July 3

Events

 * -  defeats, who flees to.
 * - was crowned, the first of the  which ruled  till the  in.
 * - is captured by '  army at the  while he is in  conducting the ; he later has to ransom himself.
 * - founded by.
 * - : surrenders  to  forces.
 * - is discovered by   on an expeditionary voyage commanded by.
 * 1767  -  oldest newspaper still in print,, is founded (first edition published this date).
 * - : takes command of the  at.
 * - : British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in the.
 * 1778  -  declares war on.
 * - The first in the  (The Bank of Savings in ) opens.
 * - The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's, opens in with 3 students.
 * - The last pair of s is killed.
 * - Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now ) by.
 * - The French entered in order to restore  to power. This would prove a major obstacle to.
 * - Congress establishes the United States's 2nd mint in.
 * - : The final day of the culminates with.
 * - is decided at the, resulting in  taking over as the prominent German nation from.
 * - published its 1st stock average.
 * - The becomes the first  to use a, eliminating  by hand.
 * - is admitted as the 43rd.
 * - Spanish fleet, led by, destroyed by the in ,  during the.
 * - First color television broadcast in.
 * - World speed record for a   is set in, by the , which reaches a speed of  126 mph.(203 km/h)
 * - : was liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during.
 * - 's Constitution is approved by the.
 * - The against the French ends.
 * - A British  chartered  crashes into mountains north of,  killing 113 people.
 * - commandos rescue 105 hostages at  Airport,  during.
 * - The (MRS) is founded.
 * -  signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
 * -  presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
 * - warship  shoots down  over the, killing all 290 people aboard.
 * - The in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of  and  over the.
 * - released in.
 * - The deadliest day in traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.  Forty six people were killed in crashes.
 * - A   jetliner crashes on approach to landing at  killing 145 people.
 * - Official opening of 's.
 * - The national law legalizing takes effect in.
 * - Asteroid labeled as flies 432,308 km (268,624 miles) by.
 * - introduces new  currency.

Births

 * - King (d. )
 * - of Japan (d. )
 * -, French historian (d. )
 * -, Prussian field marshal (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, British cavalry officer (d. )
 * -, Scottish architect (d. )
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * -, queen consort of Sweden (d.
 * -, Australian cricketer (d. )
 * -, Czech composer (d. )
 * -, 11th (d. )
 * -, German surgeon (d. )
 * -, American actor, director, singer and dancer (d. )
 * -, Polish linguist (d. )
 * -, Polish-born German conductor (d. )
 * -, Czech writer (d. )
 * -, Italian film director (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (d. )
 * -, Russian-born actor (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * 1908  -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American columnist (d. )
 * -, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. )
 * -, South Indian actor (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, 6th
 * -, British director
 * -, Austrian conductor (d. )
 * 1930  -, American musician (d. )
 * 1930  -, American clarinetist
 * -, American doctor and public health official (d. )
 * -, American astronaut and politician
 * -, Czech-born, British playwright
 * -, Hong Kong actor
 * -, Hungarian politician and diplomat
 * -, Venezuelan player (d. )
 * 1940  -, American politician
 * 1940  - ,
 * 1940  -, American soul singer
 * -, French singer and actor
 * 1942  -, Mexican TV personality (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, French singer and songwriter
 * -, American TV actor
 * -, American writer
 * 1947  -, American actress
 * -, Finnish comics artist
 * -, American actress
 * 1949  -, American singer  (d. )
 * -, American writer and TV presenter
 * -, American politician
 * 1950  -, New Zealand cricketer
 * -, New Zealand cricketer
 * 1951  -, Haitian politician
 * -, American football player and politician
 * -, Japanese television performer
 * -, American  castmember
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Canadian-British journalist
 * 1958  -, American singer
 * -, British journalist and author
 * 1959  -, American singer
 * -, British songwriter (, , and )
 * -, Portuguese dancer
 * 1961  -, English musician
 * -, American actor
 * 1962  -, American actress
 * 1962  -, American actor
 * -, British author
 * 1964  -, French-born American actress
 * -, Japanese wrestler (d. )
 * 1965  -, Danish actress
 * -, Dominican baseball player
 * -, American television host and cookbook author
 * -, Canadian musician
 * -, Finnish ice hockey player
 * 1970  -, American actress
 * 1970  -, Ukrainian cyclist
 * -, Canadian-born actor and director
 * 1973  -, American actor
 * 1973  -, British actress
 * -, American actress
 * 1976  -, Brazilian mixed martial artist
 * 1976  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, French actress
 * 1979  -, Greek footballer
 * -, South African swimmer
 * 1980  -, American basketballer
 * -, Indian actress
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, German racing driver
 * -, Australian footballer
 * -, German racing driver
 * -, Australian footballer

Deaths

 * -, Italian humanist
 * -, wife of (b. )
 * -, English biologist (b. )
 * -, regent of Russia (b. )
 * -, Welsh mathematician (b. )
 * -, mother of (b. )
 * -, French chemist (b. )
 * -, French historian (b. )
 * 1795  -, Spanish general and governor of Louisiana (b. )
 * -, French Canadian composer, poet and playwright (b. )
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, American general (b. )
 * -, Austrian Zionist (b. )
 * 1904  -, Canadian giant and strongman (b. )
 * -, British politician (b. )
 * -, American businesswoman (b. )
 * - Sultan (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French automobile pioneer (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, German physician (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, English musician (drowned) (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, Russian novelist and mathematician (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, Polish-American actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey manager (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * 1993  -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Australian tennis player (b. )
 * -, American tennis player (b. )
 * 1995  -, Canadian ice hockey player (b. )
 * -, American software developer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Turkish actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian author (b. )
 * 2001  -, American country singer and songwriter (b. )
 * -, Papal diplomat (b. )
 * -, cosmonaut (b. )
 * -, Italian film director (b. )
 * 2005  -, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (b. )
 * -, American computer scientist (b. )
 * 2006  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Swedish dentist (b. )
 * 2007  -, American saxophonist (b. )
 * 2007  -, American saxophonist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * Start of the
 * in (when German forces lost Belarus to the  in 1944)

Liturgical Feast days

 * , abbot
 * , recluse
 * (died 683)
 * , bishop, martyr [Sleswig, Scandinavia]
 * , martyr
 * , confessor at Toulouse
 * , martyr [Sens]
 * [St. Thomas Day of Kerala Syrian Catholics]
 * , martyr
 * , confessor at Toulouse
 * , martyr [Sens]
 * [St. Thomas Day of Kerala Syrian Catholics]
 * [St. Thomas Day of Kerala Syrian Catholics]
 * [St. Thomas Day of Kerala Syrian Catholics]