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July 3

French destroyer Mogador burning after British shellfire

324 – Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Roman emperor Constantine the Great defeated his former colleague Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople.
1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania, the only military surrender in his career.
1940 – Second World War: The Royal Navy attacked the French fleet at Mers El Kébir (pictured), fearing that the ships would fall into Axis hands after the French–German armistice.
1970 – Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashed into the slopes of the Montseny Massif in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
1979 – U.S. president Jimmy Carter signed a presidential finding, authorizing covert operations to aid the mujahideen against the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Leoš Janáček (b. 1854)
Bo Xilai (b. 1949)
Lew Hoad (d. 1994)
Lisa Kahn (d. 2013)

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I've removed "*2011 – Crisscolfer kiss, Dublin, Ireland. Glee tour live." as it is not note worthy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.28.125.3 (talk) 08:23, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]