Independence Day
USA USA USA!
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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