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.

James Baldwin 02 Aug 1924 Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 01 Dec 1987

Geoffrey Ballard 16 Oct 1932 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - 02 Aug 2008

Edith (Brown) Cowan 02 Aug 1861 Geraldton, Western Australia - 09 Jun 1932

William Burroughs 05 Feb 1914 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 02 Aug 1997

Enrico Caruso 25 Feb 1873 Napoli, Campania, Italia - 02 Aug 1921

Wesley Craven 02 Aug 1939 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 30 Aug 2015

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

David Huddleston 17 Sep 1930 Vinton, Virginia, United States - 02 Aug 2016

Gary Merrill 02 Aug 1915 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut - 05 Mar 1990

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

Peter O'Toole 02 Aug 1932 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Dec 2013

Timothy Wakefield 02 Aug 1966 Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States - 01 Oct 2023

Myrna Williams 02 Aug 1905 Helena, Montana, U.S. - 14 Dec 1993

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