August 3 in History

Historical Events on August 3

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.

1852 Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event

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.

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.

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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