360 Gist Pilot: July 3rd, Today in History

Sunday, 3 July 2016

July 3rd, Today in History


Today is Sunday July 3rd, the 185th day in the year 2016.


On this day:

1608 -Samuel Champlain founded Candian city of Quebec

1863 - In the American Civil War, battle of Gettysberg ended

1928 -  John Logie Baird made the first colour TV transmission

1944 - Germans recaptured Russian city of Minsk

1954 - In Britain, food rationing officially ended

1981 - At the  punk concert, in Southall there were riots 

1986 -  water privatisation plans was abandoned by government

1988 - Iranian airliner was shot down by US warship in the Gulf

BIRTHDAYS TODAY :

1728 - Scottish architect, Robert Adam

1883 -  Czech author, Franz Kafka

1927 - British film director, Ken Russell

1937 - British writer/playwirght,  Tom Stoppard

1951 - New Zealand cricketer, Richard Hadlee

1962 -  American film actor, Tom Cruise

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