Historical Events In August - 03

1948  On August - 03 albert F Pollard, Brit historian (Evolution of parliament), dies at 78  

1949  On August - 03 the National Basketball Association was formed.  

1949  Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire on this day in history.  

1950  On August - 03 elements of Marine Corps Observation Squadron, VMO-6, equipped with HO3S helicopters and OY observation planes, began operations in Korea  

1951  William H Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA on this day in history.  

1951  Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies on this day in history.  

1952  15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland on this day in history.  

1953  On August - 03 frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show  

1954  First VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) airplane flown on August - 03.  

1954  1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown on this day in history.  

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1954  On August - 03 colette, [Willy], France, novelist (Vagabonde), dies at 81  

1955  On August - 03 automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing  

1955  On this day in history hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days  

1956  On this day in history willie Williams of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.1  

1956  On this day in history willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1  

1957  British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman on August - 03.  

1957  On this day in history "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer  

1958  The USS Nautilus (the first nuclear submarine) passes under the North Pole on this day in history.  

1958  On August - 03 uSS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap  

1959  On August - 03 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA  

1960  On this day in history niger gains independence from France  

1962  29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000) on this day in history.  

1963  Allan Sherman releases hit "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda" on August - 03.  

1963  Beatles final performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool on August - 03.  

1963  On this day in history great Train Robbery in Britain  

1964  Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 on August - 03.  

1966  On August - 03 lenny Bruce, comedian, dies of a morphine overdose at 39  

1968  On August - 03 constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71  

1970  First submerged launching of Poseidon nuclear missile off Cape Kennedy on August - 03.  

1970  On August - 03 hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history  

1970  On August - 03 mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try  

1971  Paul McCartney announces the formation of his group Wings on August - 03.  

1973  On this day in history flash fire kills 51 at amusement park. (Isle of Man, UK)  

1973  Ariantje "Jeanne" Leg, actress (It Vijgeblaadje/It Hippie), dies at 84 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 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  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)  

1604  Death of Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander on August - 03.  

1621  On August - 03 death of guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)