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3 August 2020 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 August 2020 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rockstar” by DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch.
- Top Film of 2020
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2020 was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 3 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 August 2020 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 August 2020 was Full Moon.
On this day: 3 August
- 1997 Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand opens after two-and-a-half years of construction, becoming the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at the time.
- 2004 The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
- 2005 President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
- 2019 Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
- 2023 Major floods hit parts of Slovenia.
Famous people born on August 3
- Tom Brady, American football player (born 1977)
- Martin Sheen, American actor and producer (born 1940)
- Karlie Kloss, American fashion model (born 1992)
- Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (born 1941)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2020 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2020 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic: President Donald Trump establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
- January 29 – President Trump signs the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA).
- February 9 – The 92nd Academy Awards, the second in a row with no official host, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Life in the US in 2020
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.17
Loaf of Bread
$2.50
Average House
$374,900
Weekly Wage
$984
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