July 3rd:
1997 - U.S. President Clinton made his first formal response to the charges of sexual harassment from Paula Jones. He denied all the charges and asked that the judge dismiss the case.
1991 - U.S. President George Bush formally inaugurated the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
1981 - The Associated Press ran its first story about two rare illnesses afflicting homosexual men. One of the diseases was later named AIDS.
1971 - Jim Morrison (singer for The Doors) died in Paris at age 27.
1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1950 - U.S. carrier-based planes attacked airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War.
1940 - Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted on NBC radio.
1939 - Chic Young’s comic strip character, "Blondie" was first heard on CBS radio.
1924 - Clarence Birdseye founded the General Seafood Corp, later known as Birdseye Foods.
1922 - "Fruit Garden and Home" magazine was introduced. It was later renamed "Better Homes and Gardens."
1890 - Idaho became the 43rd united state.
1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
1608 - The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
Shawnee Smith (Played Ted Danson's assistant on "Becker" series) 1970
Tom Cruise (Scientologist whack-job) 1962
Montel Williams (talk-show host) 1956
Dave Barry (retired newspaper columnist/humorist, wrote "Big Trouble" novel and movie script) 1947
Ken Russell (directed The Who's rock/opera "Tommy") 1927
Franz Kafka (wrote "Metamorphosis") 1883
George M. Cohen (wrote Broadway plays including "Yankee Doodle Dandy") 1878 |