Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 3
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[edit] Births
- 1567 - Samuel de Champlain, (pictured) French explorer (d. 1635)
- 1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924)
- 1940 - Lamar Alexander junior United States Senator from Tennessee
- 1946 - Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
- 1957 - 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
[edit] Deaths
- 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)
