Page 4: Historical Events In July - 03

1896  Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son) on July - 03.   

1897  On this day in history g. A. Lancaster files claim on Eldorado Creek, Yukon, later known as Gold Hill.   

1898  Joshua Slocum 1844-1909, from Briar Island, Nova Scotia, becomes the first person to complete a solo circumnavigation of the earth on July - 03.   

1898  On July - 03 uS Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba   

1898  American troops captured deserted Wake Island on this day in history.   

1899  Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer on July - 03.   

1900  John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway) on this day in history.   

1901  In Calgary Alberta, W.F. (Billy) Cochrane drives first automobile in Calgary; a steam-powered Locomobile, steered by a tiller rather than a wheel on July - 03.   

1902  On this day in history excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam   

1902  On July - 03 jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)   

1903  On July - 03 jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna)   

1904  On July - 03 first run of the Ocean Limited passenger train between Montreal, Que. and Halifax. N.S. This is the longest running train in Canada having operated continuously over the same 840 mile route.   

1904  On July - 03 theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies   

1905  Kuyper govt forms in Holland on this day in history.   

1906  Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history pope decree forbids modernization of theology   

1907  On this day in history arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group '32)   

1908  Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo) on July - 03.   

1908  On July - 03 joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59   

1909  On this day in history cobalt Ontario a forest fire in Porcupine District leaves one-third of Cobalt's 6,000 residents homeless.   

1909  On July - 03 earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz   

1910  Bernard Burrows, British diplomat on this day in history.   

1910  Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies on July - 03.   

1911  Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day on July - 03.   

1911  On this day in history joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)   

1912  NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak on this day in history.   

1912  Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals on July - 03.   

1913  On July - 03 common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird confirmed to have crossed the Atlantic   

1913  Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic) on this day in history.   

1913  Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history uS military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934   

1916  The first of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die) on July - 03.   

1916  On this day in history 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die)   

1916  Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies on this day in history.   

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1423  On this day in history birth of louis XI, King of France (1461-83)   

1442  Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) was born on July - 03.   

1530  On July - 03 birth of claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)   

1567  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on July - 03.   

1676  On this day in history birth of leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)   

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

1685  On July - 03 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  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1749  On July - 03 death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)   

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies on July - 03.