July 04

Monday 04, 2005:

The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.

Sunday 04, 2004:

National Team of Greece won the EURO 2004 Cup after the Final against Portugal with 1-0.

Thursday 04, 2002:

A Prestige Airlines cargo Boeing 707 crashes just short of the runway in Bangui, Central African Republic killing 25

Saturday 04, 1998:

Lin "Spit" Newborn and Daniel Shersty are murdered by neonazis in the desert just outside Las Vegas.

Friday 04, 1997:

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

Sunday 04, 1993:

The Argentine national football team defeats mexico to win the Copa América 1993 in Guayaquil.

Tuesday 04, 1989:

14-year-old actress Drew Barrymore attempts suicide.

Saturday 04, 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.

Wednesday 04, 1984:

NASCAR driver Richard Petty wins his 200th and final career victory at the Firecracker 400 race.

Sunday 04, 1982:

Four Iranian diplomats have been kidnapped upon Israel invasion of lebanon.

Sunday 04, 1976:

The citizens of the United States celebrate their country's bicentennial.

Monday 04, 1966:

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act goes into effect the next year.

Monday 04, 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).

Saturday 04, 1959:

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.

Tuesday 04, 1950:

First broadcast by Radio Free Europe.

Thursday 04, 1946:

After 381 years of colonial rule, the Philippines is granted full independence by the United States.

Friday 04, 1941:

Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers, committed by Nazi Germans in captured Polish city of Lwów.

Tuesday 04, 1939:

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.

Wednesday 04, 1934:

Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.

Monday 04, 1927:

First flight of the Lockheed Vega.

Thursday 04, 1918:

Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).

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, 1894:

The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.

Monday 04, 1881:

In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.

Tuesday 04, 1865:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published.

Saturday 04, 1863:

Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of seige.

Friday 04, 1862:

Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.

Monday 04, 1859:

Franco-Piedmontese War: The Battle of Magenta.

Wednesday 04, 1855:

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

Friday 04, 1845:

Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond (see Walden).

Saturday 04, 1840:

The Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic passenger cruise.

Wednesday 04, 1838:

The Iowa Territory is organized.

Tuesday 04, 1837:

Grand Junction Railway, world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.

Monday 04, 1831:

James Monroe dies on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Wednesday 04, 1827:

Slavery is abolished in New York State.

Tuesday 04, 1826:

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

Friday 04, 1817:

At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins.

Wednesday 04, 1810:

The French occupy Amsterdam.

Monday 04, 1803:

The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.

Sunday 04, 1802:

At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.

Thursday 04, 1776:

American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress approves a Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Monday 04, 1712:

1712 - 12 slaves are executed in New York for starting an uprising that killed 9 whites

Friday 04, 1636:

City of Providence, Rhode Island forms.

Wednesday 04, 1584:

Sir Walter Ralegh first sees the coast of North Carolina

Saturday 04, 1187:

Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.

Tuesday 04, 1054:

A supernova is observed by the Chinese and 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.

Thursday 04, 993:

Saint Ulrich of Augsburg canonized.

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