. 1540)
• 1621 – Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (b. 1556)
• 1712 – Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (b. 1654)
• 1720 – Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641)
• 1721 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
• 1761 – Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
• 1773 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
• 1780 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
• 1792 – Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
• 1797 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)
• 1805 – Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724)
• 1819 – Simon Knéfacz, Croatian monk and author (b. 1752)
• 1835 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
• 1839 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)
• 1857 – Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
• 1866 – Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 – Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 – William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 – Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 – George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1916 – Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 – Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 – Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 – William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 – Emile Berliner, German-American inverter and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
• 1936 – Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
• 1942 – Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1949 – Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1954 – Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 – Herb Byrne, Australian Australian rules footballer (b. 1887)
• 1964 – Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1968 – Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (b. 1904)
• 1971 – Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (b. 1882)
• 1972 – Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
• 1973 – Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)
• 1974 – Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)
• 1975 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
• 1977 – Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)
• 1977 – Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1979 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1979 – Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1983 – Carolyn Jones, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
• 1990 – Betty Amann, German-American actress (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Ida Lupino, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 1995 – Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (b. 1939)
• 1997 – Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
• 1998 – Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934)
• 1999 – Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (b. 1953)
• 1999 – Byron Farwell, American historian and author (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Christopher Hewett, English-American actor and director (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 2003 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
• 2004 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Bob Murphy, American sportscaster (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Love) (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)
• 2007 – John Gardner, English author (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Peter Thorup, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Collective Consciousness Society and The Beefeaters) (b. 1948)
• 2008 – Skip Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1939)
• 2008 – Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers, The Tarriers, and The Rooftop Singers) (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
• 2010 – Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2011 – William Sleator, American author (b. 1945)
• 2011 – Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (b. 1915)
• 2012 – John Pritchard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
• 2013 – John Coombs, English-Monacan race car driver and businessman (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Jack Hynes, Scottish-American soccer player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2013 – John Palmer, American journalist (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (b. 1916)
• 2014 – Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (b. 1958)
• 2014 – Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Coleen Gray, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

• Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau)
• Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)
• Christian feast day:
  • George Freeman Bragg, W. E. B. Du Bois (Episcopal Church)
  • Lydia of Thyatira
  • Myrrhbearers (Lutheran Church)
  • Nicodemus
  • Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic)
  • Stephen (Discovery of the relic)
  • Waltheof of Melrose
  • August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Esther Day (United States)
• Flag Day (Venezuela)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.
• National Guard Day (Venezuela)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada