Today In History
July 3

Events

• 1754 - George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)


• 1814 - Americans capture Fort Erie Canada


• 1819 - 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in New York City) opens its doors


• 1839 - 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 students


• 1848 - Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)


• 1852 - Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, California)


• 1853 - Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan


• 1884 - Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg


• 1886 - 1st New York Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine


• 1890 - Idaho admitted as 43rd US state


• 1898 - American troops captured deserted Wake Island


• 1898 - Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe


• 1898 - US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba


• 1913 - Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)


• 1915 - US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934


• 1916 - 1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near New Jersey shore (4 die)


• 1929 - Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber


• 1930 - Veterans Administration created


• 1934 - FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria Illinois


• 1947 - Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan


• 1950 - 1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War


• 1952 - Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress


• 1966 - Race riots in Omaha Nebraska


• 1973 - General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA


• 1983 - Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's


• 1984 - Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island


• 1984 - Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test


• 1986 - President Ronald Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty


• 1989 - Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions


• 1991 - Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring


• 1997 - Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit

Baseball

• 1888 - New York Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak


• 1911 - Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day


• 1912 - New York Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak


• 1932 - 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yankees beat Red Sox 13-2


• 1932 - John McGraw retires from baseball


• 1939 - Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech


• 1944 - Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore


• 1947 - Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in Alabama


• 1950 - Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)


• 1965 - Phillies Dick Allen & Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice


• 1966 - Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game


• 1968 - Cleveland Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins


• 1970 - California Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0


• 1973 - Brothers Jim & Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses


• 1974 - Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win


• 1980 - 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0


• 1987 - New York Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play


• 1988 - A's Gene Nelson is 1st Alabama pitcher to steal a base since 1973


• 1991 - Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleveland Indians

Golf

• 1951 - 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pennsylvania


• 1954 - 9th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias


• 1959 - 88th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 284 at Muirfield Gullane


• 1966 - 21st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich


• 1977 - 5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin


• 1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic


• 1980 - 1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo


• 1983 - 11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy


• 1988 - 16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little


• 1994 - 15th US Seniors Golf Open: Simon Hobday


• 1994 - Tammie Green wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic

Boxing

• 1905 - Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title


• 1931 - Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Entertainment

• 1958 - "Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)


• 1969 - 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI


• 1970 - 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival


• 1976 - After 12 years, Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys


• 1978 - Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"


• 1984 - Derek Underwood's maiden FC century after 22 yrs of trying


• 1985 - CBS announces a 21 percent stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover


• 1989 - The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)


• 1990 - Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida


• 1992 - Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary

Trains Planes and Automobiles

• 1947 - 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City


• 1981 - New York City transit fare rises from 60 cents to 75 cents, new brass Y-cut-out token


• 1987 - 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic

Weather

• 1968 - 41 deg F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July

Disasters

• 1816 - French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas


• 1883 - SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die


• 1988 - US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290


• 1994 - 30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas

Space

• 1841 - John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus

Weddings

• 1960 - Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot


• 1992 - Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary


• 1992 - Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)

World War II

• 1939 - Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler


• 1942 - Germany troop march into Sebastopol


• 1942 - Hitler visits fieldmarshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine


• 1943 - Liberator bombers sinks U-628


• 1944 - US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin

Cival War

• 1861 - Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general


• 1861 - Martinsburg, Virginia - Confederate forces pull out before US advance


• 1863 - Battle of Donaldsonville, Louisiana


• 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North


• 1864 - Battle of Chattahoochie River, Georgia [until Jul 9]


• 1864 - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance

American Revolution

• 1775 - George Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts


• 1778 - British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania

Wild West

• 1861 - Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from New York


• 1871 - Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)

Crime and Criminals

• 1871 - Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)


• 1948 - Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death


• 1978 - Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"


• 1984 - Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members

Food and Beverages

• 1806 - Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry

Birthdays

• 1423 - Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)


• 1567 - Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)


• 1683 - Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)


• 1687 - Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)


• 1728 - Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London)


• 1731 - Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Connecticut), Continental Congress pres


• 1738 - John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist


• 1793 - John Claire, England, poet


• 1794 - Eberhard F Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt)


• 1796 - Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]


• 1802 - Joseph Labitzky, composer


• 1814 - Janis Cimze, composer


• 1819 - Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer


• 1828 - John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1865


• 1846 - Achilles Alferaki, composer


• 1850 - Alfredo Kiel, composer


• 1855 - Piotr Maszynski, composer


• 1860 - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist


• 1860 - William Wallace, composer


• 1861 - Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)


• 1862 - Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer


• 1870 - Richard B Bennett, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35)


• 1871 - Vicente Arregui Garay, composer


• 1872 - Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19)


• 1874 - Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader


• 1875 - Ernst F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon


• 1878 - George M Cohan, actor/singer (Phantom Pres, Give My Regards to Bdwy)


• 1879 - Philippe Gaubert, composer


• 1880 - Carl Schuricht, composer


• 1881 - Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)


• 1883 - Alfred Korzybski, Poland, scientist (Science & Sanity)


• 1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika)


• 1883 - Moses Leverock Crossley, US bio-chemist


• 1886 - Francis Carco[pino], French author/critic (L'Homme Traque)


• 1886 - Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador


• 1892 - Wilhelm Rettich, composer


• 1893 - Mississippi John Hurt, rocker


• 1895 - Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer


• 1896 - Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son)


• 1899 - Otto Reinhold, composer


• 1900 - John Mason Brown, Louisville Kentucky, critic (Tonight on Broadway)


• 1902 - Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)


• 1903 - Jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna)


• 1906 - Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)


• 1906 - George Sanders, Russia, actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950)


• 1906 - Gwendolen Rees, zoologist


• 1907 - Arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group '32)


• 1907 - Gene Gutche, composer


• 1908 - Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo)


• 1909 - Earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz


• 1909 - Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent


• 1909 - Stavros Niachos, Greece, shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks)


• 1910 - Bernard Burrows, British diplomat


• 1910 - Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant


• 1911 - Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)


• 1912 - Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals


• 1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen, Chicago Illinois, columnist (What's My Line?)


• 1913 - Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral


• 1913 - William Deakin, warden (St Anthony's College Oxford)


• 1917 - Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner


• 1918 - Lord Mulley, British MP (Labour)


• 1920 - John Ayers Lessard, composer


• 1920 - Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret)


• 1921 - Susan Peters, Spokane WA, actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas)


• 1922 - Art Fowler, baseball player


• 1922 - Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles)


• 1922 - Tom Hudson, artist/teacher


• 1923 - Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled


• 1923 - Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist


• 1923 - William Mills, painter


• 1924 - Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)


• 1925 - Michael Oliver, cardiologist


• 1926 - Johnny Coles, trumpeter


• 1926 - Joseph M Gaydos, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1969- )


• 1927 - Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik)


• 1927 - Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic)


• 1927 - William McMillan, moderator (Gen Assembly of Church of Scot) [or 1/29]


• 1928 - Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance)


• 1928 - G B Fuchs, writer


• 1928 - John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England


• 1929 - Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps)


• 1930 - Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968)


• 1930 - Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59)


• 1931 - Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)


• 1934 - Manfred Bieler, writer


• 1935 - Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita NM, astronaut (Apollo 17)


• 1935 - John Swan, PM (Bermuda)


• 1936 - Anthony Lester, CEO (Runnymede Trust)


• 1936 - Eric Russell, cricketer (England opening batsman early 60s)


• 1937 - Tom Stoppard, Czech, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony)


• 1938 - David Gandolfo, horse trainer


• 1938 - Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)


• 1939 - Jay Tarses, Balt Md, actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory)


• 1940 - Cesar Tovar, baseball player


• 1940 - Fontella Bass, St Louis Missouri, vocalist (Rescue Me)


• 1940 - Heather Steel, British judge


• 1940 - Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)


• 1941 - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal)


• 1941 - Gloria Allred, feminist attorney


• 1942 - Kurtwood Smith, New Lisbon Wisconsin, actor (Rambo III, Robocop)


• 1943 - Gary Waldhorn, actor (To the Camp & Back)


• 1943 - Geraldo Rivera, [Gerry Rivers], New York City, news personality (20/20, Geraldo)


• 1943 - Judith Durham, singer


• 1943 - Norman E Thagard, Marianna Fl, Maryland/astro (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir)


• 1944 - Paul Young, actor (Another Time Another Place)


• 1945 - Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)


• 1945 - Michael Cole, Madison Wisconsin, actor (Pete-Mod Squad)


• 1945 - Michael Martin, MP


• 1945 - Mike Corby, London, guitarist (Babys-Back on My Feet Again)


• 1947 - Betty Buckley, Big Springs Texas, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats)


• 1948 - Peter Ruzicka, composer


• 1949 - Jan Smithers, N Hollywood California, actress (Bailey-WKRP)


• 1949 - Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits)


• 1950 - Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)


• 1950 - Ewen Chatfield, NZ cricketer pace bowler (1975-89)


• 1951 - Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life


• 1951 - Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, cricket bowler (431 wickets)


• 1952 - Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (Heat of the Night)


• 1952 - Bill Badgett Jr, horse trainer


• 1952 - Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat & leggie)


• 1953 - Alynne Beth Amkraut, Amityville New York, entertainer


• 1953 - Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (California Angels)


• 1954 - Debbie Skinner, LPGA golfer


• 1955 - Julia Lyndon, Buffalo New York, playmate (August, 1977)


• 1955 - Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, New York Yankees)


• 1955 - Mike Corby, rocker


• 1955 - Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)


• 1956 - Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star


• 1956 - Montel Williams, TV talk show host (Montel)


• 1957 - Danny Heep, baseball player


• 1957 - Faye Resnick, author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary)


• 1957 - Laura Branigan, Brewster New York, vocalist (Gloria)


• 1957 - Orel Hershiser, Buffalo New York, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians)


• 1958 - Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You've Got to Stand for Something)


• 1958 - Robert Foth, Buffalo New York, air rifle (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)


• 1959 - Andreas Wisniewski, Berlin German FR, actor (Living Daylights)


• 1959 - Stephen Pearcy, Los Angeles California, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round)


• 1959 - Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)


• 1960 - Jack Daugherty, baseball player


• 1961 - Liz Stewart, SF California, playmate (July, 1984)


• 1961 - Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure)


• 1962 - Hunter Tylo, [Deborah Hunter], model (Pantine)/actr (Bold & Beautiful)


• 1962 - Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wunderman], New York, vocalist (Tell it to My Heart)


• 1962 - Thomas Gibson, actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope)


• 1962 - Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman)


• 1963 - Don August, baseball player


• 1964 - Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts)


• 1964 - Joe Hamorski, Peru Indiana, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th)


• 1964 - Louis Clark, NFL receiver (Seattle)/WLAF coach (Amsterdam Admirals)


• 1964 - Pia Reyes, Manila Philipines, playmate (Nov, 1988)


• 1964 - Warren Newson, Newnan Georgia, outfielder (Texas Rangers)


• 1965 - Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles)


• 1965 - Bobby Gage, Winsted California, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th)


• 1965 - Dan Land, NFL cornerback/safety (Oakland Raiders)


• 1965 - Greg Vaughn, Sacramento California, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers, SD Padres)


• 1965 - Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)


• 1965 - Vinson Smith, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)


• 1966 - Moises Alou, Atlanta Georgia, outfielder (Montreal Expos)


• 1966 - Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers)


• 1967 - Amy Van Horne, actress (Carla Solieto-The City)


• 1968 - Jeff Phillips, Westwood New Jersey, actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light)


• 1968 - Teppo Numminen, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets, Coyotes)


• 1969 - Elan Carter, Nutley New Jersey, playmate (June, 1994)


• 1970 - Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)


• 1970 - Teemu Selanne, Helsinki Fin, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)


• 1970 - Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)


• 1971 - Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)


• 1972 - Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North Vancouver BC Canada, 470 yachter (Oly-96)


• 1972 - Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)


• 1973 - Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)


• 1973 - Devin Bush, NFL strong safety (Atlanta Falcons)


• 1973 - Fred Rodriguez, Bogota Colombia, cyclist (Olympics-96)


• 1974 - Jamie Feick, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)


• 1975 - Jennifer Salinas, Miss USA-Illinois (1997)


• 1975 - John Hargis, US, Little Rock Arkansas, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)


• 1975 - Keri Houlihan, Penn, actress (Molly-Our House)


• 1976 - Andrea Barber, actress (Kimmy Gibbler-Full House)


• 1976 - Henry Olonga, cricketer (1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer v Pak 1995)


• 1976 - Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)


• 1977 - Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star


• 1979 - Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997)


• 1986 - ?, 1st Dutch test tube baby born

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