August 3rd, 1978

Born on August 3rd, 1978

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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

Born on August 3rd, 1978

45

Patrice Abanda

Cameroonian footballer

*August 3rd, 1978, Yaoundé

45

Claudia Galli

Swedish actress

*August 3rd, 1978, Engelbrekt church parish

45

Shanelle Workman

American actress

*August 3rd, 1978, Fairfax

45

Anderson di Rizzi

Actor Brazilian.

*August 3rd, 1978, Campinas

45

Tommy Dewey

American actor

*August 3rd, 1978, Birmingham

45

Max Castro

Peruvian singer, composer and guitarist

*August 3rd, 1978, Tambo District, La Mar

45

Karien Noordhoff

Dutch actor

*August 3rd, 1978, Groningen

45

Dimitris Zografakis

Greek footballer

*August 3rd, 1978, Kavala

45

Jenny Tinmouth

British motorcycle racer

*August 3rd, 1978, Chester

45

Joi Chua

Singer, songwriter

*August 3rd, 1978, Singapore

45

Rati Aleksidze

Association football player

*August 3rd, 1978, Tbilisi

45

Mariusz Jop

Polish footballer

*August 3rd, 1978, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

45

Serkan Özsoy

Turkish footballer

*August 3rd, 1978, Üsküdar

45

Juan Carlos Higuero

Athletics competitor

*August 3rd, 1978, Aranda de Duero

45

Dan Tudin

Canadian-born Italian ice hockey player

*August 3rd, 1978, Orleans

45

Ellery Cairo

Dutch association football player

*August 3rd, 1978, Rotterdam

45

Collin Benjamin

Namibian footballer

*August 3rd, 1978, Windhoek

45

Abisai Shiningayamwe

Namibian footballer

*August 3rd, 1978, Namibia

45

Daniel Benmayor

American film director and producer

*August 3rd, 1978, Barcelona

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Who's birthday is on August 3rd?

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

35

Sven Ulreich

German association football player

*August 3rd, 1988, Schorndorf

44

Evangeline Lilly

Canadian actress

*August 3rd, 1979, Fort Saskatchewan

46

Tom Brady

American football player (born 1977)

*August 3rd, 1977, San Mateo

40

Mamie Gummer

American actress

*August 3rd, 1983, New York City

40

Christophe Willem

French recording artist; singer

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

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

28

Cezinando

Norwegian singer, songwriter and rapper

*August 3rd, 1995, Oslo

57

Nick Sandow

American actor, film producer, film director and screenwriter

*August 3rd, 1966, The Bronx

50

Roland Diethart

Austrian cross-country skier

*August 3rd, 1973, Köflach

46

Kristina Schröder

German politician (CDU)

*August 3rd, 1977, Wiesbaden

33

Jourdan Dunn

Model

*August 3rd, 1990, London

25

Jules Bianchi

French motor racing driver

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

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

60

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

*August 3rd, 1963, Downey

46

Angela Beesley Starling

Co-founder of Wikia

*August 3rd, 1977, Norwich

53

Andrew Lancel

British actor

*August 3rd, 1970, Lancashire

44

Maria Haukaas Mittet

Norwegian singer

*August 3rd, 1979, Finnsnes

43

Nadia Ali

American singer-songwriter

*August 3rd, 1980, Tripoli

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

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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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Born on August 3rd, 1978
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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