Page 6: Historical Events In July - 03

1937  On July - 03 del Mar race track opened in sunny Del Mar, California.   

1937  On July - 03 the birth of Tom Stoppard, British writer/playwirght   

1938  President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler   

1939  On this day in history lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech   

1940  British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa on this day in history.   

1940  On July - 03 the legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted with their network radio show on NBC   

1940  ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany on this day in history.   

1940  George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies on July - 03.   

1942  Germany troop march into Sebastopol on July - 03.   

1943  On July - 03 liberator bombers sinks U-628   

1944  On July - 03 goose Bay Newfoundland, the temperature hits 37.8 C; Labrador's hottest day on record.   

1944  On this day in history oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore   

1945  The first civilian passenger car built since February 1942 was driven off the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit, MI. Automotive production had been diverted to military production for the war (WWII) effort on July - 03.   

1946  On this day in history 1st Dutch government of Beel forms   

1947  252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC on July - 03.   

1948  On this day in history 55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86)   

1948  Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90 on July - 03.   

1950  First time US & North Korean forces clash in the Korean War on July - 03.   

1950  1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War on this day in history.   

1951  33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa on July - 03.   

1952  Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress on this day in history.   

1952  Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1957  Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history "The Andy Williams Show" premiers on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)   

1960  On July - 03 alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73   

1962  Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) on this day in history.   

1962  The birth of Tom Cruise, American actor on this day in history.   

1965  Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history race riots in Omaha Nebraska   

1966  Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history "News at 10" premieres on English TV   

1967  On this day in history john Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50   

1969  78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI on July - 03.   

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1423  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83) was born on July - 03.   

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  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on July - 03.   

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on July - 03.   

1683  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0683  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on this day in history.   

1090  Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle on July - 03.   

1570  Death of Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 on July - 03.   

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

1672  Death of Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635) on this day in history.   

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