Browse events, births, deaths and holidays on July 3 throughout history.
The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the head of state of Egypt. Under the various iterations of the Constitution of Egypt following the Egyptian revolution of 1952, the…
President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the…
The Valencia Metro derailment occurred in Valencia, Spain's third largest city, on 3 July 2006 at 1 p.m. CEST between Jesús and Plaça d'Espanya stations on the Line 1 of the Metro…
The Valencia Metro derailment kills 41 people.
Sir John Major is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He previously held various Cabine…
British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and is designated as the navy of the United States in the Constitution. With 290 comb…
United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people…
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge, is a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey spanning the Bosphorus Strait. When completed in 1988, it was the 5th-lo…
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the…
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter…
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, he was known for his c…
David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that…
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland …
The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Dan-Air Flight 1903 was an unscheduled international passenger service from Manchester to Barcelona, operated by Dan Air Services Limited under contract with British tour operator…
Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in…
The Aden Emergency, also known as the 14 October Revolution or the Aden Insurgency, was an armed rebellion led mainly by the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the …
The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater…
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is the primary organizing law for the unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, describing the duties, powers, structures, …
The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the Un…
The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband…
The Minsk offensive was part of the second phase of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration.
World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. World War II…
World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under…
A steam locomotive is a type of locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible mater…
World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and th…
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame…
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States or the Confederacy was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to …
Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the…
The Young Turk Revolution was a constitutionalist revolution in the Ottoman Empire. Revolutionaries belonging to the Internal Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), an organizatio…
Start of the Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire, forcing Sultan Abdul Hamid II leads to restore the…
Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete was a Spanish Navy officer and politician who served in a number of high-ranking positions within the Navy and fought in several wars during the 1…
A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in…
Idaho is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the …
Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.