Saturday, August 3, 3518 is a Saturday. It is day 215 of 3518 (58.9% through the year), ISO week 31, in Q3.
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On August 3, 3518, we mark the 2,503rd anniversary of various historical events that occurred on this day. In 1975, a tragic plane crash near Agadir, Morocco, resulted in the loss of 188 lives when a privately chartered Boeing 707 struck a mountain peak. Other notable events include the opening of the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1997, which was then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, and the overthrow of Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya in a military coup in 2005. Today is also a day of remembrance and celebration in several countries, with Guinea-Bissau observing the Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti, and Equatorial Guinea marking Armed Forces Day. Additionally, the Episcopal Church ho...
On August 3, 3518, we mark the 2,503rd anniversary of various historical events that occurred on this day.
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A mass shooting occurred at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people and injuring 22 others.
2019 El Paso Walmart shooting →The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.
Taurus 09 →Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya →The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.
Sky Tower (Auckland) →A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
Boeing 707 →Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.
Fighting Dinosaurs →World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.
World War II →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.
African Americans →Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.
Jiddu Krishnamurti →An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.
Wheatland, California →Macedonian rebels in Kruševo established a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization →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.
Indian Rebellion of 1857 →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Saturday, August 3, 3518 falls on a Saturday.
in 544,865 days (in 1491 years, 9 months, 16 days). It is day 215 of 3518 with 150 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Saturday, August 3, 3518 is written as III.VIII.MMMDXVIII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Crescent (approx. 11% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Leo.