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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 3
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Leon Uris in the USA; novelist (Exodus, QB VII).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Gordon Stoker; singer (The Jordanaires).
- 80th: 1944 - Heinrich Himmler orders the entire Stauffenberg family exterminated. Tens of thousands of family members are arrested. Some are killed, some infants are sent away to be raised with SS families.
- 70th: 1954 - First VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Land) aircraft is flown.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Denise Craig; Women's Professional Basketball League forward (Dayton Rockettes, New York Stars).
- 70th: 1954 - Colette France, novelist (Claudine), dies at age 81.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Jenny Beck; actress (Claire Carroll - Guns and Paradise).
- 50th: 1974 - Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Carah Faye Charnow; American singer (Shiny Toy Guns).
- 30th: 1994 - Tokyo Disneyland welcomes its 150 millionth guest.
- 20th: 2004 - In the USA, the Statue of Liberty reopens after security improvements.
- 20th: 2004 - id Software releases the Doom 3 game for Windows computers in the US.
- 15th: 2009 - Bolivia becomes the first South American country to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves.
- 15th: 2009 - A 6.9-magnitude earthquake strikes off Baja California in Mexico, 49 miles from Santa Isabel, 9.3 miles deep.
- 5th: 2019 - A mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States, leaves 23 people dead and 23 others injured.
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