August 3
Today is the 215th day of 2015; 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.
1778 - The opera house La Scala opened in Milan, Italy with a performance of Antonio Salieri's "Europa riconosciuta".
1807 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Virginia, charged with treason. (He was acquitted 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 - Vice President Calvin Cooolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the Untied 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.
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.
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.
1993 - The Senate voted 96-3 to confirm the appointment of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court.
1994 - Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.
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
23 - Karlie Kloss (model)
25 - Jordan Dunn (model)
30 - Georgia Haig (actress)
31 - Whitney Duncan (country singer)
31 - Ryan Lochte (swimmer)
36 - Evangeline Lilly (actress)
38 - Tom Brady (football player)
52 - Lisa Ann Walter (actress)
56 - John C. McGinley (actor)
74 - Martha Stewart (entrepreneur/TV personality)
75 - Martin Sheen (actor)
89 - Tony Bennett (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 3
1921 - Due to a technicality, eight players from the Chicago White Sox accused in the Black Sox scandal of throwing the 1919 World Series were acquitted, however commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis threw them out of baseball for life.
1936 - American sprinter Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Berlin after winning the 100 meter dash.
1949 - The National Basketball Association was formed through a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. There were 17 original members. They were: Boston Celtics, Chicago Stags, Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcons, New York Knickerbockers, Philadelphia Warriors (now Golden State Warriors), Pittsburgh Ironmen, Providence Steamrollers, St. Louis Bombers, Toronto Huskies, Washington Capitols, Ft. Wayne Pistons (now Detroit Pistons), Minneapolis Lakers (now Los Angeles Lakers), Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings), Tri-City Blackhawks (now Atlanta Hawks), Syracuse Nationals (now Philadelphia 76ers) and Baltimore Bullets.
1952 - The 15th Summer Olympics close in Helsinki, Finland. The United States topped the Soviet Union 76 to 71 to win the total medal count. The U.S. also took home the most golds with 40, the Soviet Union was second with 22.
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 won the gold medal in the gymnastics all-around at the Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games.
1989 - The Cincinnati Reds send a record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in one inning as they score 14 runs in the first inning in a game against the Houston Astros that the Reds ultimately won 18-2.
Today is the 215th day of 2015; 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.
1778 - The opera house La Scala opened in Milan, Italy with a performance of Antonio Salieri's "Europa riconosciuta".
1807 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Virginia, charged with treason. (He was acquitted 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 - Vice President Calvin Cooolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the Untied 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.
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.
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.
1993 - The Senate voted 96-3 to confirm the appointment of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court.
1994 - Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.
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
23 - Karlie Kloss (model)
25 - Jordan Dunn (model)
30 - Georgia Haig (actress)
31 - Whitney Duncan (country singer)
31 - Ryan Lochte (swimmer)
36 - Evangeline Lilly (actress)
38 - Tom Brady (football player)
52 - Lisa Ann Walter (actress)
56 - John C. McGinley (actor)
74 - Martha Stewart (entrepreneur/TV personality)
75 - Martin Sheen (actor)
89 - Tony Bennett (singer)
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Today in Sports History - August 3
1921 - Due to a technicality, eight players from the Chicago White Sox accused in the Black Sox scandal of throwing the 1919 World Series were acquitted, however commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis threw them out of baseball for life.
1936 - American sprinter Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Berlin after winning the 100 meter dash.
1949 - The National Basketball Association was formed through a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. There were 17 original members. They were: Boston Celtics, Chicago Stags, Cleveland Rebels, Detroit Falcons, New York Knickerbockers, Philadelphia Warriors (now Golden State Warriors), Pittsburgh Ironmen, Providence Steamrollers, St. Louis Bombers, Toronto Huskies, Washington Capitols, Ft. Wayne Pistons (now Detroit Pistons), Minneapolis Lakers (now Los Angeles Lakers), Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings), Tri-City Blackhawks (now Atlanta Hawks), Syracuse Nationals (now Philadelphia 76ers) and Baltimore Bullets.
1952 - The 15th Summer Olympics close in Helsinki, Finland. The United States topped the Soviet Union 76 to 71 to win the total medal count. The U.S. also took home the most golds with 40, the Soviet Union was second with 22.
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 won the gold medal in the gymnastics all-around at the Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games.
1989 - The Cincinnati Reds send a record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in one inning as they score 14 runs in the first inning in a game against the Houston Astros that the Reds ultimately won 18-2.
