July 3rd (1940) was a Wednesday. It's the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 181 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 3rd July, 1940
» World War II: In order to stop the ships from falling into German hands the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers El Kébir, Attack on Mers-el-Kébir is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: Frenc
Famous Birthdays on July 3 in 1940
» Lamar Alexander, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Education
» Fontella Bass, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
» Jerzy Buzek, Polish engineer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Poland
» César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994)
July 3rd Famous Deaths for 1940
» Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan politician, Mayor of Chișinău (b. 1882)
July 3rd Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Germanus of Man
» Latest day on which Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic feast days called Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary can fall, while May 30 is the earliest; celebrated 20 days after Pentecost. (Catholic Church)
» Heliodorus of Altino
» Mucian
» Patriarch Anatolius of Constantinople
» Pope Leo II
» Thomas (Apostle) (Catholic and others), one of four days in the year on which Quarter Sessions sat, although the Anglican Communion and others celebrate Thomas on December 21.
» July 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Emancipation Day U.S. Virgin Islands named Emancipation Day (United States Virgin Islands)
» Independence Day, celebrates the liberation of Minsk from Nazi Germany known as Nazi occupation by Soviet troops in 1944. (Belarus)