Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In July - 04
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1982 On this day in history sylvestre A Guzman Fernandez, pres Dominican Rep, commits suicide 
1983 Claus Adam, composer, dies at 65 on July - 04.
1985 On this day in history tinker Bell's nightly flight begins
1985 John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1986 Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83 on July - 04.
1987 On this day in history discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission
1987 Martina Navratilova wins 6th straight Wimbeldon defeats Steffi Graf on this day in history.
1987 On this day in history nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" convicted by a French court
1988 Steffan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon crown on this day in history.
1988 On July - 04 adrian Adonis, [Keith Franke], WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident
1989 On this day in history federal PC cabinet minister Bernard Valcourt injured while motorcycling; later charged with impaired driving and dropped from the cabinet.
1990 On this day in history 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner & Gettysburg Address
1991 In Timor two events measuring 6.5 about 2.5 seconds apart. Twenty-three people killed, 181 injured, at least 5,400 left homeless on July - 04.
1997 On July - 04 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
2005 On July - 04 nASA's "Copper bullet" from Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.
2005 On July - 04 violent G8 demonstrations occur in Gleneagles, Scotland.
2007 After being held for 114 days, Alan Johnston was finally freed on this day in history.
2007 Sochi is elected as the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, during the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City on July - 04.
2007 The 50-star U.S. flag becomes the longest-flying American flag, replacing the 48-star flag that flew from 1912 to 1959 on July - 04.
2009 On July - 04 e atue of Liberty's crown reopens to e public after 8 years, due to security reasons following e World Trade Center attacks.
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 12 people are killed and 60 are injured in a wave of shootings across Chicago on this day in history.
2014 Rolf Harris is sentenced to 5 years and 9 months for indecently assaulting female minors on July - 04.
2017 World champion Peter Sagan disqualified from Tour de France for a dangerous act while cycling during stage four on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history north Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
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 On this day in history wildfire in Yolo county, California, grows to 82,700 acres with 2,800 fire fighters battling the blaze
2018 On July - 04 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 July - 04 russian President Vladmir Putin meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican
2021 Pope Francis undergoes surgery to remove part of his colon in Rome on this day in history.
2021 Researchers reveal there are 14 living descendants of Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci [1] on July - 04.
2023 Iran joins the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, becoming the organization's ninth member on July - 04.
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