What Happened on July 4?
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EVENTS ON JULY 4
Henry David Thoreau
Year:
1845
Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
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Walt Whitman
Year:
1855
The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published in Brooklyn.
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Lewis Carroll
Year:
1862
Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
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Retreat from Gettysburg
Year:
1863
American Civil War: Retreat from Gettysburg: The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signaling an end to his last invasion of the North.
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Iowa Territory
Year:
1838
The Iowa Territory is organized.
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Grand Junction Railway
Year:
1837
Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
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Samuel Francis Smith
Year:
1831
Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
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Durham University
Year:
1832
Durham University established by Act of Parliament; the first recognized university to be founded in England since Cambridge over 600 years earlier.
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John Neal
Year:
1832
John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.
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American Civil War
Year:
1863
American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: The Confederate army in Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege, contributing to the Union capture of the Mississippi River.
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BIRTHS ON JULY 4
Chuck Tanner
Year of birth:
1928
Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
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Jassem Alwan
Year of birth:
1928
Jassem Alwan, Syrian Army Officer (died 2018)
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Gina Lollobrigida
Year of birth:
1927
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer (died 2023)
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Neil Simon
Year of birth:
1927
Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2018)
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Alfredo Di Stéfano
Year of birth:
1926
Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014)
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Teofisto Guingona Jr.
Year of birth:
1928
Teofisto Guingona Jr., Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines
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Giampiero Boniperti
Year of birth:
1928
Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer and politician (died 2021)
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Peter Richardson (cricketer)
Year of birth:
1931
Peter Richardson, English cricketer (died 2017)
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Rick Casares
Year of birth:
1931
Rick Casares, American football player and soldier (died 2013)
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George Steinbrenner
Year of birth:
1930
George Steinbrenner, American businessman (died 2010)
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DEATHS ON JULY 4
Clyde Kennard
Year of death:
1963
Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (born 1927)
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Pingali Venkayya
Year of death:
1963
Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (born 1876)
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Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
Year of death:
1963
Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1889)
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Gaby Morlay
Year of death:
1964
Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (born 1893)
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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
Year of death:
1970
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (born 1884)
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Henri Decoin
Year of death:
1969
Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (born 1890)
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François Brandt
Year of death:
1949
François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (born 1874)
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Monteiro Lobato
Year of death:
1948
Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (born 1882)
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John Frith (martyr)
Year of death:
1533
John Frith, English priest, writer, and martyr (born 1503)
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Marie Curie
Year of death:
1934
Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
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HOLIDAYS ON JULY 4
Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day (United States)
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July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Liberation Day
Liberation Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
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Liberation Day (Rwanda)
Liberation Day (Rwanda)
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Republic Day (Philippines)
Republic Day (Philippines)
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Andrew of Crete
Christian feast day: Andrew of Crete
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Ulrich of Augsburg
Christian feast day: Ulrich of Augsburg
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Catherine Jarrige
Christian feast day: Blessed Catherine Jarrige
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Pier Giorgio Frassati
Christian feast day: Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati
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Elizabeth of Portugal
Christian feast day: Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal)
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