August 3
Today is the 216th day of 2016, there are 150 days left in the year.
1492 - Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain on a voyage that would take him to the present-day Americas.
1807 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Virginia, charged with treason. (He was acquitted less than a month later.)
1914 - At the outbreak of World War I, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey remarked, "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
1914 - Germany declared war on France during World War I.
1923 - Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack in San Francisco.
1943 - Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. (Patton was later ordered by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to apologize for this and a second, similar episode.)
1948 - Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist, publicly accused former State Department official Alger Hiss of having been a part of a Communist underground, a charge Hiss denied.
1958 - The nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.
1972 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. (The U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)
1981 - U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan that they would be fired.
1987 - The Iran-Contra congressional hearings ended with none of the 29 witnesses tying President Ronald Reagan directly to the diversion of arms-sales profits to Nicaraguan rebels.
1994 - Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.
1994 - Arkansas carried out the nation's first triple execution in 32 years.
2011 - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied all charges against him as he went on trial for alleged corruption and complicity in the deaths of protesters who had helped drive him from power.
Birthdays
24 - Karlie Kloss (model)
26 - Jourdan Dunn (model)
27 - Tyrod Taylor (football player)
31 - Georgina Haig (actress)
32 - Ryan Lochte (swimmer)
36 - Hannah Simone (actress)
37 - Evangeline Lilly (actress)
39 - Tom Brady (football player)
43 - Michael Ealy (actor)
44 - Melissa Ponzio (actress)
53 - James Hetfield (singer)
53 - Lisa Ann Walter (actress)
53 - Isaiah Washington (actor)
65 - Jay North (actor)
75 - James Stewart (entrepreneur)
76 - Martin Sheen (actor)
90 - Tony Bennett (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 3
1914 - New York Yankees' catcher Nunamaker throws out three would-be stealers in one inning.
1921 - Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis refused to reinstate the former Chicago White Sox players implicated in the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, despite their acquittals (due to a technicality) in a jury trial.
1936 - Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin.
1949 - The National Basketball Association was formed after a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. There were 17 teams at this time: Tri-Cities Blackhawks (Atlanta Hawks), Boston Celtics, Fort Wayne Pistons (Detroit Pistons), Philadelphia Warriors (Golden State Warriors), Minneapolis Lakers (Los Angeles Lakers), New York Knicks, Syracuse Nationals (Philadelphia 76ers), Rochester Royals (Sacramento Kings) and the now defunct teams Chicago Stags, Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcons, Pittsburgh Ironmen, Providence Steamrollers, St. Louis Bombers, Toronto Huskies, Washington Capitols and the Baltimore Bullets.
1952 - The Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland come to a close. The United States won the medal count with 76, the Soviet Union finished second with 71. The Americans dominated in the gold medal race, taking home 40 to the USSR's 22.
1959 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 5-3 in Los Angeles.
1970 - A four-day NFL players' strike comes to an end.
1975 - The Louisiana Superdome is dedicated.
1980 - Duke Snider and Al Kaline are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1984 - Mary Lou Retton wins the all-around gold medal in women's gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
1989 - The Cincinnati Reds send a record 20 players to bat with a record 16 hits in one inning as they score 14 runs in the first inning en route to a 18-2 win over the Houston Astros.
1989 - Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics sets an American League record with his ninth straight season of 50 or more stolen bases.
Today is the 216th day of 2016, there are 150 days left in the year.
1492 - Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain on a voyage that would take him to the present-day Americas.
1807 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Virginia, charged with treason. (He was acquitted less than a month later.)
1914 - At the outbreak of World War I, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey remarked, "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
1914 - Germany declared war on France during World War I.
1923 - Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack in San Francisco.
1943 - Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. (Patton was later ordered by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to apologize for this and a second, similar episode.)
1948 - Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist, publicly accused former State Department official Alger Hiss of having been a part of a Communist underground, a charge Hiss denied.
1958 - The nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.
1972 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. (The U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)
1981 - U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan that they would be fired.
1987 - The Iran-Contra congressional hearings ended with none of the 29 witnesses tying President Ronald Reagan directly to the diversion of arms-sales profits to Nicaraguan rebels.
1994 - Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.
1994 - Arkansas carried out the nation's first triple execution in 32 years.
2011 - Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied all charges against him as he went on trial for alleged corruption and complicity in the deaths of protesters who had helped drive him from power.
Birthdays
24 - Karlie Kloss (model)
26 - Jourdan Dunn (model)
27 - Tyrod Taylor (football player)
31 - Georgina Haig (actress)
32 - Ryan Lochte (swimmer)
36 - Hannah Simone (actress)
37 - Evangeline Lilly (actress)
39 - Tom Brady (football player)
43 - Michael Ealy (actor)
44 - Melissa Ponzio (actress)
53 - James Hetfield (singer)
53 - Lisa Ann Walter (actress)
53 - Isaiah Washington (actor)
65 - Jay North (actor)
75 - James Stewart (entrepreneur)
76 - Martin Sheen (actor)
90 - Tony Bennett (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 3
1914 - New York Yankees' catcher Nunamaker throws out three would-be stealers in one inning.
1921 - Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis refused to reinstate the former Chicago White Sox players implicated in the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, despite their acquittals (due to a technicality) in a jury trial.
1936 - Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin.
1949 - The National Basketball Association was formed after a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. There were 17 teams at this time: Tri-Cities Blackhawks (Atlanta Hawks), Boston Celtics, Fort Wayne Pistons (Detroit Pistons), Philadelphia Warriors (Golden State Warriors), Minneapolis Lakers (Los Angeles Lakers), New York Knicks, Syracuse Nationals (Philadelphia 76ers), Rochester Royals (Sacramento Kings) and the now defunct teams Chicago Stags, Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcons, Pittsburgh Ironmen, Providence Steamrollers, St. Louis Bombers, Toronto Huskies, Washington Capitols and the Baltimore Bullets.
1952 - The Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland come to a close. The United States won the medal count with 76, the Soviet Union finished second with 71. The Americans dominated in the gold medal race, taking home 40 to the USSR's 22.
1959 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 5-3 in Los Angeles.
1970 - A four-day NFL players' strike comes to an end.
1975 - The Louisiana Superdome is dedicated.
1980 - Duke Snider and Al Kaline are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1984 - Mary Lou Retton wins the all-around gold medal in women's gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
1989 - The Cincinnati Reds send a record 20 players to bat with a record 16 hits in one inning as they score 14 runs in the first inning en route to a 18-2 win over the Houston Astros.
1989 - Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics sets an American League record with his ninth straight season of 50 or more stolen bases.
