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Monday, August 3
August 3, 2026 is day 215 of 365, ISO week 32, in Q3. The moon is Waning Gibbous and the zodiac sign is Leo.
Day of year215
ISO week32
QuarterQ3
Days left150
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous
- Lunar age
- 19.7 days
- Illumination
- 75%
- Season
- Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Leo
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
- Shareable URL
- /date/2026-08-03
Today's Celebrations
August 3
Observance
Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau)
Observance
Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)
Observance
Blessed Augustin Kažotić
Observance
George Freeman Bragg, W. E. B. Du Bois (Episcopal Church)
Observance
Lydia of Thyatira
Observance
Myrrhbearers (Lutheran Church)
Observance
Nicodemus
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Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic)
Daily Briefing
AI enrichedOn August 3, 2026, the world marks various celebrations, including the Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti in Guinea-Bissau and Armed Forces Day in Equatorial Guinea. The day also honors several individuals, such as Blessed Augustin Kažotić, George Freeman Bragg, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Lydia of Thyatira. The moon is in its Waning Gibbous phase, and the zodiac sign is Leo. Historically, August 3 has seen significant events, including a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019, which resulted in 23 deaths and 22 injuries. In 2005, a military coup overthrew Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, while he was attending the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. The day also marks the opening of the Sky Tower in Auckland, Ne...
On August 3, 2026, the world marks various celebrations, including the Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti in Guinea-Bissau and Armed Forces Day in Equatorial Guinea.
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History for August 3
A mass shooting occurred at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people and injuring 22 others.
The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.
Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.
A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.
World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.
African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games.
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