Page 8: Historical Events In July - 03

1987  NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play.   

1987  Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90   

1988  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.)   

1988  US Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, results in the deaths of 290.   

1988  US warship in the Gulf accidently shoots down Iranian airliner.   

1988  Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68   

1989  Andrei Gromyko Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday   

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

1989  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.   

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

1989  Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday   

1989  Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm   

1990  Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70.   

1991  Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring.   

1991  Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77   

1992  Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural leads to at 99.   

1993  "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83.   

1994  Felix Kelly, artist, dies at 80.   

1995  Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82   

1996  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.   

2009  Mark II.5 Skytrain cars enter service in Metro Vancouver.   

2012  Truck bombing results in the deaths of 25 people and wounds 40 in Diwaniyah, Iraq.   

2013  Egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour appointed interim president.   

2014  Germany passes inaugural nation-wide minimum wage law – at 8.5 euros.   

2017  Bus crash in traffic jam and resulting fire results in the deaths of 18 near Muenchberg, Germany   

2017  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   

2018  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 inaugural female mayor of Tunis, Tunisia   

2018  Cardi B is recorded as becoming inaugural female rapper to get two number one US Billboard hits, with "I Like It" with Bad Bunny and J Balvin.   

2018  US Justice and Education Departments rescind Obama affirmative action policies in college admissions   

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1423  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83) was born on this day in history.   

1442  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)   

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

1567  On this day in history birth of samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)   

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on July - 03.   

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

1685  Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768) was born on July - 03.   

1687  On July - 03 birth of arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)   

0683  On July - 03 leo II, Pope (681-83), dies   

1090  Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1570  On July - 03 death of antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67   

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

1672  Death of Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635) on July - 03.   

1704  Death of Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

1749  Death of William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675) on July - 03.   

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