July 4
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July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year. Aphelion, the point during its orbit, when the Earth is furthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.
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Births [change]
- 1546 – Murat, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
- 1790 – George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
- 1799 – King Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859)
- 1804 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer Bananas (d. 1864)
- 1807 – Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (d. 1882)
- 1826 – Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864)
- 1867 – Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and conservationist (d. 1930)
- 1872 – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
- 1881 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)
- 1883 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
- 1898 – Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician (d. 1998)
- 1898 – Gertrude Lawrence, English-born actress (d. 1952)
- 1910 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1911 – Mitch Miller, American entertainer and musician (d. 2010)
- 1916 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, World War II figure, alleged Tokyo Rose (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
- 1918 – Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (d. 2006)
- 1918 – Abigail Van Buren, American columnist
- 1918 – Ann Landers, American writer and columnist (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Gerard Debreu, French economist (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- 1926 – Alfredo di Stefano, Argentine-born footballer
- 1927 – Neil Simon, American playwright
- 1928 – Giampiero Boniparti, Italian footballer
- 1930 – George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)
- 1937 – Sonja Haraldsen, Queen of Norway
- 1937 – Thomas Nagel, American philosopher
- 1943 – Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (d. 1970)
- 1943 – Heide Simonis, German politician
- 1943 – Adam Hart-Davis, British historian
- 1949 – Horst Seehofer, German politician
- 1951 – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
- 1952 – Alvaro Uribe, Colombian President
- 1957 – Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
- 1959 – Eirikur Hauksson, Icelandic singer
- 1960 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1994)
- 1962 – Pam Shriver, American tennis player
- 1963 – Ute Lemper, German singer
- 1965 – Giancarlo Marocchi, Italian footballer
- 1965 – Jo Whiley, British radio presenter
- 1970 – Tony Vidmar, Australian footballer
- 1971 – Koko the Gorilla, famous sign language Gorilla
- 1973 – Tony Popovic, Australian footballer
- 1978 – Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
- 1978 – Becki Newton, American actress
- 1986 – Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer
- 1998 – Malia Obama, daughter of US President Barack Obama
Deaths [change]
- 1826 – John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
- 1826 – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
- 1831 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
- 1848 – Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, French writer (b. 1768)
- 1881 – Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)
- 1888 – Theodor Storm, German writer (b. 1817)
- 1891 – Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
- 1910 – Melvin Weston Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
- 1910 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835)
- 1921 – Antoni Grabowski, early proponent of Esperanto (b. 1857)
- 1934 – Marie Curie, Polish-French chemist and physicist (b. 1867)
- 1938 – Otto Bauer, Austrian politician (b. 1881)
- 1938 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
- 1975 – Georgette Heyer, British writer (b. 1902)
- 1976 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier (in raid on Entebbe Airport) (b. 1946)
- 1995 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919)
- 2003 – Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
- 2008 – Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
- 2009 – Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931)
- 2010 – Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, Lebanese spiritual leader (b. 1935)
- 2011 – Otto von Habsburg, Austrian nobleman, aristocrat and politician (b. 1912)
Events [change]
- 1054 – Chinese astronomers observe a supernova.
- 1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway.
- 1569 – The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is created.
- 1776 – The 13 British colonies on the east coast of North America declare their independence. This is known as the Declaration of Independence, and is now celebrated as Independence Day in the US.
- 1826 – US Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both die on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1827 – Slavery is abolished in New York State.
- 1831 – US President James Monroe dies.
- 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg ends.
- 1872 – US President Calvin Coolidge is born.
- 1892 – Samoa experiences two occurrences of July 4, as the International Date Line is shifted to its west, meaning that Samoa has the experience of a 367-day year in 1892.
- 1894 – The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is declared by Sanford Dole.
- 1934 – Leo Szilard patents the chain reaction design for the Atomic Bomb.
- 1934 – Marie Curie dies.
- 1946 – The Philippines attain full independence from the United States.
- 1950 – Radio Free Europe is first broadcast.
- 1954 – West Germany wins the FIFA World Cup. A lot of controversy surrounds the 3-2 win over Hungary.
- 1954 – Following World War II, the United Kingdom ends food rationing.
- 1959 – In the US, the 49-star flag is introduced.
- 1960 – In the US, the 50-star flag is introduced.
- 1976 – Israeli commandos raid Entebbe Airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner that was seized by Palestinian terrorists.
- 1987 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is convicted of crimes against humanity.
- 2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
- 2004 – Greece's national football team, as a rank outsider, wins the European Championships.
- 2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
- 2009 – The crown of the Statue of Liberty is reopened after almost 8 years.
Holidays [change]
- Independence Day (United States)
- Filipino-American Friendship Day
- Liberation Day (Rwanda)
