August 3 historical events
881 — Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu
The Battle of Saucourt was part of the Viking invasions of West Francia and occurred between forces of Vikings and the troops of Kings of West Francia, Louis III of France and his brother Carloman II, on 3 August 881 at Saucourt-en-Vimeu.
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908 — Battle of Eisenach
The Battle of Eisenach in 908, was a crushing victory by a Hungarian army over an East Frankish army composed of troops from Franconia, Saxony, and Thuringia.
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1224 — Siege of La Rochelle (1224)
The siege of La Rochelle of 1224 was the decisive engagement in the campaign between the Capetians and the Plantagenets for control of Poitou. French royal forces commanded by Capetian king Louis VIII laid siege to the strategic port of La Rochelle and its garrison of Poitevin and English soldiers commanded by Savari de Mauléon.
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1305 — William Wallace is captured near Glasgow
On August 3, 1305, William Wallace was captured near Glasgow by men serving Sir John Menteith. Wallace was taken to England, where he was tried later that month.
National Records of Scotland’s education resource dates the capture to August 3. Some accounts give August 5.
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1342 — Siege of Algeciras (1342–1344)
The siege of Algeciras (1342–1344) was undertaken during the Reconquest of Spain by the Castillian forces of Alfonso XI assisted by the fleets of the Crown of Aragon and the Republic of Genoa. The objective was to capture the city of Algeciras, called Al-Jazeera Al-Khadra by the Arabs who occupied it. The city was the capital and the main port of the European territory of the Marinid Empire.
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1460 — Accession of James III of Scotland
James III (10 July 1451/May 1452 – 11 June 1488) was King of Scots from 1460 until his death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at the siege of Roxburgh Castle.
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1492 — Christopher Columbus departs Palos on his first Atlantic voyage
Christopher Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships, the Niña, Pinta and Santa María. The expedition crossed the Atlantic and reached the Caribbean in October.
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1495 — Siege of Waterford (1495)
An eleven-day siege of Waterford took place, in Waterford in 1495, after the pretender to the throne of Henry VII, Perkin Warbeck's failed attack on Deal, Kent. Warbeck was joined by Cork's Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond when they went to Ireland and launched an invasion of Waterford on 23 July 1495.
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1511 — Battle of Tekirdağ
The Battle of Tekirdağ or the Battle of Karshtiran was a battle of the Ottoman Civil War (1509–1513) that broke out in 1511 as a result of the disagreement between Prince Selim and Sultan Bayezid II. It is the first and last battle in which Selim I was defeated.
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1530 — Battle of Gavinana
The Battle of Gavinana was a battle in the War of the League of Cognac. It was fought on 3 August 1530 between the city of Florence and the army of the Holy Roman Empire. The Imperial forces were led by Philibert of Châlon, Prince of Orange, with reinforcements under Fabrizio Maramaldo arriving later in the battle. The Florentine forces were led by the florentine commissary Francesco Ferruccio. At first the Florentines drove back the Imperial army, despite being outnumbered. In the process, the Prince of Orange was fatally shot in the chest by two arquebus balls.
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1601 — Battle of Guruslău
The Battle of Guruslău (in Hungarian: Goroszló; Battle of Goroszló) was fought on 3 August 1601, between the troops of the Habsburg Empire led by Giorgio Basta, the Cossacks and Wallachia led by Michael the Brave on one side and the Transylvanian troops led by Sigismund Báthory on the other side. It was part of a series of military encounters developed between the Ottoman Empire and opposing European states during 1591–1606 (see also The Long War).
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1611 — Siege of Kalmar
The siege of Kalmar occurred in 1611 during the Kalmar War and constituted the major part of an intensive conflict between Denmark–Norway and Sweden for control of the strategically important city of Kalmar and its castle. For centuries, Kalmar was, from a strategic point of view, considered 'to be the key to Sweden'.
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1640 — Siege of Malacca (1640–1641)
The siege of Malacca (3 August 1640 – 14 January 1641) was initiated by the Dutch East India Company and their local ally, Johor, against Portuguese Malacca. It ended with a Portuguese surrender and, according to Portugal, the deaths of thousands of Portuguese individuals. The roots of the conflict began in the late 16th century when the Dutch arrived in the vicinity of Malacca.
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1645 — Battle of Tabocas
The Battle of Tabocas, also known as the Battle of Mount Tabocas, was fought between the Dutch and the Portuguese army. The battle took place in Mount Tabocas, in the Hereditary Captaincy of Pernambuco, on August 3, 1645, and was won by the Portuguese forces. The battle was a first major victory in the nine-year period of war that would lead to the retreat of the Dutch from Northeastern Brazil.
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1645 — Battle of Nördlingen (1645)
The Battle of Nördlingen (1645) took place on 3 August 1645 in the later stages of the Thirty Years' War, southeast of Nördlingen near the village of Alerheim. A combined Franco-Hessian army led by d'Enghien and Turenne defeated a Bavarian force led by Franz von Mercy. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, with Mercy himself among the dead, but the result had very little strategic impact on the war.
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1692 — Battle of Steenkerque
The Battle of Steenkerque was fought on 3 August 1692, during the Nine Years' War, near Steenkerque in Belgium, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A French force under Marshal François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, repulsed a surprise attack by an Allied army led by William of Orange. After several hours of heavy fighting, the Allies withdrew, repulsing a French counterattack as they did so.
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1708 — Battle of Trencsén
The Battle of Trencsén (Hungarian: Trencséni csata, German: Schlacht bei Trentschin, Slovak: Bitka pri Trenčíne) was fought between the Hungarian Kuruc forces of Francis II Rákóczi and the Imperial Army of the Habsburgs. It was part of Rákóczi's eight-year-long War of Independence. The battle caused great losses for the Kuruc army, forcing them to give up their plans of obtaining allies in the War of the Spanish Succession against the Habsburgs.
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1749 — Battle of Ambur
The Battle of Ambur (3 August 1749) was the first major battle of the Second Carnatic War. The battle was initiated by Muzaffar Jung and supported by Joseph François Dupleix and led by Chanda Sahib, who sought to overthrow Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan, the Nawab of the Carnatic, for supporting Nasir Jung's claim to be Nizam of Hyderabad.
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1758 — Battle of Negapatam (1758)
The Battle of Nagapatam was an indecisive naval battle on 3 August 1758 during the Seven Years' War. A British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock fought a French squadron under Comte d'Aché off the Carnatic coast of India near Negapatam in the second of three battles fought between the two admirals during the war.
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1762 — Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua
The battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua was one of several battles that took place during the Anglo-Spanish War, a subconflict of the Seven Years' War, which lasted from December 1761 until February 1763. The conflict, which took place in July–August 1762, began when William Lyttelton, the British governor and commander-in-chief of Jamaica, sent a naval expedition to Nicaragua with the primary objective of capturing the town of Granada.
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1778 — The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta
La Scala (UK: , US: , Italian: [la ˈskaːla]; officially Teatro alla Scala [teˈaːtro alla ˈskaːla], lit. 'Theatre at the Scala') is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as il Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala (lit. 'the New Royal Ducal Theatre at the Scala', which previously was a church).
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1795 — Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795, at Fort Greenville, now Greenville, Ohio; it followed negotiations after the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers a year earlier. It ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country and limited strategic parcels of land to the north and west. The parties to the treaty were a coalition of Native American tribes, known as the Western Confederacy, and United States government represented by General Anthony Wayne for local frontiersmen. The treaty is considered "the beginning of modern Ohio history."
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1798 — Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d'Aboukir) was fought between the Royal Navy and the French Navy at Aboukir Bay in Egypt between 1 and 3 August 1798. It was the climax of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, which had started three months earlier after a large French fleet sailed from Toulon to Alexandria carrying an expeditionary force under Napoleon.
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1808 — Battle of Sandöström
The Battle of Sandöström was fought between Sweden and Russia during the Finnish War 1808-09.
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1811 — A climbing party completes the first ascent of the Jungfrau
Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer reached the Jungfrau summit with Joseph Bortis and Alois Volker in the Bernese Alps.
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1812 — 1812–13 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1812–13 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 3, 1812, and April 30, 1813. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 13th United States Congress convened on May 24, 1813. They coincided with James Madison being re-elected president.
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1812 — 1812 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1812 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1812, to elect the governor of Kentucky. Former governor Isaac Shelby defeated incumbent lieutenant governor Gabriel Slaughter by 30,490 votes to 12,566, a margin of 17,924 votes. Both candidates were associated with the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated Kentucky politics, and the election was decided chiefly by personal reputation, military experience, and the recently declared War of 1812 rather than by competition between organized parties.
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1814 — Battle of Conjocta Creek
The Battle of Conjocta Creek was an attempt by British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Tucker to raid the American supply depots at the towns of Black Rock and Buffalo. The Raid was ordered by British Lieutenant General Gordon Drummond in hopes of causing an early American surrender at Fort Erie. On the morning of August 3, 1814, Tucker and his men met a small force of American riflemen under the command of Major Lodwick Morgan.
New York, United States · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
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1814 — Cuzco Rebellion of 1814
The Cuzco Rebellion of 1814 was an episode of the Peruvian War of Independence led by the Angulo brothers and Mateo Pumacahua that took place in much of the province of Cuzco, including Huamanga, Arequipa and Puno, as well as part of the province of Charcas. The uprising involved the proclamation of the autonomy and self-government of Cuzco from the Viceroyalty of Peru, governed by Viceroy José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa. The junta was modelled and intended to follow the steps of the Junta of Buenos Aires. The origin of the rebellion was the claim held by members of the city council of Cuzco to establish a provincial council, also autonomous from the viceregal government of Lima, according to what the Cortes of Cádiz of 1812 anticipated, but that the court of the Real Audiencia of Cuzco resolved to the contrary, ordering the arrest of the claimants. The Angulo brothers, members of the Cabildo of Cuzco, fled on August 3, 1814, and found support in chief Mateo Pumacahua to form a Cuzco Government Junta.
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1829 — Treaty of Lewistown
On August 3, 1829, members of the Shawnee Indians and the Seneca Indians signed the Treaty of Lewistown with the United States. In this treaty, Senecas and Shawnees living at Lewistown, Ohio, relinquished their claim to the land and joined the rest of the Ohio Senecas already living on a reservation west of the Mississippi River. The United States government granted this group of about three hundred Indians 60,000 acres (240 km2) of land in the west and a six thousand dollar advance on the sale of their Ohio lands. In addition, the United States presented the natives with blankets, plows, axes, hoes, rifles, and other supplies.
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1829 — 1829 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1829 Alabama gubernatorial election was an uncontested election held on August 3, 1829, to elect the governor of Alabama. Jacksonian candidate Gabriel Moore ran unopposed and so won 100% of the vote.
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1829 — 1829 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1829 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1829, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Gerard Brandon, a Democrat won against George Winchester, a National Republican.
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1831 — Battle of Ravels
The Battle of Ravels was a skirmish during the Ten Days' Campaign at the end of the Belgian Revolution. This battle took place on 3 August 1831. Following the declaration of Belgian independence, the Prince of Orange led an army to recapture territory lost to the Netherlands. The first battle of the campaign took place in Ravels. The outnumbered Dutch forces fought against Belgian separatists.
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1831 — Battle of Turnhout (1831)
The Battle of Turnhout took place in 1831, during the Belgian Revolution, a force of 11,000 men attacked Turnhout under General Saksen-Weimar's leadership. The Belgian forces were defeated, and Turnhout surrendered to the Dutch.
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1832 — Battle of Nacogdoches
The Battle of Nacogdoches culminated on August 2, 1832, after a group of Texians resisted an order issued in July by the commander of the Mexican Army at Nacogdoches, Texas to surrender their arms. The situation soon escalated into a major battle.
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1835 — 1835 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1835 Alabama gubernatorial election was an election held on August 3, 1835, to elect the governor of Alabama. Democratic candidate Clement Comer Clay beat Whig candidate Enoch Parsons with 65.44% of the vote.
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1837 — 1837 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1837 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1837, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Whig nominee and incumbent Governor Newton Cannon won re-election against Democratic nominee and Brigadier General Robert Armstrong.
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1839 — 1839 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1839 Alabama gubernatorial election was an election held on August 3, 1839, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Arthur P. Bagby defeated Whig Party candidate Arthur F. Hopkins with 92.29% of the vote.
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1840 — 1840 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1840 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1840, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri. Democratic nominee Meredith Marmaduke won the election as he ran unopposed. The exact results of the election are unknown.
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1840 — 1840 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1840 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1840, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's at-large district Archibald Yell won the election as he ran unopposed.
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1840 — 1840 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1840 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1840, in order to elect the Governor of Kentucky. Whig nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district Robert P. Letcher defeated Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th district Richard French.
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1840 — 1840 Indiana gubernatorial election
The 1840 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1840, in order to elect the Governor of Indiana. Whig nominee and former member of the Indiana House of Representatives Samuel Bigger defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th district Tilghman Howard.
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1840 — 1840 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 1840 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1840. In the election, Democrat Thomas Reynolds defeated Whig candidate John Bullock Clark.
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1843 — 1843 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1843 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1843, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Whig governor James C. Jones won re-election against Democratic nominee and former governor James K. Polk in a rematch of the previous election.
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1846 — 1846 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1846 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1846, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Illinois. Democratic nominee Joseph Wells defeated Whig nominee Nathaniel G. Wilcox and Free Soil nominee Abraham Smith.
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1846 — 1846 Indiana gubernatorial election
The 1846 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1846. Incumbent Democratic Governor James Whitcomb defeated Whig nominee Joseph G. Marshall and Liberty nominee Stephen C. Stevens with 50.65% of the vote.
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1846 — 1846 Illinois gubernatorial election
The 1846 Illinois gubernatorial election was the eighth quadrennial election for this office. Democrat Augustus C. French defeated Whig nominee Thomas M. Kilpatrick, for the office. Richard Eels of the Liberty Party came in a distant third. The term was cut short, and lasted only half the normal length. This synchronized the gubernatorial election with the election for president.
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1848 — 1848 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1848 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1848, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Whig nominee Charles Manly defeated Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd district David Settle Reid.
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1849 — Fourth Battle of Komárom
The Fourth Battle of Komárom was fought in 30 July and 3 August 1849 between the Hungarian garrison of the fortress of Komárom led by General György Klapka and the besieging Austrian army led by Lieutenant field marshal Anton Freiherr Csorich von Monte Creto. Thanks to the capturing, by a Hungarian detachment of Hussars, of a statement containing the number of the besieging Austrian II. corps, Klapka understood, that he actually has numerical superiority over the besiegers.
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1852 — Harvard wins the first Harvard–Yale boat race
On 3 August 1852, Harvard defeated Yale in a two-mile rowing race on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. The race was the first intercollegiate sporting contest in the United States.
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1854 — 1854 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1854 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1854, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Democratic nominee and former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives Thomas Bragg defeated Whig nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd district Alfred Dockery.
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1857 — Texas gubernatorial election, 1857
The 1857 Texas gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1857 to elect the Governor of Texas. The election pitted Lieutenant Governor Hardin Richard Runnels against former President of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston and Lieutenant Governor hopeful French Smith. Runnels won the election with 53% of the vote, becoming the only person to ever defeat Sam Houston in a political contest.
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1857 — 1857 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1857 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 3, 1857, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Democrat Andrew B. Moore won his first term as governor. Moore ran unopposed in the general election. Incumbent John A. Winston did not run because he was term-limited.
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1857 — Siege of Arrah
The siege of Arrah (27 July – 3 August 1857) took place during the Indian Mutiny (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857). It was the eight-day defence of a fortified outbuilding, occupied by a combination of 18 civilians and 50 members of the Bengal Military Police Battalion, against 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying Bengal Native Infantry sepoys from three regiments and an estimated 8,000 men from irregular forces commanded by Kunwar Singh, the local zamindar or chieftain who controlled the Jagdishpur estate.
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1859 — The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York
The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional dental association. Established in 1859 and with over 159,000 current members, ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association. The organization lobbies on behalf of the American dental profession and provides dental accreditation. The ADA publishes the Journal of the American Dental Association and JADA Foundational Science.
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1863 — 1863 Texas gubernatorial election
The 1863 Texas gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1863, to elect the governor of Texas. Harrison County attorney Pendleton Murrah, backed by incumbent Governor Francis Lubbock who chose not to run for a second term, defeated perennial candidate Thomas J. Chambers, a wealthy political gadfly from East Texas. The major issue this election was each candidate's stance towards the Jefferson Davis administration.
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1863 — 1863 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1863 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on August 3, 1863, in order to elect the governor of Kentucky. Union Democratic candidate Thomas Elliot Bramlette won his first term as governor against Peace Democratic candidate Charles A. Wickliffe. According to the Kentucky Historical Society, the election had considerable Union military interference, since some supporters of Wickliffe were imprisoned for allegedly harboring Confederate sympathies.
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1863 — 1863 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1863 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 3, 1863 during the American Civil War in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Whig Thomas Hill Watts won his first term as governor.
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1867 — Battle of Arroyo Hondo
The Battle of Arroio Hondo, also known as Combat of Penimbu or Puru-Hué (Peru-Huê), took place on 3 August 1867, during the Paraguayan War.
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1883 — 1883 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1883 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1883. Democratic nominee J. Proctor Knott defeated Republican nominee Thomas Z. Morrow with 59.97% of the vote.
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1886 — 1886 United States Senate special election in California
The 1886 United States Senate special election in California was held on August 3, 1886, by the California State Legislature to elect a U.S. senator (Class 1) to represent the State of California in the United States Senate. Republican businessman Abram Williams was elected over incumbent Democratic Senator George Hearst.
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1889 — Battle of Toski
The Battle of Toski (Tushkah) was part of the Mahdist War. It took place on August 3, 1889, in southern Egypt between the Anglo-Egyptian forces and the Mahdist forces of the Sudan. Since 1882, the British had taken control of Egypt and found themselves involved in the Mahdist War. For this reason, they decided to reform and rearm the Egyptian Army.
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1891 — 1891 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1891 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1891. Democratic nominee John Y. Brown defeated Republican nominee Andrew T. Wood with 49.85% of the vote.
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1896 — 1896 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1896 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 3, 1896, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat William C. Oates decided not to run for a second term in office.
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1900 — The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire manufacturer based in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1900 by Harvey S. Firestone in Akron, Ohio, originally producing solid rubber side-wire tires for fire apparatus. The company later expanded to manufacture pneumatic tires for wagons, carriages, and other wheeled vehicles of the time. Recognizing the emerging market for automobile tires, Firestone was a pioneer in the mass production of tires.
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1906 — Cockermouth by-election, 1906
The Cockermouth by-election, 1906 was a by-election held on 3 August 1906 for the British House of Commons constituency of Cockermouth.
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1914 — East African campaign (World War I)
The East African campaign in World War I was a series of battles and guerrilla actions, which started in German East Africa (GEA) and spread to portions of Mozambique, Rhodesia, British East Africa, Uganda, and the Belgian Congo. The campaign all but ended in German East Africa in November 1917 when the Germans entered Mozambique and continued the campaign living off Portuguese supplies.
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1914 — African theatre of World War I
The African theatre of the First World War comprises campaigns in North Africa instigated by the German and Ottoman empires, local rebellions against European colonial rule and Allied campaigns against the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South West Africa, and German East Africa. The campaigns were fought by German Schutztruppe, local resistance movements and forces of the British Empire, France, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal.
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1915 — Second Battle of the Isonzo
The Second Battle of the Isonzo was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Italy and of Austria-Hungary in the Italian Front in World War I, between 18 July and 3 August 1915.
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1915 — Narew Offensive
The World War I German Narew offensive followed after the minor success in the Second battle of Przasnysz. In stubborn battles, the Imperial German army forced the numerically superior forces of the Russian Army to retreat, but could not inflict a decisive defeat on them.
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1915 — Battle of Jastków
The Battle of Jastków was a World War I battle that took place July 31–August 3, 1915, near the village of Jastków, in the Lublin Governorate of Congress Poland, Russian Empire. It was a major clash between the Russian Army and the Austro-Hungarian Polish Legions (primarily the 1st Brigade, Polish Legions). It was one of the Legion's largest engagements, and its first major one.
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1916 — Battle of Muş
The Battle of Muş, also known as the Ognot campaign, took place during World War I in the southeastern Anatolian region of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), between forces of the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire. One of the commanders involved in the battle was Mustafa Kemal, who later became known as Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. The battle resulted in a Russian victory.
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1918 — Battle of Fismes and Fismette
The Battle of Fismes and Fismette was a battle in Fismes, France, that took place during the First World War from 3 August to 1 September 1918 after the end of the Second Battle of the Ourcq and the Aisne-Marne Offensive.
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1919 — Hungarian–Romanian War
The Hungarian–Romanian War (Hungarian: magyar–román háború; Romanian: războiul româno-ungar) was fought between Hungary and Romania from 13 November 1918 to 3 August 1919. The conflict had a complex background, with often contradictory motivations for the parties involved. After the unilateral self-disarmament of the Hungarian army by the pacifist Hungarian prime minister Count Mihály Károlyi, the Allies of World War I intended that Romania's Army, the Czechoslovak army and the Franco-Serbian armies to occupy various parts of Kingdom of Hungary.
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1923 — Lu Xun’s first short-story collection Call to Arms is published
The New Tide Society in Beijing published Call to Arms, Lu Xun’s first short-story collection. Its original edition included A Madman’s Diary and The True Story of Ah Q.
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1924 — Tenentist revolts in Sergipe
Officers from the 28th Battalion of Caçadores (28th BC) of the Brazilian Army launched two tenentist revolts in Sergipe in 1924 and 1926. The first, inspired by the São Paulo Revolt of 1924, removed state governor Maurício Graccho Cardoso on 13 July and dominated the capital Aracaju until its defeat by loyalist troops on 3 August 1924.
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1925 — Battle of al-Mazraa
The Battle of al-Mazra'a (Arabic: معركة المزرعة) was one of the major battles of the Great Syrian Revolt, that led to the spread of the rebellion throughout the French Mandate of Syria. It was fought on 2–3 August 1925 between Druze and Bedouin rebels led by Sultan Pasha al-Atrash and a heavily armed French force of the Army of the Levant near the town of al-Mazraa, around 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of the city of al-Suwayda.
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1926 — Cristero War
The Cristero War (Spanish: La guerra cristera), also known as the Cristero Rebellion or La Cristiada [la kɾisˈtjaða], was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 3 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementation of secularist and anticlerical articles of the 1917 Constitution.
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1929 — 1929 Balaclava by-election
A by-election occurred for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Balaclava on 3 August 1929. This was triggered by the resignation of Nationalist MP and former Speaker William Watt. The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Thomas White.
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1935 — Rebellion of the Sergeants
The Rebellion of the Sergeants was a military coup attempt against the government of Phraya Phahon by a group of army sergeants, led by Sawas Mahamad on 3 August 1935, but the plot was leaked. Sawas was executed and twelve plotters were sentenced from sixteen years to life imprisonment.
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1936 — Kursha-2
Kursha-2 (Russian: Ку́рша-2), named so after a road sign, was an industrial community in the Central Meshchyora, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It was built soon after the October Revolution for the exploitation of the local forests, and was annihilated by a firestorm on 3 August 1936. The disaster caused more than 1,000 human deaths, making it the second-deadliest wildfire in recorded history, behind only the Peshtigo fire of 1871.
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1936 — Jesse Owens wins the Olympic 100 metres in Berlin
Jesse Owens won the men’s 100-metre final at the Berlin Olympics. Fellow American Ralph Metcalfe took silver. It was the first of four gold medals Owens won at those Games.
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1940 — Italian invasion of British Somaliland
The Italian invasion of British Somaliland (3–19 August 1940) was part of the East African campaign (1940–1941) in which Italian, Eritrean and Somali forces entered the Somaliland Protectorate and defeated its garrison of British, Commonwealth and colonial forces supported by Somali irregulars. The Italian victory was based on mobility and speed but was hampered by the terrain, rainy weather and British resistance.
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1943 — Belgorod–Bogodukhov offensive operation
The Belgorod–Bogodukhov offensive operation (3 August 1943 – 23 August 1943) was a combat operation executed as part of Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev by the Red Army against the Wehrmacht forces. It was one of the operations that was launched in response to the German offensive Operation Citadel.
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1943 — Mirgorod direction offensive
The Mirgorod direction offensive (3 August 1943 – 23 August 1943) was an operation conducted as part of Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev between the Red Army and Wehrmacht forces in World War II. It was one of the operations that followed the Battle of Kursk. In the offensive, the Red Army pushed through the Wehrmacht lines after the Wehrmacht retreated after the Battle of Kursk.
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1944 — Convoy HX 300
Convoy HX 300 was the 300th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from Halifax to Liverpool. It started its journey on 17 July 1944 and was the largest convoy of the war, comprising 166 ships.
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1946 — Santa Claus Land opens in Indiana
On 3 August 1946, Santa Claus Land opened in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. The park, later renamed Holiday World, offered Christmas-themed attractions including a toy shop, children’s rides and a Santa Claus actor.
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1948 — Birth of Chi-Huey Wong
On 3 August 1948, Chi-Huey Wong, a scholar, was born.
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1949 — Two American basketball leagues merge to form the NBA
The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League agreed to merge, forming the National Basketball Association.
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1952 — 1952 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 21st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1952 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Dublin won an exciting final by two points.
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1957 — 1957 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier Jack Duggan, and the Country-Liberal coalition led by Frank Nicklin.
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1958 — USS Nautilus passes under the geographic North Pole
The U.S. Navy submarine Nautilus reached the geographic North Pole while travelling submerged under the Arctic ice.
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1959 — The Pidjiguiti massacre in Bissau
On August 3, 1959, Portuguese colonial police fired on dock workers striking for higher pay at the Port of Bissau, in present-day Guinea-Bissau, killing a number of workers.
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1960 — Niger becomes independent from France
On August 3, 1960, Niger became independent from France. Hamani Diori became the country’s first president.
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1962 — Death of Jin Yufu
On 3 August 1962, Jin Yufu, a historian, died.
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1964 — 17th Locarno Film Festival
The 17th Locarno Film Festival was held from 22 July to 3 August 1964 in Locarno, Switzerland. This was the first year the festival was officially recognized and, in part, funded by the central Swiss government. This was a huge win for longtime artistic director of the festival, Vinicio Beretta, who also oversaw the festival being recognized by the Motion Picture Export Association of America (now known as the MPA) while maintaining the festival's official recognition by FIAPF.
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1966 — Operation Prairie
Operation Prairie was a U.S. military operation in Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam that sought to eliminate People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Over the course of late 1965 and early 1966 the Viet Cong (VC) and the PAVN intensified their military threat along the DMZ. The tactical goal of these incursions was to draw United States military forces away from cities and towns.
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1968 — Hutt by-election, 1968
The Hutt by-election of 1968 was a by-election for the electorate of Hutt on 3 August 1968 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member and former prime minister Sir Walter Nash on 4 June 1968. The by-election was won by Trevor Young, also of the Labour Party.
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1968 — 1968 FA Charity Shield
The 1968 FA Charity Shield was a football match played on 3 August 1968 between Football League champions Manchester City and FA Cup winners West Bromwich Albion. It was the 46th Charity Shield match and was played at City's home ground, Maine Road. Manchester City won 6–1. The official match programme cost one shilling.
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1971 — 7th Moscow International Film Festival
The 7th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 July to 3 August 1971. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian film Confessions of a Police Captain directed by Damiano Damiani, the Japanese film Live Today, Die Tomorrow! directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film The White Bird Marked with Black directed by Yuri Ilyenko.
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1972 — Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, also known as the ABM Treaty or ABMT, was a 1972 arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against strategic ballistic missiles, which are used to deliver nuclear weapons It was intended to reduce pressures to build more nuclear weapons to maintain deterrence.
The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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1972 — 25th Locarno Film Festival
The 25th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 1972 in Locarno, Switzerland. Moritz de Hadeln took over as artistic director of the festival with his wife Erica Hadeln. Egon Gunther served on the jury and as a result his new film Her Third was screened out-of competition. Critic were happy with the festival's awards while also highlighting Family Life directed by Ken Loach and Fritz the Cat directed by Ralph Bakshi as stand outs.
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1975 — 1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash
On 3 August 1975, a chartered Royal Air Maroc international passenger flight from Paris to Agadir crashed into a mountain while descending to land at Inezgane Airport. All 188 passengers and crew members died. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707 passenger airliner operated by Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines on behalf of Royal Air Maroc. The accident is the deadliest in Moroccan history and the deadliest involving a Boeing 707, surpassing the Kano air disaster two years before, also involving a chartered Alia Royal Jordanian aircraft.
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1977 — Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers
The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, colloquially known as the "Trash-80", later renamed the TRS-80 Model I to distinguish it from its successors) is a desktop microcomputer developed by American company Tandy Corporation and sold through their Radio Shack stores. Launched in 1977, it is one of the earliest mass-produced and mass-marketed retail home computers. The name is derived from Tandy Radio Shack Z80, referring to its Zilog Z80 8-bit microprocessor.
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1978 — 31st Locarno Film Festival
The 31st Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 1978 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival featured 22 films in competition from 18 countries, while 86 films were screened out of competition. American films were well represented at the festival this year with John Cassavetes' Opening Night featuring and the Bronze Leopard, the festival's third prize, being awarded to Girlfriends directed by Claudia Weill.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Sistan and Baluchestan province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Sistan and Baluchestan Province with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide the two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. Both candidates who won the election belonged to the Sunni Baloch community in the province. The Shia cleric supported by the Islamic Republican Party was defeated.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Khuzestan province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Khuzestan province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide four seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. The Islamic Republican Party was able to secure three of the seats (two of whom endorsed by the Movement of Militant Muslims), while the fourth winner was only supported by the Movement of Militant Muslims.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Gilan province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Gilan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide three seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. All seats went to Khomeinist candidates, who were affiliated with the Islamic Republican Party, the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and the Combatant Clergy Association.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Lorestan province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Lorestan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. The result was a landslide victory for the Islamic Republican Party whose candidates received more than 90% of the votes. The candidate of the right-wing nationalist Nation Party of Iran was placed third.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in West Azerbaijan province
On 3 August 1979, Constitutional Convention election was held in West Azerbaijan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide three seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. Each of the seats in the constituency went to a party. The Khomeinist candidate supported by the Islamic Republican Party was placed first, while the candidate endorsed by the Muslim People's Republic Party of Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari became second.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Hamedan Province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Hamedan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. The constituency was a scene of rivalry between candidates of different Islamic groups and no communist or secular nationalist ran for a seat.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Fars province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Fars province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide four seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. All seats went to Khomeinist candidates, who were affiliated with the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and the Combatant Clergy Association.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Markazi province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Markazi Province (encompassing today's Qom Province) with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. Only four candidates, who were all clerics, ran for the two seats. It resulted in a victory for the candidates supported by the Islamic Republican Party and its allies, in absence of their rival parties.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Kerman province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Kerman Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. Only five candidates ran for the two seats, which both went to those endorsed by the Coalition of Islamic Parties in absence of many rival groups.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Tehran province
On 3 August 1979, Constitutional Convention election was held in Tehran Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide ten seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution It resulted in a landslide victory or the Coalition of Islamic Parties, which all of its candidates won with a wide margin.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Kermanshahan province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Kermanshahan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. The Islamic Republican Party and the Freedom Movement of Iran had each supported one of the winning candidates. The leader of the National Front who belonged to a local tribe was notably defeated in the constituency.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in East Azerbaijan province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in East Azerbaijan Province (also encompassing the present-day Ardabil Province) with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide all six seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. The result was a relative victory for the Muslim People's Republic Party (MPRP) over the Islamic Republican Party (IRP).
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Zanjan province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Zanjan Province (encompassing today's Qazvin Province) with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide two seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. The result was a victory for the two candidates supported by the Islamic Republican Party while the candidate of the Combatant Clergy Association was placed third.
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1979 — 1979 Iranian Constitutional Assembly election in Isfahan province
On 3 August 1979, a Constitutional Convention election was held in Isfahan Province constituency with plurality-at-large voting format in order to decide four seats for the Assembly for the Final Review of the Constitution. The Islamic Republican Party won. Because of conflicts and the major support the People's Mujahedin of Iran received among different minorities and Iranian sectors, Ayatollah Khomeini published a fatwa that prevented the group from taking part in elections of the new government.
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1982 — Operation Ramadan
Operation Ramadan was an Iranian offensive in the Iran–Iraq War that consisted of three separate attacks that lasted for 6 weeks. It was launched by Iran on 13 July 1982 near Basra and featured the use of human wave attacks in the largest land battle since World War II. The engagement was a part of the overall stalemate.
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1985 — A Hot Summer Night
A Hot Summer Night: The '85 World Invitational Wrestling Spectacular (also known as Polynesian Hot Summer Night) was a professional wrestling supercard produced by NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling (NWA-PPW), which took place on August 3, 1985, at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. An interpromotional show, it featured wrestlers from the American Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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1986 — Malaysian general election, 1986
A general election was held between Saturday, 2 August and Sunday, 3 August 1986 for members of the 7th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 177 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 351 state constituencies in 11 (out of 13, except Sabah and Sarawak) states of Malaysia on the same day.
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1989 — 42nd Locarno Film Festival
The 42nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 1989 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was Gone With The Wind. Attendance at the Piazza Grande, the open-air theater, reached a new record high with 8,900 tickets sold for the closing film Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train. Over 100,000 people attended the festival.
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1990 — 1990 Hungarian presidential election
The first indirect presidential election was held in Hungary on 3 August 1990, following the transition to multi-party democracy. Incumbent Speaker of the National Assembly and acting head of state Árpád Göncz was elected as president with more than three-quarter majority.
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1992 — Battle of Bahadur Post
Battle of Bahadur post (Indian codename: Operation Trishul Skakti) was a military engagement between Pakistani and Indian forces. Pakistani forces attempted to capture Bahadur post in Chulung followed by the start of defence operations codenamed Operation Trishul Shakti by Indian forces.
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1995 — 48th Locarno Film Festival
The 48th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 1995 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film was the newly restored print of Senso directed by Luchino Visconti. The festival featured the first complete retrospective of Abbas Kirostami's entire filmography and had multiple Iranian film sections. The Leopard of Honor was awarded to Jean-Luc Goddard, who accepted and immediately donated the $17,000 reward to Amnesty International.
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1996 — ECW The Doctor Is In
The Doctor Is In was a professional wrestling live event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on August 3, 1996. The event was held in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. The title of the event referred to the debuting "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.
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1996 — 1996 DFB-Supercup
The 1996 DFB-Supercup, known as the Panasonic DFB-Supercup for sponsorship purposes, was the tenth DFB-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. It was the last DFB-Supercup, with the competition replaced by a DFB-Ligapokal which ran from 1997 to 2007. The supercup returned in 2010, now run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL).
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1997 — SummerSlam (1997)
SummerSlam (1997) was the tenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and the third presented by Stridex. It took place on August 3, 1997, at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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1997 — 1997 FA Charity Shield
The 1997 FA Charity Shield (known as the Littlewoods FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 3 August 1997 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Manchester United, who had won the 1996–97 FA Premier League, and Chelsea, who had won the 1996–97 FA Cup.
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1997 — Auckland’s Sky Tower opens to the public
On 3 August 1997, the Sky Tower opened to the public in Auckland, New Zealand. The tower was built as part of the SkyCity complex as an observation and telecommunications tower.
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2002 — 2002 Belgian Super Cup
The 2002 Belgian Supercup was a football match between the winners of the previous season's 2001–02 Belgian First Division and 2001–02 Belgian Cup competitions. The match was contested by cup winners Club Brugge and league champions Genk on 3 August 2002 at the ground of the league champions, in this case the Fenix stadium. Club Brugge won its 10th Belgian Super Cup, following late goals by Ebrima Ebou Sillah and Olivier De Cock.
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2002 — 2002 MLS All-Star Game
The 2002 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 7th edition of the Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on August 3, 2002 at RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. The match was contested by the MLS All-Stars team and the United States on the invitation of MLS, who looked to capitalize on their success at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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2003 — North Korean parliamentary election, 2003
Legislative elections were held in North Korea on 3 August 2003. Representatives were elected for five-year terms to all 687 seats of the Supreme People's Assembly, and also to 26,650 positions in city, county, and provincial People's Assemblies. All candidates were members of the three parties constituting the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland. There was a 99.9% turnout for the election with each candidate receiving 100% of the vote unopposed.
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2003 — Leposavić ambush
An Indian officer, Satish Menon, was killed in an ambush in North Kosovo. This marked the first deadly assault on Kosovo's UN police force since the Kosovo War, as stated by UN officials.
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2003 — 2003 South Bhutan clashes
The August 2003 South Bhutan Clashes were a series of clashes between ULFA militants and unidentified gunmen in Southern Bhutan. The clashes left at least 11 people dead and dozens injured. While the incidents were scarcely reported at the time, many believe they were the first instances of Bhutanese strikes against ULFA militants in the country's south, and tensions between ULFA, allied Assamese separatist groups, and Bhutan would lead to a full-fledged conflict breaking out just four months later.
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2003 — 2003 Supercoppa Italiana
The 2003 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by Juventus, the 2002–03 Serie A champions, and AC Milan, the 2002–03 Coppa Italia winner. It was the sixth appearance for Juventus (3 victories in 1995, 1997 and 2002) and the seventh for AC Milan (victories in 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994).
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2004 — The Statue of Liberty’s pedestal reopens to visitors
The interior of the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal reopened to visitors after being closed since the September 2001 attacks. The crown reopened in 2009.
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2004 — The fifth Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival begins in Hong Kong
Hong Kong hosted a week of harmonica competitions, concerts and exhibitions. Performances took place at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and Yuen Long Theatre.
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2005 — Military officers overthrow Mauritania’s president
On August 3, 2005, military officers overthrew Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya while he was abroad. They seized government buildings in the capital, Nouakchott.
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2005 — 58th Locarno Film Festival
The 58th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 2005 in Locarno, Switzerland. There were 18 films in competition with a total of 38 countries represented across the entire festival. The opening film was The Rising - Ballad Of Mangal Pandey directed by Ketan Mehta, which was screened on the Piazza Grande, the open-air theater.
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2006 — Tuvaluan general election, 2006
General elections were held in Tuvalu on 3 August 2006 to elect fifteen members to the Parliament. There were 5,765 eligible voters on the electoral roll. 32 candidates, including 2 women, competed for the 15 seats (the parliament had been increased from 12 to 15 elected members). All fifteen candidates elected were Independents, as there are no political parties in the country. The years before the election has involved an uncertain economic situation with questions about the political stability with frequent changes of prime minister. There had also been questions about the integrity of some government ministers.
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2008 — 2008 Christy Ring Cup final
The 2008 Christy Ring Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland on 3 August 2008 to determine the winners of the 2008 Christy Ring Cup, the 4th season of the Christy Ring Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Carlow of Leinster and Westmeath of Leinster, with Carlow winning by 3-22 to 4-16.
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2008 — 2008 Bulgarian Supercup
The 2008 Bulgarian Supercup was the sixth Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the A Group champion, CSKA Sofia, and the winner of Bulgarian Cup, Litex Lovech. The match was held on 3 August 2008 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. CSKA beat Litex 1–0 to win their third Bulgarian Supercup.
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2008 — WEC 35
WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on August 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. The event drew an estimated 423,000 viewers on Versus.
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2008 — 2008 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election
The 2008 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 3 August 2008 to elect the next governor of Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.
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2008 — 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup final
The 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 3 August 2008 to determine the winners of the 2008 Nicky Rackard Cup. This was the fourth season of the Nicky Rackard Cup, a tournament organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association for third-tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Sligo of Connacht and Louth of Leinster, with Sligo winning by 3-19 to 3-10.
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2010 — 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash
The 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash occurred on August 3, 2010, between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israel Defense Forces (IDF), after an IDF team attempted to cut down a tree on the Israeli side of the Blue Line, near the Israeli kibbutz of Misgav Am and the Lebanese village of Odaisseh.
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2011 — 2011 Suruga Bank Championship
The 2011 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2011; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2011) was the fourth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, and CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, between the winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.
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2011 — 64th Locarno Film Festival
The 64th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 2011 in Locarno, Switzerland. There were 14 world premieres for films in competition. The opening film of the festival was J.J. Abrams' Super 8. Another American film, Cowboys & Aliens, also screened on the Piazza Grande, the 8,000-seat open-air theater. It was presented at the festival by the film's stars Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde and director Jon Favreau.
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2012 — CMLL Super Viernes (August 2012)
In August 2012 the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) held five CMLL Super Viernes shows, all of which took place in Arena México on Friday nights. Some of the matches from Super Viernes are taped for CMLL's weekly shows that air in Mexico the week following the Super Viernes show. The shows features various professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines.
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2013 — UFC 163
UFC 163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie was a mixed martial arts event held on August 3, 2013, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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2013 — 2013 Trophée des Champions
The 2013 Trophée des Champions (English: 2013 Champions' Trophy) was the 18th edition of the French super cup. The match was contested by Paris Saint-Germain, the 2012–13 Ligue 1 champions and Bordeaux, the winners of the 2012–13 edition of the Coupe de France. The match was played at the Stade d'Angondjé in Libreville, Gabon, the fifth consecutive time the competition had taken place on foreign soil.
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2014 — 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield
The 2014 Johan Cruyff Shield was the nineteenth edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal), an annual Dutch football match played between the winners of the previous season's Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. The match was contested by PEC Zwolle, the 2013–14 KNVB Cup winners, and Ajax, champions of the 2013–14 Eredivisie. It was held at the Amsterdam Arena on 3 August 2014.
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2014 — 2014 Ludian earthquake
The 2014 Ludian earthquake struck Ludian County, Yunnan, China, with a moment magnitude of 6.2 on 3 August. The earthquake killed at least 615 people, injuring at least 2,400 others. At least 114 people remained missing. Over 12,000 houses collapsed and 30,000 were damaged. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred 29 km (18 mi) west-southwest of Zhaotong city at 16:30 local time (08:30 UTC).
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2015 — 2015 Gourma-Rharous attack
On August 3, 2015, jihadists from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) launched an attack on Malian forces in Gourma-Rharous, Mali. Eleven Malian soldiers were killed in the attack.
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2016 — IWRG Máscara vs. Máscara (August 2016)
IWRG Máscara vs. Máscara (August 2016) was a major professional wrestling event that was scripted and produced by the lucha libre wrestling company International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes also referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish) that took place on August 3, 2016, in IWRG's home arena Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. In the main event of the show, a Lucha de Apuestas or "bet match", Dragon Fly defeated Demonio Infernal, forcing him to unmask and reveal his real name, José Antonio Rojas.
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2016 — South African municipal elections, 2016
The 2016 South African municipal elections were held on 3 August 2016, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the nine provinces. It was the fifth municipal election held in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994; municipal elections are held every five years. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) was the largest party overall, earning 53.9% of the total vote. It was followed by the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) with 26.9% and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) with 8.2%.
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2016 — 69th Locarno Film Festival
The 69th Locarno Film Festival was held 3 to 13 August 2016 in Locarno, Switzerland. Carlo Chatrian was the festival's Artistic Director. The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Godless, directed by Ralitza Petrova. The primary Selection Committee included Mark Peranson (Head of Programming), Lorenzo Esposito, Sergio Fant, and Aurélie Godet. The Leopards of Tomorrow section was programmed by Alessandro Marcionni (Head), Gonzalo De Pedro Amatria, Liz Harkman, and Bruno Quiblier.
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2018 — CMLL holds the Negro Casas 40th Anniversary Show
On 3 August 2018, CMLL held the Negro Casas 40th Anniversary Show at Arena México in Mexico City. The professional wrestling event honoured Negro Casas’s career.
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2018 — 2018 Cinemalaya
The 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival was held from August 3–12, 2018 in Metro Manila, Philippines. A total of ten full-length features and ten short films competed. The festival was opened by Erik Matti's BuyBust and was closed by Peng Fei Song's The Taste of Rice Flower.
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2019 — 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22 others. The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime. The shooting has been described as the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history.
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2019 — Triplemanía XXVII
Triplemanía XXVII was a professional wrestling event produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The event took place on August 3, 2019, at the Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the eighth consecutive Triplemanía to be held at the arena, and marked the 27th year in a row that AAA had held a Triplemanía show, and the 32nd overall show held under the Triplemanía banner since 1993.
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2019 — UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Lawler
UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Lawler (also known as UFC on ESPN 5) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 3, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
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2019 — 2019 DFL-Supercup
The 2019 DFL-Supercup was the tenth edition of the German super cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 3 August 2019. The DFL-Supercup featured the runners-up of the 2018–19 Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, and Bayern Munich, the champions of the Bundesliga and winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal.
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2019 — 2019 Trophée des Champions
The 2019 Trophée des Champions (transl. 2019 Champions Trophy) was the 24th edition of the French super cup. The match was contested by the winners of the 2018–19 Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain and Coupe de France champions, Rennes. The match was played at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China.
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2021 — 2021 Dearborn mayoral election
The 2021 Dearborn mayoral election took place on November 2, 2021, following a primary election on August 3, 2021. Incumbent Mayor John B. O'Reilly Jr. declined to seek re-election, creating an open seat for the first time in thirty-six years. A crowded field emerged to succeed O'Reilly, and in the primary, State Representative Abdullah Hammoud placed first, receiving 42 percent of the vote.
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2022 — Battle of Soledar
The Battle of Soledar was a series of military engagements in and around the urban-type settlement of Soledar during the Battle of Donbas in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Russian forces began an offensive on 3 August 2022, shelling Soledar, Bakhmut, and surrounding villages to the south and east. Repeated local Russian assaults on or near Soledar continued into October, with many repelled by the Ukrainian army.
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2022 — 75th Locarno Film Festival
The 75th Locarno Film Festival was held from 3 to 13 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland. Swiss producer Michel Merkt was the jury president for the main competition. Brazilian filmmaker Júlia Murat won the Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Rule 34. The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world premieres and 3 international premieres.
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2023 — 2023 Nashville mayoral election
The 2023 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 3, 2023, to elect the next mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor John Cooper did not seek re-election to a second term in office. A wide field of candidates ran to succeed Cooper, with Democratic metro councilmember Freddie O'Connell and Republican political consultant Alice Rolli advancing to the runoff because no candidate surpassed 50% of the vote.
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2023 — 2023 Slovenia floods
In August 2023, major floods occurred in large part of Slovenia and neighbouring areas of Austria and Croatia due to heavy rain. Amongst others, the level of rivers Sava, Mur and Drava was exceptionally high. Several settlements and transport links in Slovene Littoral, Upper Carniola and Slovenian Carinthia were flooded. Due to the amount of rain, the streams in Idrija, Cerkno and Škofja Loka Hills overflowed.
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2023 — A ceasefire largely holds after fighting in Ain al-Hilweh
On August 3, 2023, a ceasefire largely held in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, Lebanon, after overnight fighting. The truce halted the main clashes for several weeks.
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2024 — UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov (also known as UFC on ABC 7) was a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 3, 2024, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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2024 — SummerSlam (2024)
The 2024 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Cleveland, was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 37th annual SummerSlam and took place on August 3, 2024, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This was the second SummerSlam event held in Cleveland, after the 1996 event, which was held at the Gund Arena.
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2024 — 2024 Turkish Super Cup
The 2024 Turkish Super Cup, or the 2024 Turkcell Super Cup (Turkish: 2024 Turkcell Süper Kupa) for sponsorship reasons, was the 51st edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as Presidential Cup in 1966, the annual Turkish football match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The game was played on 3 August 2024 between Galatasaray and Beşiktaş.
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2024 — ONE Fight Night 24
ONE Fight Night 24: Brooks vs. Balart was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on August 3, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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2024 — 2024 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The 2024 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 46th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It was played between the winners of the 2023–24 Primeira Liga, Sporting CP, and the winners of the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal, Porto, on 3 August 2024. Porto came behind from three goals down to win the match 4–3 after extra time, securing their 24th Supertaça title.
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2025 — 29th Fantasia International Film Festival
The 29th Fantasia International Film Festival opened on July 16 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with American neo-Western black comedy film Eddington, by Ari Aster. The Canadian Trailblazer Award was presented to Hungarian-born Canadian filmmaker George Mihalka, the director of the 1981 slasher film My Bloody Valentine, and Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress and singer during festival. Pascal Plante, a Canadian film director and screenwriter served as jury president for Compétition Cheval Noir. The seven of the competition’s eight categories awards were announced on July 26, with the jury awarding Mother of Flies, a horror–fantasy film by John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Posner, with the Cheval Noir Award for Best Film, marking the first time a United States production has received this award. The festival closed on August 3, 2025 with dog sex adult comedy Fixed, by Russian-American animator, producer–director, Genndy Tartakovsky, who was also honored with 'Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award' along with Danny Elfman, American film composer, and musician.
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2025 — 2025 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
The 2025 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the county teams of Ireland. Dublin were the winners, easily defeating Meath. The attendance was the third-highest for a ladies' final.
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2025 — Death of Cho-yun Hsu
On 3 August 2025, Cho-yun Hsu, a historian, died.
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2026 — Death of Grace Chang
On 3 August 2026, Grace Chang, an actress, died.
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