{"id":43097,"date":"2025-08-04T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/43097\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:14:11","slug":"on-this-day-aug-3-astronauts-carry-out-first-emergency-repair-spacewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/43097\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Aug. 3: Astronauts carry out first emergency repair spacewalk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aug. 3 (UPI) — On this date in history:<\/p>\n

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain, seeking a western route to India, with a convoy of three small ships — the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria — and fewer than 100 crew. They reached land at Guanahani, an island in the Caribbean, on Oct. 12.\n<\/p>\n

In 1914, Germany declared war on France<\/a> and invaded Belgium. The following day, Britain declared war on Germany and World War I<\/a> was underway.<\/p>\n

In 1923, by the dim light of a flickering oil lamp in a little farmhouse at Plymouth, Vt., his birthplace, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office<\/a> as president of the United States following the unexpected death President Warren G. Harding.<\/p>\n

In 1943, Gen. George Patton slapped Private Charles Kuhl, who was in a military hospital in Sicily. Kuhl was the first of two privates hospitalized for shock that Patton slapped and berated<\/a> that month, accusing them of cowardice. The general was later forced to apologize.<\/p>\n

In 1958, the U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus crossed under<\/a> the North Pole.\n<\/p>\n

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In 1975, a chartered Boeing 707 jetliner carrying Moroccan immigrant workers home from France to their families for the summer holidays crashed into a mountainside<\/a> in Agadir, Morocco, killing all 188 persons aboard.<\/p>\n

In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike<\/a>. The strikers were fired within one week.<\/p>\n

In 2004, the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor was opened to the public for the first time<\/a> since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.<\/p>\n

In 2005, in the first emergency repair conducted in space<\/a>, astronauts fixed a potentially dangerous problem by removing two strips of protruding cloth from the underside of the space shuttle Discovery.<\/p>\n

In 2007, the U.S. Congress passed a bill allowing the National Security Agency to monitor<\/a> email and telephone communications between the United States and foreign countries without a court warrant if terrorism was believed to be involved.<\/p>\n

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In 2008, People magazine published the first photos<\/a> of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s newborn twins, Vivienne and Knox, after paying up to $14 million, the most ever paid for baby pictures.<\/p>\n

In 2014, an earthquake<\/a> in southern China’s Yunnan province killed nearly 400 people, injured 1,800 and destroyed thousands of homes.<\/p>\n

In 2019, a gunman targeting immigrants opened fire<\/a> at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people and injuring another 22.<\/p>\n

In 2024, American swimmers Nic Fink, Torri Huske, Ryan Murphy and Gretchen Walsh set a new world record<\/a> time of 3:37:43 in the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay at the Paris Summer Olympics. Team USA won gold, China won silver and Australia took home bronze in the race.<\/p>\n

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