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| *] - ] sets sail from ] | |||
| *] - ] builds 1st ship in America, ] | *] - ] builds 1st ship in America, ] | ||
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| *] - ] & Rubber Company founded | |||
| *] - ] declares war against ] | |||
| *] - Sir ] hanged for his part in the ] | |||
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| *] - ] is sworn in as the 30th ] | |||
| *] - ] invades ] | |||
| *] - ] accuses ] of being a ] and a ] for the ]. | |||
| *] - ] formed | |||
| *] - ] ] '']'' travels beneath the ] ice cap | |||
| *] - ] gains independence from ] | |||
| *] - ] in the ] | |||
| *] - ] Senate ratifies ] | *] - ] Senate ratifies ] | ||
| *] - Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walks off the job. All 13,000 members will eventually be fired by President ] | |||
| '''Births:''' | '''Births:''' | ||
| *] - ], inventor of the calculator | |||
| *] - Union General ] | |||
| *] - King ] (+ ]) | |||
| *] - ], war correspondent (+ ]) | |||
| *] - ], defendant in the ] | |||
| *] - ], ] author, (+ ]) | |||
| *] - ], musician, bandleader | |||
| *] - ], novelist | |||
| *] - ], novelist | |||
| *] - ], singer | *] - ], singer | ||
| *] - ], poet | |||
| *] - ], actor | |||
| *] - ], professional ] player | |||
| *] - ], home economist | |||
| *] - ], film director | |||
| *] - ], professional ] player | |||
| *] - ], ]er | *] - ], ]er | ||
| *] - ], ] musician, member of ] | |||
| '''Deaths:''' | '''Deaths:''' | ||
| *] - ], English painter | *] - ], English painter | ||
| *] - ], writer | *] - ], writer | ||
| *] - ], ] and recording pioneer | |||
| *] - ], novelist, playwright | |||
| *] - ], novelist | |||
| *] - ], comedian | *] - ], comedian | ||
| *] - ], actor | |||
| *] - Archbishop ] of ] | |||
| *] - ], actress | |||
| *] - ], actress, director | |||
| '''Holidays''' | '''Holidays''' | ||
Revision as of 14:29, 3 August 2002
August 3rd is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining.
Events:
- 1492 - Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain
- 1678 - Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
- 1860 - Second Maori War begins
- 1900 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded
- 1914 - Germany declares war against France
- 1916 - Sir Roger Casement hanged for his part in the Easter Rising
- 1916 - Battle of Romani
- 1923 - Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th president of the United States
- 1940 - Italy invades British Somaliland
- 1948 - Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- 1949 - National Basketball Association formed
- 1958 - Nuclear submarine Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap
- 1960 - Niger gains independence from France
- 1963 - Great Train Robbery in the United Kingdom
- 1972 - U.S. Senate ratifies Anti-ballistic missile treaty
- 1981 - Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walks off the job. All 13,000 members will eventually be fired by President Ronald Reagan
Births:
- 1753 - Charles Stanhope, inventor of the calculator
- 1823 - Union General Thomas F. Meagher
- 1872 - King Haakon VII of Norway (+ 1957)
- 1900 - Ernie Pyle, war correspondent (+ 1945)
- 1900 - John Scopes, defendant in the Monkey Trial
- 1904 - Clifford Simak, science fiction author, (+ 1988)
- 1918 - Les Elgart, musician, bandleader
- 1920 - P.D. James, novelist
- 1924 - Leon Uris, novelist
- 1926 - Tony Bennett, singer
- 1937 - Diane Wakoski, poet
- 1940 - Martin Sheen, actor
- 1940 - Lance Alworth, professional football player
- 1941 - Martha Stewart, home economist
- 1950 - John Landis, film director
- 1951 - Marcel Dionne, professional ice hockey player
- 1952 - Osvaldo Ardiles, footballer
- 1963 - James Hetfield, rock and roll musician, member of Metallica
Deaths:
- 1879 - Joseph Severn, English painter
- 1924 - Joseph Conrad, writer
- 1929 - Emil Berliner, telephone and recording pioneer
- 1954 - Colette, novelist, playwright
- 1964 - Flannery O'Connor, novelist
- 1966 - Lenny Bruce, comedian
- 1977 - Alfred Lunt, actor
- 1977 - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus
- 1983 - Carolyn Jones, actress
- 1995 - Ida Lupino, actress, director
Holidays See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
August 2 - August 4 - July 3 - September 3 - more historical anniversaries