Things that
happend the 3rd of August
This is listed as Day/Month/Year
03/08/1829 - Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres
in Paris
03/08/1833 - HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
03/08/1852 - 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4
lengths
03/08/1855 - Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens
03/08/1860 - American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
03/08/1861 - Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas
03/08/1863 - Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY
03/08/1863 - Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
03/08/1864 - Battle of Mobile AL
03/08/1881 - Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous
03/08/1881 - US Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation"
from name
03/08/1882 - Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
03/08/1897 - John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best," premieres
in NYC
03/08/1904 - British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden
city Lhasa
03/08/1906 - Wash Natl's pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR to win his own game
1-0 in 10th
03/08/1914 - 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
03/08/1914 - Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German
army
03/08/1914 - French fleet sails to North-Africa
03/08/1914 - German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
03/08/1914 - Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW
I
03/08/1914 - Great Britain declares war on Germany
03/08/1914 - Turkey signs military pact with Germany
03/08/1914 - World Alliance for Promoting Intl Friendship through Churches
forms
03/08/1914 - Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in
1 inning
03/08/1921 - 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
03/08/1921 - Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black
Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball
03/08/1923 - Baseball games cancelled following the death of President
Harding
03/08/1923 - VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
03/08/1924 - Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist
03/08/1925 - Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
03/08/1926 - Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus
03/08/1928 - Ray Barbuti saves US team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics
track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec)
03/08/1930 - 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight
games
03/08/1933 - Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since Aug
2, 1931)
03/08/1939 - Jean Genets "Ondine," premieres in Paris
03/08/1940 - German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and
French movies
03/08/1940 - Italian troops invade British Somalia
03/08/1940 - Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR
03/08/1940 - Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passagiersvlucht to the
US
03/08/1941 - Benzine sales limited in US
03/08/1941 - Gas sales limited in US
03/08/1941 - German troops conquer Roslavl USSR
03/08/1941 - Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at
bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base
03/08/1943 - Gen Patton slaps a US GI in the hospital accusing him of
cowardice
03/08/1943 - Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire
03/08/1944 - Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma
03/08/1944 - Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies
03/08/1944 - General Montgomery visits general Dempsey's headquarter
03/08/1944 - Lt-Gen Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma
03/08/1944 - Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop
for Dodgers
03/08/1946 - Belgian govt of Huysmans, forms
03/08/1948 - Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start and goes 7 innings
03/08/1948 - FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a "communist"
03/08/1949 - Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire
03/08/1949 - Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League
merge to form National Basketball Association
03/08/1951 - William H Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA
03/08/1952 - 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland
03/08/1953 - Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show
03/08/1954 - 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Land) flown
03/08/1955 - Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing
03/08/1955 - Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days
03/08/1955 - Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)
03/08/1956 - Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1
03/08/1957 - British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman
03/08/1958 - USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
03/08/1959 - 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum,
LA
03/08/1959 - 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau
03/08/1959 - AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium)
03/08/1960 - Niger gains independence from France
03/08/1962 - 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20
(65,000)
03/08/1962 - NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
03/08/1963 - "No Strings" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after
580 performances
03/08/1963 - Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda"
03/08/1963 - Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool
03/08/1963 - Great Train Robbery-œ2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed
03/08/1966 - S African govt bans Beatle records
03/08/1967 - 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
03/08/1967 - James Law rides entire NYC subway in 22 hrs 12 minutes
03/08/1968 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
03/08/1969 - Reds beats Phillies 19-17
03/08/1969 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
03/08/1970 - 4 day NFL strike ends
03/08/1970 - Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres
in London
03/08/1970 - Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm
in history
03/08/1970 - Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on
40th try
03/08/1971 - Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings
03/08/1972 - British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor
strike
03/08/1972 - Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in
Hawaii
03/08/1973 - Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park (Isle of Man, UK)
03/08/1973 - National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections
03/08/1974 - "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater
NYC after 601 perfs
03/08/1974 - "Words and Music" closes at John Golden Theater
NYC after 127 perfs
03/08/1974 - Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers
03/08/1975 - 500 drown when 2 river boats collide and sink in China's
West River
03/08/1975 - Louisiana Superdome is dedicated
03/08/1975 - Poland and West germany reach accord about returning ethnic
Germans
03/08/1975 - Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
03/08/1977 - Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer
25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
03/08/1979 - Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai
Alai, RI
03/08/1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
03/08/1980 - 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR
03/08/1980 - Kaline, Snider, Klein, and Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall
of Fame
03/08/1980 - Sandra Post wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
03/08/1981 - 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
03/08/1981 - France performs nuclear test
03/08/1982 - Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as NY Yankee manager
03/08/1983 - John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards
03/08/1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
03/08/1984 - 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
03/08/1984 - Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
03/08/1985 - "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in
East Rutherford, NJ
03/08/1985 - Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed
03/08/1986 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA National Golf Pro-Am
03/08/1986 - Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi inducted
in Hall of Fame
03/08/1987 - Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England
(NFL expo)
03/08/1987 - Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for
STS-26
03/08/1987 - Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose
03/08/1987 - Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound and is
ejected
03/08/1988 - Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to NYC
03/08/1989 - 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
03/08/1989 - Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
03/08/1989 - Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons
03/08/1989 - Cin Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits
in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning
03/08/1990 - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater
NYC for 11 perfs
03/08/1990 - 98.8øF (37.1øC) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record)
03/08/1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at
bats
03/08/1990 - Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
03/08/1990 - US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
03/08/1990 - For 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs
in 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts still beats Phila 11-0
03/08/1991 - Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian
03/08/1991 - Pan Am games open in Havana
03/08/1992 - Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531)
03/08/1992 - Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot
03/08/1994 - 102.4øF (39.1øC) in Tokyo Japan: record
03/08/1994 - 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein
pilot)
03/08/1995 - CNN en Espanol premieres
03/08/1997 - 25th du Maurier Golf Classic: Colleen Walker wins
03/08/1997 - BankBoston Senior Golf Classic
03/08/1997 - Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park NY for
HBO
03/08/1997 - Phil Mickelson wins golf's Sprint International
Famous Birthdays
03/08/1645 - August Kuhnel,
composer
03/08/1748 - Carl Ludwig Junker, composer
03/08/1770 - Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)
03/08/1801 - Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)
03/08/1811 - Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)
03/08/1816 - John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died
in 1897
03/08/1817 - Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza)
03/08/1818 - HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange
Antwerp)
03/08/1820 - Luther Orlando Emerson, composer
03/08/1820 - William Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in
1909
03/08/1823 - Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers),
died in 1867
03/08/1824 - William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
03/08/1832 - Ivan Zajc, composer
03/08/1833 - Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist
03/08/1847 - Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina
03/08/1850 - Paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)
03/08/1851 - Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader
03/08/1854 - Fernand de La Tombelle, composer
03/08/1867 - Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)
03/08/1871 - Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer
1928)
03/08/1872 - Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)
03/08/1873 - Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo
(1921-39)
03/08/1874 - EugŠne Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra)
03/08/1878 - Constantino Gaito, composer
03/08/1882 - Charles O'Neill, composer
03/08/1882 - Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer
03/08/1884 - Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel
Jazz)
03/08/1885 - Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer
03/08/1887 - Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914)
03/08/1892 - Oscar van Hemel, composer
03/08/1894 - Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder
(Detroit)
03/08/1894 - John H van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice/Internal
minister
03/08/1898 - Brother Adam [Kehrle], benedictine monk/beekeeper
03/08/1899 - Sally Benson, novelist
03/08/1900 - Arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer
03/08/1900 - Ernie Pyle, England, correspondent during WW II
03/08/1900 - John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching
evolution
03/08/1901 - Bernard Reichel, composer
03/08/1901 - John Stennis, (Sen-D-Miss)
03/08/1901 - Maria H "Marijke" van Tooren, cabaretiŠre/actress
(Pisuisse)
03/08/1901 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish cardinal
03/08/1902 - Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87)
03/08/1902 - Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway
Revue)
03/08/1902 - Ray Block, France, orch leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason)
03/08/1904 - Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire,
Way Station)
03/08/1905 - Dolores Del Rio, Durango Mexico, actress (What Price Glory?)
03/08/1905 - Maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder (Gray Panthers)
03/08/1906 - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (H“tel
du Nord)
03/08/1906 - Leonard Huizinga, Dutch journalist/writer (Adriaan and
Olivier)
03/08/1907 - Adrienne Ames, Fort Worth TX, actress (Death Kiss, Panama
Patrol)
03/08/1907 - Ernesto Geisel, politician
03/08/1907 - Irene Tedrow, Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace,
Mr Novak)
03/08/1907 - Lawrence Brown, US trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
03/08/1908 - Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia)
03/08/1911 - Karel G Bakker, Dutch actor (Lady Windermere's Fan)
03/08/1912 - Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Xanadu, 40 Carats, Marjorie Morningstar)
03/08/1914 - Rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter
03/08/1915 - Sal Santen, Dutch writer
03/08/1917 - Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)
03/08/1918 - James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion and the
Fox)
03/08/1920 - Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)
03/08/1920 - P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
03/08/1920 - Phyllis D "P D" James, English thriller writer
(Innocent Blood)
03/08/1921 - Alec Wyton, composer
03/08/1921 - Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow and Heart)
03/08/1921 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra)
03/08/1921 - Richard Adler, NYC composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees)
03/08/1923 - Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
03/08/1923 - Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet
03/08/1924 - Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle
Cry)
03/08/1924 - Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA)
03/08/1926 - Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF)
03/08/1927 - Enrique Pinella, composer
03/08/1927 - Gordon Scott, Portland Oregon, actor (Tarzan and the Trappers)
03/08/1929 - Bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit
Trap)
03/08/1930 - James Komack, NYC, writer/director/actor (Courtship of
Eddie's Father)
03/08/1931 - Alex Cord, [Viespi], NYC, actor (Brotherhood, Fire, Street
Asylum)
03/08/1932 - Elsa Martinelli, Grosseto Italy, actress (Indian Fighter)
03/08/1932 - Mario Montes de Oca, Mexican poet
03/08/1933 - Pat Crawford, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956)
03/08/1933 - The Tjong King, Dutch illustrator of children books (Miep
Diekman)
03/08/1934 - Charlotte Davis Dean chemist, poet, greatest sister, greatest
aunt
03/08/1935 - Georgi Stepanovich Shonin, Odessa USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz
6)
03/08/1935 - Richard D Lamm, (Gov-D-Colo)
03/08/1937 - Duncan Sharpe, cricketer (3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60)
03/08/1938 - George Memmoli, NYC, actor (Earl-Hello Larry)
03/08/1938 - Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host
(Irish Days)
03/08/1939 - A K Sen Gupta, cricketer (Test India v WI 1959 without
distinction)
03/08/1940 - John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS)
03/08/1940 - Joseph Dorfman, composer
03/08/1940 - Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger,
Cowboys)
03/08/1940 - Martin Sheen, [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses,
Wall St)
03/08/1941 - Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
03/08/1941 - Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two)
03/08/1941 - Wayne Hussey, rocker
03/08/1945 - Ron Hendren, Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
03/08/1946 - John Klemmer, rocker
03/08/1949 - Morris "B B" Dickerson, Torrence Ca, bassist
(War, Low Rider, Outlaw)
03/08/1950 - JoMari Payton Noble, Albany GA, actress (Harriette-Family
Matters)
03/08/1950 - Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976,
80)
03/08/1951 - Jon Graham, rock guitarist/vocalist (Earth Wind and Fire-Celebrate)
03/08/1951 - Marcel Dionne, Qu‚bec, NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
03/08/1952 - Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
03/08/1952 - Jay North, North Hollywood Calif, actor (Dennis the Menace,
Maya)
03/08/1952 - Wojtek Fibak, Poland, tennis star
03/08/1953 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine soccer player
03/08/1954 - Denise Craig, WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars)
03/08/1956 - Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland)
03/08/1958 - Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't
Be Cruel)
03/08/1959 - Martin Atkins, rocker
03/08/1959 - Victoria Jackson, Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL,
UHF)
03/08/1960 - Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85)
03/08/1960 - Tim Mayotte, Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988)
03/08/1961 - Ken Wark, Australian field hockey fullback (Oly-4th/silver-88,
92, 96)
03/08/1961 - Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna
Ball)
03/08/1962 - Alberto Tous, Spain, tennis star
03/08/1962 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer
03/08/1962 - Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record
holder)
03/08/1963 - Carlo Imperato, Bronx, actor (Fame)
03/08/1963 - James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless)
03/08/1963 - Libor Pimek, Czech, tennis star
03/08/1964 - Joan E Higginbotham, Chicago Il, astronaut
03/08/1964 - Johnny Thomas, NFL cornerback (Cleve Browns, SD Chargers)
03/08/1964 - Kevin Elster, San Pedro CA, infielder (Texas Rangers)
03/08/1964 - Nate McMillan, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics)
03/08/1966 - Christine Richters, Fullerton Ca, playmate (May, 1986)
03/08/1967 - John Femia, Bkln NY, actor (Square Pegs, Hello Larry)
03/08/1968 - Rod Beck, Burbank CA, pitcher (SF Giants)
03/08/1969 - Doug Overton, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Denver Nuggets)
03/08/1970 - Darren Mickell, NFL defensive end (KC Chiefs, NO Saints)
03/08/1971 - Moira C Dunn, Utica NY, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic-6th)
03/08/1972 - Alain Bolduc, Montreal Quebec, yachter (Olympics-96)
03/08/1972 - Jeff Nygaard, Madison Wisc, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
03/08/1972 - John Lilley, Wakefield Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
03/08/1972 - Sandis Ozolinsh, Riga Lat, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
03/08/1972 - Travis Hall, defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
03/08/1973 - Kari Litton, Pontotoc Miss, Miss America (Mississippi-Top
10-1997)
03/08/1973 - Kurt Grote, US, 100m/200m breaststroke (Olympics-6th-96)
03/08/1974 - Blaine Wilson, Columbus Ohio, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
03/08/1974 - Jenny Beck, actress (Claire Carroll-Guns and Paradise)
03/08/1975 - Ndukwe Kalu, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
03/08/1975 - Trevor Pryce, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl
32)
03/08/1976 - Sarybel Velila, Miss Universe-Puerto Rico (1996)
03/08/1976 - Troy Glaus, Tarzana CA, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
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