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2005-07-03

On this day in History - Jul 03

0323 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine the Great defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium Byzantium
0533 - Battle of the Tenth Milestone: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals near Carthage.
0987 - Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty which ruled France till the French Revolution in 1792.
1187 - Saladino, Sultão do Egipto e da Síria, comandando 60.000 soldados turcos derrota os cruzados perto do Mar da Galileia. É o começo do fim dos reinos francos na Síria
1250 - Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself.
1423 - King Louis XI of France was born (d. 1483) .
1573 - Fundação da cidade de Córdoba (Argentina) pelo governador Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1608 - Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1683 - Edward Young was born. English poet.
1702 - A Áustria declarou guerra à França
1721 - A Dinamarca iniciou a colonização da Groenlândia
1728 - Robert Adam, was born (d. 1792). Scottish architect.
1738 - John Singleton Copley, was born (d. 1815). American painter.
1754 - George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces during the French and Indian War. He is allowed to retain his colors and march out of the fort with full honors the following day.
1801 - Morte do oboísta Johann Went
1821 - Regressou a Portugal, o rei D. João VI.
1832 - O general Juan Antonio Lavalleja lidera uma revolução no Uruguai contra o governo de Fructuoso Rivera. A revolta fracassou.
1844 - The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
1854 - Leos Janacek, was born (d. 1928). Czech composer.
1863 - The final and bloodiest day of the battle of Gettysburg, and the fall of the besieged Vicksburg to U.S. Grant.
1866 - Austro-Prussian War decided at Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
1870 - Richard Bedford Bennett, was born (d. 1947). Eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)
1870 - Morte de José Joaquim Leite Guimarães (n. 18 Jul 1808). Barão de Nova Cintra - Portugal.
1875 - Ferdinand Sauerbruch, was born (d. 1951). German surgeon.
1878 - Nasceu o actor e cantor americano George Cohan
1883 - Franz Kafka, was born (d. 1924). Austrian writer.
1888 - Ramón Gómez de la Serna was born (d. 13 Jan 1963). Spanish writer.
1890 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1893 - Mississippi John Hurt, was born (d. 1966). American musician.
1898 - Vitória naval da frota dos Estados Unidos sobre a frota espanhola na Baía de Santiago, em Cuba, no começo da Guerra Hispano-Americana.
1904 - Theodor Herzl, dies (b. 1860). Austrian Zionist.
1906 - George Sanders, was born (d. 25 Apr 1972). Russian-born Academy Award-winning actor: All About Eve [1950]; The Quiller Memorandum, Picture of Dorian Gray, Village of the Damned, A Shot in the Dark, Samson and Delilah
1908 - M. F. K. Fisher, was born (d. 1992). American writer.
1909 - Stavros Spiros Niarchos, was born (d. 1996). Ship owner.
1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen, was born (d. 1965). American newspaper columnist, and television personality.
1914- Joseph Chamberlain, dies. British politician.
1916 - Foi assinado um Tratado de Aliança entre a Rússia e o Japão
1918 - Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire dies.
1921 - Susan Peters, was born. American actress
1923 - Art Fowler, was born. Former MLB player
1927 - Ken Russell, was born. English director: Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Altered States, Tommy, The Boy Friend, Prisoner of Honor
1928 - Günter Bruno Fuchs, was born (d. 1977). Writer.
1933 - Hipólito Yrigoyen, dies. President of Argentina
1934 - Manfred Bieler, was born. Writer.
1935 - Harrison Schmitt, was born. Astronaut
1935 - André Citroën, dies. French automobile pioneer
1937 - Tom Stoppard, was born. Czech-born playwright.
1938 - World record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the "Mallard", which reaches a speed of 203 km/h (126 mph).
1939 - Nascimento de Helena Vaz da Silva (1939-2002). Jornalista, directora da revista «O Tempo e o Modo», presidente do Centro Nacional de Cultura desde 1979, foi presidente da comissão nacional da UNESCO, de 1989 a 1995 e deputada ao Parlamento Europeu, nas listas do PSD, de 1994 a 1999.
1940 - A aviação britânica ataca a frota francesa ancorada na base argelina de Mers-el-Kébir. A Grã-Bretanha receava que a frota francesa fosse posta à disposição da Alemanha.
1940 - César Tovar, was born (d. 1994). Venezuelan baseball player.
1940 - The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted this day in 1940 with their network radio show on NBC (Who’s on First).
1946 - Leszek Miller, was born. Prime Minister of Poland
1947 - Dave Barry, was born. American writer
1947 - Betty Buckley, was born. American actress.
1949 - Jan Smithers, was born. American actress
1951 - Richard Hadlee, was born. New Zealand cricketer
1952 - Alan Autry, was born. Former NFL player,actor,politician
1953 - Linda Greenlese, was born. American nurse
1957 - Laura Branigan, was born (d. 26 Aug 2004). American singer: Gloria, Solitaire, How am I Supposed to Live Without You, Self Control, Theme Song from Octopussy, Hot Night.
1962 - Tom Cruise, was born. American actor: Mission Impossible, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Days of Thunder, Born on the Fourth of July, Cocktail, Top Gun, Rain Man, The Color of Money, Taps, Interview with a Vampire, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Mission: Impossible II, Collateral, War of the Worlds
1962 - Independencia de Argelia.
1964 - Joanne Harris, was born. English author.
1964 - Yeardley Smith, was born. American actress.
1966 - Moises Alou, was born. Major League Baseball player.
1969 - Kevin Hearn, was born. keyboardist (Barenaked Ladies)
1969 - Brian Jones, dies. Musician (the Rolling Stones)
1970 - Teemu Selänne, was born. Finnish hockey player
1970 - A British chartered jetliner crashes near Barcelona, Spain killing 112
1971- Jim Morrison, dies. Singer (The Doors)
1976 - Andrea Barber, was born. American actress .
1976 - Espanha: Adolfo Suárez é nomeado Presidente do Governo.
1976 - Israeli commandos rescue 105 hostages at Entebbe Airport, Uganda.
1977 - Ludmila Richetevova was born. Tennis player.
1979 - Louis Durey, dies. French composer
1986 - Rudy Vallee, dies. Singer.
1986 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered by many to be the world’s greatest ballet dancer, became a U.S. citizen in ceremonies at Ellis Island, New York Harbor.
1988 - United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
1989 - Jim Backus, dies. Actor
1993 - Joe DeRita, dies. American actor and comedian
1995 - Pancho Gonzales, dies. Tennis player
1998 - Danielle Bunten Berry, dies. Software developer
1999 - Mark Sandman dies. Musician (Morphine (band)) (heart attack).
2000 - Kemal Sunal, dies. Turkish actor
2001 - Mordecai Richler, dies. Author
2001 - A Vladivostokavia Tupolev TU-154 jetliner crashes on approach to landing at Irkutsk, Russia killing 145
2003 - Gaetano Alibrandi, dies. Papal diplomat
2004 - Official opening of Bangkok's subway system.
2004 - Andrian Nikolayev, dies, Cosmonaut.
2004 - Exposição do fotógrafo português Fernando Lemos na Pinacoteca do Estado - São Paulo
2004 - A tenista russa Maria Sharapova vence Serena Williams e conquista o Torneio de Wimbledon


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