What happend on 3rd July

02.07
04.07
1976

Israeli commandos rescue 105 hostages at Entebbe Airport, Uganda during Operation Yonatan.

1971

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

1970

A British Dan-Air De Havilland Comet chartered jetliner crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 people.

1969

Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones drowns in his swimming pool. The band plays a concert at Hyde Park, London two days later in his honor.

1964

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places.

1962

The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends

1952

Puerto Rico's Constitution is approved by the Congress of the United States.

1938

World record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the "Mallard", which reaches a speed of 203 km/h (126 mph).

1932

First Sunday game at Fenway Park, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 13-2, and John McGraw retires from baseball.

1928

First color television broadcast in London.