Public Holidays on August 3

• 🌍 August Bank Holiday (Ireland)
• 🌍 August Holiday (Ireland)
• 🌍 British Columbia Day (Canada)
• 🌍 Civic Holiday (Canada)
• 🌍 Flag Day (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Heritage Day (Canada)
• 🌍 Natal Day (Canada)
• 🌍 New Brunswick Day (Canada)
• 🌍 Picnic Day (Australia)
• 🌍 Saskatchewan Day (Canada)
• 🌍 Summer Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)

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On This Day in History — August 3

• 2014 — A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
• 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.
• 2007 — Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
• 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.
• 2004 — The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
• 1997 — Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.

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Notable Births on August 3

• 1995 — Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
• 1994 — Manaia Cherrington, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 — Todd Gurley, American football player
• 1993 — Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
• 1993 — Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
• 1992 — Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner

Notable Deaths on August 3

• 2015 — Jef Murray, Australian artist and author (b. 1960)
• 2015 — Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (b. 1917)
• 2015 — Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (b. 1944)
• 2015 — Coleen Gray, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 2015 — Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (b. 1926)

On This Day in History — August 4

• 2007 — NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.
• 2006 — A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
• 1995 — Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
• 1993 — A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
• 1987 — The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
• 1984 — The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.

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Notable Births on August 4

• 1995 — Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
• 1994 — Pauli Pauli, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer
• 1992 — Dylan Sprouse, American actor
• 1992 — Cole Sprouse, American actor
• 1991 — Thiago Cardoso, Brazilian footballer

Notable Deaths on August 4

• 2015 — Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (b. 1925)
• 2015 — Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2015 — John Rudometkin, American basketball player (b. 1940)
• 2015 — Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)
• 2015 — Alfred C. Williams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)
• 2014 — James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)