July 3rd is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 181 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1854 - Leos Janacek, Czech composer (+ 1928)
- 1870 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (+ 1947)
- 1875 - Ferdinand Sauerbruch[?], surgeon (+ 1951)
- 1883 - Franz Kafka, writer (+ 1924)
- 1893 - Mississippi John Hurt (+ 1966)
- 1906 - George Sanders[?], actor (+ 1972)
- 1909 - Stavros Spiros Niarchos[?], ship owner (+ 1996)
- 1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen[?], newspaper columnist, early television personality (+ 1965)
- 1927 - Ken Russell, director: Altered States, Gothic, Tommy
- 1928 - G�nter Bruno Fuchs[?], writer (+ 1977)
- 1934 - Manfred Bieler[?], writer
- 1935 - Harrison Schmitt, astronaut
- 1937 - Tom Stoppard, playwright: The Real Thing, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,, screenwriter: Billy Bathgate, Shakespeare in Love
- 1947 - Betty Buckley[?], actress
- 1962 - Tom Cruise, actor: Mission Impossible, Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia
- 1964 - Joanne Harris, author
Deaths
- 1914 - Joseph Chamberlain, British politician
- 1918 - Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire
- 1935 - Andr� Citro�n[?], automobile pioneer
- 1969 - Brian Jones, rock and roll musician, member of the Rolling Stones found dead in his swimming pool. He had probably died the previous night.
- 1971 - Jim Morrison, singer - The Doors
- 1979 - Louis Durey, composer, member of Les Six
- 1986 - Rudy Vallee, singer
- 1989 - Jim Backus, actor
- 1995 - Pancho Gonzales[?], tennis professional
- 2001 - Mordecai Richler, author
Holidays and observances
See Also:
July 2 - July 4 - June 3 - August 3 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
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