Historical Events In July - 04
Thursday, 09 May 2024
1917 On July - 04 johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84
1918 Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa on this day in history.
1918 Battle of Hamel, France on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history abigail Van Buren, [Mrs Morton Phillips], Sioux City Iowa, columnist
1919 Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship on July - 04.
1919 On July - 04 m Wolf discovers asteroid #914 Palisana
1919 On July - 04 aDGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms
1920 Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat on July - 04.
1923 Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.
1923 On July - 04 florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67
1925 On July - 04 44 die when the Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses
1927 The birth of Neil Simon, American author on this day in history.
1929 On this day in history otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70
1931 On this day in history emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62
1933 On this day in history work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge
1934 Chaim Nachman Bialik zionist poet, dies on this day in history.
1934 On July - 04 "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies
1938 Suzanne Lenglen 6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia on July - 04.
1938 On this day in history otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56
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 on July - 04.
1939 On July - 04 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 on July - 04.
1942 The birth of Prince Michael of Kent on this day in history.
1942 The first American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) on July - 04.
1943 Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62 on July - 04.
1945 Canadian troops enter Berlin as part of British garrison force; to share occupation duties on July - 04.
1946 Philippines gains independence from US on July - 04.
1946 On July - 04 the Philippine Islands granted independence by the United States
1946 On this day in history othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71
1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own consitution) on July - 04.
1952 Walter Long, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1954 On July - 04 west Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
1956 On this day in history independence National Historical Park established in Philadelphia
1956 US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland on July - 04.
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