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Important Events on 4th of July
Below are 20 important events that happened on July 4:
- 1776: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Continental Congress.
- 1826: Former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1827: Slavery is abolished in New York State.
- 1831: Former president James Monroe dies, making him the third U.S. president to die on July 4.
- 1845: Henry David Thoreau moves into his tiny cabin at Walden Pond.
- 1863: The Siege of Vicksburg ends the American Civil War, giving the Confederacy control of the Mississippi River.
- 1872: Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, is born.
- 1881: The Tuskegee Institute opens its doors in Alabama.
- 1894: The Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed.
- 1939: Lou Gehrig delivers his famous "Luckiest Man" speech at Yankee Stadium.
- 1946: The Philippines gains full independence from the United States.
- 1950: Radio Free Europe airs its first broadcast.
- 1960: The 50-star flag of the United States appears for the first time in Philadelphia.
- 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into law.
- 1976: The United States celebrates its bicentennial.
- 1987: In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie is convicted of crimes against humanity.
- 1997: NASA's Pathfinder spacecraft lands on the surface of Mars.
- 2004: The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
- 2009: The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after an eight-year closure.
- 2012: The discovery of the Higgs boson particle is announced at the CERN in Geneva.
