Historical Events In July - 03

1896  On July - 03 doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son)   

1897  On this day in history g. A. Lancaster files claim on Eldorado Creek, Yukon, later known as Gold Hill.   

1898  Joshua Slocum 1844-1909, from Briar Island, Nova Scotia, becomes the first person to complete a solo circumnavigation of the earth on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history uS Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba   

1898  On this day in history american troops captured deserted Wake Island   

1899  Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer on July - 03.   

1900  On July - 03 john Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway)   

1901  In Calgary Alberta, W.F. (Billy) Cochrane drives first automobile in Calgary; a steam-powered Locomobile, steered by a tiller rather than a wheel on this day in history.   

1902  Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam on July - 03.   

1902  On this day in history jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)   

1903  On this day in history jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna)   

1904  First run of the Ocean Limited passenger train between Montreal, Que. and Halifax. N.S. This is the longest running train in Canada having operated continuously over the same 840 mile route on this day in history.   

1904  Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies on this day in history.   

1905  On July - 03 kuyper govt forms in Holland   

1906  On this day in history francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)   

1907  On this day in history pope decree forbids modernization of theology   

1907  Arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group '32) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo)   

1908  On July - 03 joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59   

1909  On this day in history cobalt Ontario a forest fire in Porcupine District leaves one-third of Cobalt's 6,000 residents homeless.   

1909  On this day in history earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz   

1910  On July - 03 bernard Burrows, British diplomat   

1910  On July - 03 julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies   

1911  On this day in history ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day   

1911  Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England) on July - 03.   

1912  NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak on this day in history.   

1912  Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals on July - 03.   

1913  Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird confirmed to have crossed the Atlantic on July - 03.   

1913  Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic) on this day in history.   

1913  Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history uS military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934   

1916  The first of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die) on this day in history.   

1916  On July - 03 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die)   

1916  Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies on this day in history.   

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1423  On this day in history birth of louis XI, King of France (1461-83)   

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 this day in history.   

1567  On July - 03 birth of samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)   

1676  On this day in history birth of leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)   

1683  On July - 03 birth of edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)   

1685  On July - 03 birth of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)   

1687  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67   

1642  On July - 03 maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69   

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  On this day in history death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)   

1778  On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies