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

Today is Monday, Aug. 3, the 215th day of 2026. There are 150 days left in the year.Today in history:On August 3, 2019, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 23 people; after surrendering, the gunman told detectives he targeted “Mexicans” and had outlined the plot in a screed published online shortly before the attack.Also on this date:In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on his first voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.In 1852, in America’s first intercollegiate sporting event, Harvard rowed past Yale to win the first Harvard-Yale Regatta.In 1916, Irish-born British diplomat Roger Casement, a strong advocate of independence for Ireland, was hanged for treason.In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the