July 4

This article is about the date. For the American founding holiday, seeFourth of July.For other uses, seeJuly 4 (disambiguation).

July 4 in recent years

2024 (Thursday)

2023 (Tuesday)

2022 (Monday)

2021 (Sunday)

2020 (Saturday)

2019 (Thursday)

2018 (Wednesday)

2017 (Tuesday)

2016 (Monday)

2015 (Saturday)

July 4is the 185th day of the year (186th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;180 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 362 BC–Battle of Mantinea:TheThebans,led byEpaminondas,defeated theSpartans.
• 414– EmperorTheodosius II,age 13, yields power to his older sisterAelia Pulcheria,who reigned asregentand proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of theEastern Roman Empire.
• 836–Pactum Sicardi,a peace treaty between thePrincipality of Beneventoand theDuchy of Naples,is signed.
• 993–Ulrich of Augsburgiscanonizedas a saint.
• 1054– A supernova, calledSN 1054,is seen by ChineseSong dynasty,Arab,and possiblyAmerindianobservers near the starZeta Tauri.For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form theCrab Nebula.
• 1120–Jordan II of Capuais anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
• 1187– TheCrusades:Battle of Hattin:SaladindefeatsGuy of Lusignan,King of Jerusalem.
• 1253– Battle of West-Capelle:John I of AvesnesdefeatsGuy of Dampierre.
• 1333–Genkō War:Forces loyal toEmperor Go-DaigoseizeTōshō-jiduring theSiege of Kamakura.Hōjō Takatokiand other members of theHōjō clancommit suicide, ending theruleof theKamakura shogunate.
• 1359–Francesco II OrdelaffiofForlìsurrenders to the Papal commanderGil de Albornoz.
• 1456–Ottoman–Hungarian wars:TheSiege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade)begins.
• 1534–Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norwayin the town ofRye.
• 1584–Philip AmadasandArthur Barlowearrive atRoanoke Island.

1601–1900

• 1610– TheBattle of Klushinois fought between forces of thePolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthandRussiaduring thePolish–Russian War.
• 1634– The city ofTrois-Rivièresis founded inNew France(now Quebec, Canada).
• 1744– TheTreaty of Lancaster,in which theIroquoiscede lands between theAllegheny Mountainsand theOhio Riverto the British colonies, was signed inLancaster, Pennsylvania.
• 1774–Orangetown Resolutionsare adopted in theProvince of New York,one of many protests against theBritish Parliament'sCoercive Acts.
• 1776–American Revolution:TheUnited States Declaration of Independenceis adopted by theSecond Continental Congress.
• 1778–American Revolutionary War:U.S. forces underGeorge ClarkcaptureKaskaskiaduring theIllinois campaign.
• 1802– TheUnited States Military Academyopens atWest Point, New York.
• 1803– TheLouisiana Purchaseis announced to the American people.
• 1817– InRome, New York,construction on theErie Canalbegins.
• 1818–US Flag Act of 1818goes into effect creating a 13 stripe flag with a star for each state. New stars would be added on July 4 after a new state had been admitted.
• 1827–Slaveryis abolished in theState of New York.
• 1831–Samuel Francis Smithwrites "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
• 1832–John Nealdelivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.
• 1832–Durham Universityestablished byAct of Parliament;the first recognized university to be founded inEnglandsinceCambridgeover 600 years earlier.
• 1837–Grand Junction Railway,the world's first long-distance railway, opens betweenBirminghamandLiverpool.
• 1838– TheIowa Territoryis organized.
• 1845–Henry David Thoreaumoves into a small cabin onWalden Pondin Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there,Walden,will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
• 1855– The first edition ofWalt Whitman's book of poems,Leaves of Grass,is published inBrooklyn.
• 1862–Lewis CarrolltellsAlice Liddella story that would grow intoAlice's Adventures in Wonderlandand its sequels.
• 1863–American Civil War:Siege of Vicksburg:TheConfederatearmy inVicksburg, Mississippisurrenders toUnionforces underUlysses S. Grantafter 47 days of siege, contributing to the Union capture of theMississippi River.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Union forces repulse a Confederate army at theBattle of Helenain Arkansas. The battle thwarts a Rebel attempt to relieve pressure on the besieged city of Vicksburg, and paves the way for the Union capture ofLittle Rock.
• 1863 – American Civil War:Retreat from Gettysburg:The ConfederateArmy of Northern VirginiaunderRobert E. Leewithdraws from the battlefieldafter losing theBattle of Gettysburg,signaling an end to his lastinvasionof theNorth.
• 1879–Anglo-Zulu War:The Zululand capital ofUlundiis captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing KingCetshwayoto flee.
• 1881– InAlabama,theTuskegee Instituteopens.
• 1886– TheCanadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives inPort Moodyon the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
• 1887– The founder ofPakistan,Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,joinsSindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam,Karachi.
• 1892–Western Samoachanges theInternational Date Line,causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a leap year with 367 days.
• 1894– The short-livedRepublic of Hawaiiis proclaimed bySanford B. Dole.
• 1898– En route from New York toLe Havre,theSSLa Bourgognecollides with another ship and sinks off the coast ofSable Island,with the loss of 549 lives.

1901–present

• 1901–William Howard Taftbecomes American governor of the Philippines.
• 1903– ThePhilippine–American Waris officially concluded.
• 1910– TheJohnson–Jeffries riotsoccur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
• 1911– Amassive heat wavestrikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
• 1913–PresidentWoodrow WilsonaddressesAmerican Civil Warveterans at theGreat Reunion of 1913.
• 1914– The funeral ofArchduke Franz Ferdinandand his wifeSophietakes place inVienna,six days after their assassinations inSarajevo.
• 1918–Mehmed Vdied at the age of 73 andOttoman sultanMehmed VIascends to the throne.
• 1918 –World War I:TheBattle of Hamel,a successful attack by theAustralian Corpsagainst German positions near the town ofLe Hamelon theWestern Front.
• 1927– First flight of theLockheed Vega.
• 1939–Lou Gehrig,recently diagnosed withAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis,informs a crowd atYankee Stadiumthat he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major leaguebaseball.
• 1941–Nazi crimes against the Polish nation:Nazitroopsmassacre Polish scientists and writersin the capturedUkrainiancity ofLviv.
• 1941 –World War II:TheBurning of the Riga synagogues:The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupiedRigais burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
• 1942– World War II: The 250-daySiege of Sevastopolin theCrimeaends when the city falls toAxisforces.
• 1943– World War II: TheBattle of Kursk,the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village ofProkhorovka.
• 1943 – World War II: InGibraltar,aRoyal Air ForceB-24 Liberatorbombercrashesinto the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including generalWładysław Sikorski,the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
• 1946– TheKielce pogromagainst Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
• 1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, thePhilippinesattains full independence from the United States.
• 1947– The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before theBritish House of Commons,proposing the independence of theProvinces of British Indiainto two sovereign countries: India andPakistan.
• 1950–Cold War:Radio Free Europefirst broadcasts.
• 1951– Cold War: A court inCzechoslovakiasentences American journalistWilliam N. Oatisto ten years in prison on charges ofespionage.
• 1951 –William Shockleyannounces the invention of thejunction transistor.
• 1954–Food rationing in Great Britainends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early inWorld War II,and nearly a decade after the war's end.
• 1960– Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50thU.S. stateonAugust 21,1959, the 50-starflag of the United Statesdebuts inPhiladelphia,almost ten and a half months later (seeFlag Acts (United States)).
• 1961– On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarineK-19suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die ofradiation poisoningover the following two years.
• 1966– U.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnsonsigns theFreedom of Information Actinto United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
• 1976–Israeli commandosraid Entebbeairport inUganda,rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of anAir Francejetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
• 1977– TheGeorge Jackson Brigadeplants a bomb at the main power substation for theWashingtonstate capitol inOlympia,in solidarity with a prison strike at theWalla Walla State PenitentiaryIntensive Security Unit.
• 1982– Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist arekidnapped in LebanonbyPhalange forces,and their fate remains unknown.
• 1982 –Space Shuttle program:Columbialands atEdwards Air Force Baseat the end of the program's final test flight,STS-4.PresidentRonald Reagandeclares the Space Shuttle to be operational.
• 1994–Rwandan genocide:Kigali,the Rwandan capital, is captured by theRwandan Patriotic Front,ending the genocide in the city.
• 1997–NASA'sPathfinderspace probe lands on the surface ofMars.
• 1998– Japan launches theNozomiprobe toMars,joining the United States and Russia as aspaceexploring nation.
• 2001–Vladivostok Air Flight 352crashes on approach toIrkutsk Airportkilling all 145 people on board.
• 2002– ABoeing 707crashesnearBangui M'Poko International AirportinBangui,Central African Republic,killing 28.
• 2004– The cornerstone of theFreedom Toweris laid on theWorld Trade Center sitein New York City.
• 2004 –GreecebeatsPortugalin theUEFA Euro 2004 Finaland becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
• 2005– TheDeep Impactcollider hits thecometTempel 1.
• 2006–Space Shuttle program:DiscoverylaunchesSTS-121to theInternational Space Station.The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States'Independence Day.
• 2008– Abomb explodesat a concert inMinsk's Independence Square,injuring 50 people.
• 2009– TheStatue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following theSeptember 11 attacks.
• 2009 – The first offour days of bombingsbegins on the southernPhilippineisland group ofMindanao.
• 2012– The discovery of particles consistent with theHiggs bosonat theLarge Hadron Collideris announced atCERN.
• 2015– Chile claims its first title in internationalfootballby defeating Argentina in the2015 Copa AméricaFinal.
• 2024– TheLabour Party,led byKeir Starmer,wins alandslide majorityin the2024 United Kingdom general election,ending 14 years ofConservativegovernment.

Births

Pre-1600

• 68–Salonia Matidia,Roman daughter ofUlpia Marciana(d. 119)
• 1095–Usama ibn Munqidh,Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (d. 1188)
• 1330–Ashikaga Yoshiakira,Japanese shōgun (d. 1367)
• 1477–Johannes Aventinus,Bavarian historian and philologist (d. 1534)
• 1546–Murad III,Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)

1601–1900

• 1656–John Leake,Royal Navy admiral (d. 1720)
• 1694–Louis-Claude Daquin,French organist and composer (d. 1772)
• 1715–Christian Fürchtegott Gellert,German poet and academic (d. 1769)
• 1719–Michel-Jean Sedaine,French playwright (d. 1797)
• 1729–George Leonard,American lawyer, jurist and politician (d. 1819)
• 1753–Jean-Pierre Blanchard,French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (d. 1809)
• 1790–George Everest,Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866)
• 1799–Oscar I of Sweden(d. 1859)
• 1804–Nathaniel Hawthorne,American novelist and short story writer (d. 1864)
• 1807–Giuseppe Garibaldi,Italian general and politician (d. 1882)
• 1816–Hiram Walker,American businessman, foundedCanadian Club whisky(d. 1899)
• 1826–Stephen Foster,American songwriter and composer (d. 1864)
• 1842–Hermann Cohen,German philosopher (d. 1918)
• 1845–Thomas John Barnardo,Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)
• 1847–James Anthony Bailey,American circus ringmaster, co-foundedRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus(d. 1906)
• 1854–Victor Babeș,Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)
• 1868–Henrietta Swan Leavitt,American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)
• 1886–Tom Longboat,Canadian runner and soldier (d. 1949)
• 1871–Hubert Cecil Booth,English engineer (d. 1955)
• 1872–Calvin Coolidge,American lawyer and politician, 30thPresident of the United States(d. 1933)
• 1874–John McPhee,Australian journalist and politician, 27thPremier of Tasmania(d. 1952)
• 1880–Victor Kraft,Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1975)
• 1881–Ulysses S. Grant III,American general (d. 1968)
• 1883–Rube Goldberg,American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970)
• 1887–Pio Pion,Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)
• 1888–Henry Armetta,Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945)
• 1895–Irving Caesar,American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)
• 1896–Mao Dun,Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)
• 1897–Alluri Sitarama Raju,Indian activist (d. 1924)
• 1898–Pilar Barbosa,Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997)
• 1898 –Gertrude Lawrence,British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)
• 1898 –Gulzarilal Nanda,Indian politician (d. 1998)
• 1898 –Gertrude Weaver,American supercentenarian (d. 2015)
• 1900–Belinda Dann,Indigenous Australian who was one of theStolen Generation,reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007)
• 1900 –Nellie Mae Rowe,American folk artist (d. 1982)

1901–present

• 1902–Meyer Lansky,American gangster (d. 1983)
• 1902 –George Murphy,American actor and politician (d. 1992)
• 1903–Flor Peeters,Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986)
• 1904–Angela Baddeley,English actress (d. 1976)
• 1905–Irving Johnson,American sailor and author (d. 1991)
• 1905 –Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey,British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996)
• 1905 –Lionel Trilling,American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1975)
• 1906–Vincent Schaefer,American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993)
• 1907–John Anderson,American discus thrower (d. 1948)
• 1907 –Howard Taubman,American author and critic (d. 1996)
• 1909–Alec Templeton,Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (d. 1963)
• 1910–Robert K. Merton,American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003)
• 1910 –Gloria Stuart,American actress (d. 2010)
• 1911–Bruce Hamilton,Australian public servant (d. 1989)
• 1911 –Mitch Miller,American singer and producer (d. 2010)
• 1911 –Elizabeth Peratrovich,Alaskan-American civil rights activist (d. 1958)
• 1914–Nuccio Bertone,Italian automobile designer (d. 1997)
• 1915–Timmie Rogers,American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1916–Iva Toguri D'Aquino,American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006)
• 1918–Eppie Lederer,American journalist and radio host (d. 2002)
• 1918 –Johnnie Parsons,American race car driver (d. 1984)
• 1918 – KingTaufa'ahau Tupou IVof Tonga, (d. 2006)
• 1918 –Alec Bedser,English cricketer (d. 2010)
• 1918 –Eric Bedser,English cricketer (d. 2006)
• 1918 –Pauline Phillips,American journalist and radio host, createdDear Abby(d. 2013)
• 1920–Norm Drucker,American basketball player and referee (d. 2015)
• 1920 –Leona Helmsley,American businesswoman (d. 2007)
• 1920 –Fritz Wilde,German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
• 1920 –Paul Bannai,American politician (d. 2019)
• 1921–Gérard Debreu,French economist and mathematician,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2004)
• 1921 –Nasser Sharifi,Iranian sports shooter
• 1921 –Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut(d. 2014)
• 1921 –Philip Rose,American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1921 –Tibor Varga,Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)
• 1922–R. James Harvey,American politician (d. 2019)
• 1923–Rudolf Friedrich,Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1924–Eva Marie Saint,American actress
• 1924 –Delia Fiallo,Cuban author and screenwriter (d. 2021)
• 1924 –Harry Stewart Jr.,American military officer and fighter pilot
• 1925–Ciril Zlobec,Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 2018)
• 1925 –Dorothy Head Knode,American tennis player(d. 2015)
• 1926–Alfredo Di Stéfano,Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)
• 1926 –Lake Underwood,American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)
• 1927–Gina Lollobrigida,Italian actress and photographer (d. 2023)
• 1927 –Neil Simon,American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2018)
• 1928–Giampiero Boniperti,Italian footballer and politician (d. 2021)
• 1928 –Teofisto Guingona Jr.,Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines
• 1928 –Jassem Alwan,Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018)
• 1928 –Shan Ratnam,Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)
• 1928 –Chuck Tanner,American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
• 1929–Al Davis,American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
• 1929 –Bill Tuttle,American baseball player (d. 1998)
• 1930–George Steinbrenner,American businessman (d. 2010)
• 1931–Stephen Boyd,Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977)
• 1931 –Rick Casares,American football player and soldier (d. 2013)
• 1931 –Sébastien Japrisot,French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1931 –Peter Richardson,English cricketer (d. 2017)
• 1932–Aurèle Vandendriessche,Belgian runner (d. 2023)
• 1934–Yvonne B. Miller,American academic and politician (d. 2012)
• 1934 –Colin Welland,English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1935–Paul Scoon,Grenadian politician, 2ndGovernor-General of Grenada(d. 2013)
• 1936–Zdzisława Donat,Polish soprano and actress
• 1937–Thomas Nagel,American philosopher and academic
• 1937 –Queen Sonja of Norway
• 1937 –Richard Rhodes,American journalist and historian
• 1937 –Eric Walters,Australian journalist (d. 2010)
• 1938–Steven Rose,English biologist and academic
• 1938 –Bill Withers,American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020)
• 1940–Pat Stapleton,Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
• 1941–Sam Farr,American politician
• 1941 –Tomaž Šalamun,Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 2014)
• 1941 –Pavel Sedláček,Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 –Brian Willson,American soldier, lawyer, and activist
• 1942–Hal Lanier,American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1942 –Floyd Little,American football player and coach (d. 2021)
• 1942 –Stefan Meller,French-Polish academic and politician,Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs(d. 2008)
• 1942 –Prince Michael of Kent
• 1942 –Peter Rowan,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943–Conny Bauer,German trombonist
• 1943 –Emerson Boozer,American football player and sportscaster
• 1943 –Adam Hart-Davis,English historian, author, and photographer
• 1943 –Geraldo Rivera,American lawyer, journalist, and author
• 1943 –Fred Wesley,Americanjazzandfunktrombonist
• 1943 –Alan Wilson,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)
• 1945–Andre Spitzer,Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)
• 1946–Ron Kovic,American author and activist
• 1946 –Michael Milken,American businessman and philanthropist
• 1947–Lembit Ulfsak,Estonian actor and director (d. 2017)
• 1948–René Arnoux,French race car driver
• 1948 –Tommy Körberg,Swedish singer and actor
• 1948 –Jeremy Spencer,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950–Philip Craven,English basketball player and swimmer
• 1950 –David Jensen,Canadian-English radio and television host
• 1951–John Alexander,Australian tennis player and politician
• 1951 –Ralph Johnson,American R&B drummer and percussionist
• 1951 –Vladimir Tismăneanu,Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
• 1951 –Kathleen Kennedy Townsend,American lawyer and politician, 6thLieutenant Governor of Maryland
• 1952–Álvaro Uribe,Colombian lawyer and politician, 39thPresident of Colombia
• 1952 –Carol MacReady,English actress
• 1952 –John Waite,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 –Paul Rogat Loeb,American author and activist
• 1953–Francis Maude,English lawyer and politician,Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1954–Jim Beattie,American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1954 –Morganna,American model, actress, and dancer
• 1954 –Devendra Kumar Joshi,21stChief of Naval Staffof theIndian Navy
• 1955–Eero Heinäluoma,Finnish politician
• 1955 –Kevin Nichols,Australian cyclist
• 1956–Robert Sinclair MacKay,British academic and educator
• 1957–Rein Lang,Estonian politician and diplomat, 25thEstonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1958–Vera Leth,Greenlandic Ombudsman
• 1958 –Kirk Pengilly,Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
• 1958 –Carl Valentine,Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager
• 1959–Victoria Abril,Spanish actress and singer
• 1960–Roland Ratzenberger,Austrian race car driver (d. 1994)
• 1961–Richard Garriott,English-American video game designer, created theUltima series
• 1962–Pam Shriver,American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1963–Henri Leconte,French tennis player and sportscaster
• 1963 –Laureano Márquez,Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
• 1963 –José Oquendo,Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1963 –Sonia Pierre,Haitian-Dominican human rights activist (d. 2011)
• 1964–Cle Kooiman,American soccer player and manager
• 1964 –Elie Saab,Lebanese fashion designer
• 1964 –Edi Rama,Albanian politician
• 1964 –Mark Slaughter,American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1964 –Mark Whiting,American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1965–Harvey Grant,American basketball player and coach
• 1965 –Horace Grant,American basketball player and coach
• 1965 –Kiriakos Karataidis,Greek footballer and manager
• 1965 –Gérard Watkins,English actor and playwright
• 1966–Ronni Ancona,Scottish actress and screenwriter
• 1966 –Minas Hantzidis,German-Greek footballer
• 1966 –Lee Reherman,American actor (d. 2016)
• 1967–Vinny Castilla,Mexican baseball player and manager
• 1967 –Sébastien Deleigne,French athlete
• 1969–Al Golden,American football player and coach
• 1969 –Todd Marinovich,American football player and coach
• 1969 –Wilfred Mugeyi,Zimbabwean footballer and coach
• 1972–Stephen Giles,Canadian canoe racer and engineer
• 1972 –Mike Knuble,Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1973–Keiko Ihara,Japanese race car driver
• 1973 –Gackt,Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
• 1973 –Michael Johnson,English-Jamaican footballer and manager
• 1973 –Anjelika Krylova,Russian ice dancer and coach
• 1973 –Jan Magnussen,Danish race car driver
• 1973 –Tony Popovic,Australian footballer and manager
• 1974–Jill Craybas,American tennis player
• 1974 –La'Roi Glover,American football player and sportscaster
• 1974 –Adrian Griffin,American basketball player and coach
• 1976–Daijiro Kato,Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
• 1976 –Yevgeniya Medvedeva,Russian skier
• 1978–Marcos Daniel,Brazilian tennis player
• 1978 –Émile Mpenza,Belgian footballer
• 1979–Siim Kabrits,Estonian politician
• 1979 –Josh McCown,American football player
• 1979 –Renny Vega,Venezuelan footballer
• 1980–Kwame Steede,Bermudan footballer
• 1981–Dedé,Angolan footballer
• 1981 –Brock Berlin,American football player
• 1981 –Christoph Preuß,German footballer
• 1981 –Francisco Cruceta,Dominican baseball player
• 1981 –Will Smith,American football player (d. 2016)
• 1982–Vladimir Boisa,Georgian basketball player
• 1982 –Vladimir Gusev,Russian cyclist
• 1982 –Jeff Lima,New Zealand rugby league player
• 1982 –Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino,American model, author and television personality
• 1983–Melanie Fiona,Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1983 –Amantle Montsho,Botswanan sprinter
• 1983 –Miguel Pinto,Chilean footballer
• 1983 –Amol Rajan,Indian-English journalist
• 1983 –Mattia Serafini,Italian footballer
• 1984–Jin Akanishi,Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1984 –Miguel Santos Soares,Timorese footballer
• 1985 –Kane Tenace,Australian footballer
• 1985 –Dimitrios Mavroeidis,Greek basketball player
• 1985 –Wason Rentería,Colombian footballer
• 1986–Ömer Aşık,Turkish basketball player
• 1986 –Nguyen Ngoc Duy,Vietnamese footballer
• 1986 –Rafael Arévalo,Salvadoran tennis player
• 1986 –Willem Janssen,Dutch footballer
• 1986 –Terrance Knighton,American football player
• 1986 –Marte Elden,Norwegian skier
• 1987–Wude Ayalew,Ethiopian runner
• 1987 –Guram Kashia,Georgian footballer
• 1988–Angelique Boyer,French-Mexican actress
• 1989–Benjamin Büchel,Liechtensteiner footballer
• 1990–Jake Gardiner,American ice hockey player
• 1990 –Richard Mpong,Ghanaian footballer
• 1990 –Naoki Yamada,Japanese footballer
• 1990 –Ihar Yasinski,Belarusian footballer
• 1992–Ángel Romero,Paraguayan footballer
• 1992 –Óscar Romero,Paraguayan footballer
• 1993–Tom Barkhuizen,English footballer
• 1995–Post Malone,American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
• 1999–Moa Kikuchi,Japanese musician
• 2003–Polina Bogusevich,Russian singer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 673–Ecgberht,king of Kent
• 907–Luitpold,margrave ofBavaria
• 907 –Dietmar I,archbishop ofSalzburg
• 910–Luo Shaowei,Chinese warlord (b. 877)
• 940–Wang Jianli,Chinese general (b. 871)
• 943–Taejo of Goryeo,Korean king (b. 877)
• 945–Zhuo Yanming,ChineseBuddhist monkand emperor
• 965–Benedict V,pope of the Catholic Church
• 973–Ulrich of Augsburg,German bishop and saint (b. 890)
• 975–Gwangjong of Goryeo,Korean king (b. 925)
• 1187–Raynald of Châtillon,French knight (b. 1125)
• 1307–Rudolf I of Bohemia(b. 1281)
• 1336– SaintElizabeth of Portugal(b. 1271)
• 1429–Carlo I Tocco,ruler of Epirus (b. 1372)
• 1533–John Frith,English priest, writer, and martyr (b. 1503)
• 1541–Pedro de Alvarado,Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495)
• 1546–Hayreddin Barbarossa,Ottoman admiral (b. 1478)
• 1551–Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell,English politician (b. 1514)

1601–1900

• 1603–Philippe de Monte,Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521)
• 1623–William Byrd,English composer (b. c. 1540)
• 1644–Brian Twyne,English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581)
• 1648–Antoine Daniel,French missionary and saint, one of the eightCanadian Martyrs(b. 1601)
• 1742–Luigi Guido Grandi,Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
• 1754–Philippe Néricault Destouches,French playwright and author (b. 1680)
• 1761–Samuel Richardson,English author and painter (b. 1689)
• 1780–Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine(b. 1712)
• 1787–Charles, Prince of Soubise,Marshal of France (b. 1715)
• 1821–Richard Cosway,English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1826–John Adams,American lawyer and politician, 2ndPresident of the United States(b. 1735)
• 1826 –Thomas Jefferson,American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rdPresident of the United States(b. 1743)
• 1831–James Monroe,American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5thPresident of the United States(b. 1758)
• 1848–François-René de Chateaubriand,French historian and politician (b. 1768)
• 1850–William Kirby,English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
• 1854–Karl Friedrich Eichhorn,German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
• 1857–William L. Marcy,American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21stUnited States Secretary of State(b. 1786)
• 1881–Johan Vilhelm Snellman,Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882–Joseph Brackett,American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886–Poundmaker,Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891–Hannibal Hamlin,American lawyer and politician, 15thVice President of the United States(b. 1809)

1901–present

• 1901–Johannes Schmidt,German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902–Swami Vivekananda,Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905–Élisée Reclus,French geographer and author (b. 1830)
• 1910–Melville Fuller,American lawyer and jurist,Chief Justice of the United States(b. 1833)
• 1910 –Kabua the Great,Marshalleseiroijlaplap(b.c. 1820)
• 1910 –Giovanni Schiaparelli,Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
• 1916–Alan Seeger,American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
• 1922–Lothar von Richthofen,German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1926–Pier Giorgio Frassati,Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
• 1934–Marie Curie,French-Polish physicist and chemist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1867)
• 1938–Otto Bauer,Austrian philosopher and politician,Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs(b. 1881)
• 1938 –Suzanne Lenglen,French tennis player (b. 1899)
• 1941–Antoni Łomnicki,Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
• 1943–Władysław Sikorski,Polish general and politician, 9thPrime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland(b. 1881)
• 1946–Taffy O'Callaghan,Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
• 1948–Monteiro Lobato,Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
• 1949–François Brandt,Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1963–Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg,New Zealand general and politician, 7thGovernor-General of New Zealand(b. 1889)
• 1963 –Clyde Kennard,American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
• 1963 –Pingali Venkayya,Indian activist, designed theFlag of India(b. 1876)
• 1964–Gaby Morlay,French actress and singer (b. 1893)
• 1969–Henri Decoin,French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1970–Barnett Newman,American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1970 –Harold Stirling Vanderbilt,American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
• 1971–August Derleth,American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
• 1971 –Thomas C. Hart,American admiral and politician (b. 1877)
• 1974–Georgette Heyer,English author (b. 1902)
• 1974 –André Randall,French actor (b. 1892)
• 1976–Yonatan Netanyahu,Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
• 1976 –Antoni Słonimski,Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
• 1977–Gersh Budker,Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
• 1979–Lee Wai Tong,Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1980–Maurice Grevisse,Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)
• 1984–Jimmie Spheeris,American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
• 1986–Paul-Gilbert Langevin,French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)
• 1986 –Flor Peeters,Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1986 –Oscar Zariski,Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)
• 1988–Adrian Adonis,American wrestler (b. 1954)
• 1990–Olive Ann Burns,American journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 1991–Victor Chang,Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)
• 1991 –Art Sansom,American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 1992–Astor Piazzolla,Argentinianbandoneonplayer and composer (b. 1921)
• 1993–Bona Arsenault,Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1994–Joey Marella,American wrestling referee (b. 1964)
• 1995–Eva Gabor,Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919)
• 1995 –Bob Ross,American painter and television host (b. 1942)
• 1997–Charles Kuralt,American journalist (b. 1934)
• 1997 –John Zachary Young,English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907)
• 1999–Leo Garel,American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)
• 2000–Gustaw Herling-Grudziński,Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2002–Gerald Bales,Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)
• 2002 –Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.,American general (b. 1912)
• 2003–Larry Burkett,American author and radio host (b. 1939)
• 2003 –André Claveau,French singer (b. 1915)
• 2003 –Barry White,American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 2004–Jean-Marie Auberson,Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
• 2005–Cliff Goupille,Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
• 2005 –Hank Stram,American football player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2007–Bill Pinkney,American singer (b. 1925)
• 2008–Thomas M. Disch,American author and poet (b. 1940)
• 2008 –Jesse Helms,American politician (b. 1921)
• 2008 –Evelyn Keyes,American actress (b. 1916)
• 2008 –Terrence Kiel,American football player (b. 1980)
• 2008 –Charles Wheeler,German-English soldier and journalist (b. 1923)
• 2009–Brenda Joyce,American actress (b. 1917)
• 2009 –Allen Klein,American businessman and talent agent, foundedABKCO Records(b. 1931)
• 2009 –Drake Levin,American guitarist (b. 1946)
• 2009 –Steve McNair,American football player (b. 1973)
• 2009 –Lasse Strömstedt,Swedish author and actor (b. 1935)
• 2009 –Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard,Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938)
• 2010–Robert Neil Butler,American physician and author (b. 1927)
• 2012–Hiren Bhattacharyya,Indian poet and author (b. 1932)
• 2012 –Jimmy Bivins,American boxer (b. 1919)
• 2012 –Jeong Min-hyeong,South Korean footballer (b. 1987)
• 2012 –Eric Sykes,English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 2013–Onllwyn Brace,Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
• 2013 –Jack Crompton,English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 2013 –James Fulton,American dermatologist and academic (b. 1940)
• 2013 –Charles A. Hines,American general (b. 1935)
• 2013 –Bernie Nolan,Irish singer (b. 1960)
• 2014–Giorgio Faletti,Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)
• 2014 –C. J. Henderson,American author and critic (b. 1951)
• 2014 –Earl Robinson,American baseball player (b. 1936)
• 2014 –Richard Mellon Scaife,American businessman (b. 1932)
• 2015–Nedelcho Beronov,Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928)
• 2015 –William Conrad Gibbons,American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926)
• 2016–Abbas Kiarostami,Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (b. 1940)
• 2017–John Blackwell,American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (b. 1973)
• 2017 –Daniil Granin,Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919)
• 2017 –Gene Conley,American MLB player and NBA player (b. 1930)
• 2018–Henri Dirickx,Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
• 2018 –Robby Müller,Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940)
• 2021–Harmoko,Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (b. 1939)
• 2021 –Matīss Kivlenieks,Latvian ice hockey goaltender (b. 1996)
• 2022–Cláudio Hummes,Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (b. 1934)
• 2022 –Kazuki Takahashi,Japanese manga artist (b. 1961)

Holidays and observances

• Christianfeast day:
  • Andrew of Crete
  • Bertha of Artois
  • BlessedCatherine Jarrige
  • BlessedPier Giorgio Frassati
  • Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal)
  • Oda of Canterbury
  • Ulrich of Augsburg
  • July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• The first evening ofDree Festival,celebrated until July 7 (Apatani people,Arunachal Pradesh,India)
• Independence Day(United States)
• Liberation Day(Northern Mariana Islands)
• Liberation Day(Rwanda)
• Republic Day (Philippines)

External links

• "On This Day".BBC.
• The New York Times:On This Day
• "Historical Events on July 4".OnThisDay.