Page 7: Historical Events In August - 03
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
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 On this day in history 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 August - 03.
1977 Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1978 On this day in history ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered
1979 Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76 on August - 03.
1981 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river on August - 03.
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 this day in history.
1990 Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79 on August - 03.
1991 Pan Am games open in Havana on August - 03.
1992 On this day in history wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party (1973-76), dies
1993 James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1994 On August - 03 carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77
1995 On August - 03 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 August - 03.
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 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is elected for his second term as President on this day in history.
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 August - 03 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 On August - 03 a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States, leaves 22 people dead and 24 others injured.
2021 On August - 03 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.