August 3rd, 1769

Born on August 3rd, 1769

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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?

69

Frederick William III of Prussia

King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840

*August 3rd, 1770, Potsdam †June 7th, 1840, Berlin

35

Sven Ulreich

German association football player

*August 3rd, 1988, Schorndorf

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

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

96

Tony Bennett

American singer (1926–2023)

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

57

Nick Sandow

American actor, film producer, film director and screenwriter

*August 3rd, 1966, The Bronx

50

Stephen Graham

English actor

*August 3rd, 1973, Kirkby

40

Mamie Gummer

American actress

*August 3rd, 1983, New York City

40

Christophe Willem

French recording artist; singer

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

83

Martin Sheen

American actor

*August 3rd, 1940, Dayton

60

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

*August 3rd, 1963, Downey

33

Jourdan Dunn

Model

*August 3rd, 1990, London

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

49

Elisha Otis

Founder of Otis Elevator Co.

*August 3rd, 1811, Halifax †April 8th, 1861, New York City

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

50

Roland Diethart

Austrian cross-country skier

*August 3rd, 1973, Köflach

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51

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

*August 15th, 1769, Ajaccio †May 5th, 1821, Longwood House

89

Alexander von Humboldt

Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

*September 14th, 1769, Berlin †May 6th, 1859, Berlin

83

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834

*May 1st, 1769, Dublin †September 14th, 1852, Walmer Castle

40

Jean Lannes

Marshal of France (1769-1809)

*April 10th, 1769, Lectoure †May 31st, 1809, Kaiserebersdorf

54

André-Jacques Garnerin

Inventor of the frameless parachute

*January 31st, 1769, Paris †August 18th, 1823, Paris

40

John Shortland

Royal Navy officer born 1769

*September 5th, 1769, England †January 21st, 1810

75

Ivan Krylov

Russian writer (1769-1844)

*February 2nd, 1769, Moscow †November 9th, 1844, Saint Petersburg

46

Michel Ney

French military commander

*January 10th, 1769, Saarlouis †December 7th, 1815, Paris

60

Thomas Lawrence

English portrait painter (1769–1830)

*April 13th, 1769, Bristol †January 7th, 1830, London

75

Laurent Mourguet

French puppeteer (1769-1844)

*March 3rd, 1769, Lyon †December 30th, 1844, Vienne

80

Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Albanian Ottoman commander and Wali of Egypt and Sudan (1769–1849)

*March 4th, 1769, Kavala †August 2nd, 1849, Alexandria

62

Georges Cuvier

French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)

*August 23rd, 1769, Montbéliard †May 13th, 1832, Paris

70

William Smith

Geologist credited with the first nationwide map (1769-1839)

*March 23rd, 1769, Churchill †August 28th, 1839, Northampton

90

Ernst Moritz Arndt

German historian, writer and politician (1769-1860)

*December 26th, 1769, Gross Schoritz †January 29th, 1860, Bonn

55

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769-1824)

*May 6th, 1769, Florence †June 18th, 1824, Florence

84

Józef Elsner

Polish composer and conductor

*June 1st, 1769, Grodków †April 18th, 1854, Warsaw

70

Friedrich von der Decken

German diplomat (1769-1840)

*May 25th, 1769, Langwedel †May 22nd, 1840, Salzgitter-Ringelheim

92

Jacques Félix Jan de La Hamelinaye

French officer

*February 22nd, 1769, Montauban-de-Bretagne †April 14th, 1861, Rennes

67

James Pleasants

Governor of Virginia, 1822-1825

*October 24th, 1769, Powhatan County †November 9th, 1836, Goochland County

88

Ole Andreas Lindeman

Norwegian musician

*January 17th, 1769, Surnadal Municipality †February 26th, 1857, Trondheim

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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 1769 is a normal year and no leap year.

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