Historical Events In July - 03

1987  On July - 03 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 July - 03.   

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

1988  Gabe Dell actor, dies at 68 of leukemia on July - 03.   

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 July - 03.   

1988  On July - 03 uS Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290   

1988  On this day in history 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  On July - 03 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  Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8 05.39) in Stockholm on this day in history.   

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

1990  On July - 03 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  Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77 on July - 03.   

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

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

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

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

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 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  On this day in history 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  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.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

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  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  Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint) was born on July - 03.   

1685  On this day in history 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 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  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  On July - 03 death of francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)   

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  On July - 03 jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies