WikiPedia:Selected anniversaries/July 3

323 - Constantine the Great defeated Licinius.
987 - Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that ruled France till the French Revolution in 1792.
1608 - Quebec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1863 - Pickett's Charge occurred during the final and bloodiest day of fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg, marking a turning point in the American Civil War.
1938 - The LNER "Mallard" reached a speed of 203 km/h (126 mph), a world record for a steam railway locomotive.
1964 - President Lyndon Johnson of the United States signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting racial segregation in public places.

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