July 3: Independence Day in Belarus (1944)
- 1608 – French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City.
- 1767 – Midshipman Robert Pitcairn sighted Pitcairn Island (pictured), subsequently named after him, during an expeditionary voyage led by Philip Carteret.
- 1844 – The last known pair of great auks, the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus, were killed in Eldey, off the coast of Iceland.
- 1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
- 2013 – Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to remove the President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution.
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