July 03

Sunday 03, 1988:

United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.

Saturday 03, 1971:

Singer Jim Morrison of The Doors is found dead of a heart attack in his bathtub.

Thursday 03, 1890:

Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.

Saturday 03, 1852:

Congress establishes the United States's 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.

Sunday 03, 1250:

Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself.

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