Historical Events In July - 03

1987  2 men became first hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic on July - 03.   

1987  On July - 03 nY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play   

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

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

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 July - 03.   

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 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  On July - 03 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  The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) on this day in history.   

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

1989  On July - 03 peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm   

1990  Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70 on July - 03.   

1991  On July - 03 donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring   

1991  On this day in history irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77   

1992  Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99 on July - 03.   

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

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

2009  On July - 03 mark II.5 Skytrain cars enter service in Metro Vancouver.   

2012  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

2017  Bus crash in traffic jam and resulting fire kills 18 near Muenchberg, Germany on July - 03.   

2017  French President Emmanuel Macron speech at Palace of Versailles proposes radical government changes, including reduction of MPs on this day in history.   

2018  On July - 03 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  Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is arrested on corruption charges, accused of stealing 700 million from state development fund 1MDB on July - 03.   

2018  On this day in history 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  On July - 03 birth of louis XI, King of France (1461-83)   

1442  Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) was born on July - 03.   

1530  Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 on this day in history.   

1642  Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 on July - 03.   

1672  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1778  On July - 03 jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies