Category: This Day In History August 02
Categories: This Day In History August
Note: These categories should be applied only to notable persons/events in history.
This Day in History for August 3rd
Historic Events:
- 1068 - Henry I becomes King of England.
- 1776 - U.S. delegates sign the Declaration of Independence.
- 1790 - the first U.S. Census was completed.
- 1934 - Hitler becomes dictator of Germany.
- 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait and the emir fled to Saudi Arabia.
- 1992 - Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins gold in heptathlon.
Famous Birthdays:
- 1861 - Edith Dircksey Cowan MBE, Australian politician, social campaigner; the first woman elected to an Australian parliament.
- 1924 - James Baldwin, African-American writer and civil rights activist known for his 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain.
- 1924 - Carroll O'Connor, American actor known for his role as Archie Bunker in the ground-breaking 1970s TV series All In the Family.
- 1932 - Peter O'Toole, English actor known for his role in the epic film Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
- 1939 - Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter.
Famous Deaths:
- 1100 - William II, King of England.
- 1876 - Wild Bill Hickok, Western legend.
- 1921 - Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor.
- 1923 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States.
- 1997 - W.S. Burroughs, American writer.
- 2008 - Geoffrey Edwin Hall Ballard CM OBC , Canadian geophysicist and father of the fuel cell.
Person Profiles (15)
James Baldwin
02 Aug 1924 Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 01 Dec 1987
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Geoffrey Ballard
16 Oct 1932 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - 02 Aug 2008
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Edith (Brown) Cowan
02 Aug 1861 Geraldton, Western Australia - 09 Jun 1932
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William Burroughs
05 Feb 1914 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 02 Aug 1997
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Enrico Caruso
25 Feb 1873 Napoli, Campania, Italia - 02 Aug 1921
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Wesley Craven
02 Aug 1939 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 30 Aug 2015
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Thomas (Grey) Gray
30 Nov 1384 Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England - 03 Aug 1415
James Hickok
27 May 1837 Troy Grove, LaSalle, Illinois, United States - 02 Aug 1876
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David Huddleston
17 Sep 1930 Vinton, Virginia, United States - 02 Aug 2016
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Gary Merrill
02 Aug 1915 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut - 05 Mar 1990
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Henry (Normandie) of England
1068 England - 01 Dec 1135
John O'Connor
02 Aug 1924 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 21 Jun 2001
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Peter O'Toole
02 Aug 1932 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Dec 2013
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Timothy Wakefield
02 Aug 1966 Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States - 01 Oct 2023
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Myrna Williams
02 Aug 1905 Helena, Montana, U.S. - 14 Dec 1993
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