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Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is found dead of an apparent accidental drowning on July 3, 1969.

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On July 3, 1958, President Dwight D.

Pioneering Heart Surgery: A Landmark Operation Transforms Patient's Life in 1952

French battleships could have fallen into German hands in 1940. There seemed to be only one thing to do. And on this day Winston Churchill did it . . .

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Foam Rubber Revolutionizes Comfort and Innovation in 1929, Transforming Everyday Products

On July 3, 1918, with Turkish forces in the final months of fighting against the Allied powers during World War I, Mohammed V, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies at the age of 73.