373 Historic Events for August 3
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Sal Santen, Dutch writer
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| 1916 |
Death |
Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion and the Fox)
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| 1918 |
Death |
Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Phyllis D "P D" James, English thriller writer (Innocent Blood)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Alec Wyton, composer
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow and Heart)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Richard Adler, NYC composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees)
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| 1921 |
Event |
1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
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| 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
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| 1923 |
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VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet
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| 1923 |
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Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding
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| 1924 |
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Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA)
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| 1924 |
Death |
Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66
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| 1925 |
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Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
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| 1925 |
Death |
William Bruce, cricketer (drowns 14 Tests for Australia 1885-95), dies
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| 1926 |
Event |
Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus
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