373 Historic Events for August 3
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Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passagiersvlucht to the US
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| 1940 |
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Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide
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Birth |
Joseph Dorfman, composer
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Birth |
Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys)
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German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies
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Italian troops invade British Somalia
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Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR
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Birth |
Martin Sheen, [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)
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Birth |
John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS)
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| 1941 |
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Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
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Birth |
Wayne Hussey, rocker
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| 1941 |
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Benzine sales limited in US
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two)
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| 1941 |
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Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base
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| 1941 |
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German troops conquer Roslavl USSR
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Gas sales limited in US
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| 1943 |
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Gen Patton slaps a US GI in the hospital accusing him of cowardice
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| 1943 |
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Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire
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| 1944 |
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Lt-Gen Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma
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| 1944 |
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General Montgomery visits general Dempsey's headquarter
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| 1944 |
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Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies
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| 1944 |
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Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma
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| 1944 |
Death |
Felix Nussbaum, German painter (Widerstandskunst), dies in Auschwitz
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| 1944 |
Death |
Felka Platek, wife of painter Felix Nussbaum, dies in Auschwitz
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| 1944 |
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Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers
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