July 4

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 4. From 1900 until now. July 4 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Victoria Abril (1959), Gina Lollobrigida (1927) and Malia Ann Obama (1998). Several movies were released around July 4 over the years, such as Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon in 1995 directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto and The Secret World of Arrietty in 2010 directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
But much more happened on July 4 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Filipino-American Friendship Day
In astronomy, the approximate date of Earth's aphelion.
United States and Denmark - Independence Day (1776)

Events

2019 Sanctions against Iran: Royal Marines seize control of an oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar that was en route to Baniyas in Syria, suspected of breaching EU sanctions against Syria, carrying Iranian crude oil. The United Kingdom's Ambassador to Iran, Robert Macaire, is summoned in Tehran over the incident, which Iran describes as an "illegal seizure". (BBC)
2018 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Clashes break out between Israeli security forces and Bedouin residents in Khan al-Ahmar, West Bank, as Israeli bulldozers prepare to demolish the village. The Supreme Court of Israel ruled that its residents could be evicted on May 24, while such relocation is considered illegal under international humanitarian law. (Reuters)
2017 A garment factory boiler explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills 10 people and injures dozens. (Reuters)
2016 Terrorism in Malaysia: Malaysia confirms it has suffered its first bombing by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during the previous week raising fears about the spread of influence of the militant group. (The New York Times)
2015 War in Donbass: A rally of war veterans in Kiev calls for Ukraine to abandon the Minsk II ceasefire agreement and to declare war on pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region. Despite two ceasefire agreements since September, combat operations, including the use of heavy artillery and ballistic missiles, never stopped. (BBC)
2014 An 11-story building under construction collapses in the Indian city of Chennai, crushing to death 61 people, most of them workers on site. (CNN) (BBC News)
2013 The Statue of Liberty opens for the first time since Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage to Liberty Island in New York harbor in late October 2012. (The Atlantic Wire)
2012 CERN announces the discovery of a new particle with properties consistent with the Higgs boson after experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.ref name=cern1207
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 Australia celebrates indigenous culture with NAIDOC Week with the 2010 theme 'Unsung Heroes - Closing the Gap by Leading Their Way'.(ABC)(NAIDOC)
2009 The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after 8 years, due to security reasons following the World Trade Center attacks.
2008 A fire sweeps through the Biological Museum at Djurgården in Stockholm, leaving parts of the 115-year-old landmark charred and severely damaged. (Svenska Dagbladet) (Dagens Nyheter)
2007 The 50-star U.S. flag becomes the longest-flying American flag, replacing the 48-star flag that flew from 1912 to 1959.
2006 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.
2005 The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2004 Groundbreaking takes place for the Freedom Tower begins at Ground Zero in New York City.
2003 A Shia Muslim mosque in Quetta, Pakistan, is stormed by armed attackers, killing at least 32 worshippers and wounding 52. (The Guardian)
2001 The film Cats & Dogs is released.
1997 US space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars
1996 Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins
1995 Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs. Winnipeg)
1994 Russian manned space craft TM-18, lands
1993 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier (76 76 36 63)
1992 99th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (62 61)
1991 President of Colombia César Gaviria lifts a seven-year-long state of siege.
1990 2 Live Crew release Banned in the USA the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address
1989 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide
1988 102nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Becker (46 76 64 62)
1987 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (75 63)
1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial half his ashes next to N Senzaki
1983 New York Yankees' Dave Righetti no-hits the Boston Red Sox.
1982 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie
1980 Nolan Ryan strikes out Ceasar Geronimo to record his 3000th career strike out.
1979 Algerian ex-President Ben Bella freed
1978 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order
1977 Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie
1976 Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt, New York
1975 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61)
1974 Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days
1973 CARICOM - Caribbean Community and Common Market, forms
1972 The first Rainbow Gathering is held in Colorado.
1971 Michael S. Hart posts the first e-book, a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's mainframe computer, the origin of Project Gutenberg..
1970 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61)
1969 Give Peace a Chance by Plastic Ono Band is released in the UK
1968 Yachtsman Alec Rose, 59, receives a hero's welcome as he sails into Portsmouth, England after his 354-day round-the-world trip.
1967 Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
1966 Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos
1965 Homophile activists picket at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the first in a series of Annual Reminders of the second-class status of LGBT people in the United States.
1964 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63)
1962 Island Records begins
1961 Walt Disney is one of the two main speakers on the Independence Day in The Rebuild Hills at Sk?rping in Denmark.
1960 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
1959 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63)
1958 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11)
1957 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase
1956 US most intense rainfall (1.23 inches in one minute) at Unionville, Maryland.
1954 WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins
1953 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75)
1952 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62)
1950 Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
1947 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62)
1946 Anti Jewish riots in Kielce Poland, 42 die
1944 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy
1942 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WWII)
1941 Latvia partisans shoot 416 Jews dead
1940 British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
1939 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.
1938 1st game at Shribe Park, Phila; Braves beat Phillies 10-5
1936 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75)
1934 Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment
1933 Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge.
1932 Bradman scores 260, a North American record, vs. Western Ontario
1931 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium
1930 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62)
1927 Ir Sukarno forms PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia
1926 Baronie soccer team forms in Breda Neth
1925 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86)
1923 Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1919 ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms
1918 Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Washington.
1914 The Archduke's funeral takes place at Artstetten (50 miles west of Vienna), Austria-Hungary.
1913 37th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A F Wilding beats McLoughlin (86 63 10-8)
1912 Jack Johnson TKOs Jim Flynn in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1911 Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak.
1910 Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 New York Giants George "Hooks" Witse no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn.
1907 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1906 Gr Brit, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia
1905 Philadelphia Athletics beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game.
1903 Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President Theodore Roosevelt sends message.
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