On This Day in History August 3, 2018

Historical Events 1492  Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with three ships, Santa María, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the "Indies" 1596  David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star) 1914  Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1934  Adolf Hitler merges the offices of German Chancellor and President, declaring himself "Führer" (leader) 1972  U.S. Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Elisha Otis (1811 - 1861) James Hetfield 55th Birthday Martha Stewart 77th Birthday Stanley Baldwin (1867 - 1947) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918 - 2008) Colette (1873 - 1954) More Famous Deaths August 5th: The Strange, Mysterious Story of the Balloon Expedition to the North Pole The discovery of Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée's tragic, long-lost polar expedition in 1930 led to more questions than answers.