03 July in history: 1608 - The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain. 1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days. 1944 - The U.S. First Army opened a general offensive to break out of the hedgerow area of Normandy, France. 1944 - During World War II, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk. 1950 - U.S. carrier-based planes attacked airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War. 1954 - Food rationing ended in Great Britain almost nine years after the end of World War II. 1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush formally inaugurated the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:30:21 +0000
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