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August 3rd, 2005	Event	President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
August 3rd, 2004	Event	The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
August 3rd, 2001	Event	The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, U.K injuring seven people. (See 3 August 2001 Ealing bombing).
August 3rd, 1997	Event	Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; 40-76 villagers killed.
August 3rd, 1996	Event	General William F. Garrison accepted responsibility for the outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and he retired from military service.
August 3rd, 1981	Event	In the United States, Air traffic controllers affiliated with the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walk off the joborn in President Ronald Reagan ultimately responds by firing those who ignore his order to return to work.
August 3rd, 1981	Event	Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launches the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
August 3rd, 1977	Event	United States Senate Hearing on MKULTRA.
August 3rd, 1975	Event	A privately chartered Boeing 707 impacts the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco killing 188.
August 3rd, 1972	Event	U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

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