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
- 1754 –French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
- 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.
- 1778 –American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
- 1884 –Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
- 1962 –The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
- 1970 –A British Dan-Air De Havilland Comet chartered jetliner crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 113 people.
- 1979 –U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
- 1988 –The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.
- 1994 –The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty-six people are killed in crashes.
Who were born on July 3?
- 1683 –Edward Young, English poet (d. 1765)
- 1908 –Robert B. Meyner, American politician (d. 1990)
- 1930 –Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
- 1931 –Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (d. 2004)
- 1933 –Edward Brandt, American doctor and public health official (d. 2007)
- 1940 –Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
- 1956 –Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember
- 1973 –Patrick Wilson, American actor
- 1976 –Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1980 –Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
Who died on July 3?
- 1904 –Theodor Herzl, Austrian Zionist (b. 1860)
- 1908 –Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (b. 1845)
- 1933 –Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852)
- 1978 –James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1981 –Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (b. 1920)
- 1986 –Rudy Vallee, American singer (b. 1901)
- 1993 –Don Drysdale, American baseball player (b. 1936)
- 1995 –Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
- 2003 –Gaetano Alibrandi, Papal diplomat (b. 1914)
- 2007 –Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (b. 1915)
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