Famous Deaths In August - 03

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

1993  James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1995  Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87  

1997  On August - 03 death of pietro Rizzuto, Canadian politician (b. 1934)  

1998  On August - 03 death of alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (b. 1934)  

2001  On this day in history death of christopher Hewett, British actor (b. 1922)  

2002  Death of Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922) on August - 03.  

2003  On August - 03 death of roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)  

2004  On August - 03 death of henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908)  

2005  On this day in history death of françoise d'Eaubonne, French feminist (b. 1920)  

2006  On this day in history death of arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (b. 1945)  

2007  On this day in history death of john Gardner, British author (b. 1926)  

2008  Death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (b. 1918) on August - 03.  

2017  On August - 03 death of ty Hardin, American actor  

2017  Death of Robert Hardy, English actor on August - 03.  

2017  On this day in history death of Ángel Nieto, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer  

2018  On August - 03 death of moshé Mizrahi, Israeli film director  

2019  Death of Nikolai Kardashev, Soviet and Russian astrophysicist on August - 03.  

2019  Death of Thomas Remengesau Sr., 2nd President of Palau on August - 03.  

2019  Death of Mike Troy, American swimmer on this day in history.  

2020  Death of Ernesto Brambilla, Grand Prix motorcycle road racer on August - 03.  

2020  On this day in history death of shirley Ann Grau, American writer  

2020  On August - 03 death of john Hume, Northern Irish Nobel Peace laureate politician  

2021  Death of Arthur Dion Hanna, 7th Governor-General of the Bahamas (b. 1928) on this day in history.  

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1509  On this day in history birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)  

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on August - 03.  

1692  John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) was born on August - 03.  

1748  On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer  

1770  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on August - 03.  

1801  On August - 03 birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

1808  Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) was born on August - 03.  

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on August - 03.