What are the important events that happened on July 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 3 is the 184th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 181 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 20, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 486,528 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontatetragon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 229 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,577 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 3 Historical Events
- 1608 –Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1839 –The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today’s Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students.
- 1898 –Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.
- 1938 –President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
- 1938 –World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 mph.
- 1952 –The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.
- 1979 –U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
- 1994 –The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty-six people are killed in crashes.
- 2001 –A Vladivostok Avia Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145 people.
Who were born on July 3?
- 1728 –Robert Adam, Scottish architect (d. 1792)
- 1947 –Anthony “Top” Topham, English musician
- 1950 –Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
- 1951 –Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
- 1962 –Hugh Page, former South African cricketer
- 1967 –Spiros Marangos, Greek footballer
- 1968 –Aku Louhimies, Finnish film director and screenwriter
- 1973 –Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player
- 1982 –Kanika, Indian actress
- 1984 –Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
Who died on July 3?
- 1858 –Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
- 1904 –Theodor Herzl, Austrian Zionist (b. 1860)
- 1916 –Hetty Green, American businesswoman (b. 1834)
- 1918 –Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844)
- 1971 –Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)
- 1978 –James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1981 –Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (b. 1920)
- 1993 –Curly Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
- 1995 –Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
- 2006 –Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (b. 1950)
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