August 3, 1954 Denise Craig, WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, New York Stars) August 3, 1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show August 3, 1953 Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine soccer player August 3, 1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland August 3, 1952 Aleksandr A Volkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut August 3, 1952 Jay North, North Hollywood California, actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya) August 3, 1952 Wojtek Fibak, Poland, tennis star August 3, 1951 Jon Graham, rock guitarist/vocalist (Earth Wind & Fire-Celebrate) August 3, 1951 Marcel Dionne, Quebec, NHL center (Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers) August 3, 1951 Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies August 3, 1951 William H Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA August 3, 1950 JoMari Payton Noble, Albany GA, actress (Harriette-Family Matters) August 3, 1950 Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) August 3, 1949 Basketball Assoc of America & National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association August 3, 1949 Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire August 3, 1948 Albert F Pollard, Brit historian (Evolution of parliament), dies at 78 August 3, 1948 Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start & goes 7 innings August 3, 1946 Belgian government of Huysmans, forms August 3, 1946 John Klemmer, rocker August 3, 1945 Ron Hendren, Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)