At the moment is Sunday, Aug. 3, the 215th day of 2025. There are 150 days left within the yr.
At the moment in historical past:
On August 3, 2019, a gunman opened fireplace at a Walmart retailer in El Paso, Texas, ensuing within the deaths of 23 folks; after surrendering, the gunman informed detectives he focused “Mexicans” and had outlined the plot in a screed printed on-line shortly earlier than the assault.
Additionally on this date:
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on his first voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.
In 1852, in America’s first intercollegiate sporting occasion, Harvard rowed previous Yale to win the primary Harvard-Yale Regatta.
In 1916, Irish-born British diplomat Roger Casement, a powerful advocate of independence for Eire, was hanged for treason.
In 1936, Jesse Owens of the USA gained the primary of his 4 gold medals on the Berlin Olympics as he took the 100-meter dash.
In 1972, the U.S. Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the USA and the Soviet Union.
In 1977, the Tandy Company launched the TRS-80, one of many first widely-available dwelling computer systems.
In 1981, U.S. air site visitors controllers went on strike, looking for pay and office enhancements (two days later, President Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 placing union members and barred them from federal employment).
In 2004, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty opened to guests for the primary time because the 9/11 assaults.
In 2018, Las Vegas police stated they had been closing their investigation into the Oct. 1, 2017, taking pictures that left 58 folks lifeless at a rustic music pageant with out a definitive reply for why Stephen Paddock unleashed gunfire from a lodge suite onto the live performance crowd.
In 2021, New York’s state legal professional basic stated an investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo discovered that he had sexually harassed a number of present and former state authorities staff; the report introduced elevated stress on Cuomo to resign, together with stress from President Joe Biden and different Democrats. (Cuomo resigned per week later.)
At the moment’s Birthdays:
- Soccer Corridor of Fame coach Marv Levy is 100.
- Actor Martin Sheen is 85.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Lance Alworth is 85.
- Life-style guru Martha Stewart is 84.
- Movie director John Landis is 75.
- Actor JoMarie Payton (TV: “Household Issues”) is 75.
- Hockey Corridor of Famer Marcel Dionne is 74.
- Actor John C. McGinley is 66.
- Rock singer/guitarist James Hetfield (Metallica) is 62.
- Actor Lisa Ann Walter (TV: “Abbott Elementary”) is 62.
- Rock musician Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) is 55.
- Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady is 48.
- Actor Evangeline Lilly is 46.
- Olympic swimming gold medalist Ryan Lochte is 41.
- Mannequin Karlie Kloss is 33.
