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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

He and John were first seen by TV audiences as contestants on the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009. Who is he?

Today's Birthday Horoscope

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

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