History for July 4

History for July 4 - On-This-Day.com
Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804, Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807, Stephen Foster 1826


Calvin Coolidge (U.S.) 1872 - 30th President of the United States, Leona Helmsley 1920, George Steinbrenner 1930


1776 - The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America.


1802 - The U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY.


1817 - Construction began on the Erie Canal, to connect Lake Erie and the Hudson River.


1894 - After seizing power, Judge Stanford B. Dole declared Hawaii a republic.


1959 - The 49-star U.S. flag became official.


1960 - The 50-star U.S. flag made its debut in Philadelphia, PA.


1976 - The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial.


2009 - North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast that defied U.N. resolutions.