Event:
U.S. President Barack Obama proposes 'The Clean Power Plan' to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent of 2005 levels; the plan is more stringent than the 30% reductions proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency
More Notable Events on August 3:
1995 CNN en Espanol premieres
1967 45,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Vietnam
1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
1923 V.P. Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
1914 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
