Historical Events In August - 03

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

1975  500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River on August - 03.  

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  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 August - 03.  

1978  Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered on August - 03.  

1979  Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history 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 August - 03.  

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

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

1990  Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion on this day in history.  

1990  US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions on this day in history.  

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

1991  Pan Am games open in Havana on this day in history.  

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

1993  James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76 on August - 03.  

1994  Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1995  Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 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 August - 03.  

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  Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on August - 03.  

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on August - 03.  

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  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on this day in history.  

1801  On August - 03 birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

1808  Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.  

1811  On August - 03 birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)  

0808  P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China on this day in history.  

1387  On August - 03 olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies  

1460  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on this day in history.  

1527  Death of Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal on this day in history.  

1530  On August - 03 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  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.