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3 August 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2019 - A mass shooting occurred at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people and injuring 22 others.Mass shooting in Texas, U.S.
Anniversary
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.2009 Royal Navy deployment
Anniversary
2005 - Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.President of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005
Anniversary
1997 - The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.Observation and communication tower in Auckland, New Zealand
Anniversary
1975 - A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.Four-engined single-aisle airliner family
Historical events
History
2019 - Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.Russian political and public figure, lawyer (born 1987)
History
2019 - Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.Mass shooting in Texas, U.S.
History
2018 - Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.History
2014 - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.6.1 magnitude earthquake in Yunnan, China
History
2014 - The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.2014-2017 genocide campaign by the Islamic State
History
2010 - Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.Demonstrations after the murder of Pakistani politician Raza Haider
History
2007 - Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.Chilean secret police under the Pinochet dictatorship (1973–1977)
History
2005 - President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.History
2004 - The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.Colossal sculpture in New York Harbor
Notable births
Born
1999 - Zach Wilson, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Born
1999 - Brahim Díaz, Spanish-Moroccan footballerMorocco international footballer (born 1999)
Born
1997 - Luis Robert Jr., Cuban baseball playerCuban-born baseball player (born 1997)
Born
1996 - Alec Bohm, American baseball playerAmerican baseball player (born 1996)
Born
1996 - Bokondji Imama, Canadian ice hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Born
1996 - Derwin James, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1996)
Born
1995 - Zac Gallen, American baseball playerAmerican baseball player (born 1995)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Loni Anderson, American actress (born 1945)American actress (1945–2025)
Died
2024 - Yamini Krishnamurthy, Indian dancer (born 1940)Indian dancer (1940–2024)
Died
2023 - Bram Moolenaar, Dutch software engineer (born 1961)Dutch computer programmer (1961–2023)
Died
2022 - Jackie Walorski, American politician (born 1963)American politician (1963–2022)
Died
2020 - John Hume, Northern Irish politician (born 1937)Irish nationalist politician (1937–2020)
Died
2015 - Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (born 1917)British-American historian and poet (1917–2015)
Died
2015 - Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (born 1944)American football player and businessman (1944–2015)
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated
Lunar age: 12.4 days
Sun zodiac
Leo
11.67 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Moon zodiac
Capricorn
21.03 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.