Wednesday August 03, 2011

Historical Events

• 2011 Syrian uprising: Syrian forces advance and shell Hama.
• Syrian forces bombard and advance on Hama.
• South Africa has agreed to lend Swaziland 2.5 billion rand (368 million US dollars) to ease its economic crisis.
• The Chinese Dagong Global Credit Rating lowers the United States credit rating to A+ with a negative outlook.
• John Malone, a cable entrepreneur, may have run into problems when he tried to buy Barnes & Noble book store chain Barnes & Noble. This is especially true because of the Nook and B&N eReader.
• Since the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, more than 26,000 people have left New Zealand's Canterbury Region.
• Ten people are killed when a Bell 412 helicopter crashes into a house in Indonesia's North Sulawesi.
• McAfee, a computer security firm, uncovers one the most extensive cyber attacks against the International Olympic Committee and the Indian government.
• Hosni Mubarak is the former President of Egypt and he leaves Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to go to Cairo to stand trial.
• News International phone hacking scandal.: Heather Mills, a charity campaigner, tells BBC Newsnight that a senior Mirror Group journalist confessed to hacking Sir Paul McCartney's voicemails while she was together.
• Heather Mills, a charity campaigner, tells BBC Newsnight that a senior Mirror Group journalist confessed to hacking voicemails left by Sir Paul McCartney for her while they were together.
• Luke March was charged with investigating the United Kingdom Parliamentary expense scandal. He resigned from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, refusing to identify those who were under suspicion.
• Four new ministers are confirmed by the Iranian parliament, including Rostam Ghasemi, Minister of Petroleum.
• David Wu, Oregon's 1st congressional District Representative in the United States House of Representatives, resigns following a sex scandal.
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See also

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Who died on August 03, 2011?

• Nikolái Petrov
• Bubba Smith
• Jane Walker

Other August 3rd famous deaths

• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

  German singer with the Berlin City Opera after her debut in 1938.

• Lenny Bruce

  American satirical nightclub comedian, known for biting and controversial subject matter, who changed the landscape of standup comedy and...

• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Russian dissident writer, novelist and historian whose work brilliantly exposed the brutality of life in the Stalin era.

• Carolyn Jones

  American actress, the daughter of Cloe Jeanette Southern, a housewife, and Julius Alfred Jones, a barber.

See all famous people who died on August 3rd

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Leo

Leo personality

Who should a Leo marry?

Babies born in August are either Leo or Virgo. People born before August 22nd are Leo, while people born from August 23rd have the sign of Virgo

Personality of August born

Chinese Zodiac

Rabbit

The day of the week was Wednesday.

August 3rd marks the 214th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2011.

There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

August 2011 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
2. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
3. Pitbull - Give Me Everything
4. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
5. Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Top #5 R&B songs

1. DJ Khaled Featuring Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne - I'm On One
2. Kelly Rowland Featuring Lil Wayne - Motivation
3. Miguel - Sure Thing
4. Lil Wayne - How To Love
5. Chris Brown - She Ain't You

Top #5 Rock songs

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
2. Foo Fighters - Walk
3. Seether - Country Song
4. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
5. Foo Fighters - Rope

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Give Me Everything
2. Don Omar - Taboo
3. Jennifer Lopez Featuring Pitbull - Ven A Bailar
4. Romeo Santos - You
5. La Adictiva Banda San Jose de Mesillas - Te Amo y Te Amo

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $77.94
• Apple AAPL: opens at $390.98
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $26.83
• General Electric GE: opens at $17.25
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $177.67

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 77.03 JPY
• 1 USD = 0.9611 CAD
• 1 USD = 0.7688 CHF
• 1 USD = 6.435 CNY
• 1 EUR = 110.55 JPY