Editing August 3 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 8|8]] &ndash; [[Roman Empire]] [[General officer|general]] [[Tiberius]] defeats the [[Dalmatae]] on the river [[Bosna (river)|Bosna]]. 
* [[435]] &ndash; Deposed [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] [[Nestorius]], considered the originator of [[Nestorianism]], is exiled by [[List of Byzantine emperors|Roman Emperor]] [[Theodosius II]] to a [[monastery]] in [[Egypt]].
* [[881]] &ndash; [[Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu]]: [[Louis III of France]] defeats the [[Vikings]], an event celebrated in the poem ''[[Ludwigslied]]''.
* [[908]] &ndash; [[Battle of Eisenach (908)|Battle of Eisenach]]: An invading [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian]] force defeats an [[East Francia|East Frankish]] army under Duke [[Burchard, Duke of Thuringia|Burchard]] of [[Thuringia]].
*[[1031]] &ndash; [[Olaf II of Norway]] is canonized as Saint Olaf by [[Grimketel]], the English [[Bishop of Selsey]].
*[[1057]] &ndash; Frederick of Lorraine elected as [[Pope Stephen IX]]. 
*[[1342]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Algeciras (1342–44)|Siege of Algeciras]] commences during the Spanish [[Reconquista]].
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] sets sail from [[Palos de la Frontera]], Spain.
*[[1527]] &ndash; The first known letter from North America is sent by [[John Rut]] while at [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[Long Turkish War|Long War]]: [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]] captures [[Transylvania]] in the [[Battle of Goroszló]].
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: The [[Battle of Nördlingen (1645)|Second Battle of Nördlingen]] sees French forces defeating those of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle|Robert LaSalle]] builds the ''[[Le Griffon]]'', the first known ship built on the [[Great Lakes]].
*[[1778]] &ndash; The theatre ''[[La Scala]]'' in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's ''[[Europa riconosciuta]]''.
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Greenville]] is signed, ending the [[Northwest Indian War]] in the [[Ohio Country]].
*[[1811]] &ndash; First ascent of [[Jungfrau]], third highest summit in the [[Bernese Alps]] by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
*[[1829]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Lewistown]] is signed by the [[Shawnee]] and [[Seneca people|Seneca]] peoples, exchanging land in [[Ohio]] for land west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Treaty_of_Lewistown_(1829)|title=Treaty of Lewistown (1829) |website=Ohio History Central |access-date=2018-11-04}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Harvard University]] wins the first [[Harvard–Yale Regatta|Boat Race]] between [[Yale University]] and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.
*[[1859]] &ndash; The [[American Dental Association]] is founded in [[Niagara Falls, New York]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]] is founded.

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization|Macedonian rebels]] in [[Kruševo]] proclaim the [[Kruševo Republic]], which exists for only ten days before [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]] lay waste to the town.
*[[1907]] &ndash; Judge [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]] fines [[Amoco|Standard Oil of Indiana]] a record $29.4&nbsp;million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Germany declares war against France, while [[Romania during World War I|Romania declares its neutrality]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Commissioner of Baseball|Major League Baseball Commissioner]] [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]] confirms the ban of the eight [[Black Sox Scandal|Chicago Black Sox]], the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Jesse Owens]] wins the 100 metre dash, defeating [[Ralph Metcalfe]], at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|Berlin Olympics]].
*  1936   &ndash; A fire wipes out [[Kursha-2]] in the [[Meshchera Lowlands]], [[Ryazan Oblast]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]], killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] forces begin the [[Italian conquest of British Somaliland|invasion of British Somaliland]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Holiday World & Splashin' Safari|Santa Claus Land]], the world's first themed [[amusement park]], opens in [[Santa Claus, Indiana]], United States.
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Whittaker Chambers]] accuses [[Alger Hiss]] of being a [[Communism|communist]] and a [[Espionage|spy]] for the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; The [[Basketball Association of America]] and the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]] finalize the merger that would create the [[National Basketball Association]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; The world's first nuclear submarine, the [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|USS ''Nautilus'']], becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical [[North Pole]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; Portugal's state police force [[PIDE]] [[Pidjiguiti massacre|fires upon striking workers]] in [[Bissau]], [[Portuguese Guinea]], killing over 50 people.
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Niger]] gains independence from France.
*[[1972]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] ratifies the [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; A privately chartered [[Boeing 707]] [[Agadir air disaster|strikes a mountain peak and crashes]] near [[Agadir]], [[Morocco]], killing 188.
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Tandy Corporation]] announces the [[TRS-80]], one of the world's first mass-produced [[personal computer]]s.
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Senegal]]ese opposition parties, under the leadership of [[Mamadou Dia]], launch the [[Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi]].
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre]] in [[Algeria]]: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
*  1997   &ndash; The [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest free-standing structure]] in the Southern Hemisphere, [[Sky Tower (Auckland)|Sky Tower]] in downtown [[Auckland, New Zealand]], opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10828091|access-date=2 March 2017|title=Remember Auckland before the Sky Tower?|date=20 August 2012|publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] }}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; The pedestal of the [[Statue of Liberty]] reopens after being closed since the [[September 11 attacks]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[List of heads of state of Mauritania|President of Mauritania]] [[Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya]] [[2005 Mauritanian coup d'état|is overthrown]] in a [[Coup d'état|military coup]] while attending the funeral of [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|King Fahd]] in [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-08-03 |title=Coup ousts West-leaning leader of Mauritania |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8810648 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=NBC News}}</ref> 
*[[2007]] &ndash; Former deputy director of the [[Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional|Chilean secret police]] [[Raúl Iturriaga]] is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for [[kidnapping]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[2010 Karachi riots|Widespread rioting]] erupts in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]], after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17&nbsp;billion [[Pakistani rupee]]s (US$200 million) in damage.
*[[2014]] &ndash; A 6.1 magnitude [[2014 Ludian earthquake|earthquake]] kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in [[Yunnan]], China.
*  2014   &ndash; The [[genocide of Yazidis by ISIL]] begins.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Stout |first=David |date=6 August 2014 |title=Be Captured and Killed, or Risk Dying of Thirst: The Awful Choice Facing the Refugees of Sinjar |url=https://time.com/3085270/iraq-yazidi-mount-sinjar-islamic-state-refugees/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603153352/http://time.com/3085270/iraq-yazidi-mount-sinjar-islamic-state-refugees/ |archive-date=3 June 2015 |access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45059701 |title=Afghanistan mosque attack: At least 29 Shia worshippers killed in Gardez|date=2018-08-03|newspaper=BBC News Asia}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader [[Lyubov Sobol]], are arrested in an election protest in [[Moscow]], Russia.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[BBC News]] |date=August 3, 2019|access-date=August 3, 2019|title=Russia protests: Hundreds detained during unauthorised demonstration|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49218726}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in [[2019 El Paso shooting|a mass shooting]] in [[El Paso, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Danner |first=Chas |date=August 3, 2019 |title=Everything We Know About the El Paso Walmart Massacre |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/everything-we-know-about-the-el-paso-walmart-shooting.html |access-date=August 3, 2019 |website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]], Intelligencer}}</ref><ref name="NYT23">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/26/business/ap-mass-shooting-texas.html|title=El Paso Shooting Victim Dies Months Later, Death Toll Now 23|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 26, 2020|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-pleads-guilty-90-federal-hate-crimes-and-firearms-violations-august-2019-mass|title=Texas Man Pleads Guilty to 90 Federal Hate Crimes and Firearms Violations for August 2019 Mass Shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas|date=February 8, 2023|website=www.justice.gov}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; Worst [[2023 Slovenia floods|floods]] hit major parts of [[Slovenia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2023-000144-svn|title=Slovenia: Floods - Aug 2023|access-date=October 27, 2023|website=www.reliefweb.int}}</ref>