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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, 1,751,500,800 seconds 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
- 987 –Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France till the French Revolution in 1792.
- 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.
- 1940 –World War II: the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers el Kébir, is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: Dunkerque, Provence and Bretagne. One thousand two hundred sailors perish.
- 1970 –The Troubles: the “Falls Curfew” begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- 2006 –Valencia metro accident leaves 43 dead in Valencia, Spain.
Who were born on July 3?
- 1743 –Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
- 1876 –Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (d. 1957)
- 1880 –Carl Schuricht, Polish-born German conductor (d. 1967)
- 1918 –S. V. Ranga Rao, South Indian actor (Telugu Cinema Actor) (d. 1974)
- 1971 –Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher and Internet activist
Who died on July 3?
- 1918 –Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1844)
- 1994 –Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934)
- 1995 –Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- 2007 –Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
- 2008 –Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1956)
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