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Events on July 3

• 1866 At the Battle of Königgrätz, General von Moltke decides the Austro-Prussian War with a victory over Austria in favor of Prussia and thus paves the way for the “Lesser German Solution.”
• 1886 In Mannheim, Carl Benz undertakes the first test drive with his “vehicle with gas engine propulsion.”
• 1897 The Ferris wheel in the Vienna Prater begins operation.
• 1935 The VW Beetle is presented to the public.
• 1940 Under the codename Operation Catapult, the British raid part of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir to prevent the ships from falling into German hands. 1,147 Frenchmen are killed.
• 1979 The German Bundestag resolves to permanently abolish the statute of limitations for murder and genocide, thereby ending the debate over the statute of limitations. This should make it possible to prosecute Nazi criminals discovered later.
• 1985 The U.S. science fiction film Back to the Future opens in American cinemas.
• 1988 Iran Air Flight 655, a civilian Airbus A300 carrying 290 people, is shot down by missiles from the U.S. cruiser Vincennes over the Persian Gulf. There are no survivors.
• 2002 Steve Fossett completes the first successful solo circumnavigation of the world in a balloon in thirteen and a half days.
• 2005 Roger Federer wins Wimbledon for the third consecutive time in the final against Andy Roddick.
• 2013 In Egypt, the military ousts President Mohammed Mursi.
• 2022 The glacier collapse on the Marmolata tears eleven mountaineers to their deaths.

Born on July 3

• 1875 Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon
• 1883 Franz Kafka, Austro-Czechoslovak writer
• 1920 Walter Roderer, Swiss folk actor
• 1930 Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor
• 1962 Tom Cruise, American actor and producer
• 1962 Tanja Schumann, German actress and voice actress
• 1971 Julian Assange, Australian journalist and political activist
• 1971 Roland Trettl, Italian-German chef and author
• 1980 Olivia Munn, American television presenter, actress and model
• 2000 Reved, German web video producer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „3. Juli“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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