WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019

1806 — Michael Keens exhibits first cultivated strawberry

1819 — First savings bank in U.S. (Bank of Savings in New York City) opens its doors

1848 — Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands)

1863 — Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends, major victory for North

1898 — U.S. Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba

1915 — U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934

1932 — First Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2

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

1974 — Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3

1976 — Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held by pro-Palestinian hijackers

1983 — John McEnroe regains men’s singles title at Wimbledon

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