| July 3rd 1864 | | Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
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| July 3rd 1871 | | Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)
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| July 3rd 1876 | | Montenegro declares war on Turkey
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| July 3rd 1883 | | SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
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| July 3rd 1884 | | Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg
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| July 3rd 1886 | | 1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine
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| July 3rd 1886 | | In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile
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| July 3rd 1888 | | NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
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| July 3rd 1890 | | King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
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| July 3rd 1890 | | Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
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| July 3rd 1895 | | Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" (BG)
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| July 3rd 1898 | | US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
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| July 3rd 1898 | | Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe
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| July 3rd 1898 | | Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)
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| July 3rd 1898 | | American troops captured deserted Wake Island
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