August 3, 1967 James Law rides entire New York City subway in 22 hrs 12 minutes August 3, 1967 John Femia, Brooklyn New York, actor (Square Pegs, Hello Larry) August 3, 1966 Christine Richters, Fullerton California, playmate (May, 1986) August 3, 1966 Lenny Bruce, comedian, dies of a morphine overdose at 39 August 3, 1966 S African government bans Beatle records August 3, 1964 Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 August 3, 1964 Joan E Higginbotham, Chicago Il, astronaut August 3, 1964 Johnny Thomas, NFL cornerback (Cleve Browns, SD Chargers) August 3, 1964 Kevin Elster, San Pedro California, infielder (Texas Rangers) August 3, 1964 Nate McMillan, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics) August 3, 1963 Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool August 3, 1963 Carlo Imperato, Bronx, actor (Fame) August 3, 1963 Great Train Robbery-œ2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed August 3, 1963 James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless) August 3, 1963 Libor Pimek, Czech, tennis star August 3, 1962 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000) August 3, 1962 Alberto Tous, Spain, tennis star August 3, 1962 Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer August 3, 1962 New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games August 3, 1962 Tina Lehtola, Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder)