Democratically elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was overthrown in a military coup on July 3, 2013, just two years after mass protests in the country led to the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, who was president for almost 30 years. Morsi died in prison in 2019. Read a contemporary report of the coup from The Guardian.

On July 3, 1978, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Federal Communications Commission had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words sketch. Read FCC v. Pacifica Foundation.

On July 3, 1954, the United Kingdom ended food rationing that had begun during World War II on January 8, 1940. Learn more about British food rationing from the Imperial War Museums.