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July 4 Happy Birthday and Today in History

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Sources: http://history-world.org/ontd.htm http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/birthdays/jul04.htm http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history/july-04 http://www.scopesys.com/today/ CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAY TODAY JULY 04: 1804 The American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter) 1807 The Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi unified Italy 1847 From Detroit James Anthony Bailey circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey) 1872 Calvin Coolidge (R) 29th pres (1923-29) 1885 Louis B Mayer Minsk Russia, motion-picture executive (MGM) 1900 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong New Orleans LA, jazz musician (Hello Dolly) 1916 Tokyo Rose WWII propogandist 1918 Abigail Van Buren twin sister, advice columnist 1918 Ann Landers twin sister, advice columnist 1918 Taufa'ahau Tupou IV king of Tonga (1965- ) 1920 Leona Helmsley (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire. The first housewife of all housewives 1921 Gerard Debreu France, economist (Nobel 1983) 1924 Eva Saint Marie Newark NJ, actress (On the Waterfront) 1927 Neil Simon playwright (Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues) 1930 George Steinbrenner NY Yankees owner/ship builder/horse owner 1938 Bill Withers rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me) 1953 Geraldo Rivera NYC, news personality (20/20, Geraldo) Today in History... 1054 The Crab Nebula—brightest known super-nova—starts shining for a record 23 days. 1776 The United States of America signs the Declaration of Independence from Britain. 1802 The US Military Academy officially opens at West Point, NY. 1832 "America" 1st sung publicly. 1862 The British writer Lewis Carroll creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice P Liddell. 1884 The Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris. Vive la France! 1886 The 1st scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt. Moody, BC. 1898 The French liner "La Bourgogne" collides with "Cromarty shire", 560 drown 1903 The Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Philippines) opens, the American President Theodore Roosevelt sends message. 1905 The Phila A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game 1919 In boxing, Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship 1941 Howard Florey met Norman Heatley for the 1st time, 11 days later they recreated pencillin. Countless saved. STOP looking at the screen and say “Hi!” to that person next to you. 1946 The Philippines gains independence from US. M-A-B-U-H-AY (Long live Philippines!) 1954 In the 5th World Cup of soccer in Bern, West Germany beats Hungary 3-2. 1959 The Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica and made a crown colony. 1987 Nazi Klaus "Butcher of Lyon" Barbie was convicted by a French court.