Event:
Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
More Notable Events on July 3:
1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
1986 President Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
1952 Puerto Rico's constitution approved by U.S. Congress
1890 Idaho admitted as 43rd U.S. state
1886 In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile
