About July 3
July 3, 2023 is the 184th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 181 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 222 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 3
- 1754 –French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
- 1767 –Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
- 1839 –The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today’s Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students.
- 1844 –The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
- 1852 –Congress establishes the United States’ 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.
- 1884 –Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
- 1886 –Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
- 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.
- 1944 –World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
- 1952 –The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.
- 1969 –The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
- 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 –The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.
- 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.
- 1996 –Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
- 2005 –Same-sex marriage in Spain becomes legal.
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