Born on August 3
August 3 birthdays & history
If you were born on August 3, you share a birthday with James Hetfield, Evangeline Lilly and Habib Bourguiba. August 3 babies are Leo, with peridot as their birthstone and the gladiolus as their birth flower. August 3 is the 216th day of the year in leap years (215th in other years).
Famous people born on August 3
- 1963James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1979Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress
- 1903Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia
- 1940Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
- 1926Tony Bennett, American singer and actor
- 1959Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1977Tom Brady, American football player
- 1984Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer
- 1989Jules Bianchi, French racing driver
- 1999Brahim Díaz, Spanish-Moroccan footballer
What happened on August 3
- 1057Pope Stephen IX was crowned as pope.
- 1811First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
- 1829The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.
- 1852Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.
- 1859The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
- 1900The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
- 1929Jiddu Krishnamurti, believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.
- 1946Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
- 1949The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
- 1960Niger gains independence from France.
- 1981Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
- 1997The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.
Also observed on August 3
- Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)
- Flag Day (Venezuela)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960. Arbor Day (Niger)
- National Guard Day (Venezuela)
Questions, answered
What star sign is August 3?
People born on August 3 are Leo. Their birthstone is peridot and their birth flower is the gladiolus.
Which famous people were born on August 3?
James Hetfield (1963), Evangeline Lilly (1979), Habib Bourguiba (1903), Martin Sheen (1940), Tony Bennett (1926), Koichi Tanaka (1959) were all born on August 3.
What happened on August 3 in history?
Among other things: in 1960, Niger gains independence from France; in 1981, Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi; in 1997, The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.
Can I get a newspaper front page from August 3?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any August 3 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “August 3”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.