On this day in history - July 3
July 3 Historical Events
1819 ?
The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
1844 ?
The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
1849 ?
The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
1852 ?
Congress establishes the United States? 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.
1863 ?
American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett?s Charge.
1944 ?
World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
1952 ?
The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the Congress of the United States.
1962 ?
The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
1988 ?
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.
2006 ?
Valencia metro accident leaves 43 dead in Valencia, Spain.
Who were born on July 3?
1876 ?
Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (d. 1957)
1922 ?
Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter, called Corneille (d. 2010)
1924 ?
S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
1939 ?
Brigitte Fassbaender, German mezzo-soprano
1941 ?
Gloria Allred, American Attorney
1944 ?
Michel Polnareff, French singer and songwriter
1951 ?
Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician
1968 ?
Aku Louhimies, Finnish film director and screenwriter
1973 ?
Emma Cunniffe, British actress
1984 ?
Nicolas Roche, Irish cyclist
Who died on July 3?
1790 ?
Jean-Baptiste L. Rom? de l'Isle, French chemist (b. 1736)
1858 ?
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
1979 ?
Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888)
1985 ?
Frank Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (b. 1893)
1991 ?
L? Văn Thi?m, Vietnamese mathematician (b. 1918)
1994 ?
Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934)
1998 ?
Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (b. 1949)
2005 ?
Gaylord Nelson, American politician (b. 1916)
2007 ?
Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (b. 1915)
2009 ?
John A. Keel, American fortean, television scriptwriter, author of The Mothman Prophecies (b. 1930)
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