August 3, 1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball August 3, 1921 Hayden Carruth, Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow & Heart) August 3, 1921 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (East of Sumatra) August 3, 1921 Richard Adler, New York City composer (Pajama Game, Damn Yankees) August 3, 1920 Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible) August 3, 1920 P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face) August 3, 1918 Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41 August 3, 1918 James MacGregor Burns, political writer (The Lion & the Fox) August 3, 1917 Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox) August 3, 1916 Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51 August 3, 1915 Sal Santen, Dutch writer August 3, 1914 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal August 3, 1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army August 3, 1914 French fleet sails to North-Africa August 3, 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina August 3, 1914 Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I August 3, 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany August 3, 1914 Rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter August 3, 1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany August 3, 1914 World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through Churches forms