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On this day: August 3

POSTED: 02:07 PM PDT Aug 02, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 02, 2012

Columbus sets sail, the first American intercollegiate sporting event takes place, Jesse Owens shines in Berlin and a controversial stand-up comic dies, all on this day.

OTD August 3 - first letter — 2 / 36

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1527: The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland. Rut had been chosen by Henry VIII to command an expedition to North America in search of the Northwest Passage and sent a letter back to the king after arriving in St. John's harbor.

OTD August 3 - Christopher Columbus

OTD August 3 - first letter

OTD August 3 - LaBrea Tar Pits

OTD August 3 - Mount Asama

OTD August 3 - Harvard Yale race

OTD August 3 - Firestone

OTD August 3 - John Scopes

OTD August 3 - World War I

OTD August 3 - 1919 Black Sox

OTD August 3 - Tony Bennett

OTD August 3 - Mickey Mouse watch

OTD August 3 - Jesse Owens

OTD August 3 - Martin Sheen

OTD August 3 - Martha Stewart

OTD August 3 - Santa Claus Land Train

OTD August 3 - USS Nautilus

OTD August 3 - Beatles

OTD August 3 - Allan Sherman

OTD August 3 - Lenny Bruce

OTD August 3 - Wings

OTD August 3 - missile

OTD August 3 - Superdome

OTD August 3 - Tom Brady

OTD August 3 - Evangeline Lilly

OTD August 3 - air traffic controllers strike

OTD August 3 - Mary Lou Retton

OTD August 3 - Ryan Lochte

OTD August 3 - Def Leppard Hysteria

OTD August 3 - Clear and Present Danger

OTD August 3 - Macarena

OTD August 3 - George W Bush

OTD August 3 - The Princess Diaries

OTD August 3 - Statue of Liberty

OTD August 3 - Messenger launch

OTD August 3 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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