Historical Events In August - 03

1974  On August - 03 almira Sessions, actress (Okla Annie), dies at 85   

1975  500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history louisiana Superdome is dedicated   

1975  On August - 03 ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79   

1977  On this day in history radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer. Within weeks thousands were ordered   

1977  Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83 on August - 03.   

1978  On August - 03 ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered   

1979  Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1981  Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered on this day in history.   

1983  Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange   

1986  On August - 03 paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87   

1989  On this day in history lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river   

1990  Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion on August - 03.   

1990  On August - 03 uS announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions   

1990  Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79 on this day in history.   

1991  Pan Am games open in Havana on this day in history.   

1992  Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party (1973-76), dies on this day in history.   

1993  On August - 03 james Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76   

1994  On this day in history carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77   

1995  On this day in history carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79   

1996  Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history a strain of foot and mouth disease is found on a farm at Wanborough, near to Guildford, Surrey. Gordon Brown holds a COBRA meeting by phone on the outbreak. For more information see 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak.   

2012  United Nations General Assembly c reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history 9 children are killed by a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan   

2014  The Israeli Defence Force remove much of its ground forces from the Gaza Strip following the destruction of 32 tunnels built by Hamas and other militants on this day in history.   

2014  Ludian earthquake in China killing 729 people on this day in history.   

2017  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is elected for his second term as President on August - 03.   

2017  Footballer Neymar signs 5-year deal with club Paris Saint-Germain in a $263 million world-record transfer from Barcelona on this day in history.   

2017  Massachusetts woman Michelle Carter sentenced to 2 1/2 years for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide on August - 03.   

2017  Rapper Kidd Creole arrested and charged for stabbing to death a homeless man in New York City on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States, leaves 22 people dead and 24 others injured.   

2021  On this day in history singer Tony Bennett celebrates his 95th birthday with Lady Gaga in the first of 2 "farewell" performances at Radio City Music Hall, NYC   

2021  On this day in history the oil tanker Asphalt Princess is hijacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.   

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1509  Ã‰tienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on August - 03.   

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1692  On August - 03 birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)   

1748  On August - 03 birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer   

1770  On this day in history birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)   

1801  Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace) was born on this day in history.   

1808  On August - 03 birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)   

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on this day in history.   

0808  P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China on this day in history.   

1387  Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies on this day in history.   

1460  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on August - 03.   

1527  On August - 03 death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal   

1530  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on August - 03.   

1546  On August - 03 death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)   

1604  On August - 03 death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander   

1621  On this day in history death of guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)