Page 8: 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 July - 03 gabe Dell actor, dies at 68 of leukemia   

1988  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.) on this day in history.   

1988  US Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 on this day in history.   

1988  US warship in the Gulf accidently shoots down Iranian airliner on this day in history.   

1988  Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68 on July - 03.   

1989  Andrei Gromyko Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday on July - 03.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) on July - 03.   

1989  Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday on July - 03.   

1989  Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm on this day in history.   

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

1991  On July - 03 donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring   

1991  On this day in history irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77   

1992  On July - 03 arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99   

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

1994  On July - 03 felix Kelly, artist, dies at 80   

1995  On this day in history albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82   

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

2007  Torrential rains cause the onset of the 2007 Sudan floods, the worst in the Sudan's history on July - 03.   

2009  On this day in history 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 July - 03 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 this day in history.   

2017  On July - 03 bus crash in traffic jam and resulting fire kills 18 near Muenchberg, Germany   

2017  French President Emmanuel Macron speech at Palace of Versailles proposes radical government changes, including reduction of MPs on July - 03.   

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 July - 03.   

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

2018  Souad Abderrahim is elected the first female mayor of Tunis, Tunisia on this day in history.   

2018  On July - 03 cardi B becomes first female rapper to get two number one US Billboard hits, with "I Like It" with Bad Bunny and J Balvin   

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1423  On July - 03 birth of louis XI, King of France (1461-83)   

1442  Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) was born on this day in history.   

1530  Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

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 July - 03.   

1683  Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On July - 03 birth of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)   

1687  Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch) was born on July - 03.   

0683  On July - 03 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 July - 03.   

1642  Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 on July - 03.   

1672  Death of Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635) on this day in history.   

1704  Death of Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657) on July - 03.   

1749  On this day in history death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)   

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