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08/03/1904
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Clifford D[onald] Simak, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Station)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1905
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Dolores Del Rio, Durango Mexico, actress (What Price Glory?)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1905
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Maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder (Gray Panthers)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1906
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Wash Natl's pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR to win his own game 1-0 in 10th
Type: Event
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08/03/1906
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Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (H“tel du Nord)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1906
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Leonard Huizinga, Dutch journalist/writer (Adriaan and Olivier)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1907
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Irene Tedrow, Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1907
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Adrienne Ames, Fort Worth TX, actress (Death Kiss, Panama Patrol)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1907
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Lawrence Brown, US trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1907
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Ernesto Geisel, politician
Type: Birth
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08/03/1907
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August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59
Type: Death
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08/03/1908
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Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1910
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Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
Type: Death
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08/03/1911
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Karel G Bakker, Dutch actor (Lady Windermere's Fan)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1912
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Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Xanadu, 40 Carats, Marjorie Morningstar)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1914
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Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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World Alliance for Promoting Intl Friendship through Churches forms
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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Turkey signs military pact with Germany
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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Great Britain declares war on Germany
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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French fleet sails to North-Africa
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I
Type: Event
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08/03/1914
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Rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter
Type: Birth
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08/03/1915
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Sal Santen, Dutch writer
Type: Birth
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08/03/1916
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Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51
Type: Death
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08/03/1917
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Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1918
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James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion and the Fox)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1918
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Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41
Type: Death
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08/03/1920
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Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1920
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Phyllis D "P D" James, English thriller writer (Innocent Blood)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1920
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P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1921
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Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1921
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Alec Wyton, composer
Type: Birth
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08/03/1921
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Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow and Heart)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1921
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Richard Adler, NYC composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1921
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1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
Type: Event
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08/03/1921
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Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball
Type: Event
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08/03/1923
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VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
Type: Event
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08/03/1923
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Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1923
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Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet
Type: Birth
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08/03/1923
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Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding
Type: Event
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08/03/1924
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Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist
Type: Event
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08/03/1924
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Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1924
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Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA)
Type: Birth
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08/03/1924
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Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66
Type: Death
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08/03/1925
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Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
Type: Event
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08/03/1925
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William Bruce, cricketer (drowns 14 Tests for Australia 1885-95), dies
Type: Death
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08/03/1926
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Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus
Type: Event
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