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File:Fourth of July fireworks behind the Washington Monument, 1986.jpg|Fireworks over the Washington Monument
File:Fourth of July fireworks behind the Washington Monument, 1986.jpg|Fireworks over the Washington Monument
File:Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull.jpg|”[[Declaration of Independence (Trumbull)|Declaration of Independence]]” by [[John Trumbull]]
File:Declaration of Independence.jpg| Declaration of Independence
File:Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrives at Number 10 Downing St (53836916571) (cropped).jpg|Keir Starmer at [[10 Downing Street]]
File:Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrives at Number 10 Downing St (53836916571) (cropped).jpg|Keir Starmer at [[10 Downing Street]]
File:Grand Union Flag.svg|The Grand Union Flag of the Thirteen Colonies in 1776
File:Grand Union Flag.svg|The Grand Union Flag of the Thirteen Colonies in 1776
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”'[[July 4]]”’: ”'[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]”’ in the United States ([[1776]]); ”'[[Republic Day (Philippines)|Republic Day]]”’ in the Philippines ([[1946]]); ”'[[Liberation Day (Rwanda)|Liberation Day]]”’ in Rwanda ([[1994]])
”'[[July 4]]”’: ”'[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]”’ in the United States ([[1776]]); ”'[[Republic Day (Philippines)|Republic Day]]”’ in the Philippines ([[1946]]); ”'[[Liberation Day (Rwanda)|Liberation Day]]”’ in Rwanda ([[1994]])
{{main page image/OTD|File:United States Declaration of Independence.jpg|The U.S. Declaration of Independence}}
{{main page image/OTD|File:Declaration of Independence.jpg| Declaration of Independence}}
* [[414]] – Byzantine emperor [[Theodosius II]] proclaimed his elder sister ”'[[Pulcheria|Aelia Pulcheria]]”’ as ”[[List of Augustae|Augusta]]”.
* [[414]] – Byzantine emperor [[Theodosius II]] proclaimed his elder sister ”'[[Pulcheria|Aelia Pulcheria]]”’ as ”[[List of Augustae|Augusta]]”.
* [[1776]] – In Philadelphia, the [[Second Continental Congress|Continental Congress]] adopted the ”'[[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]”’ ”(signing pictured)”, announcing that the [[Thirteen Colonies|thirteen American colonies]] were no longer a part of the [[British Empire]].
* [[1776]] – In Philadelphia, the [[Second Continental Congress|Continental Congress]] adopted the ”'[[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]”’ ”(signing pictured)”, announcing that the [[Thirteen Colonies|thirteen American colonies]] were no longer a part of the [[British Empire]].
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| 1187 – Saladin defeated Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin and captured the True Cross. | lots of CN tags (7) |
| 1610 – Polish–Muscovite War: The outnumbered forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth defeated the Tsardom of Russia at the Battle of Klushino. | single source |
| 1802 – In West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy began operations. | featured on March 16 |
| 1855 – The first edition of Walt Whitman‘s Leaves of Grass was published, and it went on to become one of the most important collections of American poetry. | Expansion needed banner, multiple unreferenced statements |
| 1892 – Western Samoa changed the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days. | 5 refimprove sections |
| 1894 – The Republic of Hawaiʻi was proclaimed at Aliʻiolani Hale in Honolulu, with Sanford B. Dole as the first president. | refimprove section |
| 1898 – The French ocean liner SS La Bourgogne collided another ship in dense fog near Sable Island and sank, resulting in 549 deaths, mostly passengers. | refimprove |
| 1943 – World War II: Fighting began in the Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history as well as the largest series of armoured clashes. | featured on August 23 |
| 1950 – The United States’ anti-communist propaganda source Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia. | Uncited statements, expansion needed orange banner |
| 1965 – The first Annual Reminder, a series of pickets that were some of the earliest LGBT actions in the United States, took place at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. | Uncited statements |
| 2002 – American aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon, completing an almost 14-day trip after landing in Queensland, Australia. | refimprove section |
| 2005 – The impactor of the NASA space probe Deep Impact collided with the comet Tempel 1, excavating interior material to study its composition. | Uncited statements |
| 2012 – CERN announced the initial discovery of the Higgs boson elementary particle after a 40-year search for its existence. | Higgs boson: outdated; Search: refimprove section |
| Feast day of Saint Ulrich of Augsburg (Catholicism); | Feast date not cited |
| Philippe de Monte |d|1603| | Date not cited |
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- 1054 – Chinese astronomers recorded the sudden appearance of a “guest star“, later identified as the supernova that created the Crab Nebula (pictured).
- 1643 – First English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Burton Bridge, securing a crossing of the River Trent for a convoy of supplies travelling with Queen Henrietta Maria.
- 1837 – The Grand Junction Railway, the world’s first long-distance railway with steam traction, opened between Birmingham and Newton Junction.
- 1862 – In a boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell (pictured) and her sisters a story that later formed the basis for his book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces failed in an attempt to recapture the Union-occupied Helena, Arkansas.
- 1918 – World War I: Allied forces led by the Australian general John Monash won the Battle of Hamel, demonstrating the effectiveness of combined-arms techniques in trench warfare.
- 1941 – The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.
- 1941 – German AB-Aktion in Poland: After capturing Lwów, the Nazis executed professors of the University of Lwów along with their families.
- 1943 – The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.
- 1945 – The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.
- 1951 – William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 1976 – Israeli forces raided Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.
- 1982 – Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped after they were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces; their fates remain unknown.
- 1998 – The monster movie Pulgasari, the most-widely-seen North Korean film ever made, premiered in Tokyo, Japan.
- Born/died: | Usama ibn Munqidh |b|1095| Raynald of Châtillon |d|1187| Elizabeth of Portugal |d|1336| Min Phalaung |d|1593| Brian Twyne |d|1644| John Leake |b|1656| Christian Fürchtegott Gellert |b|1715| Samuel Richardson |d|1761| Mark P. Robinson |b|1852| Hubert Cecil Booth |b|1871| Jack Warhop |b|1884| Poundmaker |d|1886| Geraldo Rivera |b|1943| Andre Spitzer |b|1945| Sonia Pierre |b|1963| Yoolya|d|1967| Koko|b|1971| Yonatan Netanyahu |d|1976| Victor Chang|d|1991| Swastima Khadka|b|1995| Barthélemy Mukenge|d|2018|
July 4: Independence Day in the United States (1776); Republic Day in the Philippines (1946); Liberation Day in Rwanda (1994)
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