Talk:August 3

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August 3: Tisha B'Av (Judaism, 2025) Boeing 707 involved in the crash in Agadir 1857 – Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers. 1913 – An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California. 1940 – World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days. 1975 – A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188. 2009 – The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England. Christopher Anstey (d. 1805) Han Sorya (b. 1900) Tony Bennett (b. 1926) Mary Musa (d. 2015) More anniversaries: August 2 August 3 August 4

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Moved birth from article:

• 1986 - Stanislav Tovbin, writer

No verification found. Lupo 13:21, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Stephen Carpenter is mentioned twice in the 'Births' section under two different years (1970 and 1973). Is there any way to follow this up and fix the issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.108.32.24 (talk) 09:26, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

The Greek composer Giannis Papaioannou is mentioned under births as "Greek-Turkish", which is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.67.68 (talk) 04:29, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

"Esther Day"?

really?--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 22:49, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

no problems with deletion? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 01:16, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

"beer day"

does this fit the criteria? seems 'folklorique'. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 10:42, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

I agree should come out. Any contraryminded?--47.54.6.137 (talk) 12:56, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 August 2019

Under Events, the entry "The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association" is missing a period at the end. 12.90.164.142 (talk) 16:29, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done, fixed. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 19:15, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 August 2019

Under Events, the entry "Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event" is missing a period after the second sentence. 12.90.164.142 (talk) 00:12, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done Thanks! aboideau^talk 01:21, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Sunil Chhetri 's birthday has not shown

Add everything for information World's one of the best striker Sunil Chetri is not in birthday list. 42.108.196.94 (talk) 18:45, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

You can add the entry yourself. Please ensure that you provide an inline citation (see WP:DOYCITE). Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 05:50, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Julien Reverchon is missing under births

noticed Julien Reverchon is not under births 2001:56A:7BFD:5E00:CEA3:17D8:AD2F:D937 (talk) 06:32, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the notification. Kiwipete (talk) 09:22, 4 August 2024 (UTC)