August 3rd, 1507

Born on August 3rd, 1507

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower (pictured), the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens (pictured) won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

August 3rd, 2023

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

August 3rd, 2019

Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

August 3rd, 2014

The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.

August 3rd, 2007

Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.

August 3rd, 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.

August 3rd, 2004

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 3rd?

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

35

Sven Ulreich

German association football player

*August 3rd, 1988, Schorndorf

28

Cezinando

Norwegian singer, songwriter and rapper

*August 3rd, 1995, Oslo

82

Martha Stewart

American businesswoman, writer, television personality, and former fashion model

*August 3rd, 1941, Jersey City

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

57

Nick Sandow

American actor, film producer, film director and screenwriter

*August 3rd, 1966, The Bronx

96

Tony Bennett

American singer (1926–2023)

*August 3rd, 1926, Queens †July 21st, 2023, New York City

50

Stephen Graham

English actor

*August 3rd, 1973, Kirkby

40

Mamie Gummer

American actress

*August 3rd, 1983, New York City

37

Étienne Dolet

French translator and scholar (1509-1546)

*August 3rd, 1509, Orléans †August 3rd, 1546, Paris

40

Christophe Willem

French recording artist; singer

*August 3rd, 1983, Enghien-les-Bains

83

Martin Sheen

American actor

*August 3rd, 1940, Dayton

33

Jourdan Dunn

Model

*August 3rd, 1990, London

60

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

*August 3rd, 1963, Downey

44

Evangeline Lilly

Canadian actress

*August 3rd, 1979, Fort Saskatchewan

25

Jules Bianchi

French motor racing driver

*August 3rd, 1989, Nice †July 17th, 2015, Nice

50

Roland Diethart

Austrian cross-country skier

*August 3rd, 1973, Köflach

96

Habib Bourguiba

Leader of the Tunisian National Movement, founder of the Tunisian Republic and the first President of the Tunisian Republic after independence

*August 3rd, 1903, Monastir †April 6th, 2000, Monastir

71

Axel Schäfer

German politician

*August 3rd, 1952, Frankfurt

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59

Annibale Caro

Italian poet and Knight of Malta (1507-1566)

*June 6th, 1507, Civitanova Marche †November 17th, 1566, Rome

26

Magdalena of Saxony

Princess of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (1507-1534)

*March 7th, 1507, Dresden †January 25th, 1534, Berlin

70

Christoph von Carlowitz

German diplomat

*December 13th, 1507, Hermsdorf †June 8th, 1578, Bohemia

43

Ōuchi Yoshitaka

Daimyo (1507-1551)

*December 18th, 1507, Japan †September 30th, 1551, Nagato

59

Jiajing Emperor of Ming

Emperor of the Ming dynasty from 1521 to 1567

*September 16th, 1507, Zhongxiang City †January 23rd, 1567, Beijing

65

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Italian architect

*October 1st, 1507, Vignola †July 7th, 1573, Rome

75

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Spanish military tactician and diplomat (1507-1582)

*October 29th, 1507, Piedrahíta †December 11th, 1582, Lisbon

71

Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal

Queen consort and regent of Portugal

*January 14th, 1507, Torquemada †February 12th, 1578, Lisbon

76

Petrus Medmann

German politician (1507-1584)

*November 7th, 1507, Cologne †September 18th, 1584, Emden

65

Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier

French academic

*January 1st, 1507, Montchamp †October 8th, 1572, Bailiwick of Guernsey

61

Erasmus von Limburg

German theologian (1507-1568)

*August 7th, 1507, Gaildorf †November 27th, 1568, Saverne

69

Alvise I Mocenigo

Doge of Venice (1570–1577)

*October 26th, 1507, Venice †June 4th, 1577, Venice

73

Marie of Baden-Sponheim

Margravine of Baden by birth and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria

*June 25th, 1507, Baden-Baden †November 16th, 1580, Munich

60

Ferdinando Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno

Prince of Salerno

*January 18th, 1507, Naples †January 1st, 1568, Avignon

41

Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Count of Glatz

*March 29th, 1507, Oleśnica †August 2nd, 1548, Bierutów

46

George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince

*August 15th, 1507, Dessau †October 17th, 1553, Dessau

72

Jerónimo Nadal

Spanish catholic priest (1507-1580)

*August 11th, 1507, Palma de Mallorca †April 3rd, 1580, Rome

27

Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso

Portuguese nobleman (1507-1534)

*June 5th, 1507, Abrantes †November 7th, 1534, Abrantes

61

Johannes Oporinus

Humanist printer in Basel

*January 25th, 1507, Basel †July 6th, 1568, Basel

1

James, Duke of Rothesay

Scottish prince

*February 21st, 1507, Holyrood Palace †February 27th, 1508, Stirling Castle

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1507 is a normal year and no leap year.

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