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2008-07-04
Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2009-01-6
Births
1330-07-04 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)
1546-07-04 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
1694-07-04 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772)
1715-07-04 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769)
1719-07-04 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)
1790-07-04 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest (d. 1866)
1799-07-04 - King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)
1804-07-04 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
1807-07-04 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (d. 1882)
1826-07-04 - Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864)
1845-07-04 - Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (d. 1905)
1847-07-04 - James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (d. 1906)
1854-07-04 - Victor Babeş, Romanian bacteriologist (d. 1926)
1872-07-04 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
1878-07-04 - George M. Cohan, American entertainer (d. 1942)
1881-07-04 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)
1882-07-04 - Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)
1883-07-04 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
1896-07-04 - Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)
1898-07-04 - Dr. Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian (d. 1997)
1902-07-04 - Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster (d. 1983)
1902-07-04 - George Murphy, American entertainer (d. 1992)
1904-07-04 - Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)
1905-07-04 - Irving Johnson, American adventurer (d. 1991)
1907-07-04 - Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958)
1910-07-04 - Gloria Stuart, American actress
1911-07-04 - Mitch Miller, American entertainer
1916-07-04 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American thought to be Tokyo Rose in World War II (d. 2006)
1917-07-04 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
1918-07-04 - Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
1918-07-04 - Abigail Van Buren American advice columnist
1918-07-04 - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, Tongan king (d. 2006)
1920-07-04 - Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
1921-07-04 - Gerard Debreu, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1921-07-04 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist (d. 2003)
1923-07-04 - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor
1924-07-04 - Eva Marie Saint, American actress
1926-07-04 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine footballer
1927-07-04 - Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
1927-07-04 - Neil Simon, American playwright
1929-07-04 - Bill Tuttle, baseball player (d. 1998)
1929-07-04 - Al Davis, football team owner
1930-07-04 - George Steinbrenner, baseball team owner
1930-07-04 - Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor
1930-07-04 - Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
1931-07-04 - Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (d. 1977)
1938-07-04 - Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter
1942-07-04 - Floyd Little, American football player
1942-07-04 - Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister
1943-07-04 - Konrad "Conny" Bauer, German musician
1943-07-04 - Geraldo Rivera, American reporter
1943-07-04 - Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (d. 1970)
1946-07-04 - Ron Kovic, American peace activist
1946-07-04 - Ed O'Ross, American actor
1948-07-04 - Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer
1951-07-04 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician
1952-07-04 - Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician
1960-07-04 - Sid Eudy, professional wrestler
1960-07-04 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1994)
1961-07-04 - Richard Garriott, English video game designer
1962-07-04 - Pam Shriver, American tennis player
1963-07-04 - José Oquendo, baseball player
1966-07-04 - Lee Reherman, American actor
1967-07-04 - Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player
1967-07-04 - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
1967-07-04 - Michael Daniel Peters, American computer security expert
1973-07-04 - Gackt, Japanese singer
1973-07-04 - Tony Popovic, Australian footballer
1973-07-04 - Michael Johnson, England-born Jamaican footballer
1973-07-04 - Jan Magnussen, Danish racing driver
1974-07-04 - La'Roi Glover, American football player
1975-07-04 - Tania Davis, violist from bond
1976-07-04 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1983-07-04 - Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
1984-07-04 - Akanishi Jin, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
Bizarre
2006-07-04 - Independence Day (U.S.)
2006-07-04 - National Country Music Day
2006-07-04 - Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
2007-07-04 - Independence Day
2007-07-04 - Independence Day (U.S.)
2007-07-04 - National Country Music Day
2007-07-04 - Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
Deaths
2039-07-04 - St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
2021-07-04 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 186)
2048-07-04 - Proclus, Greek philosopher (b. 412)
1999-07-04 - Adalbert of Prague, bishop, patron saint of Bohemia, Poland, Hungary, and Prussia (b. ca. 956
1187-07-04 - Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch
1541-07-04 - Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (b. 1495)
1603-07-04 - Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521)
1623-07-04 - William Byrd, English composer
1742-07-04 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)
1754-07-04 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (b. 1680)
1761-07-04 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)
1780-07-04 - Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (b. 1712)
1787-07-04 - Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
1821-07-04 - Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742)
1826-07-04 - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
1826-07-04 - Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
1831-07-04 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
1848-07-04 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer (b. 1768)
1850-07-04 - William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759)
1857-07-04 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786)
1881-07-04 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)
1882-07-04 - Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)
1891-07-04 - Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809)
1898-07-04 - Youssuf Ishmaelo, wrestler (b. 1857)
1901-07-04 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (b. 1843)
1902-07-04 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863)
1905-07-04 - Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830)
1910-07-04 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835)
1916-07-04 - Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888)
1922-07-04 - Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894)
1926-07-04 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian mountaineer (b. 1901)
1931-07-04 - Buddie Petit, American jazz musician (b. 1895)
1931-07-04 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1869)
1934-07-04 - Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics (b. 1867)
1938-07-04 - Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democratic politician (b. 1881)
1938-07-04 - Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
1941-07-04 - Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)
1970-07-04 - Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905)
1970-07-04 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1884)
1975-07-04 - Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
1976-07-04 - Antoni Slonimski, Polish poet (b. 1895)
1977-07-04 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918)
1982-07-04 - Terry Higgins, early British AIDS death
1986-07-04 - Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
1988-07-04 - Adrian Adonis, professional wrestler
1991-07-04 - Victor Chang, Australian physician (b. 1936)
1992-07-04 - Ástor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer (b. 1921)
1994-07-04 - Joey Marella, American wresting referee (b. 1964)
1995-07-04 - Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919)
1995-07-04 - Bob Ross, American artist and television host (b. 1942)
1997-07-04 - Charles Kuralt, American television presenter (b. 1934)
1997-07-04 - John Zachary Young, English zoologist (b. 1907)
1999-07-04 - Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917)
2000-07-04 - Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
2002-07-04 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912)
2002-07-04 - Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951)
2003-07-04 - Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
2004-07-04 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)
2004-07-04 - Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), an eccentric street entertainer in Nottingham, England (b. 1932)
2005-07-04 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
Events
2052-07-04 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
2021-07-04 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
2046-07-04 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
1934-07-04 - Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
1939-07-04 - Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considered himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.
1941-07-04 - Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers, committed by Nazi Germans in captured Polish city of Lwów.
1946-07-04 - After 381 years of colonial rule, the Philippines is granted full independence by the United States.
1947-07-04 - "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before British House of Commons, suggesting bifurcation of British India into two sovereign coutries - India and Pakistan.
1950-07-04 - First broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
1954-07-04 - "The miracle of Bern", Germany wins the FIFA World Cup in Switzerland against Hungary.
1959-07-04 - With the admission of Alaska as the 49th U.S. state earlier in the year, the 49-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1960-07-04 - 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).
1966-07-04 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act goes into effect the next year.
1970-07-04 - Popular syndicated radio show, "American Top 40", hosted by "Casey Kasem, debuts.
1976-07-04 - Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
1976-07-04 - The United States celebrates its bicentennial.
1982-07-04 - Four Iranian diplomats kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon.
1987-07-04 - In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
1992-07-04 - USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz Class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy is commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia.
1997-07-04 - NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
1998-07-04 - Netherlands defeated Argentina 2-1 in the FIFA World Cup in Marseille, France, with Patrick Kluivert scoring in the 12th minute, and Dennis Bergkamp scoring in the 89th minute. Claudio López also scored in the 17th
1999-07-04 - David Beckham marries Victoria Adams in Ireland
2004-07-04 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)
2005-07-04 - The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2006-07-04 - Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC . The first Independence Day shuttle launch.
2006-07-04 - North Korea tests four short-range missiles one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The latter reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
1054-07-04 - A supernova is observed by the Chinese, the Arabs and possibly Amerindians near the star ζ Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
1120-07-04 - Jordan II of Capua anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death
1187-07-04 - The Crusades: Battle of Hattin - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
1253-07-04 - Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre
1636-07-04 - City of Providence, Rhode Island forms.
1712-07-04 - 11 slaves are executed in New York for starting an uprising that killed 9 whites
1774-07-04 - Orangetown Resolutions adopted in Tappan, New York in Rockland County.
1776-07-04 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress approves a Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. (The Lee Resolution of independence had been passed on July 2nd.)
1802-07-04 - At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.
1803-07-04 - The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
1810-07-04 - The French occupy Amsterdam.
1817-07-04 - At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
1826-07-04 - Former American presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die, fifty years to the day after the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence.
1827-07-04 - Slavery is abolished in New York State.
1837-07-04 - Grand Junction Railway, world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
1838-07-04 - The Iowa Territory is organized.
1840-07-04 - The Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end.
1845-07-04 - Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond (see Walden).
1859-07-04 - Austro-Sardinian War: The Battle of Magenta.
1862-07-04 - Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
1863-07-04 - American Civil War: Battle 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.
1865-07-04 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published.
1881-07-04 - In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
1886-07-04 - First scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia.
1887-07-04 - Founder of Pakistan, Qauid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
1892-07-04 - Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4.
1894-07-04 - The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
1910-07-04 - African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.
1918-07-04 - Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
1918-07-04 - Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
1927-07-04 - First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
1934-07-04 - Joe Louis wins his first professional boxing match.
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