Tukuk-OS📅 July 4
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on July 4? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — Keir Starmer led the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen years of Conservative rule.
Keir StarmerLabour Party (UK)2024 United Kingdom general election
- 1998 — The monster movie Pulgasari, the most-widely-seen North Korean film ever made, premiered in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1988 — Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.
- 1982 — Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped after they were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces; their fates remain unknown.
- 1976 — Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.
Israel Defense ForcesEntebbe raidEntebbe International Airport
- 1954 — In what is known as "The Miracle of Bern", West Germany defeated Hungary 3–2 to win the FIFA World Cup.
1954 FIFA World Cup finalGermany national football teamHungary national football team
- 1951 — William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 1945 — The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.
- 1943 — The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.
Władysław SikorskiPolish government-in-exile1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash
- 1941 — The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.
The HolocaustGerman occupation of Latvia during World War IIBurning of the Riga synagogues
- 1941 — German AB-Aktion in Poland: After capturing Lwów, the Nazis executed professors of the University of Lwów along with their families.
- 1918 — World War I: Allied forces led by the Australian general John Monash won the Battle of Hamel, demonstrating the effectiveness of combined-arms techniques in trench warfare.
- 1863 — American Civil War: Confederate forces failed in an attempt to recapture the Union-occupied Helena, Arkansas.
- 1862 — In a boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell (pictured) and her sisters a story that later formed the basis for his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
- 1837 — The Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway with steam traction, opened between Birmingham and Newton Junction.
- 1776 — In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence (signing pictured), announcing that the thirteen American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire.
Second Continental CongressUnited States Declaration of IndependenceThirteen Colonies
- 1643 — First English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Burton Bridge, securing a crossing of the River Trent for a convoy of supplies travelling with Queen Henrietta Maria.
First English Civil WarBattle of Burton Bridge (1643)River Trent
- 1054 — Chinese astronomers recorded the sudden appearance of a "guest star", later identified as the supernova that created the Crab Nebula (pictured).
- 414 — Byzantine emperor Theodosius II proclaimed his elder sister Aelia Pulcheria as Augusta.
Births
- 2003 — Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer
- 1999 — Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician
- 1995 — Post Malone, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
- 1993 — Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
- 1992 — Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- 1992 — Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- 1990 — Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
- 1990 — Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
- 1990 — Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
- 1990 — Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
- 1989 — Benjamin Büchel, Liechtensteiner footballer
- 1988 — Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress
Deaths
- 2025 — Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (born 1964)
- 2025 — Richard Greenberg, American playwright and television writer (born 1958)
- 2025 — Bobby Jenks, American baseball player (born 1981)
- 2025 — Peter Russell-Clarke, Australian chef, author and illustrator (born 1935)
- 2025 — Mark Snow, American composer for film and television (born 1946)
- 2022 — Cláudio Hummes, Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1934)
- 2022 — Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (born 1961)
- 2021 — Harmoko, Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (born 1939)
- 2021 — Matīss Kivlenieks, Latvian ice hockey goaltender (born 1996)
- 2018 — Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (born 1927)
- 2018 — Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (born 1940)
- 2017 — John Blackwell, American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (born 1973)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Antoine Daniel
- Christian feast day: Andrew of Crete
- Christian feast day: Bertha of Artois
- Christian feast day: Blessed Catherine Jarrige
- Christian feast day: Blessed Józef Kowalski
- Christian feast day: Pier Giorgio Frassati
- Christian feast day: Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal)
- Christian feast day: Oda of Canterbury
- Christian feast day: Ulrich of Augsburg
- Christian feast day: July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- CARICOM Day
- The first evening of Dree Festival, celebrated until July 7 (Apatani people, Arunachal Pradesh, India)
- Independence Day (United States)
- Liberation Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
- Liberation Day (Rwanda)
- Republic Day (Philippines)
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