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Famous Quote For July 4

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."

Benjamin Franklin, 1776

July 4 Birthdays

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July 4 History

2009 - The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after 8 years, due to security reasons following the World Trade Center attacks.

2004 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on World Trade Center site in NYC.

1997 - NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.

1862 - Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story becoming Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

1817 - Construction on the Erie Canal, in Rome, New York, begins

This Day In Business

1971 - College student Michael Hart creates the first digital book when he types the Declaration of Independence into a computer at the University of Illinois.

This Day In Entertainment

1989 - Drew Barrymore attempted to commit suicide at the age of 14

This Day In Geography

1636 - The current capital of Rhode Island, Providence, is formed by Roger Williams.

This Day In Sports

1939 - A dying Lou Gehrig told 60,000 fans that he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

July 4th Holiday

Independence Day (4th of July) - Celebrates the Declaration of Independence and the United States declaring freedom from Great Britain on July 4, 1776.

Today's Birthday Trivia

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Today's Birthday Horoscope

Learn about people born on this day by reading the July 4 Birthday Horoscope.

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