What happend on 3rd August

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1960

Niger gains independence from France.

1958

The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.

1948

Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.

1946

National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.

1940

Second World War: Italy invades British Somaliland.

1923

Calvin Coolidge is inaugurated as the 30th President of the United States.

1916

First World War: The Battle of Romani is fought between forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

1914

First World War: Germany declares war against France.

1900

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.

1860

The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.