Historical Events In July - 03

1987  2 men became first hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history nY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play   

1987  On this day in history viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90   

1988  On this day in history gabe Dell actor, dies at 68 of leukemia   

1988  On this day in history u.S. President Ronald Reagan issued a statement to the world, and an apology to the Iranian people, “I am saddened to report that it appears that in a proper defensive action by the "USS Vincennes" this morning in the Persian Gulf, an Iranian airliner was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz ... We greatly regret any loss of life ...” (290 died when the "Vincennes" fired upon Iran Air Flight 655, mistaking the plane for a hostile F-14 fighter plane.)   

1988  On this day in history uS Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290   

1988  On July - 03 uS warship in the Gulf accidently shoots down Iranian airliner   

1988  Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68 on this day in history.   

1989  Andrei Gromyko Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday on this day in history.   

1989  Jim Backus actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia on July - 03.   

1989  On July - 03 peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8 05.39) in Stockholm   

1989  Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions on July - 03.   

1989  On July - 03 the movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)   

1989  On this day in history andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday   

1989  On this day in history peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm   

1990  On this day in history ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70   

1991  On this day in history donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring   

1991  Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1992  Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99 on July - 03.   

1993  On this day in history "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83   

1994  Felix Kelly, artist, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1995  On July - 03 albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82   

1996  On this day in history raaj Kumar, actor (Tiranga, Saudagar), dies at 68   

2007  On this day in history torrential rains cause the onset of the 2007 Sudan floods, the worst in the Sudan's history.   

2009  On July - 03 mark II.5 Skytrain cars enter service in Metro Vancouver.   

2012  Truck bombing kills 25 people and wounds 40 in Diwaniyah, Iraq on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour appointed interim president   

2014  Germany passes first nation-wide minimum wage law – at 8.5 euros on July - 03.   

2017  Bus crash in traffic jam and resulting fire kills 18 near Muenchberg, Germany on July - 03.   

2017  On this day in history french President Emmanuel Macron speech at Palace of Versailles proposes radical government changes, including reduction of MPs   

2018  Australian cricket batsman Aaron Finch breaks his own T20 International record smashing 172 from 76 balls vs Zimbabwe in Harare, opening stand with D'Arcy Short (223) also a record on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is arrested on corruption charges, accused of stealing 700 million from state development fund 1MDB   

2018  Souad Abderrahim is elected the first female mayor of Tunis, Tunisia on July - 03.   

2018  Cardi B becomes first female rapper to get two number one US Billboard hits, with "I Like It" with Bad Bunny and J Balvin on this day in history.   

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1423  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83) was born on July - 03.   

1442  On July - 03 birth of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)   

1530  On this day in history birth of claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)   

1567  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history birth of edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)   

1685  On this day in history birth of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)   

1687  On this day in history birth of arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)   

0683  On this day in history leo II, Pope (681-83), dies   

1090  On this day in history egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle   

1570  Death of Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 on this day in history.   

1642  On this day in history maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69   

1672  On July - 03 death of francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)   

1704  On this day in history death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)   

1749  Death of William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies on this day in history.