Saturday August 3, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

August 3: Day of the Week

August 3, 2024 is the 216th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

August 3 Historical Event(s)

881
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
1645
Thirty Years’ War: the Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
1852
Harvard wins the first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
1900
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded.
1934
Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer.
1940
World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
1948
Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
1960
Niger gains independence from France.
1981
Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
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.

Who were born on August 3?

1863
Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian writer and journalist (d. 1922)
1911
Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
1918
Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)
1933
Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer
1935
Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
1950
Jo Marie Payton, American actress
1951
Jay North, American actor
1968
Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1970
Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist (Deftones)
1988
Denny Cardin, Italian footballer

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