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What are the important events that happened on July 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 4 is the 185th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 21, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 486,552 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontapentagon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 228 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,578 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 4: This Day In History
The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.
July 4 Historical Events
- 993 –Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized.
- 1120 –Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew’s death.
- 1838 –The Iowa Territory is organized.
- 1951 –A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on a charge of espionage.
- 1969 –Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They are the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives.
Who were born on July 4?
- 1937 –Sonja Haraldsen, Queen of Norway (spouse of King Harald V of Norway)
- 1942 –Floyd Little, American football player
- 1963 –Henri Leconte, French former tennis player
- 1974 –La'Roi Glover, American football player
- 1976 –Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova, Russian cross-country skier
Who died on July 4?
- 1541 –Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (b. 1495)
- 1603 –Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521)
- 1648 –Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1601)
- 1980 –Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (b. 1895)
- 2009 –Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese politician (b. 1938)
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