Today in History for 3rd July 2025

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Historical Events

1913 - A Common Tern is banded in Maine and later found dead in Africa in 1919, making it the first bird known to have crossed the Atlantic
1946 - First Dutch government of Louis Beel forms
1994 - FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
2018 - French President Emmanuel Macron visits the New Afrika Shrine nightclub in Lagos during his two-day tour of Nigeria
2021 - Mudslides crash through town of Atami, Japan, after torrential rain, killing 19, with over 100 people initially missing

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Famous Birthdays

1685 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer, born in Roos Hall, Beccles, England (d. 1768)
1828 - John Austin Wharton, American lawyer and Major General (Confederate Army), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1865)
1927 - Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Liège), born in Teuven, Belgium (d. 2019)
1937 - David Shire, American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores (The Conversation; All the President's Men), born in Buffalo, New York
1970 - Shawnee Smith, American actress (Saw), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina

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Famous Deaths

1904 - Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and father of modern political Zionism (World Zionist Organization), dies of cardiac sclerosis at 44
1918 - Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18), dies at 73
1957 - Dolf Luque, Cuban Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1919, 33; MLB wins leader and MLB ERA leader 1923; Cincinnati Reds, NY Giants), dies at 66
2011 - Anna Massey, English actress (De Sade, Doll's House), dies at 73
2024 - David Hofmans, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer (Belmont Stakes 1997 Touch Gold; 3 x Breeders Cup races), dies at 81

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