On This Day in History
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document.writeln('Friday, July 03, 2009
Events
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| * 323 | '); document.writeln('Battle at Adrianopolis: Flavius Julius Crispus\' beats emperor Licinius | '); document.writeln('
| * 683 | '); document.writeln('St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope | '); document.writeln('
| * 987 | '); document.writeln('Hugo Capet crowned king of France | '); document.writeln('
| * 1090 | '); document.writeln('Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II | '); document.writeln('
| * 1187 | '); document.writeln('Crusaders enter Tiberias | '); document.writeln('
| * 1428 | '); document.writeln('Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern & Philip the Good | '); document.writeln('
| * 1468 | '); document.writeln('Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York | '); document.writeln('
| * 1608 | '); document.writeln('Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec | '); document.writeln('
| * 1630 | '); document.writeln('Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament | '); document.writeln('
| * 1661 | '); document.writeln('Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II | '); document.writeln('
| * 1720 | '); document.writeln('Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty | '); document.writeln('
| * 1754 | '); document.writeln('George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years\' War) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1775 | '); document.writeln('Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass | '); document.writeln('
| * 1778 | '); document.writeln('British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa | '); document.writeln('
| * 1778 | '); document.writeln('Prussia declares war on Austria | '); document.writeln('
| * 1806 | '); document.writeln('Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry | '); document.writeln('
| * 1814 | '); document.writeln('Americans capture Fort Erie Canada | '); document.writeln('
| * 1816 | '); document.writeln('French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas | '); document.writeln('
| * 1819 | '); document.writeln('1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors | '); document.writeln('
| * 1839 | '); document.writeln('1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students | '); document.writeln('
| * 1841 | '); document.writeln('John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus | '); document.writeln('
| * 1848 | '); document.writeln('Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1852 | '); document.writeln('Congress authorizes US\'s 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1853 | '); document.writeln('Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan | '); document.writeln('
| * 1861 | '); document.writeln('Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general | '); document.writeln('
| * 1861 | '); document.writeln('Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY | '); document.writeln('
| * 1861 | '); document.writeln('Martinsburg, VA - Confederate forces pull out before US advance | '); document.writeln('
| * 1863 | '); document.writeln('Battle of Donaldsonville, LA | '); document.writeln('
| * 1863 | '); document.writeln('Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends, major victory for North | '); document.writeln('
| * 1864 | '); document.writeln('Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9] | '); document.writeln('
| * 1864 | '); document.writeln('Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early\'s advance | '); document.writeln('
| * 1871 | '); document.writeln('Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1876 | '); document.writeln('Montenegro declares war on Turkey | '); document.writeln('
| * 1883 | '); document.writeln('SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die | '); document.writeln('
| * 1884 | '); document.writeln('Dow Jones published it\'s 1st stock avg | '); document.writeln('
| * 1886 | '); document.writeln('1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine | '); document.writeln('
| * 1886 | '); document.writeln('In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile | '); document.writeln('
| * 1888 | '); document.writeln('NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak | '); document.writeln('
| * 1890 | '); document.writeln('Idaho admitted as 43rd US state | '); document.writeln('
| * 1890 | '); document.writeln('King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium | '); document.writeln('
| * 1895 | '); document.writeln('Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" (BG) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1898 | '); document.writeln('American troops captured deserted Wake Island | '); document.writeln('
| * 1898 | '); document.writeln('Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1898 | '); document.writeln('Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe | '); document.writeln('
| * 1898 | '); document.writeln('US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba | '); document.writeln('
| * 1902 | '); document.writeln('Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam | '); document.writeln('
| * 1905 | '); document.writeln('Kuyper govt forms in Holland | '); document.writeln('
| * 1905 | '); document.writeln('Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title | '); document.writeln('
| * 1907 | '); document.writeln('Pope decree forbids modernization of theology | '); document.writeln('
| * 1911 | '); document.writeln('Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day | '); document.writeln('
| * 1912 | '); document.writeln('NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak | '); document.writeln('
| * 1913 | '); document.writeln('Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1915 | '); document.writeln('US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1916 | '); document.writeln('1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1917 | '); document.writeln('Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride-palace Petrograd | '); document.writeln('
| * 1918 | '); document.writeln('SDAP\'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament | '); document.writeln('
| * 1920 | '); document.writeln('40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1920 | '); document.writeln('Java Technical School Bandung opens | '); document.writeln('
| * 1920 | '); document.writeln('Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England | '); document.writeln('
| * 1923 | '); document.writeln('Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London | '); document.writeln('
| * 1925 | '); document.writeln('38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1927 | '); document.writeln('47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1928 | '); document.writeln('1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1929 | '); document.writeln('Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber | '); document.writeln('
| * 1930 | '); document.writeln('Veterans Administration created | '); document.writeln('
| * 1931 | '); document.writeln('51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1931 | '); document.writeln('Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title | '); document.writeln('
| * 1932 | '); document.writeln('1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1932 | '); document.writeln('John McGraw retires from baseball | '); document.writeln('
| * 1934 | '); document.writeln('FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria IL | '); document.writeln('
| * 1936 | '); document.writeln('Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U v MCC | '); document.writeln('
| * 1939 | '); document.writeln('Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler | '); document.writeln('
| * 1939 | '); document.writeln('Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech | '); document.writeln('
| * 1940 | '); document.writeln('ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany | '); document.writeln('
| * 1940 | '); document.writeln('British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa | '); document.writeln('
| * 1940 | '); document.writeln('German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names | '); document.writeln('
| * 1942 | '); document.writeln('Germany troop march into Sebastopol | '); document.writeln('
| * 1942 | '); document.writeln('Hitler visits fieldmarshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine | '); document.writeln('
| * 1943 | '); document.writeln('Liberator bombers sinks U-628 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1944 | '); document.writeln('Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore | '); document.writeln('
| * 1944 | '); document.writeln('US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin | '); document.writeln('
| * 1946 | '); document.writeln('1st Dutch government of Beel forms | '); document.writeln('
| * 1947 | '); document.writeln('252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC | '); document.writeln('
| * 1947 | '); document.writeln('Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL | '); document.writeln('
| * 1947 | '); document.writeln('Soviet Union doesn\'t partake in Marshall Plan | '); document.writeln('
| * 1948 | '); document.writeln('55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1948 | '); document.writeln('Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death | '); document.writeln('
| * 1950 | '); document.writeln('1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War | '); document.writeln('
| * 1950 | '); document.writeln('Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1951 | '); document.writeln('33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa | '); document.writeln('
| * 1952 | '); document.writeln('Puerto Rico\'s constitution approved by US Congress | '); document.writeln('
| * 1953 | '); document.writeln('67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1954 | '); document.writeln('"Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 559 perfs | '); document.writeln('
| * 1954 | '); document.writeln('61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1954 | '); document.writeln('9th US Women\'s Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias | '); document.writeln('
| * 1954 | '); document.writeln('Food rationing ends in Britain | '); document.writeln('
| * 1958 | '); document.writeln('"Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1959 | '); document.writeln('73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1959 | '); document.writeln('88th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 284 at Muirfield Gullane | '); document.writeln('
| * 1960 | '); document.writeln('Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot | '); document.writeln('
| * 1962 | '); document.writeln('Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1964 | '); document.writeln('78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1965 | '); document.writeln('72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1965 | '); document.writeln('Phillies Dick Allen & Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice | '); document.writeln('
| * 1965 | '); document.writeln('USSR & Persia sign dam building & economic aid pact | '); document.writeln('
| * 1966 | '); document.writeln('21st US Women\'s Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich | '); document.writeln('
| * 1966 | '); document.writeln('Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game | '); document.writeln('
| * 1966 | '); document.writeln('Race riots in Omaha Nebraska | '); document.writeln('
| * 1967 | '); document.writeln('"News at 10" premieres on English TV | '); document.writeln('
| * 1968 | '); document.writeln('41°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July | '); document.writeln('
| * 1968 | '); document.writeln('Cleve Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minn Twins | '); document.writeln('
| * 1969 | '); document.writeln('78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed | '); document.writeln('
| * 1970 | '); document.writeln('Calif Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A\'s, 8-0 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1971 | '); document.writeln('85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1973 | '); document.writeln('Brothers Jim & Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses | '); document.writeln('
| * 1973 | '); document.writeln('General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA | '); document.writeln('
| * 1974 | '); document.writeln('Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers | '); document.writeln('
| * 1974 | '); document.writeln('Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1974 | '); document.writeln('Mike Marshall saves Tommy John\'s 4-1 win | '); document.writeln('
| * 1976 | '); document.writeln('90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1976 | '); document.writeln('Adolfo Suarez becomes premier of Spain | '); document.writeln('
| * 1976 | '); document.writeln('After 12 years, Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys | '); document.writeln('
| * 1976 | '); document.writeln('Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers | '); document.writeln('
| * 1977 | '); document.writeln('5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin | '); document.writeln('
| * 1977 | '); document.writeln('Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off | '); document.writeln('
| * 1978 | '); document.writeln('Establishment Amazon Pact | '); document.writeln('
| * 1978 | '); document.writeln('Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic | '); document.writeln('
| * 1978 | '); document.writeln('Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin\'s "Filthy Words" | '); document.writeln('
| * 1980 | '); document.writeln('1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo | '); document.writeln('
| * 1980 | '); document.writeln('73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1981 | '); document.writeln('88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1981 | '); document.writeln('NYC transit fare rises from 60¢ to 75¢, new brass Y-cut-out token | '); document.writeln('
| * 1982 | '); document.writeln('89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1982 | '); document.writeln('Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages Ÿ 1 million) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1983 | '); document.writeln('11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy | '); document.writeln('
| * 1983 | '); document.writeln('97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1983 | '); document.writeln('Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1983 | '); document.writeln('Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A\'s | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('Derek Underwood\'s maiden FC century after 22 yrs of trying | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord\'s Test | '); document.writeln('
| * 1984 | '); document.writeln('Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members | '); document.writeln('
| * 1985 | '); document.writeln('CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner\'s takeover | '); document.writeln('
| * 1986 | '); document.writeln('Kuwait\'s National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves | '); document.writeln('
| * 1986 | '); document.writeln('Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty | '); document.writeln('
| * 1987 | '); document.writeln('2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic | '); document.writeln('
| * 1987 | '); document.writeln('NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play | '); document.writeln('
| * 1988 | '); document.writeln('16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little | '); document.writeln('
| * 1988 | '); document.writeln('A\'s Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1988 | '); document.writeln('US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290 | '); document.writeln('
| * 1989 | '); document.writeln('Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm | '); document.writeln('
| * 1989 | '); document.writeln('Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions | '); document.writeln('
| * 1989 | '); document.writeln('The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1990 | '); document.writeln('Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida | '); document.writeln('
| * 1991 | '); document.writeln('Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring | '); document.writeln('
| * 1991 | '); document.writeln('Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleve Indians | '); document.writeln('
| * 1992 | '); document.writeln('Gary Dell\'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary | '); document.writeln('
| * 1992 | '); document.writeln('Mass Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1993 | '); document.writeln('100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna (76 16 64) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1993 | '); document.writeln('Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge | '); document.writeln('
| * 1993 | '); document.writeln('Prince Alois of Liechtenstein weds Duchess Sophie of Bavaria | '); document.writeln('
| * 1994 | '); document.writeln('108th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: P Sampras beats G Ivanisevic (76 76 60) | '); document.writeln('
| * 1994 | '); document.writeln('15th US Seniors Golf Open: Simon Hobday | '); document.writeln('
| * 1994 | '); document.writeln('30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas | '); document.writeln('
| * 1994 | '); document.writeln('Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup | '); document.writeln('
| * 1994 | '); document.writeln('Tammie Green wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic | '); document.writeln('
| * 1997 | '); document.writeln('Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit | '); document.writeln('
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