Page 7: Historical Events In July - 04
Sunday, 16 February 2025
1917 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 on this day in history.
1918 Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history battle of Hamel, France
1918 Abigail Van Buren, [Mrs Morton Phillips], Sioux City Iowa, columnist on this day in history.
1919 Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship on July - 04.
1919 M Wolf discovers asteroid #914 Palisana on July - 04.
1919 ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms on this day in history.
1920 Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat on July - 04.
1923 On this day in history jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1923 On this day in history florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67
1925 On July - 04 44 die when the Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses
1927 On this day in history the birth of Neil Simon, American author
1929 Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1931 On this day in history emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62
1933 On July - 04 work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge
1934 On this day in history chaim Nachman Bialik zionist poet, dies
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 Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1939 On July - 04 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 on July - 04.
1941 On July - 04 howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin
1942 On July - 04 the birth of Prince Michael of Kent
1942 On July - 04 the first American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II)
1943 On this day in history wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62
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 The Philippine Islands granted independence by the United States on July - 04.
1946 On July - 04 othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71
1950 On this day in history truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own consitution)
1952 On this day in history walter Long, dies at 73
1954 West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern on this day in history.
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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