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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, 1998 (July 03 1998) | Death | Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (born in 1949) | |
| 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, 1978 (July 03 1978) | Death | James Daly, American actor (born in 1918) | |
| July 3rd, 1968 (July 03 1968) | Birth | Aku Louhimies, Finnish film director and screenwriter | |
| 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, 1948 (July 03 1948) | Birth | Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1878 (July 03 1878) | Birth | George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer and dancer (died in 1942) | |
| July 3rd, 1858 (July 03 1858) | Death | Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (born in 1806) | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1608 (July 03 1608) | Event | Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain. | |
