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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 03/07
JULY 3RD

1890 – King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium

1962 – Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)

1988 – The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus

2013 – Egypt’s president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour appointed interim president

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika)

1937 – Tom Stoppard, Zlin Czech, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony)

1962 – Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman)

1971 – Julian Assange, Queensland, Australia, Wikileaks founder

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 02/07
JULY 2ND

1823 – Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.

1916 – Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism

1967 – Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) & 1st amateur to US Women’s open golf tournament

2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

2004 – ASEAN Regional Forum accepts Pakistan as its 24th member.¨

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1877 – Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946), (d.1962)