21 Things That Happened on 4th of July Over The Ages
Kenneth Coo
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06/30/2015
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Beginning, of course, with 4th of July 1776.
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1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress (duh). -
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1881 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American general, grandson of President Grant is born (d. 1968). -
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1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States. -
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1892 – Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year it had 367 days, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4. Yeah, double the Independence. -
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1902 – Meyer Lansky, Belarusian-American gangster is born (d. 1983). -
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1911 – A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities. -
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1914 – The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo, which is considered what started World War I. -
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1934 – Leo Szilard patented the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb. -
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1938 – Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer was born. -
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1941 – Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv. -
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1943 – Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author is born. -
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1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence. -
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1950 – Radio Free Europe first broadcasts. -
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1964 – Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer was born. -
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1973 – Gackt, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor is born. -
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1973 – Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager was also born. -
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1982 – Hannah Harper, American porn actress and director is born. -
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1982 – Michael Sorrentino, American model and celebrity was born. -
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1997 – NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. -
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2004 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. -
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2009 – The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure.
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