3rd August anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1808
  • United States
  • "Birth of Hamilton Fish, US Secretary of State (1869–77) ."
  • 1887
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Rupert Brooke, English poet whose collection ""1914 & Other Poems"" had run to 24 impressions before the First World War ended." more
  • 1908
  • Brazil
  • "Birth of Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian Vice-President (1974–79) ."
• event
  • 1858
  • Great Britain
  • "British explorer John Speke discovered Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile."
  • 1949
  • United States
  • The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League merged to form the National Basketball Association (NBA)
  • 1958
  • United States
  • "USS Nautilus, an American nuclear-powered submarine, became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater."
• Death
  • 1460
  • Great Britain
  • King James II of Scots killed by an exploding cannon at Kelso
  • 1916
  • Great Britain
  • Sir Roger Casement hanged at Pentonville Prison for treason
  • 1929
  • Germany
  • "Death of Emil Berliner, German-born American inventor who improved telephone communications and developed the gramophone"
  • 1998
  • Russian Federation
  • "Death of Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer ."