Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 3
Births
[edit]- 1567 – Samuel de Champlain, (pictured) French explorer (d. 1635)
- 1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924)
- 1940 – Lamar Alexander, United States Senator from Tennessee
- 1946 – Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
- 1952 – Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)
- 1959 – Julie Burchill, British journalist and author
- 1960 – Vince Clarke, British songwriter (of the bands Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure)
- 1962 – Tom Cruise, American actor
- 1970 – Teemu Selänne, Finnish hockey player
Deaths
[edit]- 1914 – Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (b. 1836)
- 1971 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)
- 1994 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934)
- 1995 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
- 2001 – Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b. 1931)