Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In August - 03
Thursday, 03 April 2025
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 On August - 03 louisiana Superdome is dedicated
1975 Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79 on August - 03.
1977 Radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer. Within weeks thousands were ordered on August - 03.
1977 On this day in history 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 Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1981 Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered on August - 03.
1983 Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer on this day in history.
1984 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange on August - 03.
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 this day in history 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 On this day in history florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79
1991 Pan Am games open in Havana on this day in history.
1992 On August - 03 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 this day in history carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77
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 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 August - 03.
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 this day in history rapper Kidd Creole arrested and charged for stabbing to death a homeless man in New York City
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 August - 03.