Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In August - 03
Saturday, 22 February 2025
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 this day in history.
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 On August - 03 radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer. Within weeks thousands were ordered
1977 Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83 on August - 03.
1978 On this day in history ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered
1979 On this day in history renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76
1981 Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered on this day in history.
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 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 Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79 on August - 03.
1991 On this day in history pan Am games open in Havana
1992 On August - 03 wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party (1973-76), dies
1993 On this day in history 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 this day in history guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87
2007 On this day in history 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 August - 03 united Nations General Assembly c reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria
2013 9 children are killed by a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on this day in history.
2014 On August - 03 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 August - 03 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 Massachusetts woman Michelle Carter sentenced to 2 1/2 years for urging her boyfriend to commit suicide on August - 03.
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.
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.