August 3

Events

 * 1958 - The Billboard Hot 100 is founded
 * 1963 - Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool
 * 1966 - S African govt bans Beatle records
 * 1971 - Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings
 * 1974 - Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers
 * 1977 - Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
 * 1990 - Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion

Births

 * 1832 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)
 * 1917 - Les Elgart, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1995)
 * 1920 - Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)
 * 1926 - Tony Bennett, American singer
 * 1939 - Jimmy Nicol, English musician
 * 1941 - Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)
 * 1946 - Syreeta Wright, American singer and songwriter (d. 2004)
 * 1959 - Martin Atkins, English musician
 * 1961 - Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats)
 * 1963 - James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)
 * 1963 - Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono
 * 1963 - Ed Roland, American musician (Collective Soul)
 * 1964 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician (d. 2007)
 * 1971 - DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
 * 1973 - Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)
 * 1980 - Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
 * 1993 - Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer