August 3rd, 1960

Born on August 3rd, 1960

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What happened on August 3rd, 1960?

August 3rd, 1960

Niger gains independence from France.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger

What else 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.

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

Born on August 3rd, 1960

63

Greg Osby

American saxophonist (born 1960)

*August 3rd, 1960, St. Louis

63

Gopal Sharma

Indian cricket player.

*August 3rd, 1960, Kanpur

63

Tim Mayotte

US tennis player

*August 3rd, 1960, Springfield

63

Kim Milton Nielsen

Danish football referee

*August 3rd, 1960, Copenhagen

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

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

57

Nick Sandow

American actor, film producer, film director and screenwriter

*August 3rd, 1966, The Bronx

35

Sven Ulreich

German association football player

*August 3rd, 1988, Schorndorf

60

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

*August 3rd, 1963, Downey

64

Koichi Tanaka

Japanese chemist (1959-)

*August 3rd, 1959, Toyama

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

82

Martha Stewart

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

*August 3rd, 1941, Jersey City

50

Stephen Graham

English actor

*August 3rd, 1973, Kirkby

28

Cezinando

Norwegian singer, songwriter and rapper

*August 3rd, 1995, Oslo

65

Lambert Wilson

French actor

*August 3rd, 1958, Neuilly-sur-Seine

96

Tony Bennett

American singer (1926–2023)

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

71

Axel Schäfer

German politician

*August 3rd, 1952, Frankfurt

40

Mamie Gummer

American actress

*August 3rd, 1983, New York City

65

Bettine Jahn

East German hurdler

*August 3rd, 1958, Magdeburg

40

Christophe Willem

French recording artist; singer

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

62

Uschi Zietsch

German writer

*August 3rd, 1961, Munich

83

Martin Sheen

American actor

*August 3rd, 1940, Dayton

50

Roland Diethart

Austrian cross-country skier

*August 3rd, 1973, Köflach

44

Evangeline Lilly

Canadian actress

*August 3rd, 1979, Fort Saskatchewan

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

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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Born on August 3rd, 1960
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1960 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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