Historical Events In July - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1917 On July - 04 johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84
1918 Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa on July - 04.
1918 On July - 04 battle of Hamel, France
1918 Abigail Van Buren, [Mrs Morton Phillips], Sioux City Iowa, columnist on July - 04.
1919 Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship on this day in history.
1919 M Wolf discovers asteroid #914 Palisana on this day in history.
1919 On July - 04 aDGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms
1920 Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat on this day in history.
1923 Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on July - 04.
1923 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1925 On July - 04 44 die when the Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses
1927 On this day in history the birth of Neil Simon, American author
1929 Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1934 Chaim Nachman Bialik zionist poet, dies on July - 04.
1934 On this day in history "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies
1938 Suzanne Lenglen 6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia on this day in history.
1938 On July - 04 otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56
1939 On July - 04 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 On this day in history yankees retire first uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), first Old Timers Day
1941 On this day in history howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for the first time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin
1942 On July - 04 the birth of Prince Michael of Kent
1942 The first American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) on July - 04.
1943 Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62 on July - 04.
1945 On July - 04 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 this day in history the Philippine Islands granted independence by the United States
1946 On July - 04 othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71
1950 On July - 04 truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own consitution)
1952 On July - 04 walter Long, dies at 73
1954 On July - 04 west Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
1956 On this day in history independence National Historical Park established in Philadelphia
1956 US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland on this day in history.
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