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Friday, 09 January 2026
1974 On August - 03 almira Sessions, actress (Okla Annie), dies at 85 
1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River on this day in history.
1975 Louisiana Superdome is dedicated on this day in history.
1975 Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1977 Radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer. Within weeks thousands were ordered on August - 03.
1977 On August - 03 alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83
1978 On August - 03 ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered
1979 On August - 03 renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76
1981 On August - 03 robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered
1983 Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer on August - 03.
1984 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange on this day in history.
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 On this day in history radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion
1990 On August - 03 uS announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
1990 On this day in history florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79
1991 Pan Am games open in Havana on August - 03.
1992 Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party (1973-76), dies on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history james Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76
1994 Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77 on August - 03.
1995 Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79 on August - 03.
1996 Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87 on this day in history.
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 August - 03 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 August - 03.
2014 On August - 03 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
2014 Ludian earthquake in China killing 729 people on this day in history.
2017 On August - 03 iranian President Hassan Rouhani is elected for his second term as President
2017 On August - 03 footballer Neymar signs 5-year deal with club Paris Saint-Germain in a $263 million world-record transfer from Barcelona
2017 Massachusetts woman Michelle Carter sentenced to 2 1/2 years for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide on August - 03.
2017 Rapper Kidd Creole arrested and charged for stabbing to death a homeless man in New York City on August - 03.
2019 On this day in history a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States, leaves 22 people dead and 24 others injured.
2021 Singer Tony Bennett celebrates his 95th birthday with Lady Gaga in the first of 2 "farewell" performances at Radio City Music Hall, NYC on this day in history.
2021 The oil tanker Asphalt Princess is hijacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on this day in history.
