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Historical Events
on August 3rd
- Lead Story
- Nautilus travels under North Pole,1958
- American Revolution
- Lord Jeffrey Amherst dies,1797
- Automotive
- "The Spy Who Loved Me" released, features Lotus Esprit,1977
- Civil War
- Union General Thomas F. Meagher is born in Ireland,1823
- Cold War
- Chambers accuses Hiss of being a communist spy,1948
- Crime
- Sodomy arrest sparks controversy,1982
- Disaster
- Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain near Agadir, Morocco ,1975
- General Interest
- Columbus sets sail,1492
- Sir Roger Casement hanged,1916
- Soviets release Mathias Rust,1988
- Hollywood
- Multimillion-dollar baby photos published,2008
- Literary
- Last installment of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is published,1861
- Music
- "The Macarena" begins its reign atop the U.S. pop charts,1996
- Old West
- Donner party encounters first delay,1846
- Presidential
- Calvin Coolidge takes oath of office after Harding's death,1923
- Sports
- NBA is born,1949
- Vietnam War
- TV news shows Marines burning village,1965
- Marines launch Operation Prairie,1966
- World War I
- Germany and France declare war on each other,1914
- World War II
- Italians move on British Somaliland,1940
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