MONDAY, July 03, 2023

1608 ― City of Quebec founded by Samuel de Champlain

1754 ― George Washington surrenders to French, Fort Necessity (Seven Years' War)

1775 ― Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass

1806 ― Michael Keens exhibits first cultivated strawberry

1886 ― First NY Tribune printing using first commercial linotype machine

1890 ― Idaho admitted as 43rd U.S. state

1916 ― First of three fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (four die)

1930 ― Veterans Administration created

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

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

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

1989 ― “Batman” sets record for quickest movie earnings with $100M in 10 days

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