Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 3
This is a list of selected July 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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LNER 4468 Mallard
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| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1767 – Adresseavisen, Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, was first published. | refimprove |
| 1866 – Prussian forces defeated the Austrian army at the Battle of Königgrätz, the decisive battle in the Austro-Prussian War. | needs more footnotes |
| 1886 – German automobile engineer Karl Benz unveiled his Patent-Motorwagen, widely regarded as the first automobile, in Mannheim, Germany. | needs more footnotes |
| 1938 – The LNER Mallard (pictured) broke the world speed record for a steam railway locomotive, reaching a speed of 126 miles (203 km) per hour. | needs more footnotes |
| 1944 – World War II: During their second phase of Operation Bagration, Soviet troops liberated Minsk, present-day Belarus, from Nazi Germany. | lead too short, needs more footnotes |
Eligible
- 987 – Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, becoming the first monarch of the Capetian dynasty, which ruled France continuously until overthrown during the French Revolution in 1792.
- 1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania, the only military surrender in his entire career.
- 1767 – Midshipman Robert Pitcairn sighted Pitcairn Island, subsequently named after him, during an expeditionary voyage led by Philip Carteret.
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.
- 1863 – Pickett's Charge, a futile Confederate infantry assault against Union Army positions, occurred during the final and bloodiest day of fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg, marking a turning point in the American Civil War.
- 1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
July 3: Independence Day in Belarus (1944)
- 324 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great defeated former colleague Licinius in the Battle of Adrianople.
- 1608 – French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City (flag pictured), considered to be the first European-built city in non-Spanish North America.
- 1844 – The last known pair of Great Auks, the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus, were killed in Eldey, off the coast of Iceland.
- 1940 – World War II: The British Navy attacked the French fleet, fearing that the ships would fall into German hands after the armistice between those two nations.
- 1970 – The Troubles: The British Army imposed the Falls Curfew on Belfast, Northern Ireland, which only resulted in greater Irish republican resistance.
- 2005 – Same-sex marriage became legal in Spain.