{"id":27881,"date":"2016-08-03T08:07:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T13:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27881"},"modified":"2016-08-03T08:11:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T13:11:12","slug":"today-in-history-232","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27881","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Wednesday, August\u00a0 03, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that would take him to the present-day Americas.
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1778<\/td>\nThe opera house La Scala opened in Milan, Italy, with a performance of Antonio Salieri’s “Europa riconosciuta.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nAt 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.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nGermany declared war on France.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nCalvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, one day after President Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nGen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nWhittaker Chambers, a former Communist, publicly accused former State Department official Alger Hiss of having been part of a Communist underground, a charge Hiss denied.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1949<\/td>\nThe National Basketball Association was formed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nU.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan that they would be fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1987<\/td>\nThe 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nStephen G. Breyer was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nFormer 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’d helped drive him from power.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Singer Tony Bennett turns 90 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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P.D. James<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marv Levy<\/td>\nHall of Fame football coach<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martha Stewart<\/td>\nLifestyle guru<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Landis<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcel Dionne<\/td>\nHockey Hall of Famer<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jay North<\/td>\nActor (“Dennis the Menace”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Randy Scruggs<\/td>\nCountry musician<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John C. McGinley<\/td>\nActor (“Scrubs”)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Hetfield<\/td>\nRock musician (Metallica)<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah Washington<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Brady<\/td>\nFootball player<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evangeline Lilly<\/td>\nActress (“Lost”)<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mamie Gummer<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whitney Duncan<\/td>\nCountry singer (“Nashville Star”)<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Martin Sheen (“The West Wing”) turns 76 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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