What happend on 3rd July

02.07
04.07
1890

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

1886

The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

1884

Dow Jones published its 1st stock average.

1866

Austro-Prussian War decided at Battle of Königgratz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.

1863

U.S. Civil War: The final and bloodiest day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

1852

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

1848

Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands).

1844

The last pair of Great Auks is killed.

1839

The first state normal school in the United States opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students.

1819

The first savings bank in the United States (The Bank of Savings in New York City) opens.