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| Birthday July 04, 1753 Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US |
| Birthday July 04, 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (The Scarlet Letter). |
| Birthday July 04, 1807 Giuseppe Garibaldi, unifier of Italy. |
| Birthday July 04, 1826 Stephen Foster, American composer (Oh, Susanna, Swanee River). |
| Birthday July 04, 1867 Stephen Mather, organizer of the US National Park Service. |
| Birthday July 04, 1872 Calvin Coolidge, (R), 30th pres (1923-29) |
| Birthday July 04, 1878 George M Cohan, entertainer |
| Birthday July 04, 1883 Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult. |
| Birthday July 04, 1900 Louis Armstrong, 'Satchmo' |
| Birthday July 04, 1902 Meyer Lansky, mobster |
| Birthday July 04, 1902 George Murphy, Actor, dancer, Calif Sen |
| Birthday July 04, 1911 Mitch Miller |
| Birthday July 04, 1912 Virginia Graham, TV personality |
| Birthday July 04, 1916 Tokyo Rose |
| Birthday July 04, 1918 Abigail Van Buren & Ann Landers, twin sisters, advice columnists |
| Birthday July 04, 1921 Gerard Debreu, French economist (Nobel 1983). |
| Birthday July 04, 1924 Eva Marie Saint, Actress Newark |
| Birthday July 04, 1927 Neil Simon, playwright |
| Birthday July 04, 1927 Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon born |
| Birthday July 04, 1928 Steven Boyd, Actor |
| Birthday July 04, 1928 Gina Lollobrigida, Actress/photographer, Italy |
| Birthday July 04, 1930 George Steinbrenner, NY Yankees owner. |
| Birthday July 04, 1962 Pam Shriver, Tennis player |
| History July 04, 1054 Brightest known super-nova starts shining for 23 days |
| History July 04, 1057 Crab Nebula supernova recorded by Chinese & Japanese astronomers. |
| History July 04, 1776 American colonies declare independence |
| History July 04, 1776 Declaration of Independence -- US gains independence from Britain. |
| History July 04, 1802 US Milt Academy officially opened at West Point NY |
| History July 04, 1804 Lewis and Clark celebrate July 4 |
| History July 04, 1819 William Herschel makes last telescopic observation comet of 1819. |
| History July 04, 1826 Death of the founding fathers |
| History July 04, 1826 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die |
| History July 04, 1826 2nd & 3rd presidents-John Adams & Thomas Jefferson die |
| History July 04, 1828 1st US passenger railroad was begun Baltimore & Ohio |
| History July 04, 1831 James Monroe the fifth president died |
| History July 04, 1845 Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond |
| History July 04, 1855 First edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is published |
| History July 04, 1862 Lewis Carroll began inventing the story of Alice in Wonderland for his friend Alice Pleasance Liddell during a boating trip |
| History July 04, 1863 Boise Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho) |
| History July 04, 1863 Confederates surrender Vicksburg |
| History July 04, 1873 Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens |
| History July 04, 1876 1st public exhibition of electric light in SF |
| History July 04, 1882 Telegraph Hill Observatory opens in SF. |
| History July 04, 1884 Statue of Liberty was presented to US in Paris |
| History July 04, 1889 Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting. |
| History July 04, 1894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of the 1st US autos |
| History July 04, 1894 Republic of Hawaii established. |
| History July 04, 1900 Aphelion Passage |
| History July 04, 1903 Pacific Cable (SF Hawaii Guam Phil) opens FDR sends message |
| History July 04, 1911 Heat wave strikes Northeast |
| History July 04, 1917 U.S. troops march through Paris to Lafayette's tomb |
| History July 04, 1919 Dempsey defeats Willard |
| History July 04, 1933 Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge |
| History July 04, 1939 Yankees retire 1st uniform #4 Lou Gehrig 1st Old Timers Day |
| History July 04, 1942 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW2) |
| History July 04, 1943 Polish general fighting for justice dies tragically |
| History July 04, 1946 Philippines gains independence from US |
| History July 04, 1954 A sensationalized murder trial inspires The Fugitive |
| History July 04, 1957 Fiat unveils the Nuova Cinquecento |
| History July 04, 1959 America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled |
| History July 04, 1960 Mickey Mantle hits career homer # 300 |
| History July 04, 1960 America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled |
| History July 04, 1963 South Vietnamese officers plot coup |
| History July 04, 1965 Mariner 4 flies past Mars sends 1st close-up photos. |
| History July 04, 1966 LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act |
| History July 04, 1967 Freedom of Information Act goes into effect |
| History July 04, 1968 Thieu vows to wipe out corruption |
| History July 04, 1976 Raid on Entebbe - Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers |
| History July 04, 1976 The Clash play their first live gig |
| History July 04, 1982 Fourth Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 4 returns to Earth |
| History July 04, 1982 Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe for championship at Wimbeldon |
| History July 04, 1983 Yankee Dave Righetti no hits the Red Sox |
| History July 04, 1984 Yuri Sedykh of USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m. |
| History July 04, 1985 Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins |
| History July 04, 1987 Soviets rock for peace |
| History July 04, 1987 Martina Navaratalova wins her 6th straight Wimbeldon |
| History July 04, 1997 Pathfinder lands on Mars |