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Daily Calendar for Monday, July 3, 2023

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) –
  • Thomas Gibson (actor) –
  • Tom Cruise (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.–
  • 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–
  • Hartford, Connecticut, reached 102 degrees F–
  • New York City reached 107 degrees F–
  • Allentown, Pennsylvania, reached 105 degrees F–

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