Public Holidays on July 3

• 🇺🇸 Independence Day (observed)
• 🇺🇸 Independence Day

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On This Day in History — July 3

• 2013 — Egyptian coup d'état: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is overthrown by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for Morsi's resignation, to which he didn't respond. President of the...
• 1996 — Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
• 1995 — Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party wins the general elections and is restored to power after being in opposition for 15 years.
• 1988 — United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
• 1988 — The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
• 1979 — U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.

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Notable Births on July 3

• 1993 — Mathias Anderle, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1993 — Vincent Lacoste, French actor
• 1992 — Molly Sandén, Swedish singer
• 1992 — Will Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 — Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player
• 1990 — Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby player

Notable Deaths on July 3

• 2015 — Diana Douglas, British-American actress (b. 1923)
• 2015 — Boyd K. Packer, American religious leader and educator (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Wayne Townsend, American farmer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Phil Walsh, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1960)
• 2014 — Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (b. 1917)
• 2014 — Tim Flood, Irish hurler and coach (b. 1927)

Public Holidays on July 4

• 🇺🇸 Independence Day

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Religious Observances on July 4

• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Darwish Muhammad ق

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On This Day in History — July 4

• 2012 — The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
• 2009 — The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
• 2009 — The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
• 2005 — The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
• 2004 — The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
• 1998 — Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.

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Notable Births on July 4

• 1993 — Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
• 1990 — Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
• 1990 — Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
• 1990 — Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
• 1990 — Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
• 1989 — Benjamin Büchel, English footballer

Notable Deaths on July 4

• 2015 — Nedelcho Beronov, Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928)
• 2015 — William Conrad Gibbons, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926)
• 2014 — Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)
• 2014 — C. J. Henderson, American author and critic (b. 1951)
• 2014 — Earl Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1936)
• 2014 — Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (b. 1932)