On This Day

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July 3 Birthdays




Montel Williams
TV SHOW HOST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1956

BIRTHPLACE
Baltimore, MD

AGE
63 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Julian Assange
ENTREPRENEUR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1971

BIRTHPLACE
Townsville, Australia

AGE
47 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Johnny Lee
COUNTRY SINGER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1946

BIRTHPLACE
Alta Loma, TX

AGE
73 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Thomas Gibson
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1962

BIRTHPLACE
Charleston, SC

AGE
56 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Tom Cruise
MOVIE ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 3, 1962

BIRTHPLACE
Syracuse, NY

AGE
56 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





July 3 Deaths





Don Drysdale
BASEBALL PLAYER

BIRTHDAY
July 23, 1936

BIRTHPLACE
Los Angeles, CA

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1993 (age 56)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo





Rudy Vallee
POP SINGER

BIRTHDAY
July 28, 1901

BIRTHPLACE
Brighton, VT

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1986 (age 84)

BIRTH SIGN
Leo





Hetty Green
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
November 21, 1834

BIRTHPLACE
New Bedford, MA

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1916 (age 81)

BIRTH SIGN
Scorpio





Boots Randolph
SAXOPHONIST

BIRTHDAY
June 3, 1927

BIRTHPLACE
Paducah, KY

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 2007 (age 80)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini





Jim Backus
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
February 25, 1913

BIRTHPLACE
Cleveland, OH

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1989 (age 76)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces





Brian Jones
GUITARIST

BIRTHDAY
February 28, 1942

BIRTHPLACE
Cheltenham, England

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1969 (age 27)

BIRTH SIGN
Pisces





Jim Morrison
ROCK SINGER

BIRTHDAY
December 8, 1943

BIRTHPLACE
Melbourne, FL

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 1971 (age 27)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius

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Andy Griffith
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
June 1, 1926

BIRTHPLACE
Mount Airy, NC

DEATH DATE
Jul 3, 2012 (age 86)

BIRTH SIGN
Gemini

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1775  George Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts

1778  British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania

1863  Battle of Gettysburg, largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War

1886  1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine

1890  Idaho admitted as 43rd US state

1930  US Veterans Administration created

1938President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.

1942  German troops march into Sebastopol, Crimea

1947  252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC

1958  "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)

1966  Race riots in Omaha Nebraska

1968  41°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July

1977  Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew's 9-race win streak ends in the Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park, finishes 4th

1978  US Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"

1985  CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover

1985  "Back to the Future" directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd is released

1988  US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290

1989  US Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions

1994  The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people killed in crashes.

1997  Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit