August 3rd (1936) was a Monday. It's the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 3rd August, 1936
» Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the 1936 Summer Olympics e.g Berlin Olympics.
» A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic e.g Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
Famous Birthdays on August 3 in 1936
» Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (d. 2013)
» Edward Petherbridge, English actor and singer
August 3rd Famous Deaths for 1936
» Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
August 3rd Holidays in History
» Pidjiguiti Massacre e.g Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau)
» Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)
» Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
» Gamaliel
» Lydia of Thyatira
» Nicodemus
» Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic)
» Saint Stephen or Stephen (Discovery of the relic)
» Waltheof of Melrose
» Saint Joanna Joanna, Mary Mother of James Mary, and Salome (disciple) Salome, myrrh-bearing women (Lutheran Church)
» George Freeman Bragg, W.E.B. DuBois (Episcopal Church (USA))
» August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Emancipation Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
» Public holidays in Venezuela e.g Flag Day (Venezuela)