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July 3

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In 1608, the city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.

In 1863, the three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.  Some 7,000 men are believed to have died in the battle.  President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the battlefield the following November.

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Movie director Ken Russell  (1927)

Jazz musician Pete Fountain  (1930)

Playwright Tom Stoppard  (1937)

Actress Betty Buckley  (1947)

Former Haitian President-for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier  
(1951)

Singer Laura Branigan  (1957)

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"Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises."
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Samuel Butler, English author (1835-1902)