August 3, 1944 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma August 3, 1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies August 3, 1944 Felix Nussbaum, German painter (Widerstandskunst), dies in Auschwitz August 3, 1944 Felka Platek, wife of painter Felix Nussbaum, dies in Auschwitz August 3, 1944 General Montgomery visits general Dempsey's headquarter August 3, 1944 Lt-Gen Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma August 3, 1944 Tommy Brown, just 16 years & 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers August 3, 1943 Gen Patton slaps a U.S. GI in the hospital accusing him of cowardice August 3, 1943 Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire August 3, 1941 Benzine sales limited in US August 3, 1941 Beverly Lee, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) August 3, 1941 Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base August 3, 1941 Gas sales limited in US August 3, 1941 German troops conquer Roslavl USSR August 3, 1941 Martha Stewart, cookbook author/actress (Those Two) August 3, 1941 Wayne Hussey, rocker August 3, 1940 German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies August 3, 1940 Italian troops invade British Somalia August 3, 1940 John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS) August 3, 1940 Joseph Dorfman, composer