July 3

Theme Park Happenings

 * 1998 - Innoventions opens in the new Tomorrowland at Disneyland.

Television

 * 2009 - The Phineas and Ferb episodes Thaddeus and Thor and De Plane! De Plane! premiere on Disney Channel.

Births

 * 1910 - Marcellite Garner (artist and voice actress)
 * 1939 - Jay Tarses (television comedy writer and producer)
 * 1955 - Jesse Corti (voice actor)
 * 1964 - Toshiharu Sakurai (Japanese voice actor)
 * 1987 - Sebastian Vettel (German racing driver)

Deaths

 * 1908 - Joel Chandler Harris (journalist, fiction writer and folklorist)
 * 1989 - Jim Backus (radio, television, film and voice actor)
 * 2009 - David Carradine (actor, director and martial artist)
 * 2010 - Rue McClanahan (actress)