Wednesday, July 3, 2013

This will be 184th day of the year and 181 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 25 Tammuz 5773
Chinese calendar — the 26th day of the 5th month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

July 3 Birthdays

Franz Kafka
Pronunciation: [fränts käf´kä]
1883–1924, German language novelist, born in Prague.

John Singleton Copley
painter (1738)

M. F. K. Fisher
writer (1908)

Tom Stoppard
playwright (1937)

Tom Cruise
actor (1962)

July 2013

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

July 3 in History

1608

Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec.

1775

Commander in chief George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass.

1863

The Battle of Gettysburg ended.

1890

Idaho became the 43rd state in the United States.

1930

The U.S. Veterans Administration was created by Congress.

1962

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

1962

Algeria became independent after 132 years of French rule.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.