21 Things That Happened on 4th of July Over The Ages
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Beginning, of course, with 4th of July 1776.
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1. 1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress (duh).
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2. 1881 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American general, grandson of President Grant is born (d. 1968).
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3. 1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
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4. 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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5. 1902 – Meyer Lansky, Belarusian-American gangster is born (d. 1983).
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 1934 – Leo Szilard patented the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
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9. 1938 – Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer was born.
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10. 1941 – Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv.
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11. 1943 – Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author is born.
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12. 1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence.
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13. 1950 – Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
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14. 1964 – Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer was born.
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15. 1973 – Gackt, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor is born.
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16. 1973 – Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager was also born.
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17. 1982 – Hannah Harper, American porn actress and director is born.
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18. 1982 – Michael Sorrentino, American model and celebrity was born.
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19. 1997 – NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
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20. 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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21. 2009 – The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure.
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