This Day in History for 3rd August (Part 2)

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Historical Events

Results 101 - 175 of 175

1963 - Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda"
1963 - Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool
1966 - S African govt bans Beatle records
1967 - 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
1967 - James Law rides entire NYC subway in 22 hrs 12 minutes
1968 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1969 - Reds beats Phillies 19-17
1969 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
1970 - 4 day NFL strike ends
1970 - Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London
1970 - Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history
1970 - Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try
1971 - Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings
1972 - British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike
1972 - Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii
1972 - U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1973 - Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park (Isle of Man, UK)
1973 - National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections
1974 - "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 perfs
1974 - "Words & Music" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 127 perfs
1974 - Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers
1975 - 500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River
1975 - Louisiana Superdome is dedicated
1975 - Poland & West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans
1975 - Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1977 - Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
1977 - United States Senate Hearing on MKULTRA.
1979 - Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, RI
1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 - 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR
1980 - Kaline, Snider, Klein, & Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall of Fame
1980 - Sandra Post wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1981 - 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1981 - Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
1982 - Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as NY Yankee manager
1983 - John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards
1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1984 - Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
1985 - "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ
1985 - Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed
1986 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA National Golf Pro-Am
1986 - Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, & Ernie Lombardi inducted in Hall of Fame
1987 - Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo)
1987 - Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26
1987 - Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose
1987 - Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound & is ejected
1988 - Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to NYC
1989 - 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
1989 - Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
1989 - Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons
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
1990 - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 perfs
1990 - 98.8°F (37.1°C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record)
1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats
1990 - Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
1990 - US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
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
1991 - Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian
1991 - Pan Am games open in Havana
1992 - Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531)
1992 - Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot
1994 - 102.4°F (39.1°C) in Tokyo Japan: record
1994 - 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot)
1995 - CNN en Espanol premieres
1996 - General William F. Garrison accepted responsibility for the outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and he retired from military service.
1997 - 25th du Maurier Golf Classic: Colleen Walker wins
1997 - BankBoston Senior Golf Classic
1997 - Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park NY for HBO
1997 - Phil Mickelson wins golf's Sprint International
1997 - Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; 40-76 villagers killed.
2001 - The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, U.K injuring seven people. (See 3 August 2001 Ealing bombing).
2004 - The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
2005 - President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

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Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 208

1935 - Georgi Stepanovich Shonin, Odessa USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 6)
1935 - Richard D Lamm, (Gov-D-Colo)
1935 - Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader
1936 - Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1937 - Duncan Sharpe, cricketer (3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60)
1937 - Steven Berkoff, English actor
1938 - George Memmoli, NYC, actor (Earl-Hello Larry)
1938 - Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host (Irish Days)
1939 - A K Sen Gupta, cricketer (Test India v WI 1959 without distinction)
1940 - John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS)
1940 - Joseph Dorfman, composer
1940 - Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys)
1940 - Martin Sheen, [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)
1941 - Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1941 - Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two)
1941 - Wayne Hussey, rocker
1945 - Ron Hendren, Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
1945 - Eamon Dunphy, former Irish footballer
1946 - John Klemmer, rocker
1946 - Jack Straw, British politician
1948 - Pierre Lacroix, National Hockey League executive
1949 - Morris "B B" Dickerson, Torrence Ca, bassist (War, Low Rider, Outlaw)
1949 - Reed Waller, American comic book author
1950 - JoMari Payton Noble, Albany GA, actress (Harriette-Family Matters)
1950 - Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1951 - Jon Graham, rock guitarist/vocalist (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate)
1951 - Marcel Dionne, Quebec, NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
1952 - Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1952 - Jay North, North Hollywood Calif, actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya)
1952 - Wojtek Fibak, Poland, tennis star
1952 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine soccer player
1952 - Frank Schaeffer, American author
1952 - Loles León, Spanish actress
1954 - Denise Craig, WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars)
1954 - Gary Peters, English footballer
1955 - Corey Burton, American voice actor
1956 - Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland)
1956 - Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician
1957 - Mani Shankar, Indian film maker
1958 - Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
1958 - Ana Kokkinos, Greek-Australian film director
1959 - Martin Atkins, rocker
1959 - Victoria Jackson, Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL, UHF)
1959 - Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate
1960 - Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85)
1960 - Tim Mayotte, Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988)
1961 - Ken Wark, Australian field hockey fullback (Oly-4th/silver-88, 92, 96)
1961 - Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball)
1961 - Molly Hagan, American actress
1962 - Alberto Tous, Spain, tennis star
1962 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer
1962 - Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder)
1963 - Carlo Imperato, Bronx, actor (Fame)
1963 - James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless)
1963 - Libor Pimek, Czech, tennis star
1963 - Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono
1963 - Isaiah Washington, American actor
1964 - Joan E Higginbotham, Chicago Il, astronaut
1964 - Johnny Thomas, NFL cornerback (Cleve Browns, SD Chargers)
1964 - Kevin Elster, San Pedro CA, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1964 - Nate McMillan, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics)
1966 - Christine Richters, Fullerton Ca, playmate (May, 1986)
1966 - Eric Esch, American boxer
1967 - John Femia, Bkln NY, actor (Square Pegs, Hello Larry)
1968 - Rod Beck, Burbank CA, pitcher (SF Giants)
1968 - Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1969 - Doug Overton, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Denver Nuggets)
1970 - Darren Mickell, NFL defensive end (KC Chiefs, NO Saints)
1970 - Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer
1970 - Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
1971 - Moira C Dunn, Utica NY, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic-6th)
1971 - Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1972 - Alain Bolduc, Montreal Quebec, yachter (Olympics-96)
1972 - Jeff Nygaard, Madison Wisc, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1972 - John Lilley, Wakefield Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Sandis Ozolinsh, Riga Lat, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1972 - Travis Hall, defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 - Kari Litton, Pontotoc Miss, Miss America (Mississippi-Top 10-1997)
1973 - Kurt Grote, US, 100m/200m breaststroke (Olympics-6th-96)
1973 - Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
1973 - Patrick Wilson, American actor
1973 - Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
1974 - Blaine Wilson, Columbus Ohio, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
1974 - Jenny Beck, actress (Claire Carroll-Guns & Paradise)
1975 - Ndukwe Kalu, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1975 - Trevor Pryce, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1975 - Aryiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1975 - Chris Nevin, Former New Zealand cricketer
1976 - Sarybel Velila, Miss Universe-Puerto Rico (1996)
1976 - Troy Glaus, Tarzana CA, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1977 - Tom Brady, American football player
1977 - Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor
1977 - Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
1978 - Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
1979 - Kris Jenkins, American football player
1979 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model/actress
1980 - Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
1980 - Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 - Mamie Gummer, American actress '
1984 - Jon Foster, American actor