Daily Calendar for Friday, August 3, 2029
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Friday, August 3, 2029
Born
- John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon (Canadian governor general) –
- John T. Scopes (fined $100 in 1925 for teaching evolution” in Tennessee”) –
- Tony Bennett (American singer; born in Long Island City, New York, NY) –
- Martin Sheen (actor) –
- Martha Stewart (homemaking guru) –
- John C. McGinley (actor) –
- Tom Brady (football player) –
- Evangeline Lilly (actress) –
Died
- Joseph Conrad (writer) –
- Flannery O'Connor (author) –
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) –
Events
- Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria, in search of a western sea route to Asia –
- First intercollegiate boat race –
- American Canoe Association formed, Lake George, New York –
- Distinguished Flying Cross for William Bishop announced –
- At 2:47 A.M., Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president by his father at Vermont homestead –
- The first okapi imported into U.S. went on display, Bronx Zoo, N.Y.C. –
- National Basketball Association formed from merger –
- Tom Yawkey inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame –
- Lightning evidently triggered the fire alarm in an office building near Fort Collins, Colorado, which caused the inhabitants to evacuate - without their keys. While locked out, 16 were injured, most by the marble-size hail and wind gusts produced by the thunderstorm. –
Weather
- Philadelphia, PA, received 5.84 inches of rain within two hours –
- Warsaw, Indiana, received 6.25 inches of rain –
- Hail in Fort Collins, Colorado, injured locked-out workers after lightning triggered fire alarm –
- 115 degrees F, Fort Smith, Arkansas –