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==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|page = 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 [[donald trump]] arrive at [[ the North Pole ]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] – The [[Battle of Royale]] is fought between forces of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] during the [[Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18)|Polish–Muscovite 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]] – [[Spanish 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 (writer)|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]].
*[[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]]: [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]] surrenders to U.S. forces under [[Ulysses S. Grant]] after 47 days of siege.
* 1863 – American Civil War: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces repulse a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] army at the [[Battle of Helena]] in Arkansas. The Confederate loss fails to relieve pressure on the besieged city of [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], and paves the way for the Union to capture [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]].
* 1863 – American Civil War: The [[Army of Northern Virginia]] [[Battle of Gettysburg#Confederate retreat|withdraws from the battlefield]] after losing the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], signalling an end to the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Gettysburg Campaign|invasion]] of [[Northern United States|U.S. territory]].
*[[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|Rationing]] ends in the United Kingdom.
*[[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.
*[[1987]] – In France, former [[Gestapo]] chief [[Klaus Barbie]] (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of [[crimes against humanity]] and sentenced to life imprisonment.
*[[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|Vladivostock 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 <nowiki/>[[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.

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 68|68]] – [[Salonia Matidia]], Roman daughter of [[Ulpia Marciana]] (d. 119)<ref>{{CIL|06|02080}}</ref>
*[[1095]] – [[Usama ibn Munqidh]], Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (d. 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 (d. 1367)
*[[1477]] – [[Johannes Aventinus]], Bavarian historian and philologist (d. 1534)
*[[1546]] – [[Murad III]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)
===1601–1900===
*[[1656]] – [[John Leake]], Royal Navy admiral (d. 1720)
*[[1694]] – [[Louis-Claude Daquin]], French organist and composer (d. 1772)
*[[1715]] – [[Christian Fürchtegott Gellert]], German poet and academic (d. 1769)
*[[1719]] – [[Michel-Jean Sedaine]], French playwright (d. 1797)
*[[1729]] – [[George Leonard (Congressman)|George Leonard]], American lawyer, jurist and politician (d. 1819)
*[[1753]] – [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]], French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (d. 1809)
*[[1790]] – [[George Everest]], Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866)
*[[1799]] – [[Oscar I of Sweden]] (d. 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 (d. 1864)
*[[1807]] – [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], Italian general and politician (d. 1882)
*[[1816]] – [[Hiram Walker]], American businessman, founded [[Canadian Club|Canadian Club whisky]] (d. 1899)
*[[1826]] – [[Stephen Foster]], American songwriter and composer (d. 1864)
*[[1842]] – [[Hermann Cohen]], German philosopher (d. 1918)
*[[1845]] – [[Thomas John Barnardo]], Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)
*[[1847]] – [[James Anthony Bailey]], American circus ringmaster, co-founded [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] (d. 1906)
*[[1854]] – [[Victor Babeș]], Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)
*[[1868]] – [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]], American astronomer and academic (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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]] (d. 1933)
*[[1874]] – [[John McPhee (politician)|John McPhee]], Australian journalist and politician, 27th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1952)
*[[1880]] – [[Victor Kraft]], Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1975)
*[[1881]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American general (d. 1968)
*[[1883]] – [[Rube Goldberg]], American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970)
*[[1887]] – [[Pio Pion]], Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)
*[[1888]] – [[Henry Armetta]], Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945)
*[[1895]] – [[Irving Caesar]], American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)
*[[1896]] – [[Mao Dun]], Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)
*[[1897]] – [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]], Indian activist (d. 1924)
*[[1898]] – [[Pilar Barbosa]], Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997)
* 1898 – [[Gertrude Lawrence]], British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)
* 1898 – [[Gulzarilal Nanda]], Indian politician (d. 1998)
* 1898 – [[Gertrude Weaver]], American supercentenarian (d. 2015)
*[[1900]] – [[Belinda Dann]], Indigenous Australian who was one of the [[Stolen Generation]], reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007)
* 1900 – [[Nellie Mae Rowe]], American folk artist (d. 1982)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Meyer Lansky]], American gangster (d. 1983)
* 1902 – [[George Murphy]], American actor and politician (d. 1992)
*[[1903]] – [[Flor Peeters]], Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986)
*[[1904]] – [[Angela Baddeley]], English actress (d. 1976)
*[[1905]] – [[Irving Johnson]], American sailor and author (d. 1991)
* 1905 – [[Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey]], British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996)
* 1905 – [[Lionel Trilling]], American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1975)
*[[1906]] – [[Vincent Schaefer]], American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993)
*[[1907]] – [[John Anderson (discus thrower)|John Anderson]], American discus thrower (d. 1948)
* 1907 – [[Howard Taubman]], American author and critic (d. 1996)
*[[1909]] – [[Alec Templeton]], Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (d. 1963)
*[[1910]] – [[Robert K. Merton]], American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003)
* 1910 – [[Gloria Stuart]], American actress (d. 2010)
*[[1911]] – [[Bruce Hamilton (public servant)|Bruce Hamilton]], Australian public servant (d. 1989)
* 1911 – [[Mitch Miller]], American singer and producer (d. 2010)
* 1911 – [[Elizabeth Peratrovich]], Alaskan-American civil rights activist (d. 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://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/peratrovich.cfm |website=www.fhwa.dot.gov |publisher=U.S. Federal Highway Administration |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[1914]] – [[Nuccio Bertone]], Italian automobile designer (d. 1997)
*[[1915]] – [[Timmie Rogers]], American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
*[[1916]] – [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]], American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006)
*[[1918]] – [[Eppie Lederer]], American journalist and radio host (d. 2002)
* 1918 – [[Johnnie Parsons]], American race car driver (d. 1984)
* 1918 – King [[Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]] of Tonga, (d. 2006)
* 1918 – [[Alec Bedser]], English cricketer (d. 2010)
* 1918 – [[Eric Bedser]], English cricketer (d. 2006)
* 1918 – [[Pauline Phillips]], American journalist and radio host, created [[Dear Abby]] (d. 2013)
*[[1920]] – [[Norm Drucker]], American basketball player and referee (d. 2015)
* 1920 – [[Leona Helmsley]], American businesswoman (d. 2007)
* 1920 – [[Fritz Wilde]], German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
* 1920 – [[Paul Bannai]], American politician (d. 2019)
*[[1921]] – [[Gérard Debreu]], French economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2004)
* 1921 – [[Nasser Sharifi]], Iranian sports shooter
* 1921 – [[Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut]] (d. 2014)
* 1921 – [[Philip Rose (theatrical producer)|Philip Rose]], American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
* 1921 – [[Tibor Varga (violinist)|Tibor Varga]], Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)
*[[1922]] – [[R. James Harvey]], American politician (d. 2019)
*[[1923]] – [[Rudolf Friedrich]], Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
*[[1924]] – [[Eva Marie Saint]], American actress
* 1924 – [[Delia Fiallo]], Cuban author and screenwriter (d. 2021)
* 1924 – [[Harry Stewart Jr.]], American military officer and fighter pilot
*[[1925]] – [[Ciril Zlobec]], Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 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> (d. 2015)
*[[1926]] – [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)
* 1926 – [[Lake Underwood]], American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)
*[[1927]] – [[Gina Lollobrigida]], Italian actress and photographer (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2021)
* 1928 – [[Teofisto Guingona Jr.]], Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines
* 1928 – [[Jassem Alwan]], Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018)
* 1928 – [[Shan Ratnam]], Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)
* 1928 – [[Chuck Tanner]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
*[[1929]] – [[Al Davis]], American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
* 1929 – [[Bill Tuttle]], American baseball player (d. 1998)
*[[1930]] – [[George Steinbrenner]], American businessman (d. 2010)
*[[1931]] – [[Stephen Boyd]], Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977)
* 1931 – [[Rick Casares]], American football player and soldier (d. 2013)
* 1931 – [[Sébastien Japrisot]], French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
* 1931 – [[Peter Richardson (cricketer)|Peter Richardson]], English cricketer (d. 2017)
*[[1932]] – [[Aurèle Vandendriessche]], Belgian runner
*[[1934]] – [[Yvonne B. Miller]], American academic and politician (d. 2012)
* 1934 – [[Colin Welland]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*[[1935]] – [[Paul Scoon]], Grenadian politician, 2nd [[Governor-General of Grenada]] (d. 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 (d. 2010)
*[[1938]] – [[Steven Rose]], English biologist and academic
* 1938 – [[Bill Withers]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020)
*[[1940]] – [[Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)|Pat Stapleton]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
*[[1941]] – [[Sam Farr]], American politician
* 1941 – [[Tomaž Šalamun]], Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 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 (d. 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]] (d. 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 (d. 1970)
*[[1945]] – [[Andre Spitzer]], Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)
*[[1946]] – [[Ron Kovic]], American author and activist
* 1946 – [[Michael Milken]], American businessman and philanthropist
*[[1947]] – [[Lembit Ulfsak]], Estonian actor and director (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199935796.001.0001/acref-9780199935796-e-1661?rskey=Z050bd&result=7|title=Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography|last1=Franco-Soto|first1=Ana|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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2016)
*[[1982]] – [[Vladimir Boisa]], Georgian basketball player
* 1982 – [[Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)|Vladimir Gusev]], Russian cyclist
* 1982 – [[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 (b. 877)
* [[940]] – [[Wang Jianli]], Chinese general (b. 871)
* [[943]] – [[Taejo of Goryeo]], Korean king (b. 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 (b. 890)
* [[975]] – [[Gwangjong of Goryeo]], Korean king (b. 925)
*[[1187]] – [[Raynald of Châtillon]], French knight (b. 1125)
*[[1307]] – [[Rudolf I of Bohemia]] (b. 1281)
*[[1336]] – Saint [[Elizabeth of Portugal]] (b. 1271)
*[[1429]] – [[Carlo I Tocco]], ruler of Epirus (b. 1372)
*[[1533]] – [[John Frith (martyr)|John Frith]], English priest, writer, and martyr (b. 1503)
*[[1541]] – [[Pedro de Alvarado]], Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495)
*[[1546]] – [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]], Ottoman admiral (b. 1478)
*[[1551]] – [[Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell]], English politician (b. 1514)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] – [[Philippe de Monte]], Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521)
*[[1623]] – [[William Byrd]], English composer (b. c. 1540)
*[[1644]] – [[Brian Twyne]], English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581)
*[[1648]] – [[Antoine Daniel]], French missionary and saint, one of the eight [[Canadian Martyrs]] (b. 1601)
*[[1742]] – [[Luigi Guido Grandi]], Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
*[[1754]] – [[Philippe Néricault Destouches]], French playwright and author (b. 1680)
*[[1761]] – [[Samuel Richardson]], English author and painter (b. 1689)
*[[1780]] – [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine]] (b. 1712)
*[[1787]] – [[Charles, Prince of Soubise]], Marshal of France (b. 1715)
*[[1821]] – [[Richard Cosway]], English painter and academic (b. 1742)
*[[1826]] – [[John Adams]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of the United States]] (b. 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]] (b. 1743)
*[[1831]] – [[James Monroe]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1758)
*[[1848]] – [[François-René de Chateaubriand]], French historian and politician (b. 1768)
*[[1850]] – [[William Kirby (entomologist)|William Kirby]], English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
*[[1854]] – [[Karl Friedrich Eichhorn]], German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
*[[1857]] – [[William L. Marcy]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1786)
*[[1881]] – [[Johan Vilhelm Snellman]], Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
*[[1882]] – [[Joseph Brackett]], American composer and author (b. 1797)
*[[1886]] – [[Poundmaker]], Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
*[[1891]] – [[Hannibal Hamlin]], American lawyer and politician, 15th [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. 1809)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Johannes Schmidt (linguist)|Johannes Schmidt]], German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
*[[1902]] – [[Vivekananda]], Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
*[[1905]] – [[Élisée Reclus]], French geographer and author (b. 1830)
*[[1910]] – [[Melville Fuller]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. 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]] (b. {{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 (b. 1835)
*[[1916]] – [[Alan Seeger]], American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
*[[1922]] – [[Lothar von Richthofen]], German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
*[[1926]] – [[Pier Giorgio Frassati]], Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
*[[1934]] – [[Marie Curie]], French-Polish physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 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>
*[[1938]] – [[Otto Bauer]], Austrian philosopher and politician, [[Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs|Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1881)
* 1938 – [[Suzanne Lenglen]], French tennis player (b. 1899)
*[[1941]] – [[Antoni Łomnicki]], Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
*[[1943]] – [[Władysław Sikorski]], Polish general and politician, 9th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland]] (b. 1881)
*[[1946]] – [[Taffy O'Callaghan]], Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
*[[1948]] – [[Monteiro Lobato]], Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
*[[1949]] – [[François Brandt]], Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
*[[1963]] – [[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg]], New Zealand general and politician, 7th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (b. 1889)
* 1963 – [[Clyde Kennard]], American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
* 1963 – [[Pingali Venkayya]], Indian activist, designed the [[Flag of India]] (b. 1876)
*[[1964]] – [[Gaby Morlay]], French actress and singer (b. 1893)
*[[1969]] – [[Henri Decoin]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
*[[1970]] – [[Barnett Newman]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
* 1970 – [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]], American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
*[[1971]] – [[August Derleth]], American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
* 1971 – [[Thomas C. Hart]], American admiral and politician (b. 1877)
*[[1974]] – [[Georgette Heyer]], English author (b. 1902)
* 1974 – [[André Randall]], French actor (b. 1892)
*[[1976]] – [[Yonatan Netanyahu]], Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
* 1976 – [[Antoni Słonimski]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
*[[1977]] – [[Gersh Budker]], Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
*[[1979]] – [[Lee Wai Tong]], Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
*[[1980]] – [[Maurice Grevisse]], Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)
*[[1984]] – [[Jimmie Spheeris]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
*[[1986]] – [[Paul-Gilbert Langevin]], French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)
* 1986 – [[Flor Peeters]], Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)
* 1986 – [[Oscar Zariski]], Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)
*[[1988]] – [[Adrian Adonis]], American wrestler (b. 1954)
*[[1990]] – [[Olive Ann Burns]], American journalist and author (b. 1924)
*[[1991]] – [[Victor Chang]], Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)
* 1991 – [[Art Sansom]], American cartoonist (b. 1920)
*[[1992]] – [[Astor Piazzolla]], Argentinian [[bandoneon]] player and composer (b. 1921)
*[[1993]] – [[Bona Arsenault]], Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)
*[[1994]] – [[Joey Marella]], American wrestling referee (b. 1964)
*[[1995]] – [[Eva Gabor]], Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919)
* 1995 – [[Bob Ross]], American painter and television host (b. 1942)
*[[1997]] – [[Charles Kuralt]], American journalist (b. 1934)
* 1997 – [[John Zachary Young]], English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907)
*[[1999]] – [[Leo Garel]], American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)
*[[2000]] – [[Gustaw Herling-Grudziński]], Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)
*[[2002]] – [[Gerald Bales]], Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)
* 2002 – [[Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.]], American general (b. 1912)
*[[2003]] – [[Larry Burkett]], American author and radio host (b. 1939)
* 2003 – [[André Claveau]], French singer (b. 1915)
* 2003 – [[Barry White]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)
*[[2004]] – [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
*[[2005]] – [[Cliff Goupille]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
* 2005 – [[Hank Stram]], American football player and coach (b. 1923)
*[[2007]] – [[Bill Pinkney]], American singer (b. 1925)
*[[2008]] – [[Thomas M. Disch]], American author and poet (b. 1940)
* 2008 – [[Jesse Helms]], American politician (b. 1921)
* 2008 – [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress (b. 1916)
* 2008 – [[Terrence Kiel]], American football player (b. 1980)
* 2008 – [[Charles Wheeler (journalist)|Charles Wheeler]], German-English soldier and journalist (b. 1923)
*[[2009]] – [[Brenda Joyce (actress)|Brenda Joyce]], American actress (b. 1917)
* 2009 – [[Allen Klein]], American businessman and talent agent, founded [[ABKCO Records]] (b. 1931)
* 2009 – [[Drake Levin]], American guitarist (b. 1946)
* 2009 – [[Steve McNair]], American football player (b. 1973)
* 2009 – [[Lasse Strömstedt]], Swedish author and actor (b. 1935)
* 2009 – [[Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard]], Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938)
*[[2010]] – [[Robert Neil Butler]], American physician and author (b. 1927)
*[[2012]] – [[Hiren Bhattacharyya]], Indian poet and author (b. 1932)
* 2012 – [[Jimmy Bivins]], American boxer (b. 1919)
* 2012 – [[Jeong Min-hyeong]], South Korean footballer (b. 1987)
* 2012 – [[Eric Sykes]], English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
*[[2013]] – [[Onllwyn Brace]], Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
* 2013 – [[Jack Crompton]], English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
* 2013 – [[James Fulton (dermatologist)|James Fulton]], American dermatologist and academic (b. 1940)
* 2013 – [[Charles A. Hines]], American general (b. 1935)
* 2013 – [[Bernie Nolan]], Irish singer (b. 1960)
*[[2014]] – [[Giorgio Faletti]], Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)
* 2014 – [[C. J. Henderson (writer)|C. J. Henderson]], American author and critic (b. 1951)
* 2014 – [[Earl Robinson (baseball)|Earl Robinson]], American baseball player (b. 1936)
* 2014 – [[Richard Mellon Scaife]], American businessman (b. 1932)
*[[2015]] – [[Nedelcho Beronov]], Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928)
* 2015 – [[William Conrad Gibbons]], American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926)
*[[2016]] – [[Abbas Kiarostami]], Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (b. 1940)
*[[2017]] – [[John Blackwell (musician)|John Blackwell]], American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (b. 1973)
* 2017 – [[Daniil Granin]], Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919)
* 2017 – [[Gene Conley]], American MLB player and NBA player (b. 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 (b. 1927)
* 2018 – [[Robby Müller]], Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940)
*[[2021]] – [[Harmoko]], Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (b. 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>
*[[2022]] – [[Cláudio Hummes]], Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (b. 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 (b. 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)]]

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==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|page = 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–Muscovite War (1605–18)|Polish–Muscovite 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 (writer)|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]].
*[[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]]: [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]] surrenders to U.S. forces under [[Ulysses S. Grant]] after 47 days of siege.
* 1863 – American Civil War: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces repulse a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] army at the [[Battle of Helena]] in Arkansas. The Confederate loss fails to relieve pressure on the besieged city of [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], and paves the way for the Union to capture [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]].
* 1863 – American Civil War: The [[Army of Northern Virginia]] [[Battle of Gettysburg#Confederate retreat|withdraws from the battlefield]] after losing the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], signalling an end to the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Gettysburg Campaign|invasion]] of [[Northern United States|U.S. territory]].
*[[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|Rationing]] ends in the United Kingdom.
*[[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.
*[[1987]] – In France, former [[Gestapo]] chief [[Klaus Barbie]] (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of [[crimes against humanity]] and sentenced to life imprisonment.
*[[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|Vladivostock 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 <nowiki/>[[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.

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 68|68]] – [[Salonia Matidia]], Roman daughter of [[Ulpia Marciana]] (d. 119)<ref>{{CIL|06|02080}}</ref>
*[[1095]] – [[Usama ibn Munqidh]], Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (d. 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 (d. 1367)
*[[1477]] – [[Johannes Aventinus]], Bavarian historian and philologist (d. 1534)
*[[1546]] – [[Murad III]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)
===1601–1900===
*[[1656]] – [[John Leake]], Royal Navy admiral (d. 1720)
*[[1694]] – [[Louis-Claude Daquin]], French organist and composer (d. 1772)
*[[1715]] – [[Christian Fürchtegott Gellert]], German poet and academic (d. 1769)
*[[1719]] – [[Michel-Jean Sedaine]], French playwright (d. 1797)
*[[1729]] – [[George Leonard (Congressman)|George Leonard]], American lawyer, jurist and politician (d. 1819)
*[[1753]] – [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]], French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (d. 1809)
*[[1790]] – [[George Everest]], Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866)
*[[1799]] – [[Oscar I of Sweden]] (d. 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 (d. 1864)
*[[1807]] – [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], Italian general and politician (d. 1882)
*[[1816]] – [[Hiram Walker]], American businessman, founded [[Canadian Club|Canadian Club whisky]] (d. 1899)
*[[1826]] – [[Stephen Foster]], American songwriter and composer (d. 1864)
*[[1842]] – [[Hermann Cohen]], German philosopher (d. 1918)
*[[1845]] – [[Thomas John Barnardo]], Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)
*[[1847]] – [[James Anthony Bailey]], American circus ringmaster, co-founded [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] (d. 1906)
*[[1854]] – [[Victor Babeș]], Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)
*[[1868]] – [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]], American astronomer and academic (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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]] (d. 1933)
*[[1874]] – [[John McPhee (politician)|John McPhee]], Australian journalist and politician, 27th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1952)
*[[1880]] – [[Victor Kraft]], Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1975)
*[[1881]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American general (d. 1968)
*[[1883]] – [[Rube Goldberg]], American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970)
*[[1887]] – [[Pio Pion]], Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)
*[[1888]] – [[Henry Armetta]], Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945)
*[[1895]] – [[Irving Caesar]], American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)
*[[1896]] – [[Mao Dun]], Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)
*[[1897]] – [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]], Indian activist (d. 1924)
*[[1898]] – [[Pilar Barbosa]], Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997)
* 1898 – [[Gertrude Lawrence]], British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)
* 1898 – [[Gulzarilal Nanda]], Indian politician (d. 1998)
* 1898 – [[Gertrude Weaver]], American supercentenarian (d. 2015)
*[[1900]] – [[Belinda Dann]], Indigenous Australian who was one of the [[Stolen Generation]], reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007)
* 1900 – [[Nellie Mae Rowe]], American folk artist (d. 1982)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Meyer Lansky]], American gangster (d. 1983)
* 1902 – [[George Murphy]], American actor and politician (d. 1992)
*[[1903]] – [[Flor Peeters]], Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986)
*[[1904]] – [[Angela Baddeley]], English actress (d. 1976)
*[[1905]] – [[Irving Johnson]], American sailor and author (d. 1991)
* 1905 – [[Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey]], British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996)
* 1905 – [[Lionel Trilling]], American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1975)
*[[1906]] – [[Vincent Schaefer]], American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993)
*[[1907]] – [[John Anderson (discus thrower)|John Anderson]], American discus thrower (d. 1948)
* 1907 – [[Howard Taubman]], American author and critic (d. 1996)
*[[1909]] – [[Alec Templeton]], Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (d. 1963)
*[[1910]] – [[Robert K. Merton]], American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003)
* 1910 – [[Gloria Stuart]], American actress (d. 2010)
*[[1911]] – [[Bruce Hamilton (public servant)|Bruce Hamilton]], Australian public servant (d. 1989)
* 1911 – [[Mitch Miller]], American singer and producer (d. 2010)
* 1911 – [[Elizabeth Peratrovich]], Alaskan-American civil rights activist (d. 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://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/peratrovich.cfm |website=www.fhwa.dot.gov |publisher=U.S. Federal Highway Administration |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[1914]] – [[Nuccio Bertone]], Italian automobile designer (d. 1997)
*[[1915]] – [[Timmie Rogers]], American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
*[[1916]] – [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]], American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006)
*[[1918]] – [[Eppie Lederer]], American journalist and radio host (d. 2002)
* 1918 – [[Johnnie Parsons]], American race car driver (d. 1984)
* 1918 – King [[Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]] of Tonga, (d. 2006)
* 1918 – [[Alec Bedser]], English cricketer (d. 2010)
* 1918 – [[Eric Bedser]], English cricketer (d. 2006)
* 1918 – [[Pauline Phillips]], American journalist and radio host, created [[Dear Abby]] (d. 2013)
*[[1920]] – [[Norm Drucker]], American basketball player and referee (d. 2015)
* 1920 – [[Leona Helmsley]], American businesswoman (d. 2007)
* 1920 – [[Fritz Wilde]], German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
* 1920 – [[Paul Bannai]], American politician (d. 2019)
*[[1921]] – [[Gérard Debreu]], French economist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2004)
* 1921 – [[Nasser Sharifi]], Iranian sports shooter
* 1921 – [[Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut]] (d. 2014)
* 1921 – [[Philip Rose (theatrical producer)|Philip Rose]], American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
* 1921 – [[Tibor Varga (violinist)|Tibor Varga]], Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)
*[[1922]] – [[R. James Harvey]], American politician (d. 2019)
*[[1923]] – [[Rudolf Friedrich]], Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
*[[1924]] – [[Eva Marie Saint]], American actress
* 1924 – [[Delia Fiallo]], Cuban author and screenwriter (d. 2021)
* 1924 – [[Harry Stewart Jr.]], American military officer and fighter pilot
*[[1925]] – [[Ciril Zlobec]], Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 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> (d. 2015)
*[[1926]] – [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)
* 1926 – [[Lake Underwood]], American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)
*[[1927]] – [[Gina Lollobrigida]], Italian actress and photographer (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2021)
* 1928 – [[Teofisto Guingona Jr.]], Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines
* 1928 – [[Jassem Alwan]], Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018)
* 1928 – [[Shan Ratnam]], Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)
* 1928 – [[Chuck Tanner]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
*[[1929]] – [[Al Davis]], American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
* 1929 – [[Bill Tuttle]], American baseball player (d. 1998)
*[[1930]] – [[George Steinbrenner]], American businessman (d. 2010)
*[[1931]] – [[Stephen Boyd]], Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977)
* 1931 – [[Rick Casares]], American football player and soldier (d. 2013)
* 1931 – [[Sébastien Japrisot]], French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
* 1931 – [[Peter Richardson (cricketer)|Peter Richardson]], English cricketer (d. 2017)
*[[1932]] – [[Aurèle Vandendriessche]], Belgian runner
*[[1934]] – [[Yvonne B. Miller]], American academic and politician (d. 2012)
* 1934 – [[Colin Welland]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*[[1935]] – [[Paul Scoon]], Grenadian politician, 2nd [[Governor-General of Grenada]] (d. 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 (d. 2010)
*[[1938]] – [[Steven Rose]], English biologist and academic
* 1938 – [[Bill Withers]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2020)
*[[1940]] – [[Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)|Pat Stapleton]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
*[[1941]] – [[Sam Farr]], American politician
* 1941 – [[Tomaž Šalamun]], Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 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 (d. 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]] (d. 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 (d. 1970)
*[[1945]] – [[Andre Spitzer]], Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)
*[[1946]] – [[Ron Kovic]], American author and activist
* 1946 – [[Michael Milken]], American businessman and philanthropist
*[[1947]] – [[Lembit Ulfsak]], Estonian actor and director (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199935796.001.0001/acref-9780199935796-e-1661?rskey=Z050bd&result=7|title=Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography|last1=Franco-Soto|first1=Ana|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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 2016)
*[[1982]] – [[Vladimir Boisa]], Georgian basketball player
* 1982 – [[Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)|Vladimir Gusev]], Russian cyclist
* 1982 – [[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 (b. 877)
* [[940]] – [[Wang Jianli]], Chinese general (b. 871)
* [[943]] – [[Taejo of Goryeo]], Korean king (b. 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 (b. 890)
* [[975]] – [[Gwangjong of Goryeo]], Korean king (b. 925)
*[[1187]] – [[Raynald of Châtillon]], French knight (b. 1125)
*[[1307]] – [[Rudolf I of Bohemia]] (b. 1281)
*[[1336]] – Saint [[Elizabeth of Portugal]] (b. 1271)
*[[1429]] – [[Carlo I Tocco]], ruler of Epirus (b. 1372)
*[[1533]] – [[John Frith (martyr)|John Frith]], English priest, writer, and martyr (b. 1503)
*[[1541]] – [[Pedro de Alvarado]], Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495)
*[[1546]] – [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]], Ottoman admiral (b. 1478)
*[[1551]] – [[Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell]], English politician (b. 1514)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] – [[Philippe de Monte]], Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521)
*[[1623]] – [[William Byrd]], English composer (b. c. 1540)
*[[1644]] – [[Brian Twyne]], English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581)
*[[1648]] – [[Antoine Daniel]], French missionary and saint, one of the eight [[Canadian Martyrs]] (b. 1601)
*[[1742]] – [[Luigi Guido Grandi]], Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)
*[[1754]] – [[Philippe Néricault Destouches]], French playwright and author (b. 1680)
*[[1761]] – [[Samuel Richardson]], English author and painter (b. 1689)
*[[1780]] – [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine]] (b. 1712)
*[[1787]] – [[Charles, Prince of Soubise]], Marshal of France (b. 1715)
*[[1821]] – [[Richard Cosway]], English painter and academic (b. 1742)
*[[1826]] – [[John Adams]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of the United States]] (b. 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]] (b. 1743)
*[[1831]] – [[James Monroe]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1758)
*[[1848]] – [[François-René de Chateaubriand]], French historian and politician (b. 1768)
*[[1850]] – [[William Kirby (entomologist)|William Kirby]], English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
*[[1854]] – [[Karl Friedrich Eichhorn]], German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
*[[1857]] – [[William L. Marcy]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1786)
*[[1881]] – [[Johan Vilhelm Snellman]], Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
*[[1882]] – [[Joseph Brackett]], American composer and author (b. 1797)
*[[1886]] – [[Poundmaker]], Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
*[[1891]] – [[Hannibal Hamlin]], American lawyer and politician, 15th [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. 1809)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Johannes Schmidt (linguist)|Johannes Schmidt]], German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
*[[1902]] – [[Vivekananda]], Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
*[[1905]] – [[Élisée Reclus]], French geographer and author (b. 1830)
*[[1910]] – [[Melville Fuller]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. 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]] (b. {{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 (b. 1835)
*[[1916]] – [[Alan Seeger]], American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
*[[1922]] – [[Lothar von Richthofen]], German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
*[[1926]] – [[Pier Giorgio Frassati]], Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
*[[1934]] – [[Marie Curie]], French-Polish physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 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>
*[[1938]] – [[Otto Bauer]], Austrian philosopher and politician, [[Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs|Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1881)
* 1938 – [[Suzanne Lenglen]], French tennis player (b. 1899)
*[[1941]] – [[Antoni Łomnicki]], Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
*[[1943]] – [[Władysław Sikorski]], Polish general and politician, 9th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland]] (b. 1881)
*[[1946]] – [[Taffy O'Callaghan]], Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
*[[1948]] – [[Monteiro Lobato]], Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
*[[1949]] – [[François Brandt]], Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
*[[1963]] – [[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg]], New Zealand general and politician, 7th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (b. 1889)
* 1963 – [[Clyde Kennard]], American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
* 1963 – [[Pingali Venkayya]], Indian activist, designed the [[Flag of India]] (b. 1876)
*[[1964]] – [[Gaby Morlay]], French actress and singer (b. 1893)
*[[1969]] – [[Henri Decoin]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
*[[1970]] – [[Barnett Newman]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
* 1970 – [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]], American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
*[[1971]] – [[August Derleth]], American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
* 1971 – [[Thomas C. Hart]], American admiral and politician (b. 1877)
*[[1974]] – [[Georgette Heyer]], English author (b. 1902)
* 1974 – [[André Randall]], French actor (b. 1892)
*[[1976]] – [[Yonatan Netanyahu]], Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
* 1976 – [[Antoni Słonimski]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
*[[1977]] – [[Gersh Budker]], Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
*[[1979]] – [[Lee Wai Tong]], Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
*[[1980]] – [[Maurice Grevisse]], Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)
*[[1984]] – [[Jimmie Spheeris]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
*[[1986]] – [[Paul-Gilbert Langevin]], French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)
* 1986 – [[Flor Peeters]], Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)
* 1986 – [[Oscar Zariski]], Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)
*[[1988]] – [[Adrian Adonis]], American wrestler (b. 1954)
*[[1990]] – [[Olive Ann Burns]], American journalist and author (b. 1924)
*[[1991]] – [[Victor Chang]], Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)
* 1991 – [[Art Sansom]], American cartoonist (b. 1920)
*[[1992]] – [[Astor Piazzolla]], Argentinian [[bandoneon]] player and composer (b. 1921)
*[[1993]] – [[Bona Arsenault]], Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)
*[[1994]] – [[Joey Marella]], American wrestling referee (b. 1964)
*[[1995]] – [[Eva Gabor]], Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919)
* 1995 – [[Bob Ross]], American painter and television host (b. 1942)
*[[1997]] – [[Charles Kuralt]], American journalist (b. 1934)
* 1997 – [[John Zachary Young]], English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907)
*[[1999]] – [[Leo Garel]], American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)
*[[2000]] – [[Gustaw Herling-Grudziński]], Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)
*[[2002]] – [[Gerald Bales]], Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)
* 2002 – [[Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.]], American general (b. 1912)
*[[2003]] – [[Larry Burkett]], American author and radio host (b. 1939)
* 2003 – [[André Claveau]], French singer (b. 1915)
* 2003 – [[Barry White]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)
*[[2004]] – [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
*[[2005]] – [[Cliff Goupille]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)
* 2005 – [[Hank Stram]], American football player and coach (b. 1923)
*[[2007]] – [[Bill Pinkney]], American singer (b. 1925)
*[[2008]] – [[Thomas M. Disch]], American author and poet (b. 1940)
* 2008 – [[Jesse Helms]], American politician (b. 1921)
* 2008 – [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress (b. 1916)
* 2008 – [[Terrence Kiel]], American football player (b. 1980)
* 2008 – [[Charles Wheeler (journalist)|Charles Wheeler]], German-English soldier and journalist (b. 1923)
*[[2009]] – [[Brenda Joyce (actress)|Brenda Joyce]], American actress (b. 1917)
* 2009 – [[Allen Klein]], American businessman and talent agent, founded [[ABKCO Records]] (b. 1931)
* 2009 – [[Drake Levin]], American guitarist (b. 1946)
* 2009 – [[Steve McNair]], American football player (b. 1973)
* 2009 – [[Lasse Strömstedt]], Swedish author and actor (b. 1935)
* 2009 – [[Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard]], Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938)
*[[2010]] – [[Robert Neil Butler]], American physician and author (b. 1927)
*[[2012]] – [[Hiren Bhattacharyya]], Indian poet and author (b. 1932)
* 2012 – [[Jimmy Bivins]], American boxer (b. 1919)
* 2012 – [[Jeong Min-hyeong]], South Korean footballer (b. 1987)
* 2012 – [[Eric Sykes]], English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
*[[2013]] – [[Onllwyn Brace]], Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
* 2013 – [[Jack Crompton]], English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
* 2013 – [[James Fulton (dermatologist)|James Fulton]], American dermatologist and academic (b. 1940)
* 2013 – [[Charles A. Hines]], American general (b. 1935)
* 2013 – [[Bernie Nolan]], Irish singer (b. 1960)
*[[2014]] – [[Giorgio Faletti]], Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)
* 2014 – [[C. J. Henderson (writer)|C. J. Henderson]], American author and critic (b. 1951)
* 2014 – [[Earl Robinson (baseball)|Earl Robinson]], American baseball player (b. 1936)
* 2014 – [[Richard Mellon Scaife]], American businessman (b. 1932)
*[[2015]] – [[Nedelcho Beronov]], Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928)
* 2015 – [[William Conrad Gibbons]], American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926)
*[[2016]] – [[Abbas Kiarostami]], Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (b. 1940)
*[[2017]] – [[John Blackwell (musician)|John Blackwell]], American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (b. 1973)
* 2017 – [[Daniil Granin]], Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919)
* 2017 – [[Gene Conley]], American MLB player and NBA player (b. 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 (b. 1927)
* 2018 – [[Robby Müller]], Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940)
*[[2021]] – [[Harmoko]], Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (b. 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>
*[[2022]] – [[Cláudio Hummes]], Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (b. 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 (b. 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==
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==External links==
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* {{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}}

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