Today in History: August 3, deadly Walmart shooting in El Paso

Currently is Sunday Aug the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On August a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso Texas resulting in the deaths of people after surrendering the gunman explained detectives he targeted Mexicans and had outlined the plot in a screed published online shortly before the attack Also on this date In Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos Spain on his first voyage that took him to the present-day Americas Related Articles In contemporary times in History August verdict in Black Sox trial Officers scour mountainous area of Montana for ex-soldier suspected of killing in bar Jury orders Tesla to pay more than million in Autopilot crash matter Manhunt launched after killed in a shooting at a Montana bar NFL on the verge of selling media assets to ESPN for an equity stake in the organization AP sources say In in America s first intercollegiate sporting event Harvard rowed past Yale to win the first Harvard-Yale Regatta In Irish-born British diplomat Roger Casement a strong advocate of independence for Ireland was hanged for treason In Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the -meter sprint In the U S Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union In the Tandy Corporation introduced the TRS- one of the first widely-available home computers In U S air traffic controllers went on strike seeking pay and workplace improvements two days later President Ronald Reagan fired the striking union members and barred them from federal employment In the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty opened to visitors for the first time since the attacks In Las Vegas police commented they were closing their examination into the Oct shooting that left 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 In New York s state attorney general mentioned an inquiry into Gov Andrew Cuomo revealed that he had sexually harassed multiple current and former state regime employees the analysis brought increased pressure on Cuomo to resign including pressure from President Joe Biden and other Democrats Cuomo resigned a week later In the current era s Birthdays Football Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy is Actor Martin Sheen is Football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth is Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is Film director John Landis is Actor JoMarie Payton TV Family Matters is Hockey Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne is Actor John C McGinley is Rock singer guitarist James Hetfield Metallica is Actor Lisa Ann Walter TV Abbott Elementary is Rock musician Stephen Carpenter Deftones is Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady is Actor Evangeline Lilly is Olympic swimming gold medalist Ryan Lochte is Model Karlie Kloss is