August 3

August 3rd

In 1973 - Stevie Wonder released "Innervisions"


In 1979 - Talking Heads released "Fear of Music"


In 1987 - Def Leppard released "Hysteria"


In 1992 - INXS released "Welcome to Wherever You Are"


In 1993 - Voivod released "The Outer Limits"


Birthdays:

Martin Sheen
as 1st Lieutenant Dobbs in "Catch-22"


Jimmie Nicol


John Erman
as Radar Operator in "Cosmic Man"


James Komack

Cécile Aubry
as Manon Lescaut in "Manon"


Gordon Scott
in "Goliath and the Vampires"


Tony Bennett


Rona Anderson
as Anne in "Devils of Darkness"


Connie Converse


Jean Hagen
as Ann Baldwin in "Panic in Year Zero"

as Dede Marshall in "Dead Ringer"


Charlie Shavers


Marilyn Maxwell
as Iris Palmer in "New York Confidential"


Eddie Jefferson


Mel Tolkin

Alex McCrindle
as Baggageman in "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes"


Walter Van Tilburg Clark


Lawrence Brown


Dolores del Río
as Josette Martel in "Journey into Fear"


David Buttolph

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