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1678, 3rd August: Robert LaSalle built the first ship in America
1900, 3rd August: The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded
1914, 3rd August: Germany declared war against France during the First World War
1948, 3rd August: Establishment of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission
1958, 3rd August: The world’s first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, became the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole
1960, 3rd August: Nigeria gained independence from France
1985, 3rd August: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service to Baba Amte
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on 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
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people 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
What happened in India on 03 August
3-August-1780
British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya.
3-August-1886
Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi.
3-August-1890
Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi.
3-August-1898
Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
3-August-1900
Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
3-August-1905
Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P.
3-August-1930
Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur.
3-August-1930
Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died.
3-August-1939
Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test – India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.
3-August-1947
Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
3-August-1954
Atomic Energy Department established.
3-August-1957
Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.
3-August-1960
Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
3-August-1967
Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
3-August-1970
Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.
3-August-1984
Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
3-August-1985
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.
3-August-1991
About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
3-August-1993
Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.
3-August-1993
Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
3-August-1994
The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
3-August-1995
Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government.
3-August-1996
Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
3-August-1997
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
3-August-1998
India’s most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ”Akash” was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
3-August-1998
35 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.