August 3 in history — What Happened Today in History

Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.

Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.

A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

Niger gains independence from France.

Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.

The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.

The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.

Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.

Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.

World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.

Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.

A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.

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.

World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.

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.

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.

An Anglo-Egyptian army defeats a Mahdist-Sudanese army in the battle of Toski.

The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.

Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.

The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.

First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.

Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.

The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.

British-Dutch forces under William III defending the city of Brussels fight an inconclusive battle at Steenkerque against a French army under the duke of Luxembourg, with both sides suffering heavy casualties.

Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.

Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.

Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner

Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner

Karlie Kloss, American fashion model

Jourdan Dunn, English model

Kang Min-kyung, South Korean singer

Jules Bianchi, French racing driver (died 2015)

Tyrod Taylor, American football player

Nick Viergever, Dutch footballer

Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer and dancer

Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto

Darya Domracheva, Belarusian biathlete

Georgina Haig, Australian actress

Brent Kutzle, American bass player and producer

Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (born 1928)

Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (born 1923)

Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (born 1916)

Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (born 1958)

Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (born 1944)

John Coombs, English-Monegasque race car driver and businessman (born 1922)

Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)

Jack Hynes, Scottish-American soccer player and manager (born 1920)

Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)

Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (born 1927)

Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (born 1915)

John Pritchard, American basketball player (born 1927)

George Shanard, American politician and agribusinessman (born 1926)