11 Things That Happened This Day In History - 3rd July 1. 1775 - Commander in Chief George Washington takes charge of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass 2. 1863 - The most decisive battle of the American Civil War, The Battle of Gettysburg, ends 3. 1962 - Actor Tom Cruise is born 4. 1966 - Demonstrators in London are arrested after their protest against the Vietnam War turns violent 5. 1969 - Brian Jones (formerly of the Rolling Stones) is found dead in his swimming pool at his home in Hatfield, England 6. 1971 - Jim Morrison, the lead singer of American rock group The Doors dies of heart failure in Paris, aged 27 7. 1986 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan leads ceremonies to unveil the newly restored Statue of Liberty 8. 1987 - The Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie / the Butcher of Lyon and the former head of the Gestapo is found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment 9. 1988 - An American naval warship patrolling in the Persian Gulf shoots down an Iranian passenger jet after apparently mistaking it for a fighter plane 10. 1998 - After many months of negotiations, together with a bidding war with BMW and high court battles, Rolls Royce is sold to Volkswagen for £479m 11. 2009 - Sarah Palin announces that she will resign from her office as Governor of Alaska
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