About July 3
July 3, 2024 is the 185th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 181 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 210 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 3
- 324 –Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
- 987 –Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France till the French Revolution in 1792.
- 1608 –Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- 1754 –French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
- 1767 –Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
- 1767 –Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1844 –The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
- 1866 –Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
- 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.
- 1890 –Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- 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.
- 1940 –World War II: the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers el Kébir, is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: Dunkerque, Provence and Bretagne. One thousand two hundred sailors perish.
- 1970 –A British Dan-Air De Havilland Comet chartered jetliner crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 113 people.
- 1970 –The Troubles: the “Falls Curfew” begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- 1979 –U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
- 1988 –United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
- 1994 –The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty-six people are killed in crashes.
- 2006 –Valencia metro accident leaves 43 dead in Valencia, Spain.
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