Men Who Made History…TODAY

1546,Aug 3,   French printer Etienne Dolet, accused of heresy, blasphemy and sedition, was hanged and burned at the stake for printing reformist literature.1596Aug 3,   David Fabricius discovered light variation of Mira (1st variable star).1610Aug 3,   Henry Hudson of England discovered a great bay on the east coast of Canada and named it for himself.1805Aug 3,   Mohammed Ali became the new ruler of Egypt.1807Aug 3,   Former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Va., charged with treason. He was acquitted less than a month later.1966      Aug 3,   Lenny Bruce (b.1925), standup comic, died at his home in Hollywood, Ca., from a morphine overdose.1977    Aug 3,   Archbishop Makarios (b.1913), president of Cyprus, died.1989    Aug 3,   Hashemi Rafsanjani was sworn in as president of Iran.1998      Aug 3,   The White House played down the possibility that President Clinton would reverse previous statements and admit to a sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky when he testified before a grand jury.2009Aug 3,   Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, announced that “many” radio and TV frequencies will revert to the state over what he called irregularities in their licenses. He gave no specifics.2013  Aug 3,   Zimbabwean election commissioner Mkhululi Nyath resigned, citing doubts about the integrity of results showing a big win for President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, but dismissed as a fraud-riddled farce by his main challenger. Election officials announced that Mugabe won 61% of the presidential vote, trailed by Morgan Tsvangirai at 33%.2013Aug 3,   Honduran President Porfirio Lobo ordered the militarization of the country’s main prison after a gunfight there left at least three gang members dead and 12 people injured Source: Timelines of History