Page 8: Historical Events In July - 03

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

1987  NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play on this day in history.   

1987  Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1988  On July - 03 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, kills 290 on this day in history.   

1988  US warship in the Gulf accidently shoots down Iranian airliner on July - 03.   

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

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

1989  Jim Backus actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia on this day in history.   

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

1989  On this day in history supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions   

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

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

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  Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring on this day in history.   

1991  On July - 03 irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77   

1992  Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99 on this day in history.   

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

1994  Felix Kelly, artist, dies at 80 on July - 03.   

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

1996  Raaj Kumar, actor (Tiranga, Saudagar), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

2009  On this day in history mark II.5 Skytrain cars enter service in Metro Vancouver.   

2012  On July - 03 truck bombing kills 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 on July - 03.   

2014  On July - 03 germany passes first nation-wide minimum wage law – at 8.5 euros   

2017  On this day in history 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 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  On July - 03 souad Abderrahim is elected the first female mayor of Tunis, Tunisia   

2018  On this day in history 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  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83) was born on this day in history.   

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 July - 03.   

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

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

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

1685  Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

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

0683  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on this day in history.   

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

1570  On this day in history death of antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67   

1642  Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

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

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.