This Day in History for 3rd August ◀ Jul August Sep ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Historical Events Events 1 - 100 of 178 8 - Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. 435 - Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. 881 - Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings 1108 - Louis VI, the Fat One, King of France, crowned 1312 - Power of Luik Patriarch murders over 200 1492 - All Jews are expelled from Spain 1492 - Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with his 3 ships Santa maria, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the Indies 1527 - First known letter was sent from North America by John Rut while at St. Johns, Newfoundland. 1529 - Ladies Peace (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V & King French I 1557 - Dutch States-General meet at Valenciennes Explorer of the New World Christopher Columbus 1596 - David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star) 1635 - The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyō are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635). 1640 - 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka 1640 - Zorillas Bire el Ojo premieres in Toledo 1645 - Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians 1650 - Viceroy Willem II & Amsterdam reach accord about standing army 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon publishes Declaration of People of Virginia 1678 - Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon 1692 - Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army 1704 - English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 1708 - Battle at Trencsén: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army 1778 - Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan 1797 - Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in Countries of Bohemian Crown to marry non Jews 1829 - Gioacchino Rossinis William Tell premieres in Paris 1833 - HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro 1852 - 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths 1855 - Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens 1860 - American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY 1860 - The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand. 1861 - Federal fleet bombards Galveston, Texas 1863 - Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY 1863 - Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens 1864 - Battle of Mobile AL 1881 - Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous 1881 - US National Lawn Tennis Association removes National from its name 1882 - Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 1897 - John McNallys musical Good Mr Best premieres in NYC Tire Industrialist Harvey Firestone 1900 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded. 1904 - British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa 1906 - Wash Natls pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR to win his own game 1-0 in 10th 1907 - Kaiser Wilhelm (Germany) meets with Czar Nicholas (Russia) to discuss Germanys plan to build a railroad to Baghdad; the discussion helps move Russia towards Britain and eventually the Triple Alliance 1908 - French brothers Amadee and Jean Bouyssonie discover the fossil remains of a nearly complete 60,000 year-old Neanderthal man at La Chappelle-aux-Saints, France. Known as the Old man of La Chappelle his skeleton shows that Neanderthals led physically stressful lives with high risk of injury. 1913 - Wheatland Hop Riot 1914 - 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal 1914 - Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 1914 - French fleet sails to North-Africa 1914 - German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina 1914 - Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I 1914 - World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through Churches forms 1914 - Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning 1921 - 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars) 1921 - Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1923 - Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding 30th US President Calvin Coolidge 1923 - VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th US President upon death of President Warren G. Harding 1924 - Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist 1925 - Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912) 1926 - Traffic lights installed at Piccadilly Circus, London 1928 - Ray Barbuti saves US team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec) 1930 - 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games 1933 - Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since Aug 2, 1931) 1934 - Adolf Hitler merges the offices of chancellor and president, declaring himself Führer (leader). 1939 - Jean Genets Ondine premieres in Paris 1940 - German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies 1940 - Italian troops invade British Somalia 1940 - Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR 1940 - Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passenger flight to the US 1941 - Gas (petroleum) sales limited in US 1941 - German troops conquer Roslavl USSR Baseball Player Joe DiMaggio 1941 - Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggios streak of 74 games in reaching base 1943 - Gen Patton slaps a US GI in hospital, accusing him of cowardice 1943 - Nazi occupiers attack city of Orel, leave it on fire 1944 - Allied troops conquer Myitkyina, Burma 1944 - Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies 1944 - General Montgomery visits general Dempseys headquarter 1944 - Lt-Gen Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina, Burma 1944 - Tommy Brown, just 16 years & 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers 1946 - Belgian government of Huysmans forms US General George S. Patton 1948 - Clevelands Satchel Paige make his 1st start & goes 7 innings 1948 - FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused of being a communist 1949 - Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire 1949 - Basketball Association of America & National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association 1951 - William H Jackson ends term as deputy director of CIA 1952 - 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland 1953 - Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show 1954 - 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown 1955 - Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing 1955 - Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days 1955 - Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7) 1956 - Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1 1957 - British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman 1958 - USS Nautilus reaches North Pole, 1st submarine to achieve submarine transit of North Pole 1958 - The Billboard Hot 100 is founded 1959 - 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA 1959 - 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau 1959 - AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium) 1960 - Niger gains independence from France 1962 - 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000) 1962 - NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games 1963 - No Strings closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 580 performances 1963 - Allan Sherman releases Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda
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