Page 7: Historical Events In August - 03

1974  Almira Sessions, actress (Okla Annie), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1975  Louisiana Superdome is dedicated on August - 03.   

1975  On this day in history ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79   

1977  On August - 03 radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer. Within weeks thousands were ordered   

1977  On this day in history alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83   

1978  Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered on this day in history.   

1979  Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76 on August - 03.   

1981  On August - 03 robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered   

1983  On August - 03 carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer   

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

1986  On this day in history paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87   

1989  Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river on August - 03.   

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  On August - 03 florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79   

1991  On this day in history pan Am games open in Havana   

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  Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

2007  On August - 03 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  On this day in history united Nations General Assembly c reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria   

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

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  On this day in history ludian earthquake in China killing 729 people   

2017  On this day in history iranian President Hassan Rouhani is elected for his second term as President   

2017  Footballer Neymar signs 5-year deal with club Paris Saint-Germain in a $263 million world-record transfer from Barcelona on August - 03.   

2017  On this day in history massachusetts woman Michelle Carter sentenced to 2 1/2 years for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide   

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

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

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 this day in history 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 August - 03.   

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

1811  On this day in history 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  On August - 03 death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)   

1527  Death of Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal on August - 03.   

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 August - 03.   

1604  On this day in history death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander   

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