Historical Events In August - 03

1974  On this day in history almira Sessions, actress (Okla Annie), dies at 85   

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

1975  On August - 03 louisiana Superdome is dedicated   

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 this day in history.   

1977  On August - 03 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  On August - 03 renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76   

1981  Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered on this day in history.   

1983  Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer on August - 03.   

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

1986  Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river   

1990  On August - 03 radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion   

1990  US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions on August - 03.   

1990  Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79 on this day in history.   

1991  Pan Am games open in Havana on August - 03.   

1992  Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party (1973-76), dies on August - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1996  Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87 on August - 03.   

2007  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 on this day in history.   

2012  United Nations General Assembly c reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria on August - 03.   

2013  On August - 03 9 children are killed by a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan   

2014  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ludian earthquake in China killing 729 people   

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

2017  On August - 03 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 August - 03.   

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.   

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1509  Ã‰tienne 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 August - 03.   

1770  On August - 03 birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)   

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  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on August - 03.   

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 August - 03.   

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

1527  On August - 03 death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal   

1530  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on this day in history.   

1546  Death of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484) on August - 03.   

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

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