Today is Friday, August 3, the 215th day of 2018. There are 150 days left in the year.
1596 — David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira
1678 — Robert LaSalle builds firstt ship in America, Griffon
1852 — First intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths
1881 — U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name
1882 — Congress passes first law restricting immigration
1914 — Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I
1921 — First aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
1940 — Lithuanian SSR is accepted into the USSR
1952 — 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki, Finland