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==Events== * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bathinus. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. * 881 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem ''Ludwigslied''. *1031 – Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey. *1342 – The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista. *1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. *1527 – The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland. *1601 – Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló. *1645 – Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire. *1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the ''Le Griffon'', the first known ship built on the Great Lakes. *1778 – The theatre ''La Scala'' is inaugurated. *1795 – Treaty of Greenville is signed. *1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer. *1852 – Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event *1860 – The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand. *1900 – The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded. *1903 – Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town. *1907 – Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal. *1913 – A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland hop riot, starts in Wheatland, California. *1914 – World War I: Germany declares war against France. *1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court. *1929 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, tagged as the messianic "World Teacher", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him. *1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics. * 1936 – A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors. *1940 – World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland. *1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. *1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. *1958 – The nuclear submarine travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. *1959 – Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people. *1960 – Niger gains independence from France. *1961 – The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded by the merger of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress. *1972 – The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. *1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188. *1977 – The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKUltra. * 1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers. *1981 – Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi. *1997 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara. *2001 – The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom injuring seven people. *2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks. *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. * 2005 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran. *2007 – Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping. *2010 – Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage. *2014 – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「August 3」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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