Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Date: August 3, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)

Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia. Date: August 3, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia. Date: August 3, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins. Date: August 2, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: The German occupation of Luxembourg begins. Date: August 2, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto. Date: August 2, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people. Date: August 2, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)

U.S. Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of President Warren G. Harding. Date: August 2, 1923 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1923 📅 On This Day (Today)

The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. Date: August 2, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)