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What Happened on July 3rd This Day in History

Year	Name
2013	Egyptian coup d'état: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is overthrown by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for Morsi's resignation, to which he did not respond. President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Adly Mansour is declared acting president.
1996	British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
1988	United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
1988	The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
1979	U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
1973	David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
1970	The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1970	Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
1967	The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
1952	The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
1952	The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.
1944	World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
1940	World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
1938	World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h).
1938	United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
1913	Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
1898	A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
1890	Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1886	Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
1886	The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
1884	Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
1866	Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs.
1863	American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
1852	Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
1849	France invades the Roman Republic and restores the Papal States.
1848	Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.
1839	The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
1819	The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
1778	American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
1775	American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1767	Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
1767	Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
1754	French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
1608	Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1035	William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087.
987	Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
324	Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.

Famous People Born on July 3

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Year	Name
1962	Tom Cruise, American actor and producer
1943	Gary Waldhorn, British actor (d. 2022)
1921	Flor María Chalbaud, First Lady of Venezuela (d. 2013)
1860	Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (d. 1935)
1951	Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (d. 2014)
1922	Theo Brokmann Jr., Dutch football player (d. 2003)
1984	Churandy Martina, Dutch sprinter
1942	Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter
1976	Bobby Skinstad, Zimbabwean-South African rugby union player
1987	Sebastian Vettel, German race car driver

Famous People Deaths On July 3

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Date	Name
1908	Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845)
2006	Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language (b. 1941)
1904	Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
1941	Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (b. 1871)
1974	John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (b. 1888)
1935	André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (b. 1878)
1863	George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826)
2004	Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1929)
1921	James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (b. 1864)
2010	Abu Daoud, Palestinian terrorist, planned the Munich massacre (b. 1937)