Video: 'To Catch a Thief' trailer
(Wednesday, August 3, 1955, evening PDT) — To Catch a Thief, a romantic thriller film about a retired cat burglar fights to clear himself of a series of Riviera robberies committed in his style, premiered tonight in Hollywood.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the film starred Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles Vanel and Brigitte Auber.
(Saturday, August 3, 1985) — “Shout” by Tears for Fears peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Aug. 3/10/17, 1985).
(Saturday, August 3, 1985) — “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” by Sting peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
(Saturday, August 3, 1985) — “Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
(Saturday, August 3, 1985) — “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” by Power Station peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
(Tuesday, August 3, 1875) — Former U.S. President Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) was buried today in what later became the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in Greeneville, Tennessee, with his body wrapped in an American flag and a copy of the U.S. Constitution placed under his head, according to his wishes.
Johnson, 66, died from a stroke on July 31, 1875, at Carter’s Station, near Elizabethton, Tennessee. He had been elected to the Senate earlier in the year, becoming the only former president to serve in the Senate.
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Aug. 3, 1965, at 45:06-49:13)
(Tuesday, August 3, 1965, 10:35-11:15 a.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared today that those who advocate either all-out war in Vietnam or total withdrawal are equally misguided and equally insensitive to the United States’ role in Southeast Asia.
Video: 'Cam ne safer'
(Tuesday, August 3, 1965; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — CBS News reporter Morley Safer documented an American “search and destroy” mission today in the South Vietnamese village of Cam Ne (considered a Viet Cong stronghold), filming U.S. Marines burning homes using flamethrowers and Zippo cigarette lighters. Continue reading CBS crew films U.S. Marines destroying South Vietnamese village 50 years ago today (Aug 3 1965)
Video: 'Today in History: Delta Flight 191 Crashes'
(Friday, August 2, 1985, 6:05 p.m. CDT) — 137 people were killed today when Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed and exploded in a fireball while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in a violent thunderstorm. Continue reading 137 people killed when jetliner crashes in Texas 30 years ago this hour (Aug 2 1985)
(Saturday, August 2, 1975) — “One of These Nights” by the Eagles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the group’s second of five number one hits on the chart (1975-1979).
