Historical Events In August - 03

1974  On August - 03 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  Louisiana Superdome is dedicated on August - 03.  

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  Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer  

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

1986  Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87 on August - 03.  

1989  On August - 03 lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river  

1990  On this day in history radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion  

1990  On this day in history 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 August - 03 james Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76  

1994  On this day in history carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77  

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

1996  On August - 03 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  United Nations General Assembly c reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria on August - 03.  

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 August - 03.  

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  On August - 03 massachusetts woman Michelle Carter sentenced to 2 1/2 years for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide  

2017  Rapper Kidd Creole arrested and charged for stabbing to death a homeless man in New York City on August - 03.  

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.  

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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 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  On this day in history birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

1808  On August - 03 birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)  

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on August - 03.  

0808  P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China on August - 03.  

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  On August - 03 death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal  

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

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 this day in history.  

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