July 3
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[edit] Events
- 1608 - Québec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- 1754 - French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1778 - American Revolutionary War: Iroquois Indians, allied with the British, massacre 360 men, women and children in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
- 1778 - Prussia declares war on Austria.
- 1863 - U.S. Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
- 1890 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- 1944 - World War II: Minsk falls to Soviet forces.
- 1962 - The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
- 1976 - Israeli commandos rescue 105 hostages at Entebbe Airport, Uganda during Operation Yonatan.
- 1988 - United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
[edit] Births
- 1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924)
- 1935 - Harrison Schmitt, American astronaut and politician
- 1940 - Lamar Alexander, American politician
[edit] Deaths
- 683 - Pope Leo II
- 1904 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian Zionist (b. 1860)
- 1914 - Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (b. 1836)
