Historical Events and Current Affairs on August 3

Americans capture Fort Erie Canada
Americans capture Fort Erie Canada
British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa
British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa
Crusaders enter Tiberias
Crusaders enter Tiberias
Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York
Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York
Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)
George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)
Hugo Capet crowned king of France
Hugo Capet crowned king of France
Hugo Capet crowned king of France
Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II
Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II
Prussia declares war on Austria
Prussia declares war on Austria
Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern & Philip the Good
Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern & Philip the Good
Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass
Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass
1187: Crusaders enter Tiberias
1428: Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern & Philip the Good
1468: Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York
1608: Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
1630: Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
1661: Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II
1720: Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
1754: George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)
1775: Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass
1778: British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa
1778: Prussia declares war on Austria
1806: Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
1814: Americans capture Fort Erie Canada
1816: French frigate Medusa runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross
1816: incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
1819: 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
1839: 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students
1841: John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown
1841: planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus
1848: Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
1852: Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif)
1853: Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan
1861: Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general
1861: Martinsburg, VA - Confederate forces pull out before US advance
1861: Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY
1863: Battle of Donaldsonville, LA
1863: Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends, major victory for North
1864: Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9]
1864: Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
1871: Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)
1876: Montenegro declares war on Turkey
1883: SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
1884: Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg
1886: 1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine
1886: Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile
1888: NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
1890: Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
1890: King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
1895: Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Black Peter (BG)
1898: American troops captured deserted Wake Island
1898: Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)
1898: Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe
1898: US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
1902: Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam
1905: Kuyper govt forms in Holland
1905: Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1907: Pope decree forbids modernization of theology
1911: Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
1913: Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird
1913: known to have crossed the Atlantic)
1915: US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934
1916: 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die)
1917: Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride-palace Petrograd
1918: SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament
1920: Java Technical School Bandung opens
1920: Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
1923: Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
1928: 1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird)
1929: Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber
1930: Veterans Administration created
1931: Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1934: C Jackson discovers asteroid #1367 Nongoma
1934: FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria IL
1939: Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler
1939: Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes luckiest man speech
1940: ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
1940: British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
1940: German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names
1942: Germany troop march into Sebastopol
1942: Hitler visits fieldmarshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine
1943: Liberator bombers sinks U-628
1944: US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin
1946: 1st Dutch government of Beel forms
1947: 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC
1947: Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL
1947: Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan
1948: Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death
1950: 1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War
1950: Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
1952: Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
1954: Food rationing ends in Britain
1954: Wonderful Town closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 559 perfs
1958: Andy Williams Show premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
1960: Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot
1962: Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)
1965: Phillies Dick Allen & Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice
1965: USSR & Persia sign dam building & economic aid pact
1966: Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
1966: Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
1967: News at 10 premieres on English TV
1968: Cleve Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minn Twins
1969: 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
1970: 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
1970: British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
1970: Calif Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
1970: L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702
1973: Brothers Jim & Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers
1973: General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA
1974: Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win
1974: Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers
1974: Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1976: Adolfo Suarez becomes premier of Spain
1976: After 12 years, Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys
1976: held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1976: Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being
1977: Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off
1978: Establishment Amazon Pact
1978: station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's Filthy Words
1978: Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio
1981: NYC transit fare rises from 60› to 75›, new brass Y-cut-out token
1982: Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages Ÿ 1 million)
1983: Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m)
1983: Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's
1984: Derek Underwood's maiden FC century after 22 yrs of trying
1984: Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
1984: Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test
1984: Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
1985: CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover
1986: Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
1986: Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
1987: 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
1987: Mazzilli for criticizing his play
1987: NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee
1988: A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973
1988: US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290
1989: Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm
1989: Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions
1989: The movie Batman, set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)
1990: Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
1991: Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring
1991: Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleve Indians
1992: Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary
1992: Mass Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)
1993: Prince Alois of Liechtenstein weds Duchess Sophie of Bavaria
1994: 30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas
1994: R H McNaught discovers asteroid #7839
1994: Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup
1997: Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
2002: Railway Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar inaugurates Online Railway Ticket booking system through internet.

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