3rd August anniversaries

  • Birth
    • 1808
    • United States
    • "Birth of Hamilton Fish, US Secretary of State (1869–77) ."
    • 1887
    • Great Britain
    • "Birth of Rupert Brooke, English poet whose collection ""1914 & Other Poems"" had run to 24 impressions before the First World War ended." more
    • 1908
    • Brazil
    • "Birth of Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian Vice-President (1974–79) ."
  • event
    • 1858
    • Great Britain
    • "British explorer John Speke discovered Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile."
    • 1949
    • United States
    • The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League merged to form the National Basketball Association (NBA)
    • 1958
    • United States
    • "USS Nautilus, an American nuclear-powered submarine, became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater."
  • Death
    • 1460
    • Great Britain
    • King James II of Scots killed by an exploding cannon at Kelso
    • 1916
    • Great Britain
    • Sir Roger Casement hanged at Pentonville Prison for treason
    • 1929
    • Germany
    • "Death of Emil Berliner, German-born American inventor who improved telephone communications and developed the gramophone"
    • 1998
    • Russian Federation
    • "Death of Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer ."

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