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Historical Events on July 4

  • American Revolutionary War

    1778

    American Revolutionary War: American forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.

  • Slavery

    1827

    Slavery is abolished in New York State.

  • American Civil War

    1863

    American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.

  • Pakistan

    1887

    The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.

  • World War I

    1918

    World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.

  • World War II

    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.

  • Philippines

    1946

    After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.

  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower

    1958

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Rivers and Harbors Flood Control Bill.

  • Higgs boson

    2012

    The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.

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