Historical Events In August - 03

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

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

1975  Louisiana Superdome is dedicated on this day in history.   

1975  Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1977  On August - 03 radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer. Within weeks thousands were ordered   

1977  On August - 03 alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83   

1978  On August - 03 ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered   

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

1981  On August - 03 robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered   

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 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  On August - 03 florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79   

1991  On this day in history pan Am games open in Havana   

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 August - 03.   

1994  Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77 on August - 03.   

1995  On August - 03 carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79   

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 August - 03.   

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  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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

2021  On this day in history singer Tony Bennett celebrates his 95th birthday with Lady Gaga in the first of 2 "farewell" performances at Radio City Music Hall, NYC   

2021  The oil tanker Asphalt Princess is hijacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on August - 03.   

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1509  Ã‰tienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.   

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1692  John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 03.   

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

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

1811  On this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)   

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

1387  On this day in history olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies   

1460  On this day in history death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)   

1527  On this day in history death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal   

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

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

1604  On August - 03 death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander   

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