August 3rd, 1979

Born on August 3rd, 1979

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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, 1979

44

Evangeline Lilly

Canadian actress

*August 3rd, 1979, Fort Saskatchewan

44

Maria Haukaas Mittet

Norwegian singer

*August 3rd, 1979, Finnsnes

44

Danso Gordon

Canadian actor

*August 3rd, 1979, Toronto

44

Vivian Lindt

German musician

*August 3rd, 1979, Passau

44

Giuseppe Muraglia

Road bicycle racer

*August 3rd, 1979, Andria

44

Amandititita

Mexican singer

*August 3rd, 1979, Tampico

44

Kris Jenkins

Player of American football

*August 3rd, 1979, Ypsilanti

44

Hope Riley

American actress

*August 3rd, 1979, Lexington

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

35

Sven Ulreich

German association football player

*August 3rd, 1988, Schorndorf

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

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

50

Stephen Graham

English actor

*August 3rd, 1973, Kirkby

28

Cezinando

Norwegian singer, songwriter and rapper

*August 3rd, 1995, Oslo

46

Tom Brady

American football player (born 1977)

*August 3rd, 1977, San Mateo

57

Nick Sandow

American actor, film producer, film director and screenwriter

*August 3rd, 1966, The Bronx

45

Patrice Abanda

Cameroonian footballer

*August 3rd, 1978, Yaoundé

50

Roland Diethart

Austrian cross-country skier

*August 3rd, 1973, Köflach

33

Jourdan Dunn

Model

*August 3rd, 1990, London

25

Jules Bianchi

French motor racing driver

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

43

Nadia Ali

American singer-songwriter

*August 3rd, 1980, Tripoli

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

53

Andrew Lancel

British actor

*August 3rd, 1970, Lancashire

43

Hannah Simone

British-Canadian actress, television host, and former VJ and fashion model

*August 3rd, 1980, Hatfield

46

Kristina Schröder

German politician (CDU)

*August 3rd, 1977, Wiesbaden

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Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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, 1979
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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