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| Birthday July 03, 1423 Louis XI, king of France (1461-83). |
| Birthday July 03, 1567 Samuel de Champlain, explorer |
| Birthday July 03, 1731 Samuel Huntington, governor of Conn., pres. of Continental Congress. |
| Birthday July 03, 1870 Richard B. Bennett, (C), 11th Canadian prime minister (1930-35). |
| Birthday July 03, 1883 Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, The Trial, Amerika) |
| Birthday July 03, 1906 Francis Steegmuller, biographer. |
| Birthday July 03, 1908 M.F.K. Fisher is born |
| Birthday July 03, 1909 Earl Butz, former US secretary of agriculture. |
| Birthday July 03, 1913 Dorothy Kilgallen |
| Birthday July 03, 1927 Ken Russell, Movie director |
| Birthday July 03, 1930 Pete Fountain, Jazz musician |
| Birthday July 03, 1935 Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt, US astronaut (Apollo 17). |
| Birthday July 03, 1937 Tom Stoppard, Playwright |
| Birthday July 03, 1943 Gerry Rivers, aka Newsman Geraldo Rivera |
| Birthday July 03, 1947 Betty Buckley, Broadway Actress |
| Birthday July 03, 1951 Jean-Claude Duvalier, Former Haitian President-for-Life |
| Birthday July 03, 1957 Laura Branigan, Singer |
| Birthday July 03, 1962 Tom Cruise born |
| History July 03, 1608 City of Quebec founded by Samuel de Champlain |
| History July 03, 1775 Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge Mass. |
| History July 03, 1775 Washington assumes command |
| History July 03, 1775 Washington takes command of Continental Army |
| History July 03, 1819 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors |
| History July 03, 1841 John Couch Adams decides to determine the position of an unknown planet by the irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus. |
| History July 03, 1848 slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands). |
| History July 03, 1861 Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY |
| History July 03, 1863 Pickett leads his infamous charge at Gettysburg |
| History July 03, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends in a major victory for the North |
| History July 03, 1890 Idaho becomes 43rd state. |
| History July 03, 1890 Idaho becomes 43rd state |
| History July 03, 1898 US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in the harbor at Santiago Cuba |
| History July 03, 1915 US military forces occupy Haiti remain until 1934. |
| History July 03, 1918 Mohammed V, sultan of Turkey, dies |
| History July 03, 1939 Lou Gehrig day Gehrig makes 'luckiest man' speech |
| History July 03, 1940 Operation Catapult is launched |
| History July 03, 1950 1st time American & North Korean forces clash in the Korean War |
| History July 03, 1957 Khrushchev consolidates his power |
| History July 03, 1958 Eisenhower initiates federal flood-control program |
| History July 03, 1962 Algeria became independent after 132 years of French rule |
| History July 03, 1968 U.S. command announces new high in casualties |
| History July 03, 1969 Brian Jones and Jim Morrison die, two years apart to the day |
| History July 03, 1970 Charter jet crashes mysteriously |
| History July 03, 1974 Mike Marshall relieves Tommy John to pitch in 13th consecutive game |
| History July 03, 1974 Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3. |
| History July 03, 1976 Israel launches rescue of passengers & Air France crew members being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers |
| History July 03, 1980 73 096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0 |
| History July 03, 1982 Martina Navratilova deats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbeldon |
| History July 03, 1983 Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (36.25 kph for 100 m). |
| History July 03, 1984 Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members |
| History July 03, 1984 Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island. |
| History July 03, 1985 Back to the Future released, features 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 |
| History July 03, 1985 CBS announced it would buy back 21 percent of its own stock |
| History July 03, 1986 Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty |
| History July 03, 1988 U.S. warship downs Iranian passenger jet |
| History July 03, 1989 A mother is arrested and accused of killing her four children |
| History July 03, 2012 TV legend Andy Griffith dies |