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 185th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 181 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 20, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,768 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 ‘hectaoctacontapentagon’ 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 210 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 4,212 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 3 Historical Events
- 324 –Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
- 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.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1866 –Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
- 1890 –Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- 1938 –World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 mph.
- 1969 –The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
- 1994 –The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty-six people are killed in crashes.
- 2006 –Valencia metro accident leaves 43 dead in Valencia, Spain.
Who were born on July 3?
- 1728 –Robert Adam, Scottish architect (d. 1792)
- 1854 –Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928)
- 1916 –John Kundla, American college and professional basketball coach
- 1918 –S. V. Ranga Rao, South Indian actor (Telugu Cinema Actor) (d. 1974)
- 1928 –Roger Horchow, American entrepreneur and Broadway producer
- 1930 –Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
- 1942 –Eddy Mitchell, French singer and actor
- 1958 –Didier Mouron, Swiss artist
- 1973 –Johnny Terris, Canadian actor and director
- 1976 –Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
Who died on July 3?
- 1795 –Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
- 1908 –Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (b. 1845)
- 1957 –Dolf Luque, baseball player (b. 1890)
- 1977 –Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (b. 1891)
- 1991 –Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician (b. 1918)
- 1993 –Curly Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
- 1997 –Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Mexican drug lord and leader of the Juárez Cartel (b. 1956)
- 2000 –Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (b. 1944)
- 2007 –Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
- 2008 –Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1956)
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