August 3rd, 1907

Born on August 3rd, 1907

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What happened on August 3rd, 1907?

August 3rd, 1907

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis

What else happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 1971

Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.

August 3rd, 2009

The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.

August 3rd, 1460

James II of Scotland is killed by an exploding cannon at Roxburgh Castle.

August 3rd, 1975

A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

August 3rd, 1347

Hundred Years' War: The French town of Calais capitulated to English forces after an eleven-month siege, ending the Crécy campaign.

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games.

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

Born on August 3rd, 1907

81

Lawrence Brown

Jazz trombonist (1907-1988)

*August 3rd, 1907, Lawrence †September 5th, 1988, Los Angeles

71

Bertha Parker Pallan

American archaeologist (1907-1978)

*August 3rd, 1907, Upstate New York †October 8th, 1978, Los Angeles

39

Adrienne Ames

American actress (1907-1947)

*August 3rd, 1907, Fort Worth †May 31st, 1947, New York City

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Born in 1907

47

Frida Kahlo

Mexican painter (1907–1954)

*July 6th, 1907, Mexico City †July 13th, 1954, Mexico City

72

John Wayne

American actor (1907–1979)

*May 26th, 1907, Winterset †June 11th, 1979, Westwood

94

Astrid Lindgren

Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)

*November 14th, 1907, Vimmerby Parish †January 28th, 2002, Gustav Vasa parish

56

Rachel Carson

American marine biologist and conservationist (1907-1964)

*May 27th, 1907, Rachel Carson Homestead †April 14th, 1964, Silver Spring

96

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

*May 12th, 1907, Hartford †June 29th, 2003, Old Saybrook

74

Jack Albertson

American actor (1907–1981)

*June 16th, 1907, Malden †November 25th, 1981, Hollywood

82

Laurence Olivier

English actor and director (1907–1989)

*May 22nd, 1907, Dorking †July 11th, 1989, West Sussex

71

Ita Rina

Slovenian actress (1907-1979)

*July 7th, 1907, Divača †May 10th, 1979, Budva

93

Arlene Francis

American actress and television host (1907–2001)

*October 20th, 1907, Boston †May 31st, 2001, San Francisco

52

Paul Douglas

American actor (1907-1959)

*April 11th, 1907, Philadelphia †September 11th, 1959, Hollywood

37

Jacques Roumain

Haitian politician and poet (1907-1944)

*June 4th, 1907, Port-au-Prince †August 18th, 1944, Port-au-Prince

70

Georges Speicher

French road bicycle racer

*June 8th, 1907, 20th arrondissement of Paris †January 24th, 1978, Maisons-Laffitte

118

Hans Nickel

German rower

*October 22nd, 1907, Berlin

68

Boy Charlton

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

*August 12th, 1907, North Sydney Council †December 10th, 1975, Avalon Beach

92

Anna Maria Martínez Sagi

Spanish poet, trade unionist, journalist, feminist and athlete

*February 16th, 1907, Barcelona †January 2nd, 2000, Santpedor

69

Emilio Sereni

Italian writer and politician

*August 13th, 1907, Rome †March 20th, 1977, Rome

59

Jimmie Foxx

American baseball player (1907–1967)

*October 22nd, 1907, Sudlersville †July 21st, 1967, Miami

36

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

German aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter (1907-1944)

*November 15th, 1907, Jettingen-Scheppach †July 21st, 1944, Bendlerblock

82

Barbara Stanwyck

American actress (1907–1990)

*July 16th, 1907, Brooklyn †January 20th, 1990, Santa Monica

75

Jacques Tati

French filmmaker (1907-1982)

*October 9th, 1907, Le Pecq †November 5th, 1982, Paris

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1907 is a normal year and no leap year.

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