This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
08/03/1645 August Kuhnel, composer 
08/03/1748 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer 
08/03/1753 Charles, Earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist 
08/03/1770 Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) 
08/03/1811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) 
08/03/1816 John Eugene Smith, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 
08/03/1817 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria (Battle at Custozza) 
08/03/1818 HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp) 
08/03/1820 Luther Orlando Emerson, composer 
08/03/1820 William Miller, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 
08/03/1823 Thomas Francis Meagher, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 186

08/03/1824 William Burnham Woods, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 
08/03/1832 Ivan Zajc, composer 
08/03/1833 Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist 
08/03/1847 John de Mere, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina 
08/03/1850 Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper) 
08/03/1851 Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader 
08/03/1854 Fernand de La Tombelle, composer 
08/03/1867 Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37) 
08/03/1871 Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)

08/03/1872 Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) 
08/03/1878 Constantino Gaito, composer 
08/03/1882 Charles O'Neill, composer 
08/03/1882 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer 
08/03/1884 Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) 
08/03/1885 Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer 
08/03/1887 Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (1914) 
08/03/1892 Oscar van Hemel, composer 
08/03/1894 Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit) 
08/03/1894 John H Van Maarseveen, minister of Justice/Internal minister 
08/03/1900 Arnoldus J Struycken, lawyer 
08/03/1900 Ernie Pyle, England, correspondant during WW II 
08/03/1900 John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution 
08/03/1901 Bernard Reichel, composer 
08/03/1901 John Stennis, (Sen-D-Miss) 
08/03/1901 Stefan Wyszynski, Polish cardinal 
08/03/1902 Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87) 
08/03/1902 Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue) 
08/03/1902 Ray Block, France, orch leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason) 
08/03/1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Statio

08/03/1905 Dolores Del Rio, Mexico, actress (What Price Glory?) 
08/03/1906 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (H“tel du Nord) 
08/03/1906 Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Adrian & Olivier) 
08/03/1907 Irene Tedrow, Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak

08/03/1911 Karel G Bakker, actor (Lady Windermere's waaier) 
08/03/1914 Rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter 
08/03/1915 Sal Santen, writer 
08/03/1918 James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion & the Fox) 
08/03/1920 Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible) 
08/03/1920 P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face) 
08/03/1921 Alec Wyton, composer 
08/03/1921 Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow & Heart) 
08/03/1921 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra) 
08/03/1921 Richard Adler, composer 
08/03/1923 Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II) 
08/03/1923 Roger Foulon, French/Belgian songwriter 
08/03/1924 Leon Uris, US, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry) 
08/03/1924 Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA) 
08/03/1926 Tony Bennett, Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF) 
08/03/1927 Enrique Pinella, composer 
08/03/1927 Gordon Scott, Portland Oregon, actor (Tarzan & the Trappers) 
08/03/1929 Bethel Leslie, NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap) 
08/03/1930 James Komack, NYC, writer/director/actor (Courtship of Eddie's Fathe

08/03/1931 Alex Cord, actor (Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum) 
08/03/1932 Mario Montes de Oca, Mexican poet 
08/03/1933 Tjong King, illustrator of children books (Miep Diekman) 
08/03/1935 Georgi S Shonin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 6) 
08/03/1935 Richard D Lamm, (Gov-D-Colo) 
08/03/1938 George Memmoli, NYC, actor (Earl-Hello Larry) 
08/03/1938 Terry '5 Wigs' Wogan, British talk show host (Irish Days) 
08/03/1940 John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS) 
08/03/1940 Joseph Dorfman, composer 
08/03/1940 Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys) 
08/03/1940 Martin Sheen [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)

08/03/1941 Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) 
08/03/1941 Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two) 
08/03/1945 Ron Hendren, Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight) 
08/03/1949 B B Dickerson, rocker (War-World is a Ghetto) 
08/03/1949 Morris 'BB' Dickerson, US bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw) 
08/03/1950 JoMarie Payton, actress (Hariette-Family Matters/Perfect Strangers) 
08/03/1950 John Landis, director (Twilight Zone, Blues Brothers) 
08/03/1950 Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 
08/03/1951 Hans William Schlegel, German FR, cosmonaut 
08/03/1951 Jon Graham, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate) 
08/03/1951 Marcel Dionne, Qu‚bec, NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers) 
08/03/1952 Jay North, North Hollywood Calif, actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya) 
08/03/1954 Denise Craig, WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars) 
08/03/1956 Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland) 
08/03/1958 Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)

08/03/1959 Victoria Jackson, Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL, UHF) 
08/03/1960 Tim Mayotte, Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988) 
08/03/1961 Lee Rocker, rocker (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball) 
08/03/1962 Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder) 
08/03/1963 Carlo Imperato, Bronx, actor (Fame) 
08/03/1963 James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless) 
08/03/1966 Christine Richters, Fullerton Ca, playmate (May, 1986) 
08/03/1967 John Femia, Bkln NY, actor (Square Pegs, Hello Larry) 
08/03/1972 John Lilley, Wakefield Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 
08/03/1974 Jenny Beck, actress (Claire Carroll-Guns & Paradise) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
08/03/ 808 P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China

08/03/1387 Olaf V Hakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies 
08/03/1530 Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange, dies 
08/03/1531 Fern n P‚rez de Oliva, Spanish poet (Dignity of Man), dies at 37 
08/03/1716 Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56 
08/03/1779 Henry Kobell, painter/cartoonist, dies at 27 
08/03/1780 Etienne B de Condillac, French philospher (sensualism), dies at 64 
08/03/1784 Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78 
08/03/1797 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 
08/03/1800 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63 
08/03/1802 Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general strategist/diplomat, dies 
08/03/1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-gen of East Indie Co, dies at 49 
08/03/1823 Jacob A Lacks, politician/colonial director, dies at 74 
08/03/1825 Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72 
08/03/1833 Stoffel Muller, sect leader, dies 
08/03/1835 Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67 
08/03/1877 Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 
08/03/1884 Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacr‚-Coeur, Montmartre), dies 
08/03/1886 Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62 
08/03/1890 Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 
08/03/1902 August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54 
08/03/1910 Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies 
08/03/1916 Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), dies 
08/03/1918 Albert P Hahn, political cartoonist, dies 
08/03/1924 Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies 
08/03/1934 Carl F baron von Langen-Parow, German (Olympic-gold-1928) 
08/03/1938 Bartholomes de Lies, anti-militaristic vicar, dies at 55 
08/03/1939 Eugust Enna, composer, dies at 80 
08/03/1948 Albert F Pollard, British historian (Evolution of parliament), dies 
08/03/1954 Colette, France, novelist (Claudine), dies at 81 
08/03/1964 Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 
08/03/1966 Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider] comedian, dies of a morphine overdo

08/03/1968 Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 7

08/03/1977 Makarios III, [Michail Moeskos], archbishop/president Cyprus, dies 
08/03/1978 Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered 
08/03/1979 Renato Fasano, composer, dies at 76 
08/03/1981 Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered 
08/03/1983 Carolyn Jones, actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cance

08/03/1986 Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies 
08/03/1986 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host, dies at 41 
08/03/1992 Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party, dies 
08/03/1993 James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
08/03/ 881 Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings 
08/03/1108 Louis VI, King of France, crowned 
08/03/1312 Power of Luik Patriarch murders over 200 
08/03/1492 All Jews are expelled from Spain 
08/03/1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for 'Indies' 
08/03/1529 Women's peace (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V & King French I 
08/03/1596 David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star

08/03/1640 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka 
08/03/1645 Battle of Allersheim 
08/03/1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon 
08/03/1692 Battle at Steenkerke: French beats English/Dutch army 
08/03/1704 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 
08/03/1778 Teatro alla Scale opens in Milan 
08/03/1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro 
08/03/1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths 
08/03/1855 Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens 
08/03/1860 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY 
08/03/1861 Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas 
08/03/1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY 
08/03/1863 Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens 
08/03/1864 Battle of Mobile AL 
08/03/1881 US Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes 'Nation' from name 
08/03/1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 
08/03/1889 A Charlois discovers asteroid #285 Regina 
08/03/1889 J Palisa discovers asteroid #286 Iclea 
08/03/1904 British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa 
08/03/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #540 Rosamunde 
08/03/1914 1st ship through Panama Canal 
08/03/1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 
08/03/1914 French fleet sails to North-Africa 
08/03/1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina 
08/03/1914 Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I 
08/03/1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany 
08/03/1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany 
08/03/1914 World Alliance for Promoting Intl Friendship through Churches forms 
08/03/1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning 
08/03/1918 Wolf discovers asteroid #897 Lysistrata, #898 Hildegard & #899 Jokas

08/03/1921 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars) 
08/03/1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox 
08/03/1921 scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 
08/03/1923 VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president 
08/03/1924 Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist 
08/03/1925 Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912) 
08/03/1930 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games 
08/03/1930 E Skvortsov discovers asteroid #1167 Dubiago 
08/03/1933 Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games 
08/03/1937 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1437 Diomedes & #1457 Ankara 
08/03/1940 German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies 
08/03/1940 Italian troops attack British-Somalia 
08/03/1940 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1881 Shao 
08/03/1940 Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR 
08/03/1941 Benzine sales limited in US 
08/03/1941 German troops conquer Roslavl USSR 
08/03/1943 Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire 
08/03/1944 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma 
08/03/1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies 
08/03/1946 Belgiangovt-Huysmans, forms 
08/03/1948 FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a 'communist' 
08/03/1948 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1569 Evita 
08/03/1949 Republic Indonesia ends ceasefire 
08/03/1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland 
08/03/1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show 
08/03/1954 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown 
08/03/1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing 
08/03/1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days 
08/03/1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7) 
08/03/1956 Willie Williams of US sets 100 meter record at 10.1 
08/03/1957 British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman 
08/03/1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 
08/03/1959 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau 
08/03/1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium) 
08/03/1960 Niger gains independence from France 
08/03/1962 NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games 
08/03/1963 Allan Sherman releases 'Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda' 
08/03/1963 Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool 
08/03/1963 Great Train Robbery-œ2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed 
08/03/1967 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam 
08/03/1967 James Law rides entire NYC subway in 22 hrs 12 minutes 
08/03/1969 Reds beats Phillies 19-17 
08/03/1970 4 day NFL strike ends 
08/03/1970 Hurricane 'Celia' becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 
08/03/1970 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2140 Kemerovo 
08/03/1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try 
08/03/1971 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings 
08/03/1972 British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strik

08/03/1972 Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii 
08/03/1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park (Isle of Man, UK) 
08/03/1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 
08/03/1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers 
08/03/1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River 
08/03/1975 Louisiana Superdome is dedicated 
08/03/1975 Poland & West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans 
08/03/1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 
08/03/1979 Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, RI

08/03/1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR 
08/03/1980 Duke Snider & Al Kaline enter baseball's Hall of Fame 
08/03/1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 
08/03/1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3115 Baily & #3690 
08/03/1982 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as Yankee manager 
08/03/1983 John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards 
08/03/1984 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 
08/03/1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed 
08/03/1985 'Nihilator' set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ 
08/03/1985 Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed 
08/03/1987 Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo)

08/03/1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 
08/03/1988 Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to NYC 
08/03/1989 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez) 
08/03/1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river 
08/03/1989 Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons 
08/03/1990 98.8øF (37.1øC) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record) 
08/03/1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats 
08/03/1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion 
08/03/1990 US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions 
08/03/1991 Pan Am games open in Havana 
08/03/1992 Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531) 
08/03/1992 Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot 
08/03/1993 NBA Michael Jordan's father James found dead near McColl SC 
  
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