On This Day: August 3

6 verified moments happened on August 3. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1936Jesse Owens wins the 100m gold medal at the Berlin OlympicsSports · Source: Olympics.com/USHMM: Owens won the 100m in 10.3s on August 3, 1936
2. 1977💻 Radio Shack unveils the TRS-80, one of the first ready-to-use home computers, at a New York press conference.Technology · Source: Wikipedia; Smithsonian, announced (Aug 3 1977)
3. 1984Mary Lou Retton scores a perfect 10 on vault to win gymnastics all-around gold — the first American woman ever to win Olympic gymnastics goldSports · Source: Wikipedia, "Mary Lou Retton"; Olympics.com (Aug 3, 1984)
4. 2017💰 Neymar completes a world-record 222-million-euro transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, doubling the previous record.Soccer · Source: Al Jazeera; ESPN (Aug 3 2017)
5. 2023Diana Taurasi scores 42 against Atlanta to become the first player in WNBA history to reach 10,000 career points.Sports · Source: https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/38129968/mercury-diana-taurasi-first-wnba-reach-10000-points
6. 2024Simone Biles lands the Yurchenko double pike to win vault gold in Paris, completing her redemption from Tokyo.Sports · Source: NPR; Olympics.com (Paris 2024 gymnastics)