This day in History - August 3

373 Historic Events for August 3
1992 Event Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot
1992 Death Wang Hongwen, vice-President Chinese Comm Party (1973-76), dies
1992 Event Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531)
1993 Death James Jordan, NBA Michael Jordan's father, found dead near McColl SC
1993 Death James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76
1994 Event 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot)
1994 Death John van Raay, [John Oradi], radio-imitator (Paul Flanders)
1994 Death John Hidalgo Moya, architect, Designer of Skylon, dies at 74
1994 Death Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69
1994 Death Christy Henrich, US turnster, dies of anorexia nervosa at 22
1994 Death Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter, dies at 77
1994 Event 102.4øF (39.1øC) in Tokyo Japan: record
1995 Death Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79
1995 Death Marcus Chenault, killer of Martin Luther King Jr's mother, dies at 54
1995 Death Jose B M Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88
1995 Death Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77
1995 Event CNN en Espanol premieres
1995 Death Harry Craft, baseball manager, dies at 80
1996 Death Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87
1997 Event 25th du Maurier Golf Classic: Colleen Walker wins
1997 Event BankBoston Senior Golf Classic
1997 Event Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park NY for HBO
1997 Event Phil Mickelson wins golf's Sprint International