On this day: 3 August

Selected events and births on 3 August, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1057 – Pope Stephen IX was crowned as pope. Read more: Pope Stephen IX
• 1929 – Jiddu 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. Read more: Jiddu Krishnamurti Theosophy Messianism
• 1971 – Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia. Read more: Fighting Dinosaurs Velociraptor Protoceratops
• 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. Read more: Sky Tower (Auckland) History of the world's tallest structures Southern Hemisphere
• 2009 – The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England. Read more: Taurus 09 HMNB Devonport

Born on this day

• 1937 – Roland Burris, American lawyer and politician, 39th Illinois Attorney General Read more: Roland Burris Illinois Attorney General
• 1941 – Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Read more: Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
• 1946 – Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Read more: Jack Straw Deputy Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
• 1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France Read more: Jean-Pierre Raffarin Prime Minister of France
• 1950 – Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia Read more: Ernesto Samper President of Colombia
• 1957 – Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation Read more: Kate Wilkinson (politician) Minister of Conservation (New Zealand)
• 1959 – Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Koichi Tanaka Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1961 – Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces Read more: Nick Harvey Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces
• 1964 – Abhisit Vejjajiva, English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand Read more: Abhisit Vejjajiva Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto Read more: Charlotte Casiraghi Ever Manifesto
• 1999 – Zach Wilson, American football player Read more: Zach Wilson
• 1999 – Brahim Díaz, Spanish-Moroccan footballer Read more: Brahim Díaz

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