1894 Republic of Hawaii established

1898 French liner "La Bourgogne" collides with bark "Cromartyshire", 560 die

1898 Sable Island, Nova Scotia, the French ship La Bourgogne collides with British ship the Cromartyshire; 560 persons drown.

1898 US flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War)

1902 President Roosevelt officially ends the "great insurrection" in the Philippines July 4 and commends U.S. troops for upholding America's "lawful sovereignty"

1903 Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, Pres TR sends message

1910 Jack Johnson KOs James Jeffries in 15 rounds, ending come-back try

1911 Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 & ends a 40 game hit streak

1914 The first US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks)

1917 Engineers at Langley Field in Virginia called an airplane flying several miles away

1918 Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa

1918 Battle of Hamel, France

1919 Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship

1919 M Wolf discovers asteroid #914 Palisana

1925 44 die when the Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses

1933 Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge

1934 Chaim Nachman Bialik zionist poet, dies

1938 Suzanne Lenglen 6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia

1939 Fort Ross, NWT the overnight temperature at Fort Ross drops to -12.2 C; one of the lowest July temperatures ever recorded in Canada.

1939 Yankees retire first uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), first Old Timers Day

1941 Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin

1942 The first American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II)

1945 Canadian troops enter Berlin as part of British garrison force; to share occupation duties.

1946 Philippines gains independence from US

1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own consitution)

1954 West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern

1956 Independence National Historical Park established in Philadelphia

1956 US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland

1957 Judy Tyler actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash

1959 America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled

1959 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony

1960 Mickey Mantle hits career homer # 300

1962 Island Records begins

1962 Rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56

1963 Grant Richards actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at 48

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