Daily Calendar for Tuesday, July 3, 2018
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Born
- Samuel Huntington (signer of the Declaration of Independence) –
- John Singleton Copley (painter) –
- Richard Bedford Bennett (11th Prime Minister of Canada) –
- George M. Cohan (composer) –
- Franz Kafka (novelist) –
- Ken Russell (film director) –
- Pete Fountain (jazz musician) –
- Harrison Schmitt (geologist, astronaut, politician) –
- Tom Stoppard (writer) –
- Betty Buckley (actress) –
- Frank Daryl Tanana (baseball player) –
- Tom Cruise (actor) –
- Thomas Gibson (actor) –
- Yeardley Smith (actress) –
- Kevin Hearn (musician) –
Died
- Jim Morrison (musician) –
- Rudy Vallee (musician & actor) –
- Jim Backus (actor) –
- Andy Griffith (actor) –
Events
- Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain –
- The first savings bank in America (Bank of Savings) opened in N.Y.C. –
- Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire officially opened to the public. –
- The first public drive of a Benz Patent Motor Car occurred in Mannheim, Germany. –
- Idaho became the 43rd state to enter the Union –
- Fruit Garden and Home magazine was published. The publication changed its name two years later to Better Homes and Gardens –
- President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited segregation in public places –
- The USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian passenger plane over the Persian Gulf, believing it to be a hostile fighter. All 290 civilians aboard were killed –
- Singer Kylie Minogue received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire from Prince Charles during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace –
Weather
- Black dust fell in Canada –
- New York City reached 107 degrees F –
- Allentown, Pennsylvania, reached 105 degrees F –
- Hartford, Connecticut, reached 102 degrees F –