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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/324" title="324">324</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_wars_of_the_Tetrarchy" title="Civil wars of the Tetrarchy">Civil wars of the Tetrarchy</a>: Roman emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great" title="Constantine the Great">Constantine the Great</a> defeated his former colleague <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licinius" title="Licinius">Licinius</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople_(324)" title="Battle of Adrianople (324)">Battle of Adrianople</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate forces</a> were defeated by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> on the last day of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a></b>, a turning point in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir" title="Attack on Mers-el-Kébir">attacked the French fleet</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mers_El_K%C3%A9bir" title="Mers El Kébir">Mers El Kébir</a>, fearing that the ships would fall into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a> hands after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_22_June_1940" title="Armistice of 22 June 1940">French–German armistice</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – British singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> retired his stage persona <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Stardust_(character)" title="Ziggy Stardust (character)">Ziggy Stardust</a></b> in a surprise announcement on the last day of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Stardust_Tour" title="Ziggy Stardust Tour">a 17-month tour</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi" title="Abdel Fattah el-Sisi">Abdel Fattah el-Sisi</a> led a coalition to depose President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi" title="Mohamed Morsi">Mohamed Morsi</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Egyptian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2013 Egyptian coup d'état">a coup d'état</a></b> in Cairo, suspending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Constitution_of_2012" title="Egyptian Constitution of 2012">Egyptian Constitution of 2012</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Chang_(warlord)" title="Dong Chang (warlord)">Dong Chang</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 896); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Peters" title="Susan Peters">Susan Peters</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1921); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Geersdaele" title="Peter van Geersdaele">Peter van Geersdaele</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1933); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Kahn_(poet)" title="Lisa Kahn (poet)">Lisa Kahn</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2013)</p>
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