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{{short description|List of notable occurrences on this date}} {{about|the date|the American holiday|Independence Day (United States)|other uses}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[362 BC]] – [[Battle of Mantinea (362 BC)|Battle of Mantinea]]: The [[Thebes, Greece|Thebans]], led by [[Epaminondas]], defeated the [[Sparta]]ns. * [[414]] – Emperor [[Theodosius II]], age 13, yields power to his older sister [[Pulcheria|Aelia Pulcheria]], who reigned as [[regent]] and proclaimed herself empress (''[[List of Augustae|Augusta]]'') of the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]]. * [[836]] – ''[[Pactum Sicardi]]'', a peace treaty between the [[Duchy of Benevento|Principality of Benevento]] and the [[Duchy of Naples]], is signed. * [[993]] – [[Ulrich of Augsburg]] is [[Canonization|canonized]] as a saint. *[[1054]] – A supernova, called [[SN 1054]], is seen by Chinese [[Song dynasty]], [[Arab]], and possibly [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindian]] observers near the star [[Zeta Tauri]]. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the [[Crab Nebula]]. *[[1120]] – [[Jordan II of Capua]] is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death. *[[1187]] – The [[Crusades]]: [[Battle of Hattin]]: [[Saladin]] defeats [[Guy of Lusignan]], [[King of Jerusalem]]. *[[1253]] – Battle of West-Capelle: [[John I, Count of Hainaut|John I of Avesnes]] defeats [[Guy, Count of Flanders|Guy of Dampierre]]. *[[1333]] – [[Genkō War]]: Forces loyal to [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] seize [[Tōshō-ji]] during the [[Siege of Kamakura (1333)|Siege of Kamakura]]. [[Hōjō Takatoki]] and other members of the [[Hōjō clan]] commit suicide, ending the [[Kamakura period|rule]] of the [[Kamakura shogunate]].<ref>{{cite book|last = Kamiya|first = Michinori|pages = 53–55|title = Fukaku Aruku - Kamakura Shiseki Sansaku Vol. 1|publisher = Kamakura Shunshūsha|location = Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture|year = 2000|language = Japanese|isbn = 4-7740-0340-9}}</ref> *[[1359]] – [[Francesco II Ordelaffi]] of [[Forlì]] surrenders to the Papal commander [[Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz|Gil de Albornoz]]. *[[1456]] – [[Ottoman–Hungarian wars]]: The [[Siege of Belgrade (1456)|Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade)]] begins. *[[1534]] – [[Election of Christian III|Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway]] in the town of [[Old Rye|Rye]]. *[[1584]] – [[Philip Amadas]] and [[Arthur Barlowe]] arrive at [[Roanoke Island]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – The [[Battle of Klushino]] is fought between forces of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] during the [[Polish–Russian War (1609–1618)|Polish–Russian War]]. *[[1634]] – The city of [[Trois-Rivières]] is founded in [[New France]] (now Quebec, Canada). *[[1744]] – The [[Treaty of Lancaster]], in which the [[Iroquois]] cede lands between the [[Allegheny Mountains]] and the [[Ohio River]] to the British colonies, was signed in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]. *[[1774]] – [[Orangetown Resolutions]] are adopted in the [[Province of New York]], one of many protests against the [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]]'s [[Coercive Acts]]. *[[1776]] – [[American Revolution]]: The [[United States Declaration of Independence]] is adopted by the [[Second Continental Congress]]. *[[1778]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: U.S. forces under [[George Rogers Clark|George Clark]] capture [[Kaskaskia, Illinois|Kaskaskia]] during the [[Illinois campaign]]. *[[1802]] – The [[United States Military Academy]] opens at [[West Point, New York]]. *[[1803]] – The [[Louisiana Purchase]] is announced to the American people. *[[1817]] – In [[Rome, New York]], construction on the [[Erie Canal]] begins. *[[1818]] – [[Flag Acts|US Flag Act of 1818]] goes into effect creating a 13 stripe flag with a star for each state. New stars would be added on July 4 after a new state had been admitted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/congress-redesigns-us-flag-april-4-1818-236803|title=Congress redesigns U.S. flag, April 4, 1818|first=Andrew|last=Glass|date=April 4, 2017|website=POLITICO}}</ref> *[[1827]] – [[Slavery in the United States|Slavery]] is abolished in the [[New York (state)|State of New York]]. *[[1831]] – [[Samuel Francis Smith]] writes "[[America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)|My Country, 'Tis of Thee]]" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities. *[[1832]] – [[John Neal]] delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.<ref>{{cite book | last = Weyler | first = Karen A. | editor2-last = Carlson | editor2-first = David J. | editor1-last = Watts | editor1-first = Edward | chapter = Chapter 11: John Neal and the Early Discourse of American Women's Rights | page = 248 | title = John Neal and Nineteenth Century American Literature and Culture | publisher = Bucknell University Press | location = Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | year = 2012 | isbn = 978-1-61148-420-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Sears | first = Donald A. | title = John Neal | publisher = Twayne Publishers | location = Boston, Massachusetts | year = 1978 | isbn = 080-5-7723-08 | page = 98}}</ref> *[[1832]] – [[Durham University]] established by [[Act of Parliament (UK)|Act of Parliament]]; the first recognized university to be founded in [[England]] since [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] over 600 years earlier.<ref>{{cite book|title=Redbrick: A Social and Architectural History of Britain's Civic Universities|page=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9fhBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA33|author=William Whyte|date=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198716129}}</ref> *[[1837]] – [[Grand Junction Railway]], the world's first long-distance railway, opens between [[Birmingham]] and [[Liverpool]]. *[[1838]] – The [[Iowa Territory]] is organized. *[[1845]] – [[Henry David Thoreau]] moves into a small cabin on [[Walden Pond]] in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, ''[[Walden]]'', will become a touchstone of the environmental movement. *[[1855]] – The first edition of [[Walt Whitman]]'s book of poems, ''[[Leaves of Grass]]'', is published in [[Brooklyn]].<!-- before NYC existed --> *[[1862]] – [[Lewis Carroll]] tells [[Alice Liddell]] a story that would grow into ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and its sequels. *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Siege of Vicksburg]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] army in [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]] surrenders to [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under [[Ulysses S. Grant]] after 47 days of siege, contributing to the Union capture of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vicksburg|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/vicksburg|website=Battlefields.org|publisher=American Battlefield Trust|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> * 1863 – American Civil War: Union forces repulse a Confederate army at the [[Battle of Helena]] in Arkansas. The battle thwarts a Rebel attempt to relieve pressure on the besieged city of Vicksburg, and paves the way for the Union capture of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Helena|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/battle-of-helena-1129/|author=Matthew W. Taylor|website=EncyclopediaOfArkansas.net|publisher=Central Arkansas Library System Encyclopedia of Arkansas|date=June 16, 2023|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> * 1863 – American Civil War: [[Retreat from Gettysburg]]: The Confederate [[Army of Northern Virginia]] under [[Robert E. Lee]] [[Battle of Gettysburg#Confederate retreat|withdraws from the battlefield]] after losing the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], signaling an end to his last [[Gettysburg campaign|invasion]] of the [[Northern United States#American Civil War|North]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gettysburg Overview|url=https://www.nps.gov/gett/learn/historyculture/gettysburg-overview.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|date=October 6, 2022|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Anglo-Zulu War]]: The Zululand capital of [[Ulundi]] is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King [[Cetshwayo]] to flee. *[[1881]] – In [[Alabama]], the [[Tuskegee Institute]] opens. *[[1886]] – The [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]'s first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in [[Port Moody]] on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel. *[[1887]] – The founder of [[Pakistan]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], joins [[Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam]], [[Karachi]]. *[[1892]] – [[Western Samoa]] changes the [[International Date Line]], causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a leap year with 367 days. *[[1894]] – The short-lived [[Republic of Hawaii]] is proclaimed by [[Sanford B. Dole]]. *[[1898]] – En route from New York to [[Le Havre]], the [[SS La Bourgogne|SS ''La Bourgogne'']] collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of [[Sable Island]], with the loss of 549 lives. ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[William Howard Taft]] becomes American governor of the Philippines. *[[1903]] – The [[Philippine–American War]] is officially concluded. *[[1910]] – The [[Johnson–Jeffries riots]] occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured. *[[1911]] – A [[1911 Eastern North America heat wave|massive heat wave]] strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities. *[[1913]] – [[President of the United States|President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] addresses [[American Civil War]] veterans at the [[Great Reunion of 1913]]. *[[1914]] – The funeral of [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Archduke Franz Ferdinand]] and his wife [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg|Sophie]] takes place in [[Vienna]], six days after their assassinations in [[Sarajevo]]. *[[1918]] – [[Mehmed V]] died at the age of 73 and [[Ottoman sultan]] [[Mehmed VI]] ascends to the throne. * 1918 – [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Hamel]], a successful attack by the [[Australian Corps]] against German positions near the town of [[Le Hamel, Somme|Le Hamel]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]. *[[1927]] – First flight of the [[Lockheed Vega]]. *[[1939]] – [[Lou Gehrig]], recently diagnosed with [[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], informs a crowd at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league [[baseball]]. *[[1941]] – [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation]]: [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] troops [[Massacre of Lwów professors|massacre Polish scientists and writers]] in the captured [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian]] city of [[Lviv]]. * 1941 – [[World War II]]: The [[Burning of the Riga synagogues]]: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied [[Riga]] is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement. *[[1942]] – World War II: The 250-day [[Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42)|Siege of Sevastopol]] in the [[Crimea]] ends when the city falls to [[Axis powers|Axis]] forces. *[[1943]] – World War II: The [[Battle of Kursk]], the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of [[Prokhorovka]]. * 1943 – World War II: In [[Gibraltar]], a [[Royal Air Force]] [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24 Liberator]] bomber [[1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash|crashes]] into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general [[Władysław Sikorski]], the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives. *[[1946]] – The [[Kielce pogrom]] against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland. * 1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the [[Philippines]] attains full independence from the United States. *[[1947]] – The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]], proposing the independence of the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|Provinces of British India]] into two sovereign countries: India and [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]. *[[1950]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Free Europe]] first broadcasts. *[[1951]] – Cold War: A court in [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]] sentences American journalist [[William N. Oatis]] to ten years in prison on charges of [[espionage]]. * 1951 – [[William Shockley]] announces the invention of the [[Bipolar junction transistor|junction transistor]]. *[[1954]] – [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|Food rationing in Great Britain]] ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in [[World War II]], and nearly a decade after the war's end. *[[1960]] – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th [[U.S. state]] on [[August 21]], 1959, the 50-star [[flag of the United States]] debuts in [[Philadelphia]], almost ten and a half months later (see [[Flag Acts (United States)]]). *[[1961]] – On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine [[Soviet submarine K-19|''K-19'']] suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of [[radiation poisoning]] over the following two years. *[[1966]] – U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] into United States law. The act went into effect the next year. *[[1976]] – [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli commandos]] [[Entebbe raid|raid Entebbe]] airport in [[Uganda]], rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an [[Air France]] jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. *[[1977]] – The [[George Jackson Brigade]] plants a bomb at the main power substation for the [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state capitol in [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], in solidarity with a prison strike at the [[Walla Walla State Penitentiary]] Intensive Security Unit. *[[1982]] – Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are [[Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982)|kidnapped in Lebanon]] by [[Kataeb Party|Phalange forces]], and their fate remains unknown. *1982 – [[Space Shuttle program]]: ''[[Space Shuttle Columbia|Columbia]]'' lands at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] at the end of the program's final test flight, [[STS-4]]. President [[Ronald Reagan]] declares the Space Shuttle to be operational.<ref name="owastwrd">{{cite news |date=July 5, 1982 |title=Shuttle test: 'Outstanding' was the word |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QflLAAAAIBAJ&pg=6186%2C1692654 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |page=1 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Rwandan genocide]]: [[Kigali]], the Rwandan capital, is captured by the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front]], ending the genocide in the city. *[[1997]] – [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Pathfinder|Pathfinder]] space probe lands on the surface of [[Mars]]. *[[1998]] – Japan launches the [[Nozomi (spacecraft)|Nozomi]] probe to [[Mars]], joining the United States and Russia as a [[outer space|space]] exploring nation. *[[2001]] – [[Vladivostok Air Flight 352]] crashes on approach to [[International Airport Irkutsk|Irkutsk Airport]] killing all 145 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M RA-85845 Burdakovka|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010704-0|access-date=2019-07-03|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2002]] – A [[Boeing 707]] [[2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash|crashes]] near [[Bangui M'Poko International Airport]] in [[Bangui]], [[Central African Republic]], killing 28.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-123B 9XR-IS Bangui|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020704-0|access-date=2021-07-03|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[2004]] – The cornerstone of the [[One World Trade Center|Freedom Tower]] is laid on the [[World Trade Center site]] in New York City. * 2004 – [[Greece national football team|Greece]] beats [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in the [[UEFA Euro 2004 Final]] and becomes European Champion for first time in its history. *[[2005]] – The [[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]] collider hits the [[comet]] [[Tempel 1]]. *[[2006]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: ''[[OV-103|Discovery]]'' launches [[STS-121]] to the [[International Space Station]]. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/sts-121/index.html|title=NASA - STS-121 Launch and Landing|first=Jim|last=Wilson|website=www.nasa.gov}}</ref> *[[2008]] – A [[2008 Minsk bombing|bomb explodes]] at a concert in [[Independence Square, Minsk|Minsk's Independence Square]], injuring 50 people.<ref name="jamestown">{{Cite web |title=ASSESSING THE TERRORIST EXPLOSION IN MINSK |url=https://jamestown.org/program/assessing-the-terrorist-explosion-in-minsk/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Jamestown |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2009]] – The [[Statue of Liberty]]'s crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the [[September 11 attacks]]. * 2009 – The first of [[2009 Mindanao bombings|four days of bombings]] begins on the southern [[Philippines|Philippine]] island group of [[Mindanao]]. *[[2012]] – The discovery of particles consistent with the [[Higgs boson]] at the [[Large Hadron Collider]] is announced at [[CERN]]. *[[2015]] – Chile claims its first title in international [[Association football|football]] by defeating Argentina in the [[2015 Copa América]] Final. *[[2024]] – The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], led by [[Keir Starmer]], wins a [[landslide victory|landslide majority]] in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]], ending 14 years of [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn09xn9je7lt|title='We did it,' says Starmer as Labour wins landslide in general election|website=BBC News|date=5 July 2024|access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 68|68]] – [[Salonia Matidia]], Roman daughter of [[Ulpia Marciana]] (died 119)<ref>{{CIL|06|02080}}</ref> *[[1095]] – [[Usama ibn Munqidh]], Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (died 1188)<ref>According to [[Ibn Khallikan]] he was born on 27 [[Jumada al-Thani]], 488 [[Hijri year|AH]] and died 23 [[Ramadan (calendar month)|Ramadan]] 584 AH. ''Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary'', trans. [[William MacGuckin, Baron de Slane]], vol. 1 (Paris: 1842), p. 179. The [[Gregorian calendar]] dates are from Cobb, ''Usama ibn Munqidh'', p. 4.</ref> *[[1330]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]], Japanese shōgun (died 1367) *[[1477]] – [[Johannes Aventinus]], Bavarian historian and philologist (died 1534) *[[1546]] – [[Murad III]], Ottoman sultan (died 1595) ===1601–1900=== *[[1656]] – [[John Leake]], Royal Navy admiral (died 1720) *[[1694]] – [[Louis-Claude Daquin]], French organist and composer (died 1772) *[[1715]] – [[Christian Fürchtegott Gellert]], German poet and academic (died 1769) *[[1719]] – [[Michel-Jean Sedaine]], French playwright (died 1797) *[[1729]] – [[George Leonard (Congressman)|George Leonard]], American lawyer, jurist and politician (died 1819) *[[1753]] – [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]], French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (died 1809) *[[1790]] – [[George Everest]], Welsh geographer and surveyor (died 1866) *[[1799]] – [[Oscar I of Sweden]] (died 1859)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar I {{!}} king of Sweden and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1804]] – [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], American novelist and short story writer (died 1864) *[[1807]] – [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], Italian general and politician (died 1882) *[[1816]] – [[Hiram Walker]], American businessman, founded [[Canadian Club|Canadian Club whisky]] (died 1899) *[[1826]] – [[Stephen Foster]], American songwriter and composer (died 1864) *[[1842]] – [[Hermann Cohen]], German philosopher (died 1918) *[[1845]] – [[Thomas John Barnardo]], Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (died 1905) *[[1847]] – [[James Anthony Bailey]], American circus ringmaster, co-founded [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] (died 1906) *[[1854]] – [[Victor Babeș]], Romanian physician and biologist (died 1926) *[[1868]] – [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]], American astronomer and academic (died 1921)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Deborah|last1=Todd|first2=Joseph|last2=Angelo|title=A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy|location=New York|publisher=Facts of File|year=2003|page=200|isbn=978-0-81604-639-3}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Tom Longboat]], Canadian runner and soldier (died 1949)<ref>[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/image.aspx?Image=238864a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fdata2.archives.ca%2fcef%2fwell2%2f238864a.gif&Ecopy=238864a Thomas Longboat's CEF Attestation Paper], at [[Library and Archives Canada]]</ref> *[[1871]] – [[Hubert Cecil Booth]], English engineer (died 1955)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Obituary. Hubert Cecil Booth. 1871–1955|journal=ICE Proceedings |author=Institution of Civil Engineers|year=1955|volume=4|issue=4|pages=631–632|publisher=Thomas Telford Publishing|doi=10.1680/iicep.1955.11412|doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Calvin Coolidge]], American lawyer and politician, 30th [[President of the United States]] (died 1933) *[[1874]] – [[John McPhee (politician)|John McPhee]], Australian journalist and politician, 27th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (died 1952) *[[1880]] – [[Victor Kraft]], Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1975) *[[1881]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American general (died 1968) *[[1883]] – [[Rube Goldberg]], American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (died 1970) *[[1887]] – [[Pio Pion]], Italian engineer and businessman (died 1965) *[[1888]] – [[Henry Armetta]], Italian-American actor and singer (died 1945) *[[1895]] – [[Irving Caesar]], American songwriter and composer (died 1996) *[[1896]] – [[Mao Dun]], Chinese journalist, author, and critic (died 1981) *[[1897]] – [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]], Indian activist (died 1924) *[[1898]] – [[Pilar Barbosa]], Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (died 1997) * 1898 – [[Gertrude Lawrence]], British actress, singer, and dancer (died 1952) * 1898 – [[Gulzarilal Nanda]], Indian politician (died 1998) * 1898 – [[Gertrude Weaver]], American supercentenarian (died 2015) *[[1900]] – [[Belinda Dann]], Indigenous Australian who was one of the [[Stolen Generation]], reunited with family aged 107 (died 2007) * 1900 – [[Nellie Mae Rowe]], American folk artist (died 1982) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Meyer Lansky]], American gangster (died 1983) * 1902 – [[George Murphy]], American actor and politician (died 1992) *[[1903]] – [[Flor Peeters]], Belgian organist, composer, and educator (died 1986) *[[1904]] – [[Angela Baddeley]], English actress (died 1976) *[[1905]] – [[Irving Johnson]], American sailor and author (died 1991) * 1905 – [[Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey]], British diplomat and public servant (died 1996) * 1905 – [[Lionel Trilling]], American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (died 1975) *[[1906]] – [[Vincent Schaefer]], American chemist and meteorologist (died 1993) *[[1907]] – [[John Anderson (discus thrower)|John Anderson]], American discus thrower (died 1948) * 1907 – [[Howard Taubman]], American author and critic (died 1996) *[[1909]] – [[Alec Templeton]], Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (died 1963) *[[1910]] – [[Robert K. Merton]], American sociologist and scholar (died 2003) * 1910 – [[Gloria Stuart]], American actress (died 2010) *[[1911]] – [[Bruce Hamilton (public servant)|Bruce Hamilton]], Australian public servant (died 1989) * 1911 – [[Mitch Miller]], American singer and producer (died 2010) * 1911 – [[Elizabeth Peratrovich]], Alaskan-American civil rights activist (died 1958)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weingroff |first1=Richard F. |title=Who Is Elizabeth Peratrovich? The Story Behind the Country's First Anti-Discrimination Law |url=https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/who-elizabeth-peratrovich-story-behind-countrys-first-anti |website=[[Federal Highway Administration|Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)]] |publisher=U.S. Federal Highway Administration |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Nuccio Bertone]], Italian automobile designer (died 1997) *[[1915]] – [[Timmie Rogers]], American actor and singer-songwriter (died 2006) *[[1916]] – [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]], American typist and broadcaster (died 2006) *[[1918]] – [[Eppie Lederer]], American journalist and radio host (died 2002) * 1918 – [[Johnnie Parsons]], American race car driver (died 1984) * 1918 – King [[Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]] of Tonga, (died 2006) * 1918 – [[Alec Bedser]], English cricketer (died 2010) * 1918 – [[Eric Bedser]], English cricketer (died 2006) * 1918 – [[Pauline Phillips]], American journalist and radio host, created [[Dear Abby]] (died 2013) *[[1920]] – [[Norm Drucker]], American basketball player and referee (died 2015) * 1920 – [[Leona Helmsley]], American businesswoman (died 2007) * 1920 – [[Fritz Wilde]], German footballer and manager (died 1977) * 1920 – [[Paul Bannai]], American politician (died 2019) *[[1921]] – [[Gérard Debreu]], French economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2004) * 1921 – [[Nasser Sharifi]], Iranian sports shooter * 1921 – [[Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut]] (died 2014) * 1921 – [[Philip Rose (theatrical producer)|Philip Rose]], American actor, playwright, and producer (died 2011) * 1921 – [[Tibor Varga (violinist)|Tibor Varga]], Hungarian violinist and conductor (died 2003) *[[1922]] – [[R. James Harvey]], American politician (died 2019) *[[1923]] – [[Rudolf Friedrich]], Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2013) *[[1924]] – [[Eva Marie Saint]], American actress * 1924 – [[Delia Fiallo]], Cuban author and screenwriter (died 2021) * 1924 – [[Harry Stewart Jr.]], American military officer and fighter pilot (died 2025) *[[1925]] – [[Ciril Zlobec]], Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (died 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.sta.si/2546272/poet-ciril-zlobec-dies-aged-93|title=STA: Poet Ciril Zlobec dies, aged 93|website=english.sta.si|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref>) * 1925 – [[Dorothy Head Knode]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorothy KNODE |url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20005112 |website=ITF Tennis |publisher=[[International Tennis Federation]] |access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref> (died 2015) *[[1926]] – [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) * 1926 – [[Lake Underwood]], American race car driver and businessman (died 2008) *[[1927]] – [[Gina Lollobrigida]], Italian actress and photographer (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gina Lollobrigida: Italian screen star dies at 95 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64292026 |website=BBC News |access-date=16 January 2023 |date=16 January 2023}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Neil Simon]], American playwright and screenwriter (died 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Simon obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/aug/26/neil-simon-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en |date=26 August 2018}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Giampiero Boniperti]], Italian footballer and politician (died 2021) * 1928 – [[Teofisto Guingona Jr.]], Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines * 1928 – [[Jassem Alwan]], Syrian Army Officer (died 2018) * 1928 – [[Shan Ratnam]], Sri Lankan physician and academic (died 2001) * 1928 – [[Chuck Tanner]], American baseball player and manager (died 2011) *[[1929]] – [[Al Davis]], American football player, coach, and manager (died 2011) * 1929 – [[Bill Tuttle]], American baseball player (died 1998) *[[1930]] – [[George Steinbrenner]], American businessman (died 2010) *[[1931]] – [[Stephen Boyd]], Northern Ireland-born American actor (died 1977) * 1931 – [[Rick Casares]], American football player and soldier (died 2013) * 1931 – [[Sébastien Japrisot]], French author, director, and screenwriter (died 2003) * 1931 – [[Peter Richardson (cricketer)|Peter Richardson]], English cricketer (died 2017) *[[1932]] – [[Aurèle Vandendriessche]], Belgian runner (died 2023) *[[1934]] – [[Yvonne B. Miller]], American academic and politician (died 2012) * 1934 – [[Colin Welland]], English actor and screenwriter (died 2015) *[[1935]] – [[Paul Scoon]], Grenadian politician, 2nd [[Governor-General of Grenada]] (died 2013) *[[1936]] – [[Zdzisława Donat]], Polish soprano and actress *[[1937]] – [[Thomas Nagel]], American philosopher and academic * 1937 – [[Queen Sonja of Norway]] * 1937 – [[Richard Rhodes]], American journalist and historian * 1937 – [[Eric Walters (newsreader)|Eric Walters]], Australian journalist (died 2010) *[[1938]] – [[Steven Rose]], English biologist and academic * 1938 – [[Bill Withers]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020) *[[1940]] – [[Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)|Pat Stapleton]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020) *[[1941]] – [[Sam Farr]], American politician * 1941 – [[Tomaž Šalamun]], Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (died 2014) * 1941 – [[Pavel Sedláček (musician)|Pavel Sedláček]], Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1941 – [[Brian Willson]], American soldier, lawyer, and activist *[[1942]] – [[Hal Lanier]], American baseball player, coach, and manager * 1942 – [[Floyd Little]], American football player and coach (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=July 4: Happy birthday, Floyd Little |url=https://www.denverbroncos.com/video/july-4-happy-birthday-floyd-little-15462147 |website=denverbroncos.com |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Stefan Meller]], French-Polish academic and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)|Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (died 2008) * 1942 – [[Prince Michael of Kent]] * 1942 – [[Peter Rowan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1943]] – [[Conny Bauer]], German trombonist * 1943 – [[Emerson Boozer]], American football player and sportscaster * 1943 – [[Adam Hart-Davis]], English historian, author, and photographer * 1943 – [[Geraldo Rivera]], American lawyer, journalist, and author<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/geraldo-rivera-9459468 | title = Geraldo Rivera Biography | website = [[Biography Channel|Biography.com]] | access-date = July 21, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140313140923/http://www.biography.com/people/geraldo-rivera-9459468 | archive-date = March 13, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> * 1943 – [[Fred Wesley]], American [[jazz]] and [[funk]] [[trombonist]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ankeny |first1=Jason |title=AllMusic Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fred-wesley-mn0000145269/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Alan Wilson (musician)|Alan Wilson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1970) *[[1945]] – [[Andre Spitzer]], Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (died 1972) *[[1946]] – [[Ron Kovic]], American author and activist * 1946 – [[Michael Milken]], American businessman and philanthropist *[[1947]] – [[Lembit Ulfsak]], Estonian actor and director (died 2017) *[[1948]] – [[René Arnoux]], French race car driver * 1948 – [[Tommy Körberg]], Swedish singer and actor * 1948 – [[Jeremy Spencer]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1950]] – [[Philip Craven]], English basketball player and swimmer * 1950 – [[David Jensen]], Canadian-English radio and television host *[[1951]] – [[John Alexander (Australian politician)|John Alexander]], Australian tennis player and politician * 1951 – [[Ralph Johnson (musician)|Ralph Johnson]], American R&B drummer and percussionist * 1951 – [[Vladimir Tismăneanu]], Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic * 1951 – [[Kathleen Kennedy Townsend]], American lawyer and politician, 6th [[Lieutenant Governor of Maryland]] *[[1952]] – [[Álvaro Uribe]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th [[President of Colombia]] * 1952 – [[Carol MacReady]], English actress * 1952 – [[John Waite]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 – [[Paul Rogat Loeb]], American author and activist *[[1953]] – [[Francis Maude]], English lawyer and politician, [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]] *[[1954]] – [[Jim Beattie (baseball)|Jim Beattie]], American baseball player, coach, and manager * 1954 – [[Morganna]], American model, actress, and dancer * 1954 – [[Devendra Kumar Joshi]], 21st [[Chief of Naval Staff (India)|Chief of Naval Staff]] of the [[Indian Navy]] *[[1955]] – [[Eero Heinäluoma]], Finnish politician<ref>[https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/768.aspx Kansanedustajat: Eero Heinäluoma – Eduskunta] (in Finnish)</ref> * 1955 – [[Kevin Nichols]], Australian cyclist *[[1956]] – [[Robert Sinclair MacKay]], British academic and educator *[[1957]] – [[Rein Lang]], Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] *[[1958]] – [[Vera Leth]], Greenlandic Ombudsman * 1958 – [[Kirk Pengilly]], Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter * 1958 – [[Carl Valentine]], Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager *[[1959]] – [[Victoria Abril]], Spanish actress and singer *[[1960]] – [[Roland Ratzenberger]], Austrian race car driver (died 1994) *[[1961]] – [[Richard Garriott]], English-American video game designer, created the [[Ultima (series)|Ultima series]] *[[1962]] – [[Pam Shriver]], American tennis player and sportscaster *[[1963]] – [[Henri Leconte]], French tennis player and sportscaster * 1963 – [[Laureano Márquez]], Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist * 1963 – [[José Oquendo]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach * 1963 – [[Sonia Pierre]], Haitian-Dominican human rights activist (died 2011)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Franco-Soto |first1=Ana |title=Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography |title-link=Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-199-93580-2 |editor1-last=Knight |editor1-first=Franklin W. |location=Oxford, England |chapter=Pierre, Sonia (1963–2011) |editor2-last=Gates, Jr |editor2-first=Henry Louis}} {{subscription required|via=[http://www.oxfordreference.com/ Oxford University Press]'s Reference Online}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Cle Kooiman]], American soccer player and manager * 1964 – [[Elie Saab]], Lebanese fashion designer * 1964 – [[Edi Rama]], Albanian politician * 1964 – [[Mark Slaughter]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1964 – [[Mark Whiting]], American actor, director, and screenwriter *[[1965]] – [[Harvey Grant]], American basketball player and coach * 1965 – [[Horace Grant]], American basketball player and coach * 1965 – [[Kiriakos Karataidis]], Greek footballer and manager * 1965 – [[Gérard Watkins]], English actor and playwright *[[1966]] – [[Ronni Ancona]], Scottish actress and screenwriter * 1966 – [[Minas Hantzidis]], German-Greek footballer * 1966 – [[Lee Reherman]], American actor (died 2016) *[[1967]] – [[Vinny Castilla]], Mexican baseball player and manager * 1967 – [[Sébastien Deleigne]], French athlete *[[1969]] – [[Al Golden]], American football player and coach * 1969 – [[Todd Marinovich]], American football player and coach * 1969 – [[Wilfred Mugeyi]], Zimbabwean footballer and coach *[[1972]] – [[Stephen Giles]], Canadian canoe racer and engineer * 1972 – [[Mike Knuble]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach *[[1973]] – [[Keiko Ihara]], Japanese race car driver * 1973 – [[Gackt]], Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor * 1973 – [[Michael Johnson (footballer, born 1973)|Michael Johnson]], English-Jamaican footballer and manager * 1973 – [[Anjelika Krylova]], Russian ice dancer and coach * 1973 – [[Jan Magnussen]], Danish race car driver * 1973 – [[Tony Popovic]], Australian footballer and manager *[[1974]] – [[Jill Craybas]], American tennis player * 1974 – [[La'Roi Glover]], American football player and sportscaster * 1974 – [[Adrian Griffin]], American basketball player and coach *[[1976]] – [[Daijiro Kato]], Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2003) * 1976 – [[Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova|Yevgeniya Medvedeva]], Russian skier *[[1978]] – [[Marcos Daniel]], Brazilian tennis player * 1978 – [[Émile Mpenza]], Belgian footballer *[[1979]] – [[Siim Kabrits]], Estonian politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vvk.ee/varasemad/k99/kandidaadid/2308.html|title=Kandidaat nr 167 - SIIM KABRITS|publisher=Estonian Electoral Committee}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Josh McCown]], American football player * 1979 – [[Renny Vega]], Venezuelan footballer *[[1980]] – [[Kwame Steede]], Bermudan footballer *[[1981]] – [[Dedé (Angolan footballer)|Dedé]], Angolan footballer * 1981 – [[Brock Berlin]], American football player * 1981 – [[Christoph Preuß]], German footballer * 1981 – [[Francisco Cruceta]], Dominican baseball player * 1981 – [[Will Smith (defensive end)|Will Smith]], American football player (died 2016) *[[1982]] – [[Vladimir Boisa]], Georgian basketball player * 1982 – [[Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)|Vladimir Gusev]], Russian cyclist * 1982 – [[Jeff Lima (rugby league)|Jeff Lima]], New Zealand rugby league player * 1982 – [[Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino]], American model, author and television personality<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/the-situation/| title=The Situation|magazine=[[Us Weekly|UsMagazine.com]]|access-date=April 8, 2018|archive-date= September 16, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170916190216/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/the-situation/ |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Melanie Fiona]], Canadian singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1114906|pure_url=yes}}|title=Melanie Fiona > Biography|last=Chisling|first=Matthew|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=18 April 2010}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Amantle Montsho]], Botswanan sprinter * 1983 – [[Miguel Pinto]], Chilean footballer * 1983 – [[Amol Rajan]], Indian-English journalist * 1983 – [[Mattia Serafini]], Italian footballer *[[1984]] – [[Jin Akanishi]], Japanese singer-songwriter * 1984 – [[Miguel Santos Soares]], Timorese footballer * 1985 – [[Kane Tenace]], Australian footballer * 1985 – [[Dimitrios Mavroeidis]], Greek basketball player * 1985 – [[Wason Rentería]], Colombian footballer *[[1986]] – [[Ömer Aşık]], Turkish basketball player * 1986 – [[Nguyen Ngoc Duy]], Vietnamese footballer * 1986 – [[Rafael Arévalo]], Salvadoran tennis player * 1986 – [[Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1986)|Willem Janssen]], Dutch footballer * 1986 – [[Terrance Knighton]], American football player * 1986 – [[Marte Elden]], Norwegian skier *[[1987]] – [[Wude Ayalew]], Ethiopian runner * 1987 – [[Guram Kashia]], Georgian footballer *[[1988]] – [[Angelique Boyer]], French-Mexican actress *[[1989]] – [[Benjamin Büchel]], Liechtensteiner footballer *[[1990]] – [[Jake Gardiner]], American ice hockey player * 1990 – [[Richard Mpong]], Ghanaian footballer * 1990 – [[Naoki Yamada]], Japanese footballer * 1990 – [[Ihar Yasinski]], Belarusian footballer *[[1992]] – [[Ángel Romero (footballer)|Ángel Romero]], Paraguayan footballer * 1992 – [[Óscar Romero (footballer)|Óscar Romero]], Paraguayan footballer *[[1993]] – [[Tom Barkhuizen]], English footballer *[[1995]] – [[Post Malone]], American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/post-malone-mn0003426458/biography|title=Post Malone | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Moa Kikuchi]], Japanese musician <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amuse.co.jp/|title=アミューズ オフィシャル ウェブサイト - AMUSE OFFICIAL WEBSITE -|website=アミューズ オフィシャル ウェブサイト - AMUSE OFFICIAL WEBSITE -}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Polina Bogusevich]], Russian singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2017/10/13/russia-polina-bogusevich/|title=Russia: Who Is Polina Bogusevich?|date=13 October 2017|publisher=Eurovoix|last=Herbert|first=Emily}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[673]] – [[Ecgberht of Kent|Ecgberht]], king of Kent<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cheney |first1=Christopher Robert |last2=Jones |first2=Michael |title=A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History |date=6 April 2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77845-9 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Fakx-flCkC&pg=PA23 |language=en}}</ref> * [[907]] – [[Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria|Luitpold]], margrave of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] * 907 – [[Dietmar I (archbishop of Salzburg)|Dietmar I]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg|Salzburg]] * [[910]] – [[Luo Shaowei]], Chinese warlord (born 877) * [[940]] – [[Wang Jianli]], Chinese general (born 871) * [[943]] – [[Taejo of Goryeo]], Korean king (born 877) * [[945]] – [[Zhuo Yanming]], Chinese [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] and emperor * [[965]] – [[Pope Benedict V|Benedict V]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[973]] – [[Ulrich of Augsburg]], German bishop and saint (born 890) * [[975]] – [[Gwangjong of Goryeo]], Korean king (born 925) *[[1187]] – [[Raynald of Châtillon]], French knight (born 1125) *[[1307]] – [[Rudolf I of Bohemia]] (born 1281) *[[1336]] – Saint [[Elizabeth of Portugal]] (born 1271) *[[1429]] – [[Carlo I Tocco]], ruler of Epirus (born 1372) *[[1533]] – [[John Frith (martyr)|John Frith]], English priest, writer, and martyr (born 1503) *[[1541]] – [[Pedro de Alvarado]], Spanish general and explorer (born 1495) *[[1546]] – [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]], Ottoman admiral (born 1478) *[[1551]] – [[Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell]], English politician (born 1514) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Philippe de Monte]], Flemish composer and educator (born 1521) *[[1623]] – [[William Byrd]], English composer (born c. 1540) *[[1644]] – [[Brian Twyne]], English academic, antiquarian and archivist (born 1581) *[[1648]] – [[Antoine Daniel]], French missionary and saint, one of the eight [[Canadian Martyrs]] (born 1601) *[[1742]] – [[Luigi Guido Grandi]], Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (born 1671) *[[1754]] – [[Philippe Néricault Destouches]], French playwright and author (born 1680) *[[1761]] – [[Samuel Richardson]], English author and painter (born 1689) *[[1780]] – [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine]] (born 1712) *[[1787]] – [[Charles, Prince of Soubise]], Marshal of France (born 1715) *[[1821]] – [[Richard Cosway]], English painter and academic (born 1742) *[[1826]] – [[John Adams]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of the United States]] (born 1735)<ref>{{cite web |title= History - John Adams |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/adams_john.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref> * 1826 – [[Thomas Jefferson]], American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd [[President of the United States]] (born 1743) *[[1831]] – [[James Monroe]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[President of the United States]] (born 1758) *[[1848]] – [[François-René de Chateaubriand]], French historian and politician (born 1768) *[[1850]] – [[William Kirby (entomologist)|William Kirby]], English entomologist and author (born 1759) *[[1854]] – [[Karl Friedrich Eichhorn]], German academic and jurist (born 1781) *[[1857]] – [[William L. Marcy]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st [[United States Secretary of State]] (born 1786) *[[1881]] – [[Johan Vilhelm Snellman]], Finnish philosopher and politician (born 1806) *[[1882]] – [[Joseph Brackett]], American composer and author (born 1797) *[[1886]] – [[Poundmaker]], Canadian tribal chief (born 1797) *[[1891]] – [[Hannibal Hamlin]], American lawyer and politician, 15th [[Vice President of the United States]] (born 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Johannes Schmidt (linguist)|Johannes Schmidt]], German linguist and academic (born 1843) *[[1902]] – [[Swami Vivekananda]], Indian monk and saint (born 1863) *[[1905]] – [[Élisée Reclus]], French geographer and author (born 1830) *[[1910]] – [[Melville Fuller]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (born 1833)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Orth |first1=John V. |title=Fuller, Melville Weston |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195176612.001.0001/acref-9780195176612-e-0459 |website=The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195176612.001.0001 |date=2005|isbn=9780195176612 }}</ref> * 1910 – [[Kabua the Great]], Marshallese [[iroijlaplap]] (born {{circa|1820}})<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Matthew P.|url=https://academic.oup.com/book/41434/chapter-abstract/352773361?redirectedFrom=fulltext|title=The Kaiser and the Colonies: Monarchy in the Age of Empire|chapter=11: The Kaiser’s Birthday Present|date=2022|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780192897039|doi=10.1093/oso/9780192897039.003.0012|location=Oxford|pages=319}}</ref> * 1910 – [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]], Italian astronomer and historian (born 1835) *[[1916]] – [[Alan Seeger]], American soldier and poet (born 1888) *[[1922]] – [[Lothar von Richthofen]], German lieutenant and pilot (born 1894) *[[1926]] – [[Pier Giorgio Frassati]], Italian activist and saint (born 1901) *[[1934]] – [[Marie Curie]], French-Polish physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1867)<ref>{{cite web |title= History - Marie Curie |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/curie_marie.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Anna Paaske]], Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (born 1856)<ref>{{cite news|title=Anna Paaske |url=https://www.nb.no/items/44258e9e31327b66a1a6d5781667dec7?page=1|work=Haugesunds Dagblad|date=5 July 1935|location=Haugesund|page=2|language=no}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Otto Bauer]], Austrian philosopher and politician, [[Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs|Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1881) * 1938 – [[Suzanne Lenglen]], French tennis player (born 1899) *[[1941]] – [[Antoni Łomnicki]], Polish mathematician and academic (born 1881) *[[1943]] – [[Władysław Sikorski]], Polish general and politician, 9th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland]] (born 1881) *[[1946]] – [[Taffy O'Callaghan]], Welsh footballer and coach (born 1906) *[[1948]] – [[Monteiro Lobato]], Brazilian journalist and author (born 1882) *[[1949]] – [[François Brandt]], Dutch rower and engineer (born 1874) *[[1963]] – [[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg]], New Zealand general and politician, 7th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (born 1889) * 1963 – [[Clyde Kennard]], American activist and martyr (born 1927) * 1963 – [[Pingali Venkayya]], Indian activist, designed the [[Flag of India]] (born 1876) *[[1964]] – [[Gaby Morlay]], French actress and singer (born 1893) *[[1969]] – [[Henri Decoin]], French director and screenwriter (born 1890) *[[1970]] – [[Barnett Newman]], American painter and illustrator (born 1905) * 1970 – [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]], American sailor and businessman (born 1884) *[[1971]] – [[August Derleth]], American anthologist and author (born 1909) * 1971 – [[Thomas C. Hart]], American admiral and politician (born 1877) *[[1974]] – [[Georgette Heyer]], English author (born 1902) * 1974 – [[André Randall]], French actor (born 1892) *[[1976]] – [[Yonatan Netanyahu]], Israeli colonel (born 1946) * 1976 – [[Antoni Słonimski]], Polish poet and playwright (born 1895) *[[1977]] – [[Gersh Budker]], Ukrainian physicist and academic (born 1918) *[[1979]] – [[Lee Wai Tong]], Chinese footballer and manager (born 1905) *[[1980]] – [[Maurice Grevisse]], Belgian linguist and author (born 1895) *[[1984]] – [[Jimmie Spheeris]], American singer-songwriter (born 1949) *[[1986]] – [[Paul-Gilbert Langevin]], French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (born 1933) * 1986 – [[Flor Peeters]], Belgian organist and composer (born 1903) * 1986 – [[Oscar Zariski]], Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (born 1899) *[[1988]] – [[Adrian Adonis]], American wrestler (born 1954) *[[1990]] – [[Olive Ann Burns]], American journalist and author (born 1924) *[[1991]] – [[Victor Chang]], Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (born 1936) * 1991 – [[Art Sansom]], American cartoonist (born 1920) *[[1992]] – [[Astor Piazzolla]], Argentinian [[bandoneon]] player and composer (born 1921) *[[1993]] – [[Bona Arsenault]], Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (born 1903) *[[1994]] – [[Joey Marella]], American wrestling referee (born 1964) *[[1995]] – [[Eva Gabor]], Hungarian-American actress and singer (born 1919) * 1995 – [[Bob Ross]], American painter and television host (born 1942) *[[1997]] – [[Charles Kuralt]], American journalist (born 1934) * 1997 – [[John Zachary Young]], English zoologist and neurophysiologist (born 1907) *[[1999]] – [[Leo Garel]], American illustrator and educator (born 1917) *[[2000]] – [[Gustaw Herling-Grudziński]], Polish journalist and author (born 1919) *[[2002]] – [[Gerald Bales]], Canadian organist and composer (born 1919) * 2002 – [[Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.]], American general (born 1912) *[[2003]] – [[Larry Burkett]], American author and radio host (born 1939) * 2003 – [[André Claveau]], French singer (born 1915) * 2003 – [[Barry White]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944) *[[2004]] – [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1920) *[[2005]] – [[Cliff Goupille]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1915) * 2005 – [[Hank Stram]], American football player and coach (born 1923) *[[2007]] – [[Bill Pinkney]], American singer (born 1925) *[[2008]] – [[Thomas M. Disch]], American author and poet (born 1940) * 2008 – [[Jesse Helms]], American politician (born 1921) * 2008 – [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress (born 1916) * 2008 – [[Terrence Kiel]], American football player (born 1980) * 2008 – [[Charles Wheeler (journalist)|Charles Wheeler]], German-English soldier and journalist (born 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Brenda Joyce (actress)|Brenda Joyce]], American actress (born 1917) * 2009 – [[Allen Klein]], American businessman and talent agent, founded [[ABKCO Records]] (born 1931) * 2009 – [[Drake Levin]], American guitarist (born 1946) * 2009 – [[Steve McNair]], American football player (born 1973) * 2009 – [[Lasse Strömstedt]], Swedish author and actor (born 1935) * 2009 – [[Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard]], Congolese poet and politician (born 1938) *[[2010]] – [[Robert Neil Butler]], American physician and author (born 1927) *[[2012]] – [[Hiren Bhattacharyya]], Indian poet and author (born 1932) * 2012 – [[Jimmy Bivins]], American boxer (born 1919) * 2012 – [[Jeong Min-hyeong]], South Korean footballer (born 1987) * 2012 – [[Eric Sykes]], English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923) *[[2013]] – [[Onllwyn Brace]], Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (born 1932) * 2013 – [[Jack Crompton]], English footballer and manager (born 1921) * 2013 – [[James Fulton (dermatologist)|James Fulton]], American dermatologist and academic (born 1940) * 2013 – [[Charles A. Hines]], American general (born 1935) * 2013 – [[Bernie Nolan]], Irish singer (born 1960) *[[2014]] – [[Giorgio Faletti]], Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (born 1950) * 2014 – [[C. J. Henderson (writer)|C. J. Henderson]], American author and critic (born 1951) * 2014 – [[Earl Robinson (baseball)|Earl Robinson]], American baseball player (born 1936) * 2014 – [[Richard Mellon Scaife]], American businessman (born 1932) *[[2015]] – [[Nedelcho Beronov]], Bulgarian judge and politician (born 1928) * 2015 – [[William Conrad Gibbons]], American historian, author, and academic (born 1926) *[[2016]] – [[Abbas Kiarostami]], Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (born 1940) *[[2017]] – [[John Blackwell (musician)|John Blackwell]], American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (born 1973) * 2017 – [[Daniil Granin]], Soviet and Russian author (born 1919) * 2017 – [[Gene Conley]], American MLB player and NBA player (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/4|title=Famous Deaths on July 4|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Henri Dirickx]], Belgian footballer (born 1927) * 2018 – [[Robby Müller]], Dutch cinematographer (born 1940) *[[2021]] – [[Harmoko]], Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (born 1939)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-5631405/cerita-keluarga-soal-harmoko-terpapar-covid-19-dan-riwayat-penyakitnya |title=Cerita Keluarga soal Harmoko Terpapar COVID-19 dan Riwayat Penyakitnya|work=Detik.com|author=Annisa Rizky Fadhila|date=5 July 2021|accessdate=5 July 2021|language=id}}</ref> *2021 – [[Matīss Kivlenieks]], Latvian ice hockey goaltender (born 1996)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-05 |title=Jackets' Kivlenieks, 24, dies in fireworks accident |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31764017/columbus-blue-jackets-goalie-matiss-kivlenieks-24-dies-tragic-accident |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Cláudio Hummes]], Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Obituaries |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries |access-date=2022-07-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Kazuki Takahashi]], Japanese manga artist (born 1961)<ref>{{cite web |last1= Ives |first1= Mike |last2= Ueno |first2= Hisako |date= October 28, 2022 |title= A Celebrated Japanese Artist Died Trying to Save Others From Drowning |website= New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/world/asia/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-drowning.html |accessdate= 2 November 2022}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Andrew of Crete]] **[[Bertha of Artois]] **Blessed [[Catherine Jarrige]] **Blessed [[Pier Giorgio Frassati]] **[[Elizabeth of Aragon|Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal)]] **[[Oda of Canterbury]] **[[Ulrich of Augsburg]] **[[July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *The first evening of [[Dree Festival]], celebrated until July 7 ([[Apatani people]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[India]]) *[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] ([[United States]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day {{!}} History, Meaning, & Date {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Independence-Day-United-States-holiday |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 September 2023 |language=en |date=9 September 2023}}</ref> *[[Liberation Day]] ([[Northern Mariana Islands]]) *[[Liberation Day (Rwanda)|Liberation Day]] ([[Rwanda]]) *[[Republic Day (Philippines)]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=04}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/4 |title=Historical Events on July 4 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 04}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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