TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Sunday, July 3, the 184th day of 2022. There are 181 days left in the year. Today’s highlight

On July 3, 1976, Israel launched its daring mission to rescue 106 passengers and Air France crew members being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-palestinian hijackers; the commandos succeeded in rescuing all but four of the hostages.

On this date In 1775, Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass.

In 1863, the three-day Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops failed to breach Union positions during an assault known as Pickett’s Charge.

In 1944, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk from the Germans.

In 1950, the first carrier strikes of the Korean War took place as the U.S. Navy’s Valley Forge and Triumph sent fighter planes against North Korean targets.

In 1971, singer Jim Morrison of The Doors died in Paris at age 27. In 1979, Dan White, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of San Francisco Mayor George

Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison. (He ended up serving five years.)

Today’s birthdays

Playwright Tom Stoppard is

85. Actor Michael Cole (“The Mod Squad”) is 82. Attorney Gloria Allred is 81. Singer Judith Durham (The Seekers) is 79. Humorist Dave Barry is

75. Actor Betty Buckley is 75. Actor Jan Smithers is 73. Actor Bruce Altman is 67. Talk show host Montel Williams is

66. Singer Aaron Tippin is 64. Actor Tom Cruise is 60. Actor Thomas Gibson is 60. Actor Hunter Tylo is 60. Actor Connie Nielsen is 58. Actor Olivia Munn is 42.