Today is Monday, August 3, the 215th day of 2026. On this day in history, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 23 people. The gunman targeted Mexicans and had outlined the plot in a screed published online shortly before the attack.
Other Notable Events
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on his first voyage to the present-day Americas. In 1916, Irish-born British diplomat Roger Casement was hanged for treason. In 1936, Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics.
In 1972, the U.S. Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1977, the Tandy Corporation introduced the TRS-80, one of the first widely-available home computers. In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, seeking pay and workplace improvements.
In 2004, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty opened to visitors for the first time since the 9/11 attacks. In 2018, Las Vegas police closed their investigation into the October 1, 2017, shooting that left 58 people dead at a country music festival without a definitive answer for why Stephen Paddock unleashed gunfire from a hotel suite onto the concert crowd.
Original reporting: Texarkana Gazette — read the source article.
