July 3 in History
What happened on July 3 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on july 3 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on july 3 in history.
?>1967
North Vietnamese soldiers attack South Vietnam’s only producing coal mine at Nong Son.
1962
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1954
Food rationing ends in Great Britain almost nine years after the end of World War II.
1950
U.S. carrier-based planes attack airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War.
1945
U.S. troops land at Balikpapan and take Sepinggan airfield on Borneo in the Pacific.
1944
The U.S. First Army opens a general offensive to break out of the hedgerow area of Normandy, France.
1903
The first cable across the Pacific Ocean is spliced between Honolulu, Midway, Guam and Manila.
1901
The Wild Bunch, led by Butch Cassidy, commits its last American robbery near Wagner, Montana, taking $65,000 from a Great Northern train.
1878
John Wise flies the first dirigible in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
1863
Confederate forces attack the center of the Union line at Gettysburg, but fail to break it.
1844
American ambassador Caleb Cushing successfully negotiates a commercial treaty with China.
1790
In Paris, the Marquis de Condorcet proposes granting civil rights to women.
1775
George Washington takes command of the Continental Army.