Page 9: Historical Events In July - 04

1982  On July - 04 sylvestre A Guzman Fernandez, pres Dominican Rep, commits suicide   

1983  On this day in history claus Adam, composer, dies at 65   

1985  On July - 04 tinker Bell's nightly flight begins   

1985  John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1986  On July - 04 flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83   

1987  Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history martina Navratilova wins 6th straight Wimbeldon defeats Steffi Graf   

1987  Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" convicted by a French court on this day in history.   

1988  Steffan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon crown on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history adrian Adonis, [Keith Franke], WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident   

1989  On July - 04 federal PC cabinet minister Bernard Valcourt injured while motorcycling; later charged with impaired driving and dropped from the cabinet.   

1990  2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner & Gettysburg Address on this day in history.   

1991  On July - 04 in Timor two events measuring 6.5 about 2.5 seconds apart. Twenty-three people killed, 181 injured, at least 5,400 left homeless   

1997  Web surfers viewed the first-ever photos of the surface of Mars, transmitted by the Sojourner, a roving robot deposited by the Mars Pathfinder, an unmanned spacecraft on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history nASA's "Copper bullet" from Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.   

2005  Violent G8 demonstrations occur in Gleneagles, Scotland on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history after being held for 114 days, Alan Johnston was finally freed.   

2007  Sochi is elected as the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, during the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City on this day in history.   

2007  On July - 04 the 50-star U.S. flag becomes the longest-flying American flag, replacing the 48-star flag that flew from 1912 to 1959.   

2009  e atue of Liberty's crown reopens to e public after 8 years, due to security reasons following e World Trade Center attacks on July - 04.   

2012  On July - 04 cERN announces the discovery of a new particle with properties consistent with the Higgs boson after experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.   

2013  On this day in history 12 people are killed and 60 are injured in a wave of shootings across Chicago   

2014  Rolf Harris is sentenced to 5 years and 9 months for indecently assaulting female minors on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history world champion Peter Sagan disqualified from Tour de France for a dangerous act while cycling during stage four   

2017  North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan on this day in history.   

2017  Russia and China urge North Korea to halt its missile and nuclear programs after it successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile on July - 04.   

2018  On this day in history hong Kong'stop court rules same-sex couples entitled to equal visa rights in landmark case   

2018  Wildfire in Yolo county, California, grows to 82,700 acres with 2,800 fire fighters battling the blaze on July - 04.   

2018  On this day in history chinese technology company Baidu announces it has begun mass production of self-driving buses, the 14-seat Apolong   

2019  On July - 04 uS President Donald Trump holds a “Salute to America” Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C., controversial for its emphasis on the military and presence of tanks   

2019  On this day in history russian President Vladmir Putin meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican   

2021  On this day in history pope Francis undergoes surgery to remove part of his colon in Rome   

2021  On July - 04 researchers reveal there are 14 living descendants of Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci [1]   

2023  On this day in history iran joins the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, becoming the organization's ninth member.   

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1330  Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367) was born on this day in history.   

1546  Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95) was born on this day in history.   

1546  Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On July - 04 birth of cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss vice-admiral   

1610  On this day in history birth of paul Scarron, French playwright (Virgile Travesti)   

1669  Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor was born on July - 04.   

1694  Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose) was born on July - 04.   

1715  On July - 04 birth of christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales)   

0907  On this day in history death of luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria   

0965  On July - 04 death of pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. unknown)   

0966  On this day in history benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies   

0973  On July - 04 death of ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)   

1187  On July - 04 reinoud van Châtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies   

1301  Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle on July - 04.   

1307  Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies on July - 04.   

1336  On July - 04 elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65