Historical Events In August - 03

1905  On August - 03 maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder (Gray Panthers)  

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

1906  On August - 03 leonard Huizinga, Dutch journalist/writer (Adriaan & Olivier)  

1907  On August - 03 royal decree in Portugal makes Sunday a day of rest  

1907  Adrienne Ames, Fort Worth TX, actress (Death Kiss, Panama Patrol) on August - 03.  

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

1908  Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia) on this day in history.  

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 August - 03.  

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1913  Wheatland Hop Riot on August - 03.  

1914  On this day in history 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  

1914  First ship passing through the new Panama Canal on August - 03.  

1914  Germany declares war on France in what would later be called World War I on this day in history.  

1914  1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal on August - 03.  

1914  On this day in history rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter  

1915  On August - 03 sal Santen, Dutch writer  

1916  Australian Light Horse in battle of Romani, Egypt on August - 03.  

1916  On August - 03 roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51  

1917  On August - 03 jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)  

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

1918  On August - 03 albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41  

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

1920  On August - 03 maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)  

1921  On August - 03 first aerial cropdusting in Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars  

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

1921  Alec Wyton, composer on this day in history.  

1922  Robert Sumner, American evangelist and author on August - 03.  

1923  Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, following the death of Warren G. Harding on this day in history.  

1923  On August - 03 baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding  

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

1924  On this day in history cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist  

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

1924  On August - 03 joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66  

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

1645  On August - 03 birth of august Kuhnel, composer  

1692  On this day in history birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)  

1748  Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)  

1811  On August - 03 birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)  

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

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 this day in history death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal  

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

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

1604  Death of Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander on this day in history.  

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