History for July 3

History for July 3 - On-This-Day.com
George M. Cohan 1878 - Entertainer, playwright, composer, Franz Kafka 1883 - Author, Betty Buckley 1947 - Actress ("Eight is Enough," "Cats") 


Fontella Bass 1940 - Singer, Dave Barry 1947 - Humor writer, Jan Smithers 1949 - Actress ("WKRP In Cincinatti") 


Jean-Claude Duvalier 1951 - President of Haiti, Tom Cruise 1962 - Actor, Yeardley Smith 1964 - Actress ("The Simpsons") 


1608 - The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain. 


1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated. 


1922 - "Fruit Garden and Home" magazine was introduced. It was later renamed "Better Homes and Gardens." 


1924 - Clarence Birdseye founded the General Seafood Corp. 


1930 - The U.S. Congress created the U.S. Veterans Administration. 


1954 - Food rationing ended in Great Britain almost nine years after the end of World War II. 

1962 - Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. 



1986 - U.S. President Reagan presided over a ceremony in New York Harbor that saw the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.