July 3rd
Today in America's Present Past
1567 | Explorer Samuel de Champlain was born.
1731 | Founder Samuel Huntington was born.
1738 | Painter John Singleton Copley was born.
1754 | George Washington surrenders to the French at Fort Necessity during the Seven-Year War.
1775 | War of Independence: Colonel Thomas Gardner, Revolutionary War hero, died.
1775 | War of Independence: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1778 | War of Independence: British, aided by Iroquois forces, massacre 360 men, women, and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania.
1814 | War of 1812: Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada.
1863 | Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg ends with a Union victory.
1878 | Entertainer George M. Cohen was born.
1884 | Dow Jones publishes its first stock index, the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
1886 | Admiral Raymond A. Spruance was born.
1898 | Spanish-American War: US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba.
1890 | Statehood: Idaho granted statehood.
1908 | Author Joel Chandler Harris died.
1915 | WWI: After exploding a bomb in the U.S. Senate reception room the previous day, Erich Muenter, a German instructor at Cornell University, shoots JP Morgan for representing the British government in war contract negotiations.
1916 | Entrepreneur Hetty Green died.
1919 | Civil Rights: “Red Summer race riots” in Bisbee, Arizona.
1928 | Entrepreneur Harry Ferguson granted a patent for his three-point hitch for tractors.
1941 |SCOTUS: Justice Harlan Fisk Stone was sworn in.
1941 | Activist Gloria Allred was born.
1943 | Civil Rights: The Zoot Suit Riots started in Los Angeles, California.
1947 | Columnist Dave Barry was born.
1956 | Entertainer Montel Williams was born.
1958 | TV: “The Andy Williams Show” debuts.
1962 | Actor Tom Cruise was born.
1971 | Entertainer Jim Morrison died.
1985 | The film “Back to the Future” debuts.
1986 | POTUS: Republican President Ronald Reagan rededicated a renovated Statue of Liberty.