Historical Events In August - 03

1905  Maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder (Gray Panthers) on this day in history.  

1906  On August - 03 wash Natl's pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR to win his own game 1-0 in 10th  

1906  Leonard Huizinga, Dutch journalist/writer (Adriaan & Olivier) on this day in history.  

1907  On this day in history royal decree in Portugal makes Sunday a day of rest  

1907  On August - 03 adrienne Ames, Fort Worth TX, actress (Death Kiss, Panama Patrol)  

1907  On August - 03 august Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59  

1908  On this day in history dolores del Rio, silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia)  

1910  On this day in history nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies  

1911  Karel G Bakker, Dutch actor (Lady Windermere's Fan) on August - 03.  

1912  Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Xanadu, 40 Carats, Marjorie Morningstar) on this day in history.  

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1913  On this day in history wheatland Hop Riot  

1914  Australian government offers to place the vessels of the Royal Australian Navy under control of the British Admiralty and to raise a force of 20,000 troops in event of war on this day in history.  

1914  First ship passing through the new Panama Canal on this day in history.  

1914  On August - 03 germany declares war on France in what would later be called World War I.  

1914  1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal on this day in history.  

1914  On August - 03 rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter  

1915  On this day in history sal Santen, Dutch writer  

1916  Australian Light Horse in battle of Romani, Egypt on this day in history.  

1916  Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51 on August - 03.  

1917  Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox) on this day in history.  

1918  On this day in history james MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion & the Fox)  

1918  Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1920  The birth of PD James, British Author on August - 03.  

1920  Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible) on August - 03.  

1921  First aerial cropdusting in Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars on August - 03.  

1921  1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars) on this day in history.  

1921  Alec Wyton, composer on August - 03.  

1922  Robert Sumner, American evangelist and author on this day in history.  

1923  On August - 03 calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, following the death of Warren G. Harding.  

1923  On this day in history baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding  

1923  On August - 03 anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)  

1924  Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist on this day in history.  

1924  Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry) on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66  

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1509  On August - 03 birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)  

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

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

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

1770  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on this day in history.  

1801  On this day in history birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

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

1811  On this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)  

0808  On August - 03 p'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China  

1387  On August - 03 olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies  

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

1527  Death of Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal on this day in history.  

1530  On this day in history philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies  

1546  Death of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484) on this day in history.  

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

1621  Death of Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556) on this day in history.