Event:
South Africa's top police officer, Jackie Selebi, former chief of Interpol, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption
More Notable Events on August 3:
1995 CNN en Espanol premieres
1967 45,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Vietnam
1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
1923 V.P. Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
1914 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
