Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for August 3rd: https://ko-fi.com/post/August-3rd-Diane-Wakoski-U7U3106X14
Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: LaBrea Tar Pits
Bummer August 3rd
August 3, 1924: Author Joseph Conrad dies of a heart attack at age 66.
August 3, 1959: More than 50 dock workers on strike are killed by police in the small African country of Guinea-Bissau. At the time, Guinea-Bissau is a colony of Portugal, and the dock workers’ strike threatens Portuguese political officials, who regard it as a sign of rebellion against Portuguese rule. Guinea-Bissau won’t win its independence from the European colonial power until 1973.
August 3, 1966: 40-year-old comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead of an apparently accidental morphine overdose.
August 3, 1983: Bruce Wayne Campbell, the glam rocker who performed under the stage name Jobriath, dies at the age of 36 of AIDS-related illness.
