August 3 in History
August 3 is the birthday of Zach Wilson (1999) and the anniversary of the death of Loni Anderson (2025). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for August 3, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola was born in 1442, while Burchard, duke of Thuringia died in 908.
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Famous people born on August 3
Famous people who died on August 3
2008
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Soviet-Russian author and dissident (1918–2008)
What happened on August 3
- 2023
Major floods hit parts of Slovenia.
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Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2019
Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2018
Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
- 2014
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
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The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 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.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2007
Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 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.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2004
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1997
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1997
Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand opens after two-and-a-half years of construction, becoming the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at the time.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1981
Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1977
Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1975
A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
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Editor's picks
Born on August 3
- 1442 — Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (died 1499)
- 1486 — Imperia Cognati, Italian courtesan (died 1512)
- 1491 — Maria of Jülich-Berg, German noblewoman (died 1543)
Died on August 3
- 908 — Burchard, duke of Thuringia
- 908 — Egino, duke of Thuringia
- 908 — Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for August 3
Quick answers
Who was born on August 3? Zach Wilson (1999), Brahim Díaz (1999), Yoo Yeon-jung (1999).
Who died on August 3? Loni Anderson (2025), Yamini Krishnamurthy (2024), Bram Moolenaar (2023).
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