July 04

Monday 04, 2005:

The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.

Friday 04, 1997:

NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.

Monday 04, 1910:

African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.

Wednesday 04, 1855:

In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems titled Leaves of Grass is published.

Tuesday 04, 1826:

Fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, on which John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two of America's Founding Fathers, died.

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