Page 8: Historical Events In July - 03

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

1987  NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play on July - 03.   

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  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.) on July - 03.   

1988  On July - 03 uS Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290   

1988  On July - 03 uS warship in the Gulf accidently shoots down Iranian airliner   

1988  Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68 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 jim Backus actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia   

1989  Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8 05.39) in Stockholm on this day in history.   

1989  Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions on this day in history.   

1989  On July - 03 the movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)   

1989  Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday on July - 03.   

1989  On this day in history peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm   

1990  On July - 03 ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70   

1991  On this day in history donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring   

1991  On July - 03 irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77   

1992  Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99 on this day in history.   

1993  "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83 on July - 03.   

1994  Felix Kelly, artist, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1995  Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82 on July - 03.   

1996  Raaj Kumar, actor (Tiranga, Saudagar), dies at 68 on July - 03.   

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

2009  On this day in history mark II.5 Skytrain cars enter service in Metro Vancouver.   

2012  Truck bombing kills 25 people and wounds 40 in Diwaniyah, Iraq on July - 03.   

2013  On this day in history egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour appointed interim president   

2014  Germany passes first nation-wide minimum wage law – at 8.5 euros on this day in history.   

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

2017  On July - 03 french President Emmanuel Macron speech at Palace of Versailles proposes radical government changes, including reduction of MPs   

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  Souad Abderrahim is elected the first female mayor of Tunis, Tunisia on this day in history.   

2018  Cardi B becomes first female rapper to get two number one US Billboard hits, with "I Like It" with Bad Bunny and J Balvin on July - 03.   

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

1442  On July - 03 birth of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)   

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

1567  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)   

1687  On this day in history birth of arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)   

0683  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on July - 03.   

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

1570  On July - 03 death of antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67   

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

1672  On this day in history death of francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)   

1704  On this day in history death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)   

1749  Death of William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies on this day in history.