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August 3

4 sourced moments from August 3 in history: Columbus left Palos on 3 August 1492 in renamed ships; Firestone founds the tire company that helped put America on wheels (1900); USS Nautilus crossed the North Pole beneath the ice (1958), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on August 3

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1977 Technology · Computing & AI

Tandy Released the TRS-80 Home Computer

When Radio Shack put a real computer on store shelves for $600, the personal computing era went mainstream overnight.

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1958 Technology · Engineering

USS Nautilus crossed the North Pole beneath the ice

The first nuclear submarine slipped under the Arctic ice cap and became the first vessel to reach the geographic North Pole.

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1900 Society & Economy · Business & Markets

Firestone founds the tire company that helped put America on wheels

A 31-year-old salesman with a dozen employees launched a rubber business that would soon roll under millions of automobiles.

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1492 History · Modern

Columbus left Palos on 3 August 1492 in renamed ships

The three ships that left Palos at dawn went by other names, and despite the legend, their crews never mutinied.

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