July 3 in history: • 1810 – Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811: A French frigate squadron under Guy-Victor Duperré defeated a convoy of three British East Indiamen near the Comoro Islands. → go there • 1970 – The Troubles: The British Army began the Falls Curfew in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which resulted in greater Irish republican resistance. → go there • 1988 – The US Navy warship Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. → go there • 2005 – Same-sex marriage became legal in Spain under a law passed by the Cortes Generales. → go there • 2017 – In the U.S. state of Arizona, the Boundary Fire (pictured) burned out after 32 days, burning of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests. → go there Born 1518: Li Shizhen Wiki link Born 1936: Jerónimo Saavedra Wiki link Born 1992: Crystal Dunn Wiki link Died 2025: André Silva Wiki link Pictured: The 2017 Boundary Fire.