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What happend on 3. July in History
In our data base we found 294 events happened on 3. July:
• 324: Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. [category: Events]
• 458: Patriarch Anatolius of Constantinople (b. 449) [category: Deaths]
• 987: Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France till the French Revolution in 1792. [category: Events]
• 1423: Louis XI of France (d. 1483) [category: Births]
• 1442: Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) [category: Births]
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• 1518: Li Shizhen, Chinese physician (d. 1593) [category: Births]
• 1530: Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601) [category: Births]
• 1570: Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist (b. 1500) [category: Deaths]
• 1590: Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, Italian singer, organist, and composer (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1608: Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain. [category: Events]
• 1672: Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635) [category: Deaths]
• 1676: Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) [category: Births]
• 1683: Edward Young, English poet (d. 1765) [category: Births]
• 1685: Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English cavalry officer (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1728: Robert Adam, Scottish architect and designer, designed Culzean Castle (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1738: John Singleton Copley, American painter (d. 1815) [category: Births]
• 1743: Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1749: William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces. [category: Events]
• 1767: Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published. [category: Events]
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• 1767: Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret. [category: Events]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 1778: Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre. [category: Events]
• 1789: Johann Friedrich Overbeck German painter (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1790: Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (b. 1736) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, explorer, author, and astronomer, governor of Louisiana (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1819: The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1844: The last pair of Great Auks is killed. [category: Events]
• 1848: Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) by Peter von Scholten in the culmination of a year-long plot by enslaved Africans. [category: Events]
• 1849: The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification. [category: Events]
• 1851: Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1852: Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco, California. [category: Events]
• 1854: Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1858: Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge. [category: Events]
• 1866: Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1866: Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria. [category: Events]
• 1869: Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1870: Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1874: Jean Collas, French rugby player (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1875: Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1876: Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1878: George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer, and dancer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1879: Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1880: Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1883: Franz Kafka, Czech-German writer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1884: Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average. [category: Events]
• 1886: Raymond A. Spruance, American navy admiral (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1886: Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile. [category: Events]
• 1886: The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. [category: Events]
• 1888: Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish writer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1888: Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1893: Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1893: Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1898: Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba. [category: Events]
• 1900: Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1901: Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1903: Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1904: Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: George Sanders, English actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1906: Jack Earle, American actor (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1908: M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1908: Robert B. Meyner, American politician (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1908: Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1913: Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1916: John Kundla, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1916: Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1918: S. V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1918: Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1921: Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1921: James Mitchel, Irish-born athlete (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: S. R. Nathan, Singaporean politician, 6th president of Singapore [category: Births]
• 1926: Johnny Coles, American trumpeter (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1927: Ken Russell, English director (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1928: Roger Horchow, American producer and publisher [category: Births]
• 1930: Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1930: Pete Fountain, American clarinetist [category: Births]
• 1930: Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1931: Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1932: Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1933: Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentine politician and educator President of Argentina (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Harrison Schmitt, American astronaut and politician [category: Births]
• 1935: André Citroën, French industrialist, engineer, and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Tom Stoppard, Czech-English playwright [category: Births]
• 1937: Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor, invented the electric razor (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor [category: Births]
• 1938: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield. [category: Events]
• 1938: World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 miles per hour (203 km/h). [category: Events]
• 1939: Brigitte Fassbaender, German soprano and director [category: Births]
• 1939: László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1940: César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1940: Fontella Bass, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1940: Jerzy Buzek, Polish engineer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Poland [category: Births]
• 1940: Lamar Alexander, American politician [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1941: Gloria Allred, American lawyer [category: Births]
• 1942: Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter and actor (Les Chaussettes noires) [category: Births]
• 1942: Paco Stanley, Mexican comedian and actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1942: Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (The Seekers) [category: Births]
• 1943: Kurtwood Smith, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Walter Thijssen, Dutch rower (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Michel Polnareff, French singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration. [category: Events]
• 1945: Michael Cole, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician [category: Births]
• 1946: Johnny Lee, American singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Leszek Miller, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland [category: Births]
• 1947: Betty Buckley, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Dave Barry, American comedian and author [category: Births]
• 1947: Top Topham, English guitarist [category: Births]
• 1948: Paul Barrere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Little Feat) [category: Births]
• 1948: Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish illustrator and writer [category: Births]
• 1949: Bo Xilai, Chinese politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Jan Smithers, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1950: Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1950: James Hahn, American politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1952: Amit Kumar, Indian singer, actor, and director [category: Births]
• 1952: Andy Fraser, English singer-songwriter and musician (Free, Sharks, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) [category: Births]
• 1952: Rohinton Mistry, Indian-Canadian writer [category: Births]
• 1952: The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the Congress of the United States. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1954: Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Sanma Akashiya, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Montel Williams, American actor and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1956: Vincent Margera, American television personality [category: Births]
• 1957: Ken Ober, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1957: Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1957: Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Aaron Tippin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1958: Charlie Higson, English author and actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Didier Mouron, Swiss artist [category: Births]
• 1958: Matthew Fraser, Canadian-English journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: Siân Lloyd, Welsh weatherman [category: Births]
• 1959: David Shore, Canadian writer [category: Births]
• 1959: Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1959: Julie Burchill, English journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1959: Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Ratt, Arcade, Vertex, and Vicious Delite) [category: Births]
• 1960: Vince Clarke, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, and VCMG) [category: Births]
• 1960: Noël Bas, French gymnast (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer [category: Births]
• 1961: Tim Smith, English singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and composer (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs, and Panixphere) [category: Births]
• 1962: Hugh Page, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1962: Hunter Tylo, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Thomas Gibson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Tom Cruise, American actor, writer, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1962: The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends. [category: Events]
• 1963: Tracey Emin, English artist [category: Births]
• 1964: Joanne Harris, English author [category: Births]
• 1964: Yeardley Smith, French-American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Connie Nielsen, Danish actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1965: Trigger, American acting horse (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Moisés Alou, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Robin Burgener, Canadian programmer, inventor of 20Q [category: Births]
• 1966: Leonie Taylor, American archer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Brian Cashman, American baseball executive [category: Births]
• 1967: Spiros Marangos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Aku Louhimies, Finnish director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo-Albanian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo [category: Births]
• 1969: Kevin Hearn, Canadian singer and musician (Barenaked Ladies, Rheostatics, and Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle) [category: Births]
• 1969: Brian Jones, English musician, composer, and producer (The Rolling Stones) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad. [category: Events]
• 1970: Audra McDonald, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1970: Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1970: Shawnee Smith, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: The Troubles: the "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1971: Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founder of WikiLeaks [category: Births]
• 1971: Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and actor (The Doors and Rick & the Ravens) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Warren Furman, English gladiator [category: Births]
• 1973: Emma Cunniffe, English actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Johnny Terris, Canadian actor and director [category: Births]
• 1973: Patrick Wilson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Vivek Chawla, Spiritual Leader, India [category: Births]
• 1976: Andrea Barber, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Bobby Skinstad, Springbok rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Shane Lynch, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone) [category: Births]
• 1976: Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1976: Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1977: David Bowens, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner [category: Births]
• 1978: James Daly, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Ludivine Sagnier, French actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. [category: Events]
• 1980: Bostjan Nachbar, Slovenian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Giorgos Theodoridis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1980: Kid Sister, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1980: Olivia Munn, American actress, model, and author [category: Births]
• 1980: Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer [category: Births]
• 1981: Aoi Tada, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Justin Torkildsen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Kanika, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Edinson Volquez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Matt Papa, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1983: Steph Jones, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Corey Sevier, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Manny Lawson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Nicolas Roche, Irish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1984: Satomi Hanamura, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1985: Dean Cook, English actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Keisuke Minami, Japanese actor and singer (PureBoys) [category: Births]
• 1985: Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Greg Paulus, American basketball and football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Marco Antônio de Mattos Filho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Rudy Vallée, American singer, saxophonist, and actor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Chad Broskey, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Chris Hunter, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Sebastian Vettel, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1988: James Troisi, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1988: United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. [category: Events]
• 1989: Godfrey Walusimbi, Ugandan footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Jim Backus, American actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1991: Grant Rosenmeyer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Tomomi Itano, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48) [category: Births]
• 1991: Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Maasa Sudo, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo) [category: Births]
• 1992: Molly Sandén, Swedish singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Nathalia Ramos, Spanish actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Don Drysdale, American baseball player (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty-six people are killed in crashes. [category: Events]
• 1995: Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1997: Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Mexican drug lord (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Morphine and Treat Her Right) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people. [category: Events]
• 2003: Gaetano Alibrandi, Papal diplomat (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet astronaut (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Alberto Lattuada, Italian director (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gaylord Nelson, American politician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Same-sex marriage in Spain becomes legal. [category: Events]
• 2006: Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Valencia metro accident leaves 43 dead in Valencia, Spain. [category: Events]
• 2007: Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Clive Hornby, English actor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ernie Cooksey, English footballer (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Larry Harmon, American clown (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler, composer, and producer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: John Keel, American journalist and author (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Abu Daoud, Palestinian terrorist, planner of the Munich massacre (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ali Bahar, Bahraini singer and musician (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Andy Griffith, American actor, director, producer and writer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hugó Gruber, Hungarian actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sergio Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer and politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Yvonne B. Miller, American politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Emancipation Day (United States Virgin Islands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Heliodorus of Altino [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the liberation of Minsk from Nazi occupation by Soviet troops in 1944. (Belarus) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mucian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Patriarch Anatolius of Constantinople [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Leo II [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The start of the Dog Days according to The Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established meaning in most European cultures. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Translation of Saint Thomas, one of four days in the year on which Quarter Sessions sat. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Women's Day (Myanmar) [category: Holidays and observances]