Group IV - 19 and above

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 3 July.

1. City of Quebec founded by Samuel de Champlain
2. Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge Mass.
3. 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
4. John Couch Adams decides to determine the position of an unknown planet by the irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus.
5. slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands).
6. Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY
7. Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends in a major victory for the North
8. Idaho becomes 43rd state.
9. US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in the harbor at Santiago Cuba
10. US military forces occupy Haiti remain until 1934.
11. Lou Gehrig day Gehrig makes 'luckiest man' speech
12. 1st time American & North Korean forces clash in the Korean War
13. Algeria became independent after 132 years of French rule
14. Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3.
15. Israel launches rescue of passengers & Air France crew members being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
16. 73 096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
17. Martina Navratilova deats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbeldon
18. Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (36.25 kph for 100 m).
19. Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
20. Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island.
21. CBS announced it would buy back 21 percent of its own stock
22. Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty

These famous people were born on 3 July.

1. 1423 - Louis XI, king of France (1461-83).
2. 1567 - Samuel de Champlain, explorer
3. 1731 - Samuel Huntington, governor of Conn., pres. of Continental Congress.
4. 1870 - Richard B. Bennett, (C), 11th Canadian prime minister (1930-35).
5. 1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, The Trial, Amerika)
6. 1906 - Francis Steegmuller, biographer.
7. 1909 - Earl Butz, former US secretary of agriculture.
8. 1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen
9. 1927 - Ken Russell, Movie director
10. 1930 - Pete Fountain, Jazz musician
11. 1935 - Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt, US astronaut (Apollo 17).
12. 1937 - Tom Stoppard, Playwright
13. 1943 - Gerry Rivers, aka Newsman Geraldo Rivera
14. 1947 - Betty Buckley, Broadway Actress
15. 1951 - Jean-Claude Duvalier, Former Haitian President-for-Life
16. 1957 - Laura Branigan, Singer