On This Day: What happened on 03 July?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 03 July, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

1962 | President De Gaulle of France pronounced Algeria an independent country on 3rd July (but the official date for celebration of independence is 5th July).

1972 | Themba Sono is expelled from SASO.

1990 | Liberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign.

1992 | South Africa’s Fifa membership reinstated.

2013 | Egyptian Coup d’etat: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is overthrown by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for Morsi’s resignation, to which he did not respond.

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DEATHS

1983 | South African nutritional scientists and medical educator, Professor John Fleming “Jack” Brok.

2020 | Indian dance choreographer, known as “The Mother of Dance/Choreography in India”, Saroj Khan.

BIRTHDAYS

1941 | Algerian politician, 4th President of Algeria, Liamine Zéroual.

1976 | Zimbabwean Cricketer and sportscaster, Henry Olonga.

1976 | Zimbabwean-South African rugby union player, Bobby Skinstad.

1980 | South African swimmer, Roland Schoeman.

SPORT

2009 | Ethiopian athletes Deresse Mekonnen and Kenenisa Bekele take first place in the men’s 1 mile and 5000m races respectively at the 2009 Golden League.

2009 | Kenyan athletes Collins Cheboi and Richard Bartale take first place in the men’s 1500m and the 3000m races respectively at the 2009 Golden League.

2009 | Ethiopian athlete Meseret Defar and Kenyan athlete Ruth Bisibori Nyangau take first place in the women’s 5000m and 3000m steeplechase respectively at the 2009 Golden League.

ENTERTAINMENT

1928 | John Logie Baird demonstrates the first colour television transmission in London.

2018 | Cardi B becomes first female rapper to get two number one US Billboard hits, with “I Like It” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin.

AFRICA FACT

While people keep expecting to see tigers in Africa, there aren’t any! Wild tigers are found in Asia, and not in Africa.