Something interesting in history in your Birthday?

[Peti]

HI this is the part 3 of the trilogy

* 0230 - St Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
* 0365 - Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die
* 0866 - John appointed bishop of the kingdom
* 0905 - Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured
* 0976 - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria
* 1320 - Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V
* 1542 - Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium)
* 1568 - Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion
* 1579 - Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma
* 1588 - English fleet defeats Spanish armada
* 1595 - Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island
* 1669 - John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved
* 1730 - States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
* 1749 - Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland
* 1773 - Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits
* 1774 - Peace of Ktsjk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War)
* 1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt
* 1825 - Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
* 1831 - Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king
* 1836 - 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Qu‚bec
* 1846 - Mormons found 1st English settlement in Calif (San Joaquin Valley)
* 1861 - 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins
* 1866 - Cholera-epidemic kills hundreds in London
* 1867 - City Gardens on Folsom opens
* 1873 - Jesse James & James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa)
* 1877 - -27] US army breaks railroad strike
* 1880 - Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY
* 1884 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's
* 1896 - National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's
* 1897 - Tate Gallery opens in England
* 1898 - Spain cedes Guam to US
* 1900 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite
* 1904 - After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed
* 1904 - Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH
* 1919 - Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg & Amsterdam
* 1919 - Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill)
* 1921 - Indians (9) & Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles
* 1923 - Phillies score 12 in 6th & beat Cubs 17-4
* 1925 - Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism
* 1928 - 1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland
* 1930 - 110øF (43øC) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
* 1930 - US Veterans Administration forms
* 1931 - Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering
* 1933 - Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens
* 1934 - 113øF (45øC), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record)
* 1938 - Paul Hindemith & Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London
* 1940 - Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
* 1940 - VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
* 1941 - 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine
* 1941 - Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp
* 1942 - 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Va
* 1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery
* 1944 - General Koiso becomes premier of Japan
* 1944 - US forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders
* 1944 - Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy
* 1945 - Detroit Tigers & Phila A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie
* 1946 - J‚sus T Pi¤erol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor
* 1947 - Indonesia begins 1st political election
* 1948 - WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
* 1949 - Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
* 1951 - Dalai Lama returns to Tibet
* 1952 - 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County Calif, 14 killed
* 1952 - Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns
* 1954 - At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam
* 1955 - 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf
* 1956 - Cin Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
* 1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
* 1957 - 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
* 1957 - 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley GC Dayton Ohio
* 1957 - Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament
* 1959 - 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden NJ
* 1959 - Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)
* 1960 - Country of Katanga forms in Africa
* 1960 - In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM
* 1960 - Francis Chichester arrive in NY aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing
* 1961 - Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom
* 1962 - 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga
* 1962 - Battles on Chinese & Indies boundary
* 1963 - 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas AC Dallas
* 1964 - Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex
* 1964 - Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33)
* 1964 - Neth last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
* 1965 - Pakistan, Iran & Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact
* 1966 - Gemini X returns to Earth
* 1966 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
* 1968 - 50th PGA Championship: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Pecan Valley TX
* 1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
* 1968 - Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman
* 1969 - Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
* 1969 - Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits
* 1970 - Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt
* 1970 - Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property
* 1970 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
* 1970 - Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0
* 1971 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
* 1972 - 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)
* 1972 - 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state record)
* 1972 - Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast
* 1972 - Dodgers release & end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm
* 1972 - In NY, 57 murders occur in 24 hours
* 1973 - Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR
* 1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Atoll un the Pacific
* 1973 - USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet
* 1974 - 29th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Haynie
* 1974 - Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France
* 1974 - House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against Pres Nixon
* 1975 - Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager
* 1975 - NY Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
* 1976 - "Guys & Dolls" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 239 performances
* 1976 - 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Phila
* 1977 - Libyan-Egyptian border fights
* 1977 - Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election
* 1978 - Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, pres Hugo Banzer flees
* 1978 - US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike
* 1978 - World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m
* 1979 - 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham
* 1979 - National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated
* 1980 - Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
* 1981 - Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43
* 1982 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
* 1983 - Polish govt ends 19 months of martial law
* 1983 - Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park
* 1983 - US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge
* 1984 - 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
* 1984 - Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s
* 1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear Test
* 1985 - "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 120 perfs
* 1985 - 114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St George
* 1985 - Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America
* 1985 - Bernard Hinault wins his 5th & last Tour de France
* 1985 - Judy Clark wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
* 1986 - Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe
* 1986 - Pleasure Island plans unveiled
* 1987 - Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA
* 1988 - ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)
* 1988 - Mass Gov Michael Dukakis accepts Democratic nomination for president
* 1989 - Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors
* 1989 - Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time
* 1989 - Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title
* 1990 - Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash
* 1990 - Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood
* 1991 - 120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale
* 1991 - Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
* 1991 - Sharmell Sullivan (Gary Indiana), 20, crowned 23rd Miss Black America
* 1991 - Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
* 1993 - Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
* 1995 - Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent
* 1995 - KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
* 1996 - 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham
* 1996 - Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic
* 1996 - Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers
* 1997 - 200-year-old USS Constitution sails under its own power
* 1997 - NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault

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0323 - Battle at Adrianopolis: Flavius Julius Crispus' beats emperor Licinius
0683 - St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0987 - Hugo Capet crowned king of France
1090 - Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II
1187 - Crusaders enter Tiberias
1428 - Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern & Philip the Good
1468 - Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York
1608 - Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
1630 - Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
1661 - Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II
1720 - Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
1754 - George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)
1775 - Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass
1778 - British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa
1778 - Prussia declares war on Austria
1806 - Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
1814 - Americans capture Fort Erie Canada
1816 - French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
1819 - 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
1839 - 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students
1841 - John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus
1848 - Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
1852 - Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif)
1853 - Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan
1861 - Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general
1861 - Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY
1861 - Martinsburg, VA - Confederate forces pull out before US advance
1863 - Battle of Donaldsonville, LA
1863 - Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends, major victory for North
1864 - Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9]
1864 - Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
1871 - Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)
1876 - Montenegro declares war on Turkey
1883 - SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
1884 - Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg
1886 - 1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine
1886 - In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile
1888 - NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
1890 - Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
1890 - King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
1895 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" (BG)
1898 - American troops captured deserted Wake Island
1898 - Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)
1898 - Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe
1898 - US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
1902 - Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam
1905 - Kuyper govt forms in Holland
1905 - Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1907 - Pope decree forbids modernization of theology
1911 - Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
1912 - NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
1913 - Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
1915 - US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934
1916 - 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die)
1917 - Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride-palace Petrograd
1918 - SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament
1920 - 40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64)
1920 - Java Technical School Bandung opens
1920 - Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
1923 - Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
1925 - 38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60)
1927 - 47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75)
1928 - 1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird)
1929 - Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber
1930 - Veterans Administration created
1931 - 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)
1931 - Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1932 - 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
1932 - John McGraw retires from baseball
1934 - FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria IL
1936 - Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U v MCC
1939 - Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler
1939 - Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech
1940 - ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
1940 - British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
1940 - German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names
1942 - Germany troop march into Sebastopol
1942 - Hitler visits fieldmarshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine
1943 - Liberator bombers sinks U-628
1944 - Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore
1944 - US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin
1946 - 1st Dutch government of Beel forms
1947 - 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC
1947 - Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL
1947 - Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan
1948 - 55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86)
1948 - Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death
1950 - 1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War
1950 - Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
1951 - 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa
1952 - Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
1953 - 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64)
1954 - "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 559 perfs
1954 - 61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75)
1954 - 9th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1954 - Food rationing ends in Britain
1958 - "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
1959 - 73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64)
1959 - 88th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 284 at Muirfield Gullane
1960 - Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot
1962 - Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)
1964 - 78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63)
1965 - 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75)
1965 - Phillies Dick Allen & Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice
1965 - USSR & Persia sign dam building & economic aid pact
1966 - 21st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich
1966 - Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
1966 - Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
1967 - "News at 10" premieres on English TV
1968 - 41øF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July
1968 - Cleve Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minn Twins
1969 - 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
1970 - 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
1970 - 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9)
1970 - British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
1970 - Calif Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
1971 - 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64)
1973 - Brothers Jim & Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses
1973 - General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA
1974 - Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers
1974 - Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1974 - Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win
1976 - 90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj&#8221;rn B&#8221;rg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97)
1976 - Adolfo Suarez becomes premier of Spain
1976 - After 12 years, Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys
1976 - Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1977 - 5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin
1977 - Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off
1978 - Establishment Amazon Pact
1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1978 - Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
1980 - 1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo
1980 - 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
1981 - 88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62)
1981 - NYC transit fare rises from 60&#8250; to 75&#8250;, new brass Y-cut-out token
1982 - 89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62)
1982 - Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages &#376; 1 million)
1983 - 11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy
1983 - 97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62)
1983 - Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m)
1983 - Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's
1984 - Derek Underwood's maiden FC century after 22 yrs of trying
1984 - Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
1984 - Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test
1984 - Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
1985 - CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover
1986 - Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
1986 - Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
1987 - 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
1987 - NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play
1988 - 16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little
1988 - A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973
1988 - US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290
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)
1990 - Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
1991 - Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring
1991 - Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleve Indians
1992 - Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary
1992 - Mass Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)
1993 - 100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna (76 16 64)
1993 - Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge
1993 - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein weds Duchess Sophie of Bavaria
1994 - 108th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: P Sampras beats G Ivanisevic (76 76 60)
1994 - 15th US Seniors Golf Open: Simon Hobday
1994 - 30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas
1994 - Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup
1994 - Tammie Green wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
1997 - Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit

Famous birthdays on July 3 ..


1423 - Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)
1567 - Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)
1683 - Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)
1687 - Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)
1728 - Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London)
1731 - Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
1738 - John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist
1793 - John Claire, England, poet
1794 - Eberhard F Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt)
1796 - Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]
1802 - Joseph Labitzky, composer
1814 - Janis Cimze, composer
1819 - Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer
1821 - F Krnberger, writer
1828 - John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1846 - Achilles Alferaki, composer
1850 - Alfredo Kiel, composer
1854 - Leos Jan cek, Hukvaldy Moravia Czech, composer (Foster Suite)
1855 - Piotr Maszynski, composer
1860 - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist
1860 - William Wallace, composer
1861 - Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)
1862 - Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer
1870 - Richard B Bennett, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35)
1871 - Vicente Arregui Garay, composer
1872 - Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19)
1874 - Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader
1875 - Ernst F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
1878 - George M Cohan, actor/singer (Phantom Pres, Give My Regards to Bdwy)
1879 - Philippe Gaubert, composer
1880 - Carl Schuricht, composer
1881 - Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)
1883 - Alfred Korzybski, Poland, scientist (Science & Sanity)
1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika)
1883 - Moses Leverock Crossley, US bio-chemist
1886 - Francis Carco[pino], French author/critic (L'Homme Traqu&#8218
1886 - Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador
1892 - Wilhelm Rettich, composer
1893 - Mississippi John Hurt, rocker
1895 - Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer
1896 - Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son)
1899 - Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer
1899 - Otto Reinhold, composer
1900 - John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway)
1902 - Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)
1903 - Jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna)
1906 - Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)
1906 - George Sanders, Russia, actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950)
1906 - Gwendolen Rees, zoologist
1907 - Arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group '32)
1907 - Gene Gutche, composer
1908 - Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo)
1909 - Earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
1909 - Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent
1909 - Stavros Niachos, Greece, shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks)
1910 - Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
1910 - Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
1911 - Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)
1912 - Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen, Chic Ill, columnist (What's My Line?)
1913 - Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral
1913 - William Deakin, warden (St Anthony's College Oxford)
1917 - Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
1918 - Lord Mulley, British MP (Labour)
1920 - John Ayers Lessard, composer
1920 - Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret)
1921 - Susan Peters, Spokane WA, actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas)
1922 - Art Fowler, baseball player
1922 - Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles)
1922 - Fran&#8225;ois Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village)
1922 - Tom Hudson, artist/teacher
1923 - Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled
1923 - Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist
1923 - William Mills, painter
1924 - Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
1925 - Michael Oliver, cardiologist
1926 - Johnny Coles, trumpeter
1926 - Joseph M Gaydos, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )
1927 - Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik)
1927 - Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic)
1927 - William McMillan, moderator (Gen Assembly of Church of Scot) [or 1/29]
1928 - Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance)
1928 - G B Fuchs, writer
1928 - John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
1929 - Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps)
1930 - Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968)
1930 - Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59)
1931 - Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)
1934 - Manfred Bieler, writer
1935 - Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita NM, astronaut (Apollo 17)
1935 - John Swan, PM (Bermuda)
1936 - Anthony Lester, CEO (Runnymede Trust)
1936 - Eric Russell, cricketer (England opening batsman early 60s)
1937 - Tom Stoppard, Czech, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony)
1938 - David Gandolfo, horse trainer
1938 - Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
1939 - Jay Tarses, Balt Md, actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory)
1940 - Cesar Tovar, baseball player
1940 - Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
1940 - Heather Steel, British judge
1940 - Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)
1941 - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal)
1941 - Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
1942 - Kurtwood Smith, New Lisbon Wisc, actor (Rambo III, Robocop)
1943 - Gary Waldhorn, actor (To the Camp & Back)
1943 - Geraldo Rivera, [Gerry Rivers], NYC, news personality (20/20, Geraldo)
1943 - Judith Durham, singer
1943 - Norman E Thagard, Marianna Fl, MD/astro (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir)
1944 - Paul Young, actor (Another Time Another Place)
1945 - Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
1945 - Michael Cole, Madison Wisc, actor (Pete-Mod Squad)
1945 - Michael Martin, MP
1945 - Mike Corby, London, guitarist (Babys-Back on My Feet Again)
1947 - Betty Buckley, Big Springs Tx, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats)
1948 - Paul Barr&#352;re, Cal, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes)
1948 - Peter Ruzicka, composer
1949 - Jan Smithers, N Hollywood Calif, actress (Bailey-WKRP)
1949 - Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits)
1950 - Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
1950 - Ewen Chatfield, NZ cricketer pace bowler (1975-89)
1951 - Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life
1951 - Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, cricket bowler (431 wickets)
1952 - Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (Heat of the Night)
1952 - Bill Badgett Jr, horse trainer
1952 - Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat & leggie)
1953 - Alynne Beth Amkraut, Amityville NY, entertainer
1953 - Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (Calif Angels)
1954 - Debbie Skinner, LPGA golfer
1955 - Julia Lyndon, Buffalo NY, playmate (August, 1977)
1955 - Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
1955 - Mike Corby, rocker
1955 - Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
1956 - Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star
1956 - Montel Williams, TV talk show host (Montel)
1957 - Danny Heep, baseball player
1957 - Faye Resnick, author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary)
1957 - Laura Branigan, Brewster NY, vocalist (Gloria)
1957 - Orel Hershiser, Buffalo NY, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians)
1958 - Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You've Got to Stand for Something)
1958 - Robert Foth, Buffalo NY, air rifle (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
1959 - Andreas Wisniewski, Berlin German FR, actor (Living Daylights)
1959 - Stephen Pearcy, LA Calif, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round)
1959 - Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 - Jack Daugherty, baseball player
1961 - Liz Stewart, SF Calif, playmate (July, 1984)
1961 - Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure)
1962 - Hunter Tylo, [Deborah Hunter], model (Pant&#352;ne)/actr (Bold & Beautiful)
1962 - Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wunderman], NY, vocalist (Tell it to My Heart)
1962 - Thomas Gibson, actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope)
1962 - Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman)
1963 - Don August, baseball player
1964 - Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts)
1964 - Joe Hamorski, Peru IN, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th)
1964 - Louis Clark, NFL receiver (Seattle)/WLAF coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1964 - Pia Reyes, Manila Philipines, playmate (Nov, 1988)
1964 - Warren Newson, Newnan GA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1965 - Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles)
1965 - Bobby Gage, Winsted CA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th)
1965 - Dan Land, NFL cornerback/safety (Oakland Raiders)
1965 - Greg Vaughn, Sacramento CA, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers, SD Padres)
1965 - Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)
1965 - Vinson Smith, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1966 - Moises Alou, Atlanta GA, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
1966 - Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers)
1967 - Amy Van Horne, actress (Carla Solieto-The City)
1968 - Jeff Phillips, Westwood NJ, actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light)
1968 - Teppo Numminen, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets, Coyotes)
1969 - Elan Carter, Nutley NJ, playmate (June, 1994)
1970 - Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
1970 - Teemu Selanne, Helsinki Fin, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1970 - Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
1971 - Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1972 - Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North Vancouver BC Canada, 470 yachter (Oly-96)
1972 - Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
1973 - Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1973 - Devin Bush, NFL strong safety (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 - Fred Rodriguez, Bogota Colombia, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1974 - Jamie Feick, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1975 - Jennifer Salinas, Miss USA-Illinois (1997)
1975 - John Hargis, US, Little Rock Ark, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)
1975 - Keri Houlihan, Penn, actress (Molly-Our House)
1976 - Andrea Barber, actress (Kimmy Gibbler-Full House)
1976 - Henry Olonga, cricketer (1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer v Pak 1995)
1976 - Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
1977 - Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star
1979 - Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997)
1986 - ?, 1st Dutch test tube baby born

Famous deaths on July 3 ..


0683 - Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies
1090 - Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle
1570 - Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67
1642 - Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69
1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies
1801 - Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56
1809 - Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62
1816 - Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65
1862 - William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40
1863 - Alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22
1863 - Lewis Addison Armistead, Conf brig-gen Gettysburg/dies in battle at 46
1863 - Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], Santee Sioux indian chief, dies
1863 - Richard Brooke Garnett, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45
1863 - Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 40
1873 - Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57
1891 - Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72
1904 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies
1908 - Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59
1910 - Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
1910 - Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
1916 - Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies
1934 - Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies
1940 - George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies
1948 - Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90
1948 - Quintin McMillan, cricketer (13 Tests for South Africa), dies
1952 - Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64
1952 - Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies
1957 - Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52
1960 - Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73
1965 - Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75
1965 - Trigger, horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25
1966 - Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81
1966 - Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, theorist, dies at 81
1966 - Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80
1967 - John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50
1969 - Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25
1969 - Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83
1971 - Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27
1971 - Ricci Riano, entertainer, dies after long illness at 71
1972 - Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68
1973 - Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63
1974 - John C Ransom, US poet (World's Body), dies
1976 - Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
1977 - Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63
1977 - Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered
1978 - James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59
1981 - Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61
1982 - Henry King, US director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies
1984 - Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85
1986 - Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84
1987 - Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90
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
1990 - Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70
1990 - Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71
1991 - Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77
1992 - Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99
1992 - Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66
1993 - "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83
1994 - Felix Kelly, artist, dies at 80
1994 - Harry Ebbeling, PC-corrector, dies at 54
1994 - Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59
1994 - Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85
1995 - Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82
1995 - Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47
1995 - Gil Wolman, situationist, dies at 65
1996 - Raaj Kumar, actor (Tiranga, Saudagar), dies at 68

 

[Tut Ankh Amon]

aeuheauheauh quite a long list huh?

 

[BodomiC]

yeah, anyway :Spam:

 

[C-Taylor]

On March 11, 1986 in history ..

03/11/1986 - 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC
03/11/1986 - 12th People's Choice Awards
03/11/1986 - 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
03/11/1986 - Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons
03/11/1986 - Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km
03/11/1986 - NFL adopts instant replay rule

 

[Peti]

yep, Tut... quite a long

 

[Yetti]

20/07/1969

we(USA) landed on the moon



it was the first thing that came to mind

 

[Peti]

cool

 

[CadalMord]

- 1834 - Pres Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
- 1839 - Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood
- 1845 - Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" 1st published (NYC)
- 1886 - 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
- 1920 - Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co
- 1969 - Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars


God damn, too many.. can't pick anymore good ones..

 

[Peti]

- 1969 - Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
KEWL DATE!

 

[Thanatos]

not really