TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012

Today is Tuesday, July 3, the 185th day of 2012. There are 181 days left in the year.

1886 ― First NY Tribune printing using first commercial linotype machine

1898 ― Joshua Slocum completes first solo circumnavigation of the globe

1939 ― Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler

1950 ― First time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in the Korean War

1982 ― Martina Navratilova defeats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbledon

1983 ― Calvin Smith of U.S. becomes fastest man alive (9.93 seconds for 100 m)

1986 ― President Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty

1987 ― Two men became first hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic

1988 ― U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290

1991 ― Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45-karat diamond ring