EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
August 3
Monday, August 3, 2026
Day 214 of 2026 | Week 32 | 145 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.
Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.
Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Montreal
Spanish footballer (Real Madrid)
American NFL player (Los Angeles Rams)
Japanese pop singer (Berryz Kobo; Hello! Project Kids)
American model (Project Runway host)
British model (Burberry SS19
French auto racer (Marussia Formula 1 Racing Team)
American comedian
Daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco
New Zealand rugby league footballer
American beauty queen and television personality (Survivor: China
American actor (Stay Alive)
Indian footballer (Bengaluru FC)
Danish footballer
American actress (Nancy Crozier-The Good Wife)
🎯 yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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