About July 4

July 4, 2024 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.

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Cancer is the sun 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.

July 4: More About This Day

The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.

What Happened On July 4

  • 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.
  • 993 –
    Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized.
  • 1359 –
    Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
  • 1610 –
    The Battle of Klushino between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish-Muscovite War.
  • 1634 –
    The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (Quebec, Canada)
  • 1802 –
    At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.
  • 1838 –
    The Iowa Territory is organized.
  • 1865 –
    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published.
  • 1881 –
    In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
  • 1887 –
    The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
  • 1892 –
    Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4.
  • 1894 –
    The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
  • 1903 –
    Dorothy Levitt is reported as the first woman in the world to compete in a 'motor race'.
  • 1918 –
    Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
  • 1946 –
    After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
  • 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.
  • 1987 –
    In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the “Butcher of Lyon”) is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • 1993 –
    Sumitomo Chemical’s resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others.
  • 2004 –
    The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
  • 2005 –
    The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.

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