History for July 3

History for July 3 - On-This-Day.com
George M. Cohan 1878 - Entertainer, playwright, composer, Franz Kafka 1883 - Author, Tom Stoppard 1937 - Playwright


Betty Buckley 1947 - Actress ("Eight is Enough," "Cats"), Dave Barry 1947 - Humor writer, Tom Cruise 1962 - Actor


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


1775 - U.S. Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, MA.


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.


1924 - Clarence Birdseye founded the General Seafood Corp.


1939 - Chic Young’s comic strip character, "Blondie" was first heard on CBS radio.


1940 - Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted on NBC radio.


1950 - U.S. carrier-based planes attacked airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War.


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