This day in History - August 3

373 Historic Events for August 3
1915 Birth Sal Santen, Dutch writer
1916 Death Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51
1917 Birth Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)
1918 Birth James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion and the Fox)
1918 Death Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41
1920 Birth Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)
1920 Birth Phyllis D "P D" James, English thriller writer (Innocent Blood)
1920 Birth P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
1921 Birth Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra)
1921 Birth Alec Wyton, composer
1921 Birth Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow and Heart)
1921 Birth Richard Adler, NYC composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees)
1921 Event 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
1921 Event Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball
1923 Event VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
1923 Birth Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
1923 Birth Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet
1923 Event Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding
1924 Event Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist
1924 Birth Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry)
1924 Birth Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA)
1924 Death Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66
1925 Event Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
1925 Death William Bruce, cricketer (drowns 14 Tests for Australia 1885-95), dies
1926 Event Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus