- 381 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 3 August.
- Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
- 2023: Major floods hit parts of Slovenia.
Holidays and observances
Events
2019Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
2018Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
2014A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
2004The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
Born on this day
Died on this day
Quote of the day
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”
Questions people ask
Where do the entries come from?
From Wikipedia’s on-this-day pages for this language, updated once a day and ordered by how often each article is read.