August 3, 1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration August 3, 1882 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer August 3, 1881 Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous August 3, 1878 Constantino Gaito, composer August 3, 1877 Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 August 3, 1874 EugŠne Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra) August 3, 1873 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) August 3, 1872 Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57) August 3, 1871 Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928) August 3, 1867 Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37) August 3, 1864 Battle of Mobile AL August 3, 1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY August 3, 1863 Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens August 3, 1861 Federal fleet bombs Galveston Texas August 3, 1860 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY August 3, 1855 Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens August 3, 1854 Fernand de La Tombelle, composer August 3, 1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths August 3, 1851 Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader August 3, 1850 Paul A Daum, Dutch writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper)