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 186th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 21, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,720,051,200 seconds 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 ‘hectaoctacontahexagon’ day.
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 209 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 4,213 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
- 414 –Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria who reigns as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 1534 –Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
- 1569 –The King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus finally sign the document of union between Poland and Lithuania, creating new country known as Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1838 –The Iowa Territory is organized.
- 1865 –Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published.
- 1887 –The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
- 1894 –The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
- 1913 –President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
- 1946 –After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
- 1977 –The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit
Who were born on July 4?
- 1854 –Bill Tilghman, American peace officer (d. 1924)
- 1936 –Zdzisława Donat, Polish coloratura soprano
- 1943 –Konrad “Conny” Bauer, German musician
- 1944 –Joe Berardo, Portuguese millionaire
- 1957 –Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
- 1960 –Mark Steel, British socialist columnist and comedian
- 1965 –Jo Whiley, English radio DJ
- 1978 –Becki Newton, American actress
- 1978 –Katia Zygouli, Greek model
- 1983 –Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer
Who died on July 4?
- 1187 –Raynald of Chatillon, French Second Crusade figure (b.c. 1125)
- 1546 –Hayreddin Barbarossa, Greek-born Turkish naval officer (b. 1478)
- 1761 –Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)
- 1821 –Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742)
- 1826 –Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
- 1882 –Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)
- 1910 –Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist (b. 1833)
- 1931 –Buddie Petit, American jazz musician (b. 1895)
- 1986 –Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
- 2009 –Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer (b. 1935)
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