Page 7: Historical Events In July - 04
Wednesday, 09 July 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 Battle of Hamel, France on this day in history.
1918 On July - 04 abigail Van Buren, [Mrs Morton Phillips], Sioux City Iowa, columnist
1919 On July - 04 jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship
1919 M Wolf discovers asteroid #914 Palisana on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history aDGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms
1920 Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat on this day in history.
1923 On July - 04 jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1923 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67 on July - 04.
1925 On July - 04 44 die when the Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses
1927 On July - 04 the birth of Neil Simon, American author
1929 Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70 on July - 04.
1931 Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1933 Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge on July - 04.
1934 On July - 04 chaim Nachman Bialik zionist poet, dies
1934 "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies on July - 04.
1938 Suzanne Lenglen 6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia on July - 04.
1938 On July - 04 otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56
1939 On this day in history 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 this day in history howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin
1942 On this day in history the birth of Prince Michael of Kent
1942 On July - 04 the first American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II)
1943 Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history canadian troops enter Berlin as part of British garrison force; to share occupation duties.
1946 Philippines gains independence from US on July - 04.
1946 On July - 04 the Philippine Islands granted independence by the United States
1946 Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 July - 04.
1956 On July - 04 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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