August 3

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Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 1936
- 1.2 1949
- 1.3 1984
- 1.4 1999
- 1.5 2005
2 Debuts
3 Births
- 3.1 1977
4 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] 1936

Jesse Owens won the first of four olympic gold medals at the Berlin Summer Olympics.

[edit] 1949

The National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed. The league was created by the merging of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.

[edit] 1984

Mary Lou Retton won a gold medal at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

[edit] 1999

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger bought forward Thierry Henry from Italian side Juventus for a reported price of £10 million.

[edit] 2005

Free agent defenseman Sergei Gonchar signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

[edit] Debuts

[edit] Births

[edit] 1977

Two-time NFL Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady born in San Mateo, California.

[edit] Deaths

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