07-03-2019, 11:49 PM
Historical Events on July 4
1754 George Washington gives Fort Necessity to France
1774 Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts
1776 According to popular legend the Liberty Bell rings for the Second Continental Congress
1776 US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain
1789 1st US tariff act signed by President Washington
1796 1st Independence Day celebration is held
1802 The 1st US Military Academy at West Point open
1803 The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people by President Thomas Jefferson
1826 Past presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, President John Quincy Adams calls "visible and palpable remarks of Divine Favor"
1831 "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston
1845 Texas Congress votes for annexation to US
1861 In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops
1861 Skirmish at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
1863 Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties)
1863 General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg
1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces
1874 Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed
1875 White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg
1883 Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebraska
1884 Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris
1894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of 1st US autos at 6 MPH
1911 105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)
1911 106°F (41°C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)
1942 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WWII)
1942 US air offensive against nazi-Germany begins
1944 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy
1944 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, US fleet near Iwo Jima
1944 Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber
1956 US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland
1960 America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
1964 Beachboys' "I Get Around" reaches #1
1966 LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
1969 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.
1970 Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
1980 Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) fans Reds' Cesar Geronimo to become 4th pitcher to 3,000 MLB strikeouts
1987 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France
1996 Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins
2006 Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC.
2006 Richard Branson sells Virgin Mobile to NTL for £962.4 million
2016 NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit
2017 North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
1754 George Washington gives Fort Necessity to France
1774 Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts
1776 According to popular legend the Liberty Bell rings for the Second Continental Congress
1776 US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain
1789 1st US tariff act signed by President Washington
1796 1st Independence Day celebration is held
1802 The 1st US Military Academy at West Point open
1803 The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people by President Thomas Jefferson
1826 Past presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, President John Quincy Adams calls "visible and palpable remarks of Divine Favor"
1831 "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston
1845 Texas Congress votes for annexation to US
1861 In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops
1861 Skirmish at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
1863 Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties)
1863 General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg
1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces
1874 Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed
1875 White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg
1883 Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebraska
1884 Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris
1894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of 1st US autos at 6 MPH
1911 105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)
1911 106°F (41°C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)
1942 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WWII)
1942 US air offensive against nazi-Germany begins
1944 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy
1944 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, US fleet near Iwo Jima
1944 Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber
1956 US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland
1960 America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
1964 Beachboys' "I Get Around" reaches #1
1966 LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
1969 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.
1970 Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
1980 Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) fans Reds' Cesar Geronimo to become 4th pitcher to 3,000 MLB strikeouts
1987 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France
1996 Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins
2006 Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC.
2006 Richard Branson sells Virgin Mobile to NTL for £962.4 million
2016 NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit
2017 North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
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