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What happend on 4. July in History
In our data base we found 426 events happened on 4. July:
• 68: Salonina Matidia, Roman daughter of Ulpia Marciana (d. 119) [category: Births]
• 414: Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria who reigns as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 836: Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples. [category: Events]
• 907: Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria [category: Deaths]
• 943: Taejo of Goryeo (b. 877) [category: Deaths]
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• 965: Pope Benedict V [category: Deaths]
• 973: Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890) [category: Deaths]
• 993: Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized. [category: Events]
• 1054: A supernova is seen by Chinese, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. [category: Events]
• 1120: Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death. [category: Events]
• 1187: Raynald of Châtillon, French knight (b. 1125) [category: Deaths]
• 1187: The Crusades: Battle of Hattin – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 1253: Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre. [category: Events]
• 1330: Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367) [category: Births]
• 1359: Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz. [category: Events]
• 1456: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins. (Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe) [category: Events]
• 1534: Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye. [category: Events]
• 1541: Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (b. 1495) [category: Deaths]
• 1546: Murad III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1595) [category: Births]
• 1546: Hayreddin Barbarossa, Greek-Turkish navy officer (b. 1478) [category: Deaths]
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• 1551: Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (b. 1514) [category: Deaths]
• 1569: The King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus finally sign the document of union between Poland and Lithuania, creating new country known as Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. [category: Events]
• 1603: Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521) [category: Deaths]
• 1610: The Battle of Klushino between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish-Muscovite War. [category: Events]
• 1623: William Byrd, English composer (b. 1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1634: The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (Quebec, Canada) [category: Events]
• 1636: City of Providence, Rhode Island forms. [category: Events]
• 1641: Pedro Teixeira, Portuguese explorer [category: Deaths]
• 1642: Marie de' Medici, French wife of Henry IV of France (b. 1573) [category: Deaths]
• 1648: Antoine Daniel, French missionary (b. 1601) [category: Deaths]
• 1694: Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772) [category: Births]
• 1715: Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769) [category: Births]
• 1719: Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1742: Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois ceded lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, is signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1754: Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers. [category: Events]
• 1761: Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689) [category: Deaths]
• 1774: Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts [category: Events]
• 1776: American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. [category: Events]
• 1778: American Revolutionary War: American forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign. [category: Events]
• 1780: Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712) [category: Deaths]
• 1787: Charles, Prince of Soubise (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: George Everest, Welsh surveyor and geographer (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1799: Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1802: At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens. [category: Events]
• 1803: The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people. [category: Events]
• 1804: Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1807: Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian military and politician (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1810: The French occupy Amsterdam. [category: Events]
• 1816: Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian club whiskey (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1817: At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins. [category: Events]
• 1821: Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1826: John Adams, American politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: Thomas Jefferson American politician,3rd President of the United States (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. [category: Events]
• 1827: Slavery is abolished in New York State. [category: Events]
• 1831: James Monroe, American politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Samuel Francis Smith wrote My Country, 'Tis of Thee for the Boston, MA July 4th festivities. [category: Events]
• 1837: Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. [category: Events]
• 1838: The Iowa Territory is organized. [category: Events]
• 1845: Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1847: James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1848: François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1850: William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: Bill Tilghman, American police officer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1854: Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1854: Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published. [category: Events]
• 1857: William L. Marcy, American politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1862: Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg – Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. 150 miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after its loss at the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North. [category: Events]
• 1865: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published. [category: Events]
• 1867: Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and industrialist (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1868: Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1868: Johannes van Dijk, Dutch rower (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1872: Calvin Coolidge, American politician, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1874: John McPhee, Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1878: Thoroughbred horses Ten Broeck and Mollie McCarty run a match race, immortalized in the song Molly and Tenbrooks. [category: Events]
• 1879: Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burnt to the ground, thus, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee. [category: Events]
• 1881: Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1881: Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and statesman (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. [category: Events]
• 1882: Louis B. Mayer, Canadian-American film producer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1882: Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1886: The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia. [category: Events]
• 1886: The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1887: The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi. [category: Events]
• 1888: Henry Armetta, Italian-born American character actor (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1891: Hannibal Hamlin, American politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4. [category: Events]
• 1894: The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole. [category: Events]
• 1895: Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1896: Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1897: Alluri Sita Rama Raju, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1898: Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1898: Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1901: Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: George Murphy, American actor and politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1902: Meyer Lansky, Russian-American gangster (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1902: Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Flor Peeters, Belgian composer, organist, and teacher (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1903: Dorothy Levitt is reported as the first woman in the world to compete in a 'motor race'. [category: Events]
• 1903: Philippine–American War officially ends. [category: Events]
• 1904: Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1905: Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: Lionel Trilling, American critic, author, and teacher (d.1975) [category: Births]
• 1905: Élisée Reclus, French geographer, writer, and anarchist (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1907: Howard Taubman, American critic (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1910: Gloria Stuart, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1910: Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States. [category: Events]
• 1911: Mitch Miller, American singer, musician, and producer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1912: Viviane Romance, French actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1913: President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913. [category: Events]
• 1914: The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo. [category: Events]
• 1916: Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American-Japanese typist and broadcaster (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: Alan Seeger, American poet (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ann Landers, American columnist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1918: Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1918: Pauline Phillips, American columnist and radio host, created Dear Abby (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1918: Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Tongan king (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: Nicholas II of Russia (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date). [category: Events]
• 1918: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne. [category: Events]
• 1920: Fritz Wilde, German footballer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1920: Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1920: Norm Drucker, American basketball referee [category: Births]
• 1921: Gérard Debreu, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1921: Philip Rose, American Broadway producer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1921: Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1922: Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss politician and lawyer [category: Births]
• 1924: Eva Marie Saint, American actress [category: Births]
• 1926: Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1926: Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1927: Neil Simon, American playwright [category: Births]
• 1927: First flight of the Lockheed Vega. [category: Events]
• 1928: Chuck Tanner, American baseball player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1928: Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1929: Al Davis, American football executive (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1929: Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1929: Peter Angelos, American businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1930: George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1930: Mher Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1930: Yuri Tyukalov, Russian rower [category: Births]
• 1931: Lawrie Dring, English scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1931: Stephen Boyd, Irish actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1931: Sébastien Japrisot, French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1931: Buddie Petit, American cornettist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian runner [category: Births]
• 1934: Colin Welland, English actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Peter Behn, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Yvonne B. Miller, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb. [category: Events]
• 1935: Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Zdzisława Donat, Polish soprano [category: Births]
• 1937: Queen Sonja of Norway [category: Births]
• 1937: Thomas Nagel, American philosopher [category: Births]
• 1938: Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1938: John Sterling, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1938: Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1938: Otto Bauer, Austrian politician (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball. [category: Events]
• 1940: Karolyn Grimes, American actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Brian Willson, American lawyer and activist [category: Births]
• 1941: Pavel Sedláček, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1941: Sam Farr, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv. [category: Events]
• 1942: Floyd Little, American football player [category: Births]
• 1942: Hal Lanier, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1942: Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (Earth Opera and Old and in the Way) [category: Births]
• 1942: Prince Michael of Kent [category: Births]
• 1942: Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1943: Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and musician (Canned Heat) (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1943: Conny Bauer, German trombonist [category: Births]
• 1943: Emerson Boozer, American football player [category: Births]
• 1943: Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author [category: Births]
• 1943: Milan Máčala, Czech football coach [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle at Prokhorovka village. [category: Events]
• 1944: Joe Berardo, Portuguese businessman [category: Births]
• 1944: Ray Meagher, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1945: Bruce French, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Ed O'Ross, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Michael Milken, American businessman, financier, and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1946: Ron Kovic, American activist [category: Births]
• 1946: Tish Howard, American model [category: Births]
• 1946: Gerda Steinhoff, German concentration camp overseer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States. [category: Events]
• 1947: The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the partition of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries – India and Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 1948: Ed Armbrister, Bahamian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: Jeremy Spencer, English musician (Fleetwood Mac) [category: Births]
• 1948: Phil Wheatley, English civil servant [category: Births]
• 1948: René Arnoux, French race car driver [category: Births]
• 1948: Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: François Brandt, Dutch rower (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: David Jensen, Canadian-English disk jockey [category: Births]
• 1950: Philip Craven, English wheelchair basketball player [category: Births]
• 1950: Tonio K, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe. [category: Events]
• 1951: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland [category: Births]
• 1951: Vladimir Tismăneanu, Romanian-American political scientist [category: Births]
• 1951: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on a charge of espionage. [category: Events]
• 1951: William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor. [category: Events]
• 1952: Álvaro Uribe, Colombian politician, 39th President of Colombia [category: Births]
• 1954: Jim Beattie, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1954: Morganna, American model and dancer [category: Births]
• 1955: John Waite, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Babys and Bad English) [category: Births]
• 1956: Mark Belling, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1957: Chulabhorn Walailak Thai princess [category: Births]
• 1957: Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1958: Carl Valentine, English-Canadian footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Kirk Pengilly, Australian singer and musician (INXS) [category: Births]
• 1958: Steve Hartman, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1959: Victoria Abril, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Barry Windham, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1960: Mark Steel, English columnist and comedian [category: Births]
• 1960: Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1960: Sid Vicious, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1960: Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act). [category: Events]
• 1961: Richard Garriott, English video game designer [category: Births]
• 1962: Neil Morrissey, English actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Pam Shriver, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1963: Henri Leconte, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1963: José Oquendo, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Laureano Márquez, Venezuelan humorist and politologist [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Sweet, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Stryper and Boston) [category: Births]
• 1963: William Ramallo, Bolivian footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Bernard Freyberg, New Zealander soldier and statesman (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Cle Kooiman, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1964: Elie Saab, Lebanese fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1964: Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Slaughter and Vinnie Vincent Invasion) [category: Births]
• 1964: Mark Whiting, American director, writer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American organist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Harvey Grant, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Horace Grant, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Jo Whiley, English radio host [category: Births]
• 1966: Lee Reherman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Minas Hantzidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act goes into effect the next year. [category: Events]
• 1967: Andy Walker, Canadian journalist [category: Births]
• 1967: Rick Wilkins, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Jack Frost, American guitarist (Seven Witches and The Bronx Casket Co.) [category: Births]
• 1968: Ronni Ancona, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Todd Marinovich, American football player [category: Births]
• 1969: Wilfred Mugeyi, Zimbabwean footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They are the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives. [category: Events]
• 1970: Christian Giesler, American bassist (Kreator) [category: Births]
• 1970: Tony Vidmar, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American industrialist (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies and The Brothers Creeggan) [category: Births]
• 1971: Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Koko, American sign language gorilla [category: Births]
• 1971: Ned Zelić, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: August Derleth, American writer and editor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Thomas C. Hart, American admiral (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Mike Knuble, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Nina Badrić, Croatian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Stephen Giles, Canadian canoer [category: Births]
• 1972: Vladimir Kozlov, Ukrainian-American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1972: William Goldsmith, American drummer (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, and The Fire Theft) [category: Births]
• 1973: Elton Williams, Montserratian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Gackt, Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Malice Mizer and Skin) [category: Births]
• 1973: Jan Magnussen, Danish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1973: Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1973: Michael Johnson, Jamaican footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Tony Popovic, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Adrian Griffin, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1974: La'Roi Glover, American football player [category: Births]
• 1974: Vince Spadea, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1974: Haj Amin al-Husseini, Palestinian Muslim nationalist (b. 1895 or 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Tania Davis, English-Australian violist (Bond) [category: Births]
• 1975: Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1976: Reggie Rolle, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian skier [category: Births]
• 1976: Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier and commander (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. [category: Events]
• 1977: Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish singer, musician, and producer (Scar Symmetry, Centinex, Raubtier, and Carnal Forge) [category: Births]
• 1977: Orri Páll Dýrason, Icelandic musician (Sigur Rós) [category: Births]
• 1977: Zoe Naylor, Australian actress, journalist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1977: Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit [category: Events]
• 1978: Andrea Gabriel, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Becki Newton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Katia Zygouli, Greek model and actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Stephen McNally, English singer-songwriter (BBMak) [category: Births]
• 1978: Vicky Kaya, Greek model and actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Kevin Thoms, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Mark Twitchell, Canadian murderer [category: Births]
• 1979: Renny Vega, Venezuelan footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Max Elliott Slade, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Adérito Waldemar Alves Carvalho, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Tahar Rahim, French actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Will Smith, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Hannah Harper, English porn actress and director [category: Births]
• 1982: The Situation, American model and author [category: Births]
• 1982: Terry Higgins, English AIDS victim (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982): four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon. [category: Events]
• 1983: Amantle Montsho, Botswana sprinter [category: Births]
• 1983: Andrew Mrotek, American singer and drummer (The Academy Is...) [category: Births]
• 1983: Ben Jorgensen, American singer-songwriter and musician (Armor for Sleep) [category: Births]
• 1983: Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model [category: Births]
• 1983: Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Spanish actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Gina Glocksen, American singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Lands) [category: Births]
• 1984: Miguel Santos Soares, Timorese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Kane Tenace, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Fanny Valette, French actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Holly Wellin, English porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1986: Mía Taveras, Dominican model and actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer and actor (NEWS and Tegomass) [category: Births]
• 1986: Flor Peeters, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Guram Kashia, Georgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment. [category: Events]
• 1988: Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress, model and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Benjamin Büchel, Liechtensteiner footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Rodgers Kola, Zambian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Yoon Doo-joon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Beast) [category: Births]
• 1989: Jack Haig, English actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Alyssa Miller, American model [category: Births]
• 1990: Backer Aloenouvo, Togolese footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: David Kross, German actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1990: Kelsi Crain, American model, Miss Louisiana 2010 [category: Births]
• 1990: Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Rishadi Fauzi, Indonesian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi, Bruneian runner [category: Births]
• 1991: Art Sansom, American cartoonist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Victor Chang, Australian physician (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Basim, Danish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1992: Nick Hissom, English model and singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Ástor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Thomas Barkhuizen, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Bona Arsenault, French-Canadian politician and historian (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Sumitomo Chemical's resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others. [category: Events]
• 1994: Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Bob Ross, American painter (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Charles Kuralt, American journalist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: John Zachary Young, English zoologist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. [category: Events]
• 1998: Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation. [category: Events]
• 1999: Leo Garel, American cartoonist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish writer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Keenan Milton, American skateboarder (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American Air Force general (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Winnifred Quick, American RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Barry White, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), English street entertainer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. [category: Events]
• 2005: Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1. [category: Events]
• 2006: North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan. [category: Events]
• 2007: Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Charles Wheeler, English journalist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Terrence Kiel, American football player (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Allen Klein, American businessman and talent agent (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Drake Levin, American guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jim Chapin, American drummer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks. [category: Events]
• 2009: The first of four days of bombings takes place on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao. [category: Events]
• 2010: Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese Shiite Muslim cleric and Hezbollah mentor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-Hungarian prince (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eric Sykes, English actor, writer, and director (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hiren Bhattacharyya, Indian poet (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jeong Min-Hyeong, South Korean footballer (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jimmy Bivins, American boxer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Peter Bennett, Australian footballer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Scamper, American rodeo horse (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Vinzenz Guggenberger, German bishop (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. [category: Events]
• _: Andrew of Crete [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bertha of Artois [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Catherine Jarrige [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Elizabeth of Portugal, patron saint of Coimbra (city holiday), known there as Rainha Santa Isabela. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the Declaration of Independence of the United States from Great Britain in 1776. (United States and its dependencies) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Rwanda) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Oda of Canterbury [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ulrich of Augsburg [category: Holidays and observances]