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| July 4th, 2008 (July 04 2008) | Death | Charles Wheeler, British journalist (born in 1923) | |
| July 4th, 2008 (July 04 2008) | Death | Jesse Helms, American politician (born in 1921) | |
| July 4th, 2008 (July 04 2008) | Death | Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (born in 1980) | |
| July 4th, 2008 (July 04 2008) | Death | Thomas M. Disch, American science fiction author (born in 1940) | |
| July 4th, 2007 (July 04 2007) | Death | Bar?s Akarsu, Turkish rock musician (born in 1979) | |
| July 4th, 2007 (July 04 2007) | Death | Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (born in 1925) | |
| July 4th, 2006 (July 04 2006) | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-121 MissionSpace Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC. | |
| July 4th, 2006 (July 04 2006) | Event | North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea. | |
| July 4th, 2005 (July 04 2005) | Event | The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1. | |
| July 4th, 2005 (July 04 2005) | Death | Hank Stram, American football coach (born in 1923) | |
| July 4th, 2004 (July 04 2004) | Event | 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) | |
| July 4th, 2004 (July 04 2004) | Death | Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (born in 1920) | |
| July 4th, 2004 (July 04 2004) | Death | Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), an eccentric street entertainer in Nottingham, England (born in 1932) | |
| July 4th, 2003 (July 04 2003) | Birth | Alessia di Matteo, Italian medical figure (died in 2005) | |
| July 4th, 2003 (July 04 2003) | Death | Barry White, American singer (born in 1944) | |
| July 4th, 2003 (July 04 2003) | Death | Andre Claveau, French singer (born in 1915) | |
| July 4th, 2002 (July 04 2002) | Death | Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (born in 1912) | |
| July 4th, 2002 (July 04 2002) | Death | Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (born in 1951) | |
| July 4th, 2002 (July 04 2002) | Death | Winnifred Quick, American Titanic survivor (born in 1904) | |
| July 4th, 2001 (July 04 2001) | Death | Keenan Milton, Professional Skater (born in 1974) | |
| July 4th, 2000 (July 04 2000) | Death | Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (born in 1919) | |
| July 4th, 1999 (July 04 1999) | Death | Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917) | |
| July 4th, 1997 (July 04 1997) | Event | NASA s Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. | |
| July 4th, 1997 (July 04 1997) | Death | Charles Kuralt, American television presenter (born in 1934) | |
| July 4th, 1997 (July 04 1997) | Death | John Zachary Young, English zoologist (born in 1907) | |
| July 4th, 1995 (July 04 1995) | Death | Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (born in 1919) | |
| July 4th, 1995 (July 04 1995) | Death | Bob Ross, American artist and television host (born in 1942) | |
| July 4th, 1994 (July 04 1994) | Death | Joey Marella, American professional wrestling referee (born in 1964) | |
| July 4th, 1993 (July 04 1993) | Event | Sumitomo Chemical s resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others. | |
| July 4th, 1993 (July 04 1993) | Death | Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician and historian (born in 1903) | |
| July 4th, 1992 (July 04 1992) | Death | Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer (born in 1921) | |
| July 4th, 1991 (July 04 1991) | Death | Victor Chang, Australian physician (born in 1936) | |
| July 4th, 1988 (July 04 1988) | Death | Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (born in 1954) | |
| July 4th, 1987 (July 04 1987) | Event | In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment. | Klaus Barbie Quotes |
| July 4th, 1986 (July 04 1986) | Birth | Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer | |
| July 4th, 1986 (July 04 1986) | Death | Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (born in 1899) | |
| July 4th, 1986 (July 04 1986) | Death | Flor Peeters, Belgian composer, organist, and teacher (born in 1903) | |
| July 4th, 1984 (July 04 1984) | Birth | Gina Glocksen, American singer | |
| July 4th, 1984 (July 04 1984) | Birth | Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer | |
| July 4th, 1984 (July 04 1984) | Death | Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (born in 1949) | |
| July 4th, 1983 (July 04 1983) | Birth | Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model | |
| July 4th, 1983 (July 04 1983) | Birth | Ben Jorgensen, American musician | |
| July 4th, 1983 (July 04 1983) | Birth | Andy Mrotek, American musician | |
| July 4th, 1982 (July 04 1982) | Event | Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982): four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon. | |
| July 4th, 1982 (July 04 1982) | Death | Terry Higgins, early British AIDS death (born in 1945) | |
| July 4th, 1981 (July 04 1981) | Birth | Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1980 (July 04 1980) | Death | Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (born in 1895) | |
| July 4th, 1979 (July 04 1979) | Death | Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer (born in 1905) | |
| July 4th, 1978 (July 04 1978) | Birth | Vicky Kaya, Greek supermodel and actress | |
| July 4th, 1978 (July 04 1978) | Birth | Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak) | |
| July 4th, 1978 (July 04 1978) | Birth | Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer | |
| July 4th, 1978 (July 04 1978) | Birth | Becki Newton, American actress | |
| July 4th, 1977 (July 04 1977) | Birth | Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel | |
| July 4th, 1977 (July 04 1977) | Death | Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (born in 1918) | |
| July 4th, 1976 (July 04 1976) | Event | Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. | |
| July 4th, 1976 (July 04 1976) | Birth | Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (died in 2003) | |
| July 4th, 1976 (July 04 1976) | Death | Antoni Slonimski, Polish poet (born in 1895) | |
| July 4th, 1975 (July 04 1975) | Birth | Tania Davis, Australian violist | |
| July 4th, 1975 (July 04 1975) | Death | Georgette Heyer, English author (born in 1902) | |
| July 4th, 1974 (July 04 1974) | Birth | La Roi Glover, American football player | |
| July 4th, 1974 (July 04 1974) | Birth | Vince Spadea, American tennis player | |
| July 4th, 1973 (July 04 1973) | Birth | Gackt, Japanese singer | |
| July 4th, 1973 (July 04 1973) | Birth | Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver | |
| July 4th, 1973 (July 04 1973) | Birth | Michael Johnson, English-born Jamaican footballer | Michael Johns Quotes |
| July 4th, 1973 (July 04 1973) | Birth | Jan Magnussen, Danish racing driver | |
| July 4th, 1973 (July 04 1973) | Birth | Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player | |
| July 4th, 1971 (July 04 1971) | Birth | Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician | |
| July 4th, 1971 (July 04 1971) | Birth | Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1971 (July 04 1971) | Birth | Koko, sign-language gorilla | |
| July 4th, 1971 (July 04 1971) | Birth | Andrew Murray, English entrepreneur | |
| July 4th, 1971 (July 04 1971) | Birth | Ned Zelic, Australian soccer player | |
| July 4th, 1971 (July 04 1971) | Death | August Derleth, American writer and editor (born in 1909) | |
| July 4th, 1970 (July 04 1970) | Birth | Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer | |
| July 4th, 1970 (July 04 1970) | Death | Barnett Newman, American artist (born in 1905) | |
| July 4th, 1970 (July 04 1970) | Death | Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (born in 1884) | |
| July 4th, 1969 (July 04 1969) | Event | Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They were the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives. | |
| July 4th, 1969 (July 04 1969) | Event | The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie. | |
| July 4th, 1968 (July 04 1968) | Birth | Jack Frost, American musician | |
| July 4th, 1967 (July 04 1967) | Birth | Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1967 (July 04 1967) | Birth | Andy Walker, Canadian television personality | |
| July 4th, 1967 (July 04 1967) | Birth | Rick Wilkins, American baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1966 (July 04 1966) | Event | President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act goes into effect the next year. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
| July 4th, 1966 (July 04 1966) | Event | The Beatles, in the Phillipines to give two concerts, are accused of standing up Imelda Marcos. Their entourage is beaten up at the airport. | |
| July 4th, 1966 (July 04 1966) | Birth | Lee Reherman, American actor | |
| July 4th, 1965 (July 04 1965) | Birth | Horace Grant, American basketball player | Horace Quotes |
| July 4th, 1964 (July 04 1964) | Birth | Cle Kooiman, American soccer player | |
| July 4th, 1964 (July 04 1964) | Birth | Mark Slaughter, American singer | |
| July 4th, 1963 (July 04 1963) | Birth | Henri Leconte, French former tennis player | |
| July 4th, 1963 (July 04 1963) | Birth | Matt Malley, American musician | |
| July 4th, 1963 (July 04 1963) | Birth | Jose Oquendo, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1963 (July 04 1963) | Death | Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (born in 1889) | |
| July 4th, 1962 (July 04 1962) | Birth | Neil Morrissey, English actor | Morrissey Quotes |
| July 4th, 1962 (July 04 1962) | Birth | Pam Shriver, American former tennis player | |
| July 4th, 1961 (July 04 1961) | Event | Walt Disney is one of the two main speakers on the Independence Day in The Rebild Hills at Skorping in Denmark | Walt Disney Quotes |
| July 4th, 1961 (July 04 1961) | Birth | Richard Garriott, English video game designer | |
| July 4th, 1960 (July 04 1960) | Event | Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawai?i 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). | |
| July 4th, 1960 (July 04 1960) | Birth | Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler | |
| July 4th, 1960 (July 04 1960) | Birth | Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racing driver (died in 1994) | |
| July 4th, 1959 (July 04 1959) | Event | 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. | |
| July 4th, 1959 (July 04 1959) | Birth | Victoria Abril, Spanish actress | |
| July 4th, 1958 (July 04 1958) | Birth | Kirk Pengilly, Australian musician | |
| July 4th, 1957 (July 04 1957) | Birth | Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand | |
| July 4th, 1955 (July 04 1955) | Birth | John Waite, English singer | |
| July 4th, 1954 (July 04 1954) | Birth | Jim Beattie, American baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1952 (July 04 1952) | Birth | Alvaro Uribe Velez, Colombian politician | |
| July 4th, 1951 (July 04 1951) | Birth | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician | |
| July 4th, 1950 (July 04 1950) | Event | The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe. | |
| July 4th, 1950 (July 04 1950) | Birth | David Jensen, Canadian-born British radio DJ | |
| July 4th, 1948 (July 04 1948) | Birth | Ed Armbrister, baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1948 (July 04 1948) | Birth | Rene Arnoux, French race car driver | |
| July 4th, 1948 (July 04 1948) | Birth | Tommy Korberg, Swedish singer and actor | |
| July 4th, 1948 (July 04 1948) | Birth | Jeremy Spencer, English musician | |
| July 4th, 1948 (July 04 1948) | Death | Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (born in 1882) | |
| July 4th, 1947 (July 04 1947) | Event | The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before British House of Commons, suggesting bifurcation of British India into two sovereign countriesIndia and Pakistan. | |
| July 4th, 1947 (July 04 1947) | Birth | Morganna Roberts, American entertainer | |
| July 4th, 1946 (July 04 1946) | Event | After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule, the Philippines is granted full independence by the United States. | |
| July 4th, 1946 (July 04 1946) | Birth | Tish Howard, American model | |
| July 4th, 1946 (July 04 1946) | Birth | Ron Kovic, American peace activist | |
| July 4th, 1946 (July 04 1946) | Birth | Michael Milken, American financier | |
| July 4th, 1946 (July 04 1946) | Birth | Ed O Ross, American actor | |
| July 4th, 1946 (July 04 1946) | Death | Gerda Steinhoff, Nazi concentration camp overseer (born in 1922) | |
| July 4th, 1944 (July 04 1944) | Birth | Ray Meagher, Australian actor | |
| July 4th, 1943 (July 04 1943) | Birth | Konrad "Conny" Bauer, German musician | |
| July 4th, 1943 (July 04 1943) | Birth | Geraldo Rivera, American reporter | |
| July 4th, 1943 (July 04 1943) | Birth | Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (died in 1970) | |
| July 4th, 1943 (July 04 1943) | Birth | Emerson Boozer, American football player | |
| July 4th, 1943 (July 04 1943) | Birth | Milan Macala, Czech football coach | |
| July 4th, 1942 (July 04 1942) | Birth | Hal Lanier, American baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1942 (July 04 1942) | Birth | Floyd Little, American football player | |
| July 4th, 1942 (July 04 1942) | Birth | Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (died in 2008) | |
| July 4th, 1941 (July 04 1941) | Event | Nazi Germans massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Polish city of Lwow. | |
| July 4th, 1941 (July 04 1941) | Death | Antoni Lomnicki, Polish mathematician (born in 1881) | |
| July 4th, 1940 (July 04 1940) | Birth | Karolyn Grimes, American actress | |
| July 4th, 1939 (July 04 1939) | Event | Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball. | |
| July 4th, 1938 (July 04 1938) | Birth | Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter | |
| July 4th, 1938 (July 04 1938) | Death | Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democratic politician (born in 1881) | |
| July 4th, 1938 (July 04 1938) | Death | Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (born in 1899) | |
| July 4th, 1937 (July 04 1937) | Birth | Sonja Haraldsen, Queen of Norway (spouse of King Harald V of Norway) | |
| July 4th, 1937 (July 04 1937) | Birth | Thomas Nagel, American philosopher | Thomas Nagel Quotes |
| July 4th, 1935 (July 04 1935) | Birth | Paul Scoon, Governor General of Grenada | |
| July 4th, 1934 (July 04 1934) | Event | Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb. | Leo Szilard Quotes |
| July 4th, 1934 (July 04 1934) | Birth | Colin Welland, English actor | |
| July 4th, 1934 (July 04 1934) | Death | Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics (born in 1867) | |
| July 4th, 1931 (July 04 1931) | Birth | Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (died in 1977) | |
| July 4th, 1931 (July 04 1931) | Birth | Sebastien Japrisot, French author, film director and sreenwriter (died in 2003) | |
| July 4th, 1931 (July 04 1931) | Death | Buddie Petit, American jazz musician (born in 1895) | |
| July 4th, 1931 (July 04 1931) | Death | Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (born in 1869) | |
| July 4th, 1930 (July 04 1930) | Birth | Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor | |
| July 4th, 1930 (July 04 1930) | Birth | George Steinbrenner, American businessman | |
| July 4th, 1930 (July 04 1930) | Birth | Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower | |
| July 4th, 1929 (July 04 1929) | Birth | Al Davis, American businessman | |
| July 4th, 1929 (July 04 1929) | Birth | Chuck Tanner, American baseball player | |
| July 4th, 1929 (July 04 1929) | Birth | Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (died in 1998) | |
| July 4th, 1927 (July 04 1927) | Event | First flight of the Lockheed Vega. | |
| July 4th, 1927 (July 04 1927) | Birth | Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress | |
| July 4th, 1927 (July 04 1927) | Birth | Neil Simon, American playwright | |
| July 4th, 1926 (July 04 1926) | Birth | Alfredo Di Stefano, Argentine-Spanish footballer | |
| July 4th, 1926 (July 04 1926) | Death | Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (born in 1901) | |
| July 4th, 1924 (July 04 1924) | Birth | Eva Marie Saint, American actress | |
| July 4th, 1923 (July 04 1923) | Birth | Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor | |
| July 4th, 1922 (July 04 1922) | Death | Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (born in 1894) | |
| July 4th, 1921 (July 04 1921) | Birth | Gerard Debreu, French economist, Nobel laureate (died in 2004) | |
| July 4th, 1921 (July 04 1921) | Birth | Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist (died in 2003) | |
| July 4th, 1920 (July 04 1920) | Birth | Norm Drucker, American basketball referee | |
| July 4th, 1920 (July 04 1920) | Birth | Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (died in 2007) | |
| July 4th, 1918 (July 04 1918) | Event | Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne. | |
| July 4th, 1918 (July 04 1918) | Event | Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date). | Julian Quotes |
| July 4th, 1918 (July 04 1918) | Birth | Ann Landers, American advice columnist (died in 2002) | Ann Landers Quotes |
| July 4th, 1918 (July 04 1918) | Birth | Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist | |
| July 4th, 1918 (July 04 1918) | Birth | King Taufa ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (died in 2006) | |
| July 4th, 1918 (July 04 1918) | Birth | Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (died in 1984) | |
| July 4th, 1917 (July 04 1917) | Birth | Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (died in 1947) | |
| July 4th, 1916 (July 04 1916) | Birth | Iva Toguri D Aquino, American World War II figure (died in 2006) | |
| July 4th, 1916 (July 04 1916) | Death | Alan Seeger, American war poet (born in 1888) | |
| July 4th, 1912 (July 04 1912) | Birth | Viviane Romance, French actress (died in 1991) | |
| July 4th, 1911 (July 04 1911) | Birth | Mitch Miller, American entertainer | |
| July 4th, 1910 (July 04 1910) | Event | African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States. | Jack Johnson Quotes |
| July 4th, 1910 (July 04 1910) | Birth | Gloria Stuart, American actress | |
| July 4th, 1910 (July 04 1910) | Death | Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (born in 1833) | |
| July 4th, 1910 (July 04 1910) | Death | Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (born in 1835) | |
| July 4th, 1907 (July 04 1907) | Birth | Gordon Griffith, American director (died in 1958) | |
| July 4th, 1907 (July 04 1907) | Birth | Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (died in 1996) | |
| July 4th, 1905 (July 04 1905) | Birth | Irving Johnson, American adventurer (died in 1991) | |
| July 4th, 1905 (July 04 1905) | Death | Elisee Reclus, French anarchist (born in 1830) | |
| July 4th, 1904 (July 04 1904) | Birth | Angela Baddeley, English actress (died in 1976) | |
| July 4th, 1903 (July 04 1903) | Birth | Flor Peeters, Belgian composer, organist and teacher (died in 1986) | |
| July 4th, 1902 (July 04 1902) | Birth | Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American gangster (died in 1983) | |
| July 4th, 1902 (July 04 1902) | Birth | George Murphy, American entertainer (died in 1992) | |
| July 4th, 1902 (July 04 1902) | Death | Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (born in 1863) | Swami Vivekananda Quotes |
| July 4th, 1901 (July 04 1901) | Death | Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (born in 1843) | |
| July 4th, 1898 (July 04 1898) | Birth | Dr. Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian (died in 1997) | |
| July 4th, 1898 (July 04 1898) | Birth | Gertrude Lawrence, English-born actress (died in 1952) | |
| July 4th, 1896 (July 04 1896) | Birth | Mao Dun, Chinese writer (died in 1981) | |
| July 4th, 1895 (July 04 1895) | Birth | Irving Caesar, American lyricist and composer (died in 1996) | Irving Caesar Quotes |
| July 4th, 1894 (July 04 1894) | Event | The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole. | |
| July 4th, 1892 (July 04 1892) | Event | Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4. | |
| July 4th, 1891 (July 04 1891) | Death | Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (born in 1809) | |
| July 4th, 1887 (July 04 1887) | Event | The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi. | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
| July 4th, 1886 (July 04 1886) | Event | The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States. | |
| July 4th, 1886 (July 04 1886) | Event | The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia. | |
| July 4th, 1883 (July 04 1883) | Birth | Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (died in 1970) | |
| July 4th, 1882 (July 04 1882) | Birth | Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (died in 1957) | Louis B. Mayer Quotes |
| July 4th, 1882 (July 04 1882) | Death | Joseph Brackett, American composer (born in 1797) | Joseph Brackett Quotes |
| July 4th, 1881 (July 04 1881) | Event | In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens. | |
| July 4th, 1881 (July 04 1881) | Birth | Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (died in 1968) | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| July 4th, 1881 (July 04 1881) | Death | Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (born in 1806) | |
| July 4th, 1872 (July 04 1872) | Birth | Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (died in 1933) | Calvin Coolidge Quotes |
| July 4th, 1868 (July 04 1868) | Birth | Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer (died in 1921) | |
| July 4th, 1865 (July 04 1865) | Event | Alice s Adventures in Wonderland is published. | |
| July 4th, 1863 (July 04 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Siege of VicksburgVicksburg, 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. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| July 4th, 1862 (July 04 1862) | Event | Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. | Lewis Carroll Quotes |
| July 4th, 1859 (July 04 1859) | Event | Austro-Sardinian War: the Battle of Magenta. | |
| July 4th, 1857 (July 04 1857) | Death | William L. Marcy, American statesman (born in 1786) | |
| July 4th, 1855 (July 04 1855) | Event | In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman s book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published. | Walt Whitman Quotes |
| July 4th, 1854 (July 04 1854) | Birth | Victor Babes, Romanian bacteriologist (died in 1926) | |
| July 4th, 1854 (July 04 1854) | Death | Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (born in 1781) | |
| July 4th, 1850 (July 04 1850) | Death | William Kirby, English entomologist (born in 1759) | |
| July 4th, 1848 (July 04 1848) | Death | Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, French writer (born in 1768) | Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand Quotes |
| July 4th, 1847 (July 04 1847) | Birth | James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (died in 1906) | |
| July 4th, 1845 (July 04 1845) | Event | Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond (see Walden). | Henry David Thoreau Quotes |
| July 4th, 1845 (July 04 1845) | Birth | Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (died in 1905) | |
| July 4th, 1840 (July 04 1840) | Event | 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. | |
| July 4th, 1838 (July 04 1838) | Event | The Iowa Territory is organized. | |
| July 4th, 1837 (July 04 1837) | Event | Grand Junction Railway, the world s first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. | |
| July 4th, 1831 (July 04 1831) | Death | James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (born in 1758) | James Monroe Quotes |
| July 4th, 1827 (July 04 1827) | Event | Slavery is abolished in New York State. | |
| July 4th, 1826 (July 04 1826) | Birth | Stephen Foster, American songwriter (died in 1864) | Stephen Foster Quotes |
| July 4th, 1826 (July 04 1826) | Death | John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (born in 1735) | John Adams Quotes |
| July 4th, 1826 (July 04 1826) | Death | Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (born in 1743) | Thomas Jefferson Quotes |
| July 4th, 1821 (July 04 1821) | Death | Richard Cosway, English artist (born in 1742) | |
| July 4th, 1817 (July 04 1817) | Event | At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins. | |
| July 4th, 1816 (July 04 1816) | Birth | Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (died in 1899) | |
| July 4th, 1810 (July 04 1810) | Event | The French occupy Amsterdam. | |
| July 4th, 1807 (July 04 1807) | Birth | Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (died in 1882) | |
| July 4th, 1804 (July 04 1804) | Birth | Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (died in 1864) | Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes |
| July 4th, 1803 (July 04 1803) | Event | The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people. | |
| July 4th, 1802 (July 04 1802) | Event | At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens. | |
| July 4th, 1799 (July 04 1799) | Birth | King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (died in 1859) | |
| July 4th, 1790 (July 04 1790) | Birth | George Everest, Welsh surveyor (died in 1866) | |
| July 4th, 1787 (July 04 1787) | Death | Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, Marshal of France (born in 1715) | |
| July 4th, 1780 (July 04 1780) | Death | Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (born in 1712) | |
| July 4th, 1778 (July 04 1778) | Event | Forces under George Rogers Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign. | |
| July 4th, 1776 (July 04 1776) | Event | American Revolution: the United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress | |
| July 4th, 1761 (July 04 1761) | Death | Samuel Richardson, English writer (born in 1689) | Samuel Richardson Quotes |
| July 4th, 1754 (July 04 1754) | Event | Lt-Col. George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers. | George Washington Quotes |
| July 4th, 1754 (July 04 1754) | Death | Philippe Nericault Destouches, French dramatist and author (born in 1680) | |
| July 4th, 1742 (July 04 1742) | Death | Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (born in 1671) | |
| July 4th, 1719 (July 04 1719) | Birth | Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (died in 1797) | |
| July 4th, 1715 (July 04 1715) | Birth | Christian Furchtegott Gellert, German poet (died in 1769) | |
| July 4th, 1694 (July 04 1694) | Birth | Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (died in 1772) | |
| July 4th, 1648 (July 04 1648) | Death | Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (born in 1601) | |
| July 4th, 1636 (July 04 1636) | Event | City of Providence, Rhode Island forms. | Ovid Quotes |
| July 4th, 1634 (July 04 1634) | Event | The city of Trois-Rivieres is founded in New France, later to become the Canadian province of Quebec. | |
| July 4th, 1623 (July 04 1623) | Death | William Byrd, English composer | William Byrd Quotes |
| July 4th, 1603 (July 04 1603) | Death | Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (born in 1521) | |
| July 4th, 1546 (July 04 1546) | Birth | Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1595) | |
| July 4th, 1546 (July 04 1546) | Death | Hayreddin Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (born in 1478) | |
| July 4th, 1541 (July 04 1541) | Death | Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (born in 1495) | |
| July 4th, 1359 (July 04 1359) | Event | Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forli surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz. | |
| July 4th, 1330 (July 04 1330) | Birth | Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (died in 1367) | |
| July 4th, 1253 (July 04 1253) | Event | Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre. | |
| July 4th, 1187 (July 04 1187) | Event | The Crusades: Battle of HattinSaladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. | |
| July 4th, 1187 (July 04 1187) | Death | Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch | |
| July 4th, 1120 (July 04 1120) | Event | Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew s death. | |
| July 4th, 1054 (July 04 1054) | Event | A supernova is observed by the Chinese, the Arabs and possibly Amerindians near the star ? Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. | |
| July 4th, 0993 (July 04 0993) | Event | Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized. | |
| July 4th, 0973 (July 04 0973) | Death | Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (born in 890) | |
| July 4th, 0965 (July 04 0965) | Death | Pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (born in unknown) | |
| July 4th, 0943 (July 04 0943) | Death | Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (born in 877) | |
| July 4th, 0907 (July 04 0907) | Death | Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria | |
| July 4th, 0836 (July 04 0836) | Event | Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples | |
