Portal:United States/Anniversaries/August/August 3
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- 1923 – Following the death of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge (pictured) is sworn in as the 30th President of the United States.
- 1948 – In testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, former Communist Party member Whittaker Chambers accuses government official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. Historians are still divided on whether or not Hiss was in fact a Soviet agent.
- 1949 – The National Basketball Association is formed from the merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.
- 1958 – The nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap, becoming the first submarine to do so.
- 1981 – Air traffic controllers affiliated with the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walk off the job. President Ronald Reagan ultimately responds by firing those who ignore his order to return to work.
On this day for the United States
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Events
- 1852 – First Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event. Harvard won.
- 1900 – Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.
- 1923 – The deceased Warren G. Harding was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge as the 30th President of the United States.
- 1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash by defeating Ralph Metcalfe at Berlin Olympics.
- 1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- 1949 – National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
- 1958 – The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
- 1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is founded.
- 1972 – U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 1977 – United States Senate Hearing on MKULTRA.
- 1981 – In the United States, Air traffic controllers affiliated with the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walk off the job. President Ronald Reagan ultimately responds by firing those who ignore his order to return to work.
- 1996 – General William F. Garrison accepted responsibility for the outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and he retired from military service.
- 2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks.