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| July 3rd, 2008 (July 03 2008) | Death | Ernie Cooksey, English Footballer (born in 1980) | |
| July 3rd, 2008 (July 03 2008) | Death | Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (born in 1925) | |
| July 3rd, 2008 (July 03 2008) | Death | Clive Hornby, English soap actorEmmerdale (born in 1944) | |
| July 3rd, 2008 (July 03 2008) | Death | Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer (born in 1956) | |
| July 3rd, 2007 (July 03 2007) | Death | Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (born in 1915) | |
| July 3rd, 2007 (July 03 2007) | Death | Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (born in 1927) | |
| July 3rd, 2006 (July 03 2006) | Event | Asteroid labeled as 2004 XP14 flies 432,308 km (268,624 miles) by Earth. | |
| July 3rd, 2006 (July 03 2006) | Death | Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (born in 1941) | |
| July 3rd, 2006 (July 03 2006) | Death | Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (born in 1950) | |
| July 3rd, 2005 (July 03 2005) | Event | The national law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect in Spain. | |
| July 3rd, 2005 (July 03 2005) | Death | Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (born in 1914) | |
| July 3rd, 2005 (July 03 2005) | Death | Gaylord Nelson, American politician (born in 1916) | |
| July 3rd, 2004 (July 03 2004) | Event | Official opening of Bangkok s subway system. | |
| July 3rd, 2004 (July 03 2004) | Death | Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (born in 1929) | |
| July 3rd, 2003 (July 03 2003) | Death | Gaetano Alibrandi, Papal diplomat (born in 1914) | |
| July 3rd, 2001 (July 03 2001) | Event | A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people. | |
| July 3rd, 2001 (July 03 2001) | Death | Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (born in 1931) | |
| July 3rd, 2001 (July 03 2001) | Death | Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (born in 1940) | John Russell Quotes |
| July 3rd, 2000 (July 03 2000) | Death | Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (born in 1944) | |
| July 3rd, 1999 (July 03 1999) | Death | Mark Sandman, American musician (born in 1952) | |
| July 3rd, 1998 (July 03 1998) | Death | Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (born in 1949) | |
| July 3rd, 1996 (July 03 1996) | Event | Stone of Scone returned to Scotland. | |
| July 3rd, 1995 (July 03 1995) | Death | Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (born in 1928) | |
| July 3rd, 1995 (July 03 1995) | Death | Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1929) | |
| July 3rd, 1994 (July 03 1994) | Event | The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people were killed in crashes. | |
| July 3rd, 1994 (July 03 1994) | Death | Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (born in 1934) | |
| July 3rd, 1993 (July 03 1993) | Death | Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (born in 1909) | |
| July 3rd, 1993 (July 03 1993) | Death | Don Drysdale, American baseball player (born in 1936) | |
| July 3rd, 1989 (July 03 1989) | Death | Jim Backus, American actor (born in 1913) | |
| July 3rd, 1988 (July 03 1988) | Event | United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. | |
| July 3rd, 1988 (July 03 1988) | Event | The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus. | Ovid Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1987 (July 03 1987) | Birth | Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver | |
| July 3rd, 1986 (July 03 1986) | Event | US President Ronald Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1986 (July 03 1986) | Death | Rudy Vallee, American singer (born in 1901) | |
| July 3rd, 1985 (July 03 1985) | Death | Frank Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (born in 1893) | |
| July 3rd, 1984 (July 03 1984) | Birth | Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer | |
| July 3rd, 1984 (July 03 1984) | Birth | Corey Sevier, Canadian actor | |
| July 3rd, 1984 (July 03 1984) | Birth | Manny Lawson, American Football player | |
| July 3rd, 1983 (July 03 1983) | Birth | Steph Jones, American singer and model | |
| July 3rd, 1982 (July 03 1982) | Birth | Kanika, Indian actress | |
| July 3rd, 1981 (July 03 1981) | Death | Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (born in 1920) | |
| July 3rd, 1980 (July 03 1980) | Birth | Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer | |
| July 3rd, 1980 (July 03 1980) | Birth | Kevin Boyle, American basketballer | |
| July 3rd, 1979 (July 03 1979) | Event | US President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1979 (July 03 1979) | Birth | Ludivine Sagnier, French actress | |
| July 3rd, 1979 (July 03 1979) | Birth | Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek footballer | |
| July 3rd, 1979 (July 03 1979) | Birth | David Bacani, American baseball player | |
| July 3rd, 1979 (July 03 1979) | Death | Louis Durey, French composer (born in 1888) | |
| July 3rd, 1978 (July 03 1978) | Death | James Daly, American actor (born in 1918) | |
| July 3rd, 1977 (July 03 1977) | Event | The Senegalese Republican Movement (MRS) is founded. | |
| July 3rd, 1977 (July 03 1977) | Death | Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (born in 1891) | |
| July 3rd, 1976 (July 03 1976) | Birth | Andrea Barber, American actress | |
| July 3rd, 1976 (July 03 1976) | Birth | Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 3rd, 1976 (July 03 1976) | Birth | Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer | |
| July 3rd, 1976 (July 03 1976) | Birth | Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1973 (July 03 1973) | Birth | Johnny Terris, Canadian-born actor and director | |
| July 3rd, 1973 (July 03 1973) | Birth | Patrick Wilson, American actor | |
| July 3rd, 1973 (July 03 1973) | Birth | Emma Cunniffe, British actress | |
| July 3rd, 1971 (July 03 1971) | Death | Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (born in 1943) | Jim Morrison Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1970 (July 03 1970) | Event | A British Dan-Air De Havilland Comet chartered jetliner crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 113 people. | |
| July 3rd, 1970 (July 03 1970) | Birth | Teemu Selanne, Finnish ice hockey player | |
| July 3rd, 1970 (July 03 1970) | Birth | Shawnee Smith, American actress | |
| July 3rd, 1970 (July 03 1970) | Birth | Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist | |
| July 3rd, 1969 (July 03 1969) | Event | The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad. | |
| July 3rd, 1969 (July 03 1969) | Birth | Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies) | |
| July 3rd, 1969 (July 03 1969) | Death | Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (born in 1942) | |
| July 3rd, 1968 (July 03 1968) | Birth | Aku Louhimies, Finnish film director and screenwriter | |
| July 3rd, 1967 (July 03 1967) | Birth | Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive | |
| July 3rd, 1966 (July 03 1966) | Birth | Moises Alou, Dominican baseball player | |
| July 3rd, 1965 (July 03 1965) | Birth | Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (died in 2005) | |
| July 3rd, 1965 (July 03 1965) | Birth | Connie Nielsen, Danish actress | |
| July 3rd, 1964 (July 03 1964) | Birth | Joanne Harris, British author | |
| July 3rd, 1964 (July 03 1964) | Birth | Yeardley Smith, French-born American actress | |
| July 3rd, 1962 (July 03 1962) | Event | The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends. | |
| July 3rd, 1962 (July 03 1962) | Birth | Tom Cruise, American actor | |
| July 3rd, 1962 (July 03 1962) | Birth | Hunter Tylo, American actress | |
| July 3rd, 1962 (July 03 1962) | Birth | Thomas Gibson, American actor | |
| July 3rd, 1961 (July 03 1961) | Birth | Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer | |
| July 3rd, 1961 (July 03 1961) | Birth | Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs) | |
| July 3rd, 1960 (July 03 1960) | Birth | Vince Clarke, British songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure) | |
| July 3rd, 1959 (July 03 1959) | Birth | Julie Burchill, British journalist and author | |
| July 3rd, 1959 (July 03 1959) | Birth | Stephen Pearcy, American singer (Ratt) | |
| July 3rd, 1958 (July 03 1958) | Birth | Matthew Fraser, Canadian-British journalist | |
| July 3rd, 1958 (July 03 1958) | Birth | Sian Lloyd, Welsh weather presenter | |
| July 3rd, 1958 (July 03 1958) | Birth | Aaron Tippin, American singer | |
| July 3rd, 1957 (July 03 1957) | Birth | Laura Branigan, American singer (died in 2004) | |
| July 3rd, 1957 (July 03 1957) | Death | Dolf Luque, baseball player (born in 1890) | |
| July 3rd, 1956 (July 03 1956) | Birth | Montel Williams, American celebrity and former talk show host | |
| July 3rd, 1956 (July 03 1956) | Birth | Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember | |
| July 3rd, 1955 (July 03 1955) | Birth | Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer | |
| July 3rd, 1954 (July 03 1954) | Death | Siegfried Handloser, German physician (born in 1895) | |
| July 3rd, 1952 (July 03 1952) | Event | Puerto Rico s Constitution is approved by the Congress of the United States. | |
| July 3rd, 1951 (July 03 1951) | Birth | Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer | |
| July 3rd, 1951 (July 03 1951) | Birth | Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician | |
| July 3rd, 1950 (July 03 1950) | Birth | James Hahn, American politician | |
| July 3rd, 1950 (July 03 1950) | Birth | Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer | |
| July 3rd, 1949 (July 03 1949) | Birth | Jan Smithers, American actress | |
| July 3rd, 1949 (July 03 1949) | Birth | Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (died in 2006) | |
| July 3rd, 1948 (July 03 1948) | Birth | Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist | |
| July 3rd, 1947 (July 03 1947) | Birth | Dave Barry, American humorist and author | Dave Barry Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1947 (July 03 1947) | Birth | Betty Buckley, American actress | |
| July 3rd, 1946 (July 03 1946) | Birth | Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland | |
| July 3rd, 1945 (July 03 1945) | Birth | Michael Cole, American TV actor | |
| July 3rd, 1944 (July 03 1944) | Event | World War II: Minsk was liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration. | |
| July 3rd, 1944 (July 03 1944) | Birth | Michel Polnareff, French singer and songwriter | |
| July 3rd, 1943 (July 03 1943) | Birth | Kurtwood Smith, American actor | |
| July 3rd, 1942 (July 03 1942) | Birth | Eddy Mitchell, French singer and actor | |
| July 3rd, 1942 (July 03 1942) | Birth | Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality (died in 1999) | |
| July 3rd, 1942 (July 03 1942) | Death | Louis Franchet d Esperey, French general (born in 1856) | |
| July 3rd, 1940 (July 03 1940) | Birth | Cesar Tovar, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (died in 1994) | |
| July 3rd, 1940 (July 03 1940) | Birth | Lamar Alexander, American politician | |
| July 3rd, 1940 (July 03 1940) | Birth | Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland | |
| July 3rd, 1940 (July 03 1940) | Birth | Fontella Bass, American soul singer | |
| July 3rd, 1939 (July 03 1939) | Birth | Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian politician and diplomat | |
| July 3rd, 1939 (July 03 1939) | Birth | Brigitte Fassbaender, German mezzo-soprano | |
| July 3rd, 1938 (July 03 1938) | Event | World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 mph.(203 km/h) | |
| July 3rd, 1938 (July 03 1938) | Birth | Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor | |
| July 3rd, 1937 (July 03 1937) | Birth | Tom Stoppard, Czech-born, British playwright | Tom Ze Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1935 (July 03 1935) | Birth | Harrison Schmitt, American astronaut and politician | |
| July 3rd, 1935 (July 03 1935) | Death | Andre Citroen, French automobile pioneer (born in 1878) | |
| July 3rd, 1933 (July 03 1933) | Birth | Edward Brandt, American doctor and public health official (died in 2007) | |
| July 3rd, 1933 (July 03 1933) | Death | Hipolito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (born in 1852) | |
| July 3rd, 1930 (July 03 1930) | Birth | Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (died in 2004) | |
| July 3rd, 1930 (July 03 1930) | Birth | Tommy Tedesco, American musician (died in 1997) | |
| July 3rd, 1930 (July 03 1930) | Birth | Pete Fountain, American clarinetist | |
| July 3rd, 1927 (July 03 1927) | Birth | Ken Russell, British director | |
| July 3rd, 1924 (July 03 1924) | Birth | S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore | |
| July 3rd, 1921 (July 03 1921) | Birth | Susan Peters, American actress (died in 1952) | |
| July 3rd, 1920 (July 03 1920) | Birth | Paul O Dea, baseball player (died in 1978) | |
| July 3rd, 1918 (July 03 1918) | Birth | S. V. Ranga Rao, South Indian actor (died in 1974) | |
| July 3rd, 1918 (July 03 1918) | Death | Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (born in 1844) | |
| July 3rd, 1917 (July 03 1917) | Birth | Joao Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (died in 1990) | |
| July 3rd, 1916 (July 03 1916) | Death | Hetty Green, American businesswoman (born in 1834) | |
| July 3rd, 1914 (July 03 1914) | Death | Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (born in 1836) | Joseph Chamberlain Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1913 (July 03 1913) | Birth | Dorothy Kilgallen, American columnist (died in 1965) | |
| July 3rd, 1908 (July 03 1908) | Birth | M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (died in 1992) | |
| July 3rd, 1908 (July 03 1908) | Birth | Robert B. Meyner, American politician (died in 1990) | |
| July 3rd, 1906 (July 03 1906) | Birth | George Sanders, British actor (died in 1972) | |
| July 3rd, 1904 (July 03 1904) | Death | Theodor Herzl, Austrian Zionist (born in 1860) | |
| July 3rd, 1904 (July 03 1904) | Death | Edouard Beaupre, Canadian giant and strongman (born in 1881) | |
| July 3rd, 1903 (July 03 1903) | Birth | Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1992) | |
| July 3rd, 1900 (July 03 1900) | Birth | Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (died in 1987) | |
| July 3rd, 1898 (July 03 1898) | Event | Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba. | |
| July 3rd, 1890 (July 03 1890) | Event | Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state. | |
| July 3rd, 1886 (July 03 1886) | Event | Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagenthe first purpose-built automobile. | |
| July 3rd, 1886 (July 03 1886) | Event | The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. | |
| July 3rd, 1884 (July 03 1884) | Event | Dow Jones published its 1st stock average. | |
| July 3rd, 1883 (July 03 1883) | Birth | Franz Kafka, Czech writer (died in 1924) | Franz Kafka Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1880 (July 03 1880) | Birth | Carl Schuricht, Polish-born German conductor (died in 1967) | |
| July 3rd, 1879 (July 03 1879) | Birth | Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (died in 1950) | Alfred Korzybski Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1878 (July 03 1878) | Birth | George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer and dancer (died in 1942) | |
| July 3rd, 1875 (July 03 1875) | Birth | Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (died in 1951) | |
| July 3rd, 1870 (July 03 1870) | Birth | Richard Bedford Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (died in 1947) | |
| July 3rd, 1866 (July 03 1866) | Event | Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Koniggratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria. | |
| July 3rd, 1866 (July 03 1866) | Birth | Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter | |
| July 3rd, 1863 (July 03 1863) | Event | U.S. Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett s Charge. | |
| July 3rd, 1863 (July 03 1863) | Death | George Hull Ward, American general (born in 1826) | |
| July 3rd, 1858 (July 03 1858) | Death | Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (born in 1806) | |
| July 3rd, 1854 (July 03 1854) | Birth | Leos Janacek, Czech composer (died in 1928) | Leos Janacek Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1852 (July 03 1852) | Event | Congress establishes the United States s 2nd mint in San Francisco, California. | |
| July 3rd, 1851 (July 03 1851) | Birth | Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (died in 1930) | |
| July 3rd, 1849 (July 03 1849) | Event | The French entered Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification. | |
| July 3rd, 1848 (July 03 1848) | Event | Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) by Peter von Scholten. | |
| July 3rd, 1844 (July 03 1844) | Event | The last pair of Great Auks is killed. | |
| July 3rd, 1839 (July 03 1839) | Event | The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today s Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students. | |
| July 3rd, 1819 (July 03 1819) | Event | The first savings bank in the United States (The Bank of Savings in New York City) opens. | |
| July 3rd, 1809 (July 03 1809) | Death | Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (born in 1746) | |
| July 3rd, 1795 (July 03 1795) | Death | Louis-Georges de Brequigny, French historian (born in 1714) | |
| July 3rd, 1795 (July 03 1795) | Death | Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and governor of Louisiana (born in 1716) | |
| July 3rd, 1790 (July 03 1790) | Death | Jean-Baptiste L. Rome de l Isle, French chemist (born in 1736) | |
| July 3rd, 1778 (July 03 1778) | Event | American Revolutionary War: British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in the Wyoming Valley massacre. | |
| July 3rd, 1778 (July 03 1778) | Death | Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born in 1720) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1775 (July 03 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. | George Washington Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1767 (July 03 1767) | Event | Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret. | |
| July 3rd, 1767 (July 03 1767) | Event | Norway s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition published this date). | |
| July 3rd, 1754 (July 03 1754) | Event | French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces. | George Washington Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1749 (July 03 1749) | Death | William Jones, Welsh mathematician (born in 1675) | |
| July 3rd, 1743 (July 03 1743) | Birth | Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (died in 1813) | |
| July 3rd, 1738 (July 03 1738) | Birth | John Singleton Copley, American painter (died in 1815) | |
| July 3rd, 1728 (July 03 1728) | Birth | Robert Adam, Scottish architect (died in 1792) | |
| July 3rd, 1704 (July 03 1704) | Death | Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (born in 1657) | |
| July 3rd, 1685 (July 03 1685) | Birth | Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (died in 1768) | |
| July 3rd, 1683 (July 03 1683) | Birth | Edward Young, English poet (died in 1765) | Edward Young Quotes |
| July 3rd, 1676 (July 03 1676) | Birth | Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (died in 1747) | |
| July 3rd, 1672 (July 03 1672) | Death | Francis Willughby, English biologist (born in 1635) | |
| July 3rd, 1642 (July 03 1642) | Death | Maria de Medici, wife of Henry IV of France (born in 1573) | |
| July 3rd, 1608 (July 03 1608) | Event | Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain. | |
| July 3rd, 1570 (July 03 1570) | Death | Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist | |
| July 3rd, 1530 (July 03 1530) | Birth | Claude Fauchet, French historian (died in 1601) | |
| July 3rd, 1442 (July 03 1442) | Birth | Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (died in 1500) | |
| July 3rd, 1423 (July 03 1423) | Birth | King Louis XI of France (died in 1483) | |
| July 3rd, 1250 (July 03 1250) | Event | Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself. | Louis IX of France Quotes |
| July 3rd, 0987 (July 03 0987) | Event | Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty which ruled France till the French Revolution in 1792. | |
| July 3rd, 0324 (July 03 0324) | Event | Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. | Stan Lee Quotes |
