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 184^th 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.

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.

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.
• 1767 –
  Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
• 1767 –
  Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
• 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.
• 1866 –
  Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
• 1886 –
  The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
• 1898 –
  Spanish-American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.
• 1913 –
  Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett’s Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
• 1952 –
  The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the Congress of the United States.
• 1970 –
  A British Dan-Air De Havilland Comet chartered jetliner crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 113 people.

Who were born on July 3?

• 1854 –
  Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928)
• 1876 –
  Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (d. 1957)
• 1893 –
  Mississippi John Hurt, country blues singer and guitarist (d. 1966) (some confusion about date of birth)
• 1910 –
  Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1954)
• 1930 –
  Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
• 1940 –
  Lamar Alexander, American politician
• 1947 –
  Dave Barry, American humorist and author
• 1961 –
  Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs)
• 1966 –
  Moisés Alou, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 –
  Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist

Who died on July 3?

• 1778 –
  Anna Maria Pertl Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720)
• 1904 –
  Theodor Herzl, Austrian Zionist (b. 1860)
• 1933 –
  Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852)
• 1954 –
  Siegfried Handloser, German physician (b. 1895)
• 1957 –
  Dolf Luque, baseball player (b. 1890)
• 1981 –
  Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (b. 1920)
• 2004 –
  Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1929)
• 2006 –
  Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (b. 1950)
• 2006 –
  Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (b. 1941)
• 2008 –
  Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1956)