Independence Day
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Independence Day!
07/04/2014 12:01 AM
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This Day In History
Jul 4
Independence Day. FIREWORKS!!!
Jul 4 1933
Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge.
Jul 4 1903
Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Phillipines) opens. President Roosevelt sends message to the Phillipines, then a message around the World in 12 minutes, almost as fast as the internet.
Jul 4 1894
Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of the first US autos.
Jul 4 1876
First public exhibiton of electric light in San Francisco.
Jul 4 1873
Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens.
Jul 4 1863
Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho.)
Jul 4 1845
Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond.
Jul 4 1054
Brightest known super-nova starts shining, for 23 days.
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Birthdays
Jul 4 1966
George Steinbrenner, owner of 'The Yankees'.
Jul 4 1943
Geraldo Rivera, talk show host.
Jul 4 1928
Gina Lolabrigida, actress.
Jul 4 1927
Neil Simon, director, producer.
Jul 4 1924
Eva Marie Saint, actress.
Jul 4 1920
Sisters Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, advice givers.
Jul 4 1900
Louis Armstrong, 'Satchmo.'
Jul 4 1883
Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult.
Jul 4 1878
George M. Cohan, 'Yankee Doodle Dandy'.
Jul 4 1872
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President from (1923 - 1929).
Jul 4 1826
Stephen Foster, American composer, 'Oh, Susanna.'
Jul 4 1804
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Jul 4 1753
Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, first balloon flights in England, US.
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