Historical Events -  August 3.

1678: Robert LaSalle built the first ship in America.

1900: The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded.

1914: Germany declared war against France during the First World War.

1948: Establishment of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission.

1958: The world’s first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, became the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole. 

1960: Nigeria gained independence from France.

1985: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service to Baba Amte.

Famous Birthdays   – August 3

1886: Maithili Sharan Gupt, one of the most important modern Hindi poets.

1900: Krantisinh Nana Patil, an Indian independence activist.

1916: Shakeel Badayuni, an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, and songwriter.

1924: Leon Uris, an American author.

1956: Balwinder Singh Sandhu, a former Indian cricketer. 

1984: Sunil Chhetri, an Indian professional footballer.

 

Death Anniversaries -  on August 3

1929: Emile Berliner, a German-American inventor.

1930: Vyankatesh Bapuji Ketkar, a scholar, astronomist, and astrologist.

1957: Devdas Mohandas Gandhi, the fourth and youngest son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

1993: Swami Chinmayananda, a Hindu spiritual leader and a teacher.

2020: John Hume, an Irish nationalist politician.