July 3 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1608, French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded the Canadian town of Quebec. In 1775, George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass. In 1863, the Union army under the command of Gen. George Meade defeated Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, Pa. In 1890, Idaho became the 43rd state of the United States of America. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI In 1915, J.P. Morgan Jr., son of renowned banker