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• ... that Blue Tilapia (pictured) have become the most widespread foreign fish in Florida waters since their introduction in 1961, and are now a serious management problem in Everglades National Park?
• ... that the Doctor Who episode "The Stolen Earth" features cameo appearances by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and comedian Paul O'Grady?
• ... that Art Ross, the first head coach of the Boston Bruins, served four stints as head coach?
• ... that 29 Norwegian civilians were shot in reprisal by the Nazi regime in Norway following the Norwegian resistance's assassination of police chief Karl Marthinsen in February of 1945?
• ... that the San Fernando Building in Los Angeles, California, recently converted into upscale lofts, was raided several times for illegal gambling operations between 1910 and 1930?
• ... that the 1946 earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan caused a 6-meter (20-ft) tsunami that destroyed 2,100 homes?
• ... that lyric coloratura soprano Harolyn Blackwell replaced opera diva Kathleen Battle when she famously got fired from the Metropolitan Opera?
  

• Íngrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages are rescued by the Colombian government after being held captive by the FARC guerillas for six years.
• A Palestinian man drives a front-end loader (pictured) into several vehicles in Jerusalem, killing three before being shot dead.
• A four-day state of emergency is declared in Mongolia after violent protests follow the legislative elections.
• Thousands of Chinese riot in Guizhou, targeting local government buildings and officials over an alleged police cover-up of the death of a teenage girl.
• Robert Mugabe is sworn in for his sixth term as President of Zimbabwe after a controversial run-off presidential election in which opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew his candidacy due to election-related violence.

July 3: Independence Day in Belarus

• 1608 – French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City, considered to be the first European-built city in non-Spanish North America.
• 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed or tortured over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.
• 1844 – The last known pair of Great Auks (illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans shown), the only species in the genus Pinguinus, were killed in Eldey off the coast of Iceland.
• 1863 – Pickett's Charge, a disastrous Confederate infantry assault against Union Army positions, 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 broke the world speed record for a steam railway locomotive, reaching a speed of 126 miles per hour (203 km/h).

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