This Day in History - August 3rd

Featured Historical Event for August 3rd Christopher Columbus sets sail. Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with his three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, on this day in 1492. A little over 2 months later he landed on one of the islands in the Bahamas. Learning Calendar Activity Page Christopher Columbus Sets Sail Read from any of the links given. Then test your "Christopher Columbus" knowledge by completing this crossword puzzle. Hint: The questions and answers for this puzzle were taken from the Wikipedia article and the Enchanted Learning link. Click here to download this exclusive activity page...

Historical Events That Occurred on August 3rd

	Christopher Columbus sets sail. (1492)
	The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. (1958)
	Niger gains independence from France. (1960)
	Gastric Brooding Frog (2011)
	The Jews of Spain are expelled by the Catholic Monarchs. (1492)
	The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand. (1860)
	Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. (1948)
	The Second Battle of Nördlingen is fought between the forces of France and the Holy Roman Empire. (1645)
	President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. (2005)
	A privately chartered Boeing 707 impacts the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco killing 188. (1975)
	Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people. (1783)
	First known letter was sent from North America by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland. (1527)
	National Basketball Association is founded in the United States. (1946)
	The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance by which the feudal daimyM are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Toky (1635)
	Calvin Coolidge is inaugurated as the 30th President of the United States. (1923)
	The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since September 11, 2001. (2004)
	First World War: The Battle of Romani is fought between forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire. (1916)
	U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (1972)
	In the United States, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walks off the job. All 13,000 members will eventually be fired by President Ronald Reagan. (1981)
	Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launches the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi. (1981)
	Second World War: Italy invades British Somaliland. (1940)
	United States Senate Hearing on MKULTRA. (1977)
	Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; 40-76 villagers killed. (1997)
	First World War: Germany declares war against France. (1914)
	Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of the Christological "heresy" (435)
	Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded. (1900)
	Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, where Louis III of France defeated the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied (881)
	Adolf Hitler becomes the supreme leader of Germany by joining the offices of President and Chancellor into Führer. (1934)
	Roman general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. (8)
	Robert LaSalle builds the Griffon, the first known ship built in America. (1678)

Holidays on August 3rd

	St. Nicodemus
	Equatorial Guinea - Armed Forces Day
	St. Walthen
	St. Gamaliel
	Niger - Independence Day
	Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 3 saints:

Notable People Born on August 3rd

	Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (1811)
	Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (1832)
	Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1959)
	Martin Atkins, English drummer (1959)
	Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer and coach (1952)
	Jack Straw, British politician (1946)
	Sandis Ozolinsh, Latvian hockey player (1972)
	Jay North, American actor (1951)
	Martha Stewart, American publisher and media personality (1941)
	John Henley, English clergyman (1692)
	Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1867)
	Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress and fashion model (1979)
	Harry Heilmann, baseball player (1894)
	Hamilton Fish, American politician (1808)
	P.D. James, English novelist (1920)
	Cardinal Franz König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (1905)
	Mani Shankar, Indian Film-maker. (1957)
	King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (1770)
	Rupert Brooke, English poet (1887)
	Sidney Gottlieb, American Central Intelligence Agency official (1918)
	Martin Sheen, American actor (1940)
	Ed Roland, American musician, singer and songwriter (1963)
	Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect (1801)
	Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (1899)
	Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Catholic prelate (1901)
	Leon Uris, American novelist (1924)
	Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (1509)
	W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (1860)
	Clifford D. Simak, American author (1904)
	James Hetfield, American singer and guitarist (1963)
	Marv Levy, American football coach (1925)
	Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France (1948)
	John T. Scopes, American defendant (1900)
	Steven Berkoff, British actor (1937)
	Diane Wakoski, American poet (1937)
	King Haakon VII of Norway (1872)
	Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician (1964)
	Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian Politician (1903)
	Charlotte Casiraghi, heir to the Monaco throne (1986)
	John Landis, American film director (1950)
	Beverly Lee, American singer (1941)
	Archduke Albert, Austrian general (1817)
	Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church (1923)
	Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut (1935)
	Lance Alworth, American football player (1940)
	John Eliot, English missionary (1604)
	Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television presenter (1938)
	José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (1916)
	Marcel Dionne, Canadian hockey player (1951)
	Troy Glaus, American baseball player (1976)
	Dolores del Rio, Mexican-born actress (1905)
	Tom Brady, American football player (1977)
	Gordon Scott, American actor (1927)
	Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (1856)
	Tony Bennett, American singer (1926)
	Edward Petherbridge, English actor (1936)
	Gina G, British singer (1970)
	Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (1926)
	Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (1900)

Notable People That Died on August 3rd

	Peter Safar, mouth to mouth (2003)
	Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (1720)
	Richard Marshall, U.S. Army general (1973)
	Steven Vincent, American journalist (2005)
	Françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (2005)
	Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (1979)
	Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (1867)
	Emil Berliner, German-born telephone and recording pioneer (1929)
	Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (2004)
	Lenny Bruce, American comedian (1966)
	Carolyn Jones, American actress (1983)
	Eugène Sue, French novelist (1857)
	Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander (1604)
	Sir Roger Casement, Irish rebel (1916)
	King James II of Scotland (1460)
	Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (1780)
	Carmen Silvera, British actress (2002)
	William Butler Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago (1877)
	Thorstein Veblen, American economist (1929)
	Joseph Conrad, Polish-born writer (1924)
	StanisBaw Konarski, Polish writer (1773)
	Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (1546)
	Joshua Barnes, English scholar (1712)
	Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (2003)
	Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (1761)
	Guillaume du Vair, French writer (1621)
	Joseph Severn, English painter (1879)
	Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (1546)
	Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (1792)
	Alfred Lunt, American actor (1977)
	Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1942)
	Ida Lupino, English actress and director (1995)
	Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (1667)
	Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (1998)
	Christopher Anstey, English writer (1805)
	Colette, French writer (1954)
	Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (1721)
	Flannery O'Connor, American writer (1964)
	Edward Whittemore, American writer (1995)
	Christopher Hewett, British actor (2001)
	Pope Alexander III (1181)
	Jeffrey Amherst, British military commander (1797)
	Swami Chinmayananda, spread the teachings of Vedanta (1993)
	Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (1977)