August 3, 1961 Ken Wark, Australian field hockey fullback (Oly-4th/silver-88, 92, 96) August 3, 1961 Lee Rocker, [Leon Drucker], rock bassist (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball) August 3, 1960 Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85) August 3, 1960 Niger gains independence from France August 3, 1960 Tim Mayotte, Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988) August 3, 1959 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA August 3, 1959 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau August 3, 1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium) August 3, 1959 Martin Atkins, rocker August 3, 1959 Victoria Jackson, Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL, UHF) August 3, 1958 Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel) August 3, 1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap August 3, 1957 British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman August 3, 1956 Kirk Brandon, rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland) August 3, 1956 Willie Williams of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.1 August 3, 1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing August 3, 1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days August 3, 1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7) August 3, 1954 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown August 3, 1954 Colette, [Willy], France, novelist (Vagabonde), dies at 81