August 3 in History

Historical Events on August 3

AD 8 Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna

1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.

1645 Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.

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.

1940 World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.

1960 Niger gains independence from France.

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

1903 Habib Bourguiba

1977 Tom Brady

1984 Ryan Lochte

1985 Sonny Bill Williams

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Famous Deaths on August 3

1916 Roger Casement

1924 Joseph Conrad

1968 Konstantin Rokossovsky

2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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