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Berlin. The current calendar sheet for Wednesday, August 3, 2022: What happened today, who was born, who died? The events at a glance.
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Calendar sheet: Wednesday, August 3, 2022
- 31st calendar week, 215th day of the year, 150 days until the end of the year
- Astrological sign Leo
- Name day: Benno, Burchard, Lydia
History: What happened on August 3rd?
2020 – Spain’s ex-king Juan Carlos leaves the country and flies to the United Arab Emirates. He is accused of receiving a $100 million bribe in 2008 when building a high-speed rail line in Saudi Arabia.
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2017 – Brazilian striker Neymar has joined Paris Saint-Germain from FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of 222 million euros. The sum for what was then the most expensive transfer in football history is said to have been raised by a sovereign wealth fund in the Emirate of Qatar.
2014 – An earthquake in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan kills more than 600 people and destroys thousands of homes.
2002 – Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) categorically rules out German participation in a possible war in Iraq. “We are not available for adventures.” German-American relations deteriorate.
1992 – Germany is the first country in Europe to start destroying conventional weapons systems as agreed in the 1990 CFE treaty. The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe aims to secure the military balance after the Cold War.
1990 – The treaty for the first all-German elections is signed in East Berlin.
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1957 – “Zum Blauen Bock” starts on German television. The show was conceived by Hessischer Rundfunk for the Frankfurt Radio Exhibition in 1957. The first host is Otto Höpfner
1922 – The American radio station WGY broadcasts the first radio play, the melodrama “The Wolf” by Eugene Walter adapted for radio.
1492 – Christopher Columbus, navigator from Genoa in the service of the Spanish crown, sets out with three ships in southern Spain to seek the western sea route to India.
Celebrity Birthdays: Who Was Born On August 3rd?
1982 – Robert Stadlober (40), Austrian actor (“Sonnenallee”, “Crazy”)
1977 – Kristina Schröder (45), German politician (CDU), Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth 2009-2013
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1942 – Hugo Simon (80), German-Austrian show jumper, three-time World Cup winner
1922 – Hans Ulrich Kempski, German journalist, 1970 to 1987 member of the editorial board of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, died 2007
1872 – King Haakon VII, King of Norway 1905-1957, died 1957
Celebrity Death Days: Who Died on August 3rd?
1977 – Makarios III, Archbishop of Cyprus and politician, President 1960-1977, born 1913
1967 – Paul Löbe, German politician (SPD), President of the Reichstag 1920-1924 and 1925-1932, born 1875
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