# July 4

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This article is about the date. For the American holiday, see [Independence Day (United States)](/source/Independence_Day_(United_States)). For other uses, see [July 4 (disambiguation)](/source/July_4_(disambiguation)).

## Events

### Pre-1600

- [362 BC](/source/362_BC) – [Battle of Mantinea](/source/Battle_of_Mantinea_(362_BC)): The [Thebans](/source/Thebes,_Greece), led by [Epaminondas](/source/Epaminondas), defeated the [Spartans](/source/Sparta).
- [414](/source/414) – Emperor [Theodosius II](/source/Theodosius_II), age 13, yields power to his older sister [Aelia Pulcheria](/source/Pulcheria), who reigned as [regent](/source/Regent) and proclaimed herself empress (*[Augusta](/source/List_of_Augustae)*) of the [Eastern Roman Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire).
- [836](/source/836) – *[Pactum Sicardi](/source/Pactum_Sicardi)*, a peace treaty between the [Principality of Benevento](/source/Duchy_of_Benevento) and the [Duchy of Naples](/source/Duchy_of_Naples), is signed.
- [993](/source/993) – [Ulrich of Augsburg](/source/Ulrich_of_Augsburg) is [canonized](/source/Canonization) as a saint.
- [1054](/source/1054) – A supernova, called [SN 1054](/source/SN_1054), is seen by Chinese [Song dynasty](/source/Song_dynasty), [Arab](/source/Arab), and possibly [Amerindian](/source/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas) observers near the star [Zeta Tauri](/source/Zeta_Tauri). For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the [Crab Nebula](/source/Crab_Nebula).
- [1120](/source/1120) – [Jordan II of Capua](/source/Jordan_II_of_Capua) is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
- [1187](/source/1187) – The [Crusades](/source/Crusades): [Battle of Hattin](/source/Battle_of_Hattin): [Saladin](/source/Saladin) defeats [Guy of Lusignan](/source/Guy_of_Lusignan), [King of Jerusalem](/source/King_of_Jerusalem).
- [1253](/source/1253) – Battle of West-Capelle: [John I of Avesnes](/source/John_I,_Count_of_Hainaut) defeats [Guy of Dampierre](/source/Guy,_Count_of_Flanders).
- [1333](/source/1333) – [Genkō War](/source/Genk%C5%8D_War): Forces loyal to [Emperor Go-Daigo](/source/Emperor_Go-Daigo) seize [Tōshō-ji](/source/T%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D-ji) during the [Siege of Kamakura](/source/Siege_of_Kamakura_(1333)). [Hōjō Takatoki](/source/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_Takatoki) and other members of the [Hōjō clan](/source/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_clan) commit suicide, ending the [rule](/source/Kamakura_period) of the [Kamakura shogunate](/source/Kamakura_shogunate).[1]
- [1359](/source/1359) – [Francesco II Ordelaffi](/source/Francesco_II_Ordelaffi) of [Forlì](/source/Forl%C3%AC) surrenders to the Papal commander [Gil de Albornoz](/source/Gil_%C3%81lvarez_Carrillo_de_Albornoz).
- [1456](/source/1456) – [Ottoman–Hungarian wars](/source/Ottoman%E2%80%93Hungarian_wars): The [Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade)](/source/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1456)) begins.
- [1534](/source/1534) – [Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway](/source/Election_of_Christian_III) in the town of [Rye](/source/Old_Rye).
- [1584](/source/1584) – [Philip Amadas](/source/Philip_Amadas) and [Arthur Barlowe](/source/Arthur_Barlowe) arrive at [Roanoke Island](/source/Roanoke_Island).

### 1601–1900

- [1610](/source/1610) – The [Battle of Klushino](/source/Battle_of_Klushino) is fought between forces of the [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth) and [Russia](/source/Tsardom_of_Russia) during the [Polish–Russian War](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Russian_War_(1609%E2%80%931618)), after which Polish troops entered Moscow.
- [1634](/source/1634) – The city of [Trois-Rivières](/source/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res) is founded in [New France](/source/New_France) (now Quebec, Canada).
- [1744](/source/1744) – The [Treaty of Lancaster](/source/Treaty_of_Lancaster), in which the [Iroquois](/source/Iroquois) cede lands between the [Allegheny Mountains](/source/Allegheny_Mountains) and the [Ohio River](/source/Ohio_River) to the British colonies, was signed in [Lancaster, Pennsylvania](/source/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania).
- [1774](/source/1774) – [Orangetown Resolutions](/source/Orangetown_Resolutions) are adopted in the [Province of New York](/source/Province_of_New_York), one of many protests against the [British Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_Great_Britain)'s [Coercive Acts](/source/Coercive_Acts).
- [1776](/source/1776) – [American Revolution](/source/American_Revolution): The [United States Declaration of Independence](/source/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence) is adopted by the [Second Continental Congress](/source/Second_Continental_Congress).
- [1778](/source/1778) – [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War): US forces under [George Clark](/source/George_Rogers_Clark) capture [Kaskaskia](/source/Kaskaskia,_Illinois) during the [Illinois campaign](/source/Illinois_campaign).
- [1802](/source/1802) – The [United States Military Academy](/source/United_States_Military_Academy) opens at [West Point, New York](/source/West_Point,_New_York).
- [1803](/source/1803) – The [Louisiana Purchase](/source/Louisiana_Purchase) is announced to the US people.
- [1817](/source/1817) – In [Rome, New York](/source/Rome,_New_York), construction on the [Erie Canal](/source/Erie_Canal) begins.
- [1818](/source/1818) – [US Flag Act of 1818](/source/Flag_Acts) goes into effect creating a 13 stripe flag with a star for each state. New stars would be added on July 4 after a new state had been admitted.[2]
- [1827](/source/1827) – [Slavery](/source/Slavery_in_the_United_States) is abolished in the [State of New York](/source/New_York_(state)).
- [1831](/source/1831) – [Samuel Francis Smith](/source/Samuel_Francis_Smith) writes "[My Country, 'Tis of Thee](/source/America_(My_Country,_'Tis_of_Thee))" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
- [1832](/source/1832) – [John Neal](/source/John_Neal) delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.[3][4]
- [1832](/source/1832) – [Durham University](/source/Durham_University) established by [Act of Parliament](/source/Act_of_Parliament_(UK)); the first recognized university to be founded in [England](/source/England) since [Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) over 600 years earlier.[5]
- [1837](/source/1837) – [Grand Junction Railway](/source/Grand_Junction_Railway), the world's first long-distance railway, opens between [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) and [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool).
- [1838](/source/1838) – The [Iowa Territory](/source/Iowa_Territory) is organized.
- [1845](/source/1845) – [Henry David Thoreau](/source/Henry_David_Thoreau) moves into a small cabin on [Walden Pond](/source/Walden_Pond) in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, *[Walden](/source/Walden)*, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
- [1855](/source/1855) – The first edition of [Walt Whitman](/source/Walt_Whitman)'s book of poems, *[Leaves of Grass](/source/Leaves_of_Grass)*, is published in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn).
- [1862](/source/1862) – [Lewis Carroll](/source/Lewis_Carroll) tells [Alice Liddell](/source/Alice_Liddell) a story that would grow into *[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](/source/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland)* and its sequels.
- [1863](/source/1863) – [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): [Siege of Vicksburg](/source/Siege_of_Vicksburg): The [Confederate](/source/Confederate_States_of_America) army in [Vicksburg, Mississippi](/source/Vicksburg,_Mississippi) surrenders to [Union](/source/Union_(American_Civil_War)) forces under [Ulysses S. Grant](/source/Ulysses_S._Grant) after 47 days of siege, contributing to the Union capture of the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River).[6]
- 1863 – American Civil War: Union forces repulse a Confederate army at the [Battle of Helena](/source/Battle_of_Helena) in Arkansas. The battle thwarts a Rebel attempt to relieve pressure on the besieged city of Vicksburg, and paves the way for the Union capture of [Little Rock](/source/Little_Rock,_Arkansas).[7]
- 1863 – American Civil War: [Retreat from Gettysburg](/source/Retreat_from_Gettysburg): The Confederate [Army of Northern Virginia](/source/Army_of_Northern_Virginia) under [Robert E. Lee](/source/Robert_E._Lee) [withdraws from the battlefield](/source/Battle_of_Gettysburg#Confederate_retreat) after losing the [Battle of Gettysburg](/source/Battle_of_Gettysburg), signaling an end to his last [invasion](/source/Gettysburg_campaign) of the [North](/source/Northern_United_States#American_Civil_War).[8]
- [1879](/source/1879) – [Anglo-Zulu War](/source/Anglo-Zulu_War): The Zululand capital of [Ulundi](/source/Ulundi) is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King [Cetshwayo](/source/Cetshwayo) to flee.
- [1881](/source/1881) – In [Alabama](/source/Alabama), the [Tuskegee Institute](/source/Tuskegee_Institute) opens.
- [1886](/source/1886) – The [Canadian Pacific Railway](/source/Canadian_Pacific_Railway)'s first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in [Port Moody](/source/Port_Moody) on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
- [1887](/source/1887) – The founder of [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah](/source/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah), joins [Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam](/source/Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam), [Karachi](/source/Karachi).
- [1892](/source/1892) – [Western Samoa](/source/Western_Samoa) changes the [International Date Line](/source/International_Date_Line), causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a leap year with 367 days.
- [1894](/source/1894) – The short-lived [Republic of Hawaii](/source/Republic_of_Hawaii) is proclaimed by [Sanford B. Dole](/source/Sanford_B._Dole).
- [1898](/source/1898) – En route from New York to [Le Havre](/source/Le_Havre), the [SS *La Bourgogne*](/source/SS_La_Bourgogne) collides with another ship and [sinks with the loss of 549 lives](/source/Sinking_of_the_SS_La_Bourgogne), one of the worst maritime disasters in history.

### 1901–present

- [1901](/source/1901) – [William Howard Taft](/source/William_Howard_Taft) becomes American governor of the Philippines.
- [1903](/source/1903) – The [Philippine–American War](/source/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War) is officially concluded.
- [1910](/source/1910) – The [Johnson–Jeffries riots](/source/Johnson%E2%80%93Jeffries_riots) occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
- [1911](/source/1911) – A [massive heat wave](/source/1911_Eastern_North_America_heat_wave) strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
- [1913](/source/1913) – [President](/source/President_of_the_United_States) [Woodrow Wilson](/source/Woodrow_Wilson) addresses [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) veterans at the [Great Reunion of 1913](/source/Great_Reunion_of_1913).
- [1914](/source/1914) – The funeral of [Archduke Franz Ferdinand](/source/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria) and his wife [Sophie](/source/Sophie,_Duchess_of_Hohenberg) takes place in [Vienna](/source/Vienna), six days after their assassinations in [Sarajevo](/source/Sarajevo).
- [1918](/source/1918) – [Mehmed V](/source/Mehmed_V) died at the age of 73 and [Ottoman sultan](/source/Ottoman_sultan) [Mehmed VI](/source/Mehmed_VI) ascends to the throne.
- 1918 – [World War I](/source/World_War_I): The [Battle of Hamel](/source/Battle_of_Hamel), a successful attack by the [Australian Corps](/source/Australian_Corps) against German positions near the town of [Le Hamel](/source/Le_Hamel,_Somme) on the [Western Front](/source/Western_Front_(World_War_I)).
- [1927](/source/1927) – First flight of the [Lockheed Vega](/source/Lockheed_Vega).
- [1939](/source/1939) – [Lou Gehrig](/source/Lou_Gehrig), recently diagnosed with [Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis](/source/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis), informs a crowd at [Yankee Stadium](/source/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)) that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league [baseball](/source/Baseball).
- [1941](/source/1941) – [Nazi crimes against the Polish nation](/source/Nazi_crimes_against_the_Polish_nation): [Nazi](/source/Nazi_Germany) troops [massacre Polish scientists and writers](/source/Massacre_of_Lw%C3%B3w_professors) in the captured [Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic) city of [Lviv](/source/Lviv).
- 1941 – [World War II](/source/World_War_II): The [Burning of the Riga synagogues](/source/Burning_of_the_Riga_synagogues): The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied [Riga](/source/Riga) is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
- [1942](/source/1942) – World War II: The 250-day [Siege of Sevastopol](/source/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941%E2%80%9342)) in the [Crimea](/source/Crimea) ends when the city falls to [Axis](/source/Axis_powers) forces.
- [1943](/source/1943) – World War II: The [Battle of Kursk](/source/Battle_of_Kursk), the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of [Prokhorovka](/source/Prokhorovka).
- 1943 – World War II: In [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar), a [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) [B-24 Liberator](/source/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator) bomber [crashes](/source/1943_Gibraltar_Liberator_AL523_crash) into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general [Władysław Sikorski](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski), the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
- [1946](/source/1946) – The [Kielce pogrom](/source/Kielce_pogrom) against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
- 1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) attains full independence from the United States.
- [1947](/source/1947) – The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the [British House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom), proposing the independence of the [Provinces of British India](/source/Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India) into two sovereign countries: India and [Pakistan](/source/Dominion_of_Pakistan).
- [1950](/source/1950) – [Cold War](/source/Cold_War): [Radio Free Europe](/source/Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty) first broadcasts.
- [1951](/source/1951) – Cold War: A court in [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovak_Socialist_Republic) sentences American journalist [William N. Oatis](/source/William_N._Oatis) to ten years in prison on charges of [espionage](/source/Espionage).
- 1951 – [William Shockley](/source/William_Shockley) announces the invention of the [junction transistor](/source/Bipolar_junction_transistor).
- [1954](/source/1954) – [Food rationing in Great Britain](/source/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom) ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and nearly a decade after the war's end.
- [1960](/source/1960) – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) on [August 21](/source/August_21), 1959, the 50-star [flag of the United States](/source/Flag_of_the_United_States) debuts in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), almost ten and a half months later (see [Flag Acts (United States)](/source/Flag_Acts_(United_States))).
- [1961](/source/1961) – On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine [*K-19*](/source/Soviet_submarine_K-19) suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of [radiation poisoning](/source/Radiation_poisoning) over the following two years.
- [1966](/source/1966) – U.S. President [Lyndon B. Johnson](/source/Lyndon_B._Johnson) signs the [Freedom of Information Act](/source/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)) into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
- [1973](/source/1973) – [Barbados](/source/Barbados), [Guyana](/source/Guyana), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica), and [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago) sign the [Treaty of Chaguaramas](/source/Treaty_of_Chaguaramas) in [Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Chaguaramas,_Trinidad_and_Tobago) establishing the [Caribbean Community](/source/Caribbean_Community) (CARICOM). It replaces the [Caribbean Free Trade Association](/source/Caribbean_Free_Trade_Association) as another step towards Caribbean [regional integration](/source/Regional_integration).[9]
- [1976](/source/1976) – [Israeli commandos](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) [raid Entebbe](/source/Entebbe_raid) airport in [Uganda](/source/Uganda), rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an [Air France](/source/Air_France) jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
- [1977](/source/1977) – The [George Jackson Brigade](/source/George_Jackson_Brigade) plants a bomb at the main power substation for the [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)) state capitol in [Olympia](/source/Olympia,_Washington), in solidarity with a prison strike at the [Walla Walla State Penitentiary](/source/Walla_Walla_State_Penitentiary) Intensive Security Unit.
- [1982](/source/1982) – Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are [kidnapped in Lebanon](/source/Iranian_diplomats_kidnapping_(1982)) by [Phalange forces](/source/Kataeb_Party), and their fate remains unknown.
- 1982 – [Space Shuttle program](/source/Space_Shuttle_program): *[Columbia](/source/Space_Shuttle_Columbia)* lands at [Edwards Air Force Base](/source/Edwards_Air_Force_Base) at the end of the program's final test flight, [STS-4](/source/STS-4). President [Ronald Reagan](/source/Ronald_Reagan) declares the Space Shuttle to be operational.[10]
- [1994](/source/1994) – [Rwandan genocide](/source/Rwandan_genocide): [Kigali](/source/Kigali), the Rwandan capital, is captured by the [Rwandan Patriotic Front](/source/Rwandan_Patriotic_Front), ending the genocide in the city.
- [1997](/source/1997) – [NASA](/source/NASA)'s [Pathfinder](/source/Mars_Pathfinder) space probe lands on the surface of [Mars](/source/Mars).
- [1998](/source/1998) – Japan launches the [Nozomi](/source/Nozomi_(spacecraft)) probe to [Mars](/source/Mars), joining the United States and Russia as a [space](/source/Outer_space) exploring nation.
- [2001](/source/2001) – [Vladivostok Air Flight 352](/source/Vladivostok_Air_Flight_352) crashes on approach to [Irkutsk Airport](/source/International_Airport_Irkutsk) killing all 145 people on board.[11]
- [2002](/source/2002) – A [Boeing 707](/source/Boeing_707) [crashes](/source/2002_Prestige_Airlines_Boeing_707_crash) near [Bangui M'Poko International Airport](/source/Bangui_M'Poko_International_Airport) in [Bangui](/source/Bangui), Central African Republic, killing 28.[12]
- [2004](/source/2004) – The cornerstone of the [Freedom Tower](/source/One_World_Trade_Center) is laid on the [World Trade Center site](/source/World_Trade_Center_site) in New York City.
- 2004 – [Greece](/source/Greece_national_football_team) beats [Portugal](/source/Portugal_national_football_team) in the [UEFA Euro 2004 Final](/source/UEFA_Euro_2004_Final) and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
- [2005](/source/2005) – The [Deep Impact](/source/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)) collider hits the [comet](/source/Comet) [Tempel 1](/source/Tempel_1).
- [2006](/source/2006) – [Space Shuttle program](/source/Space_Shuttle_program): *[Discovery](/source/OV-103)* launches [STS-121](/source/STS-121) to the [International Space Station](/source/International_Space_Station). The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' [Independence Day](/source/Independence_Day_(United_States)).[13]
- [2008](/source/2008) – A [bomb explodes](/source/2008_Minsk_bombing) at a concert in [Minsk's Independence Square](/source/Independence_Square,_Minsk), injuring 50 people.[14]
- [2009](/source/2009) – The [Statue of Liberty](/source/Statue_of_Liberty)'s crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the [September 11 attacks](/source/September_11_attacks).
- 2009 – The first of [four days of bombings](/source/2009_Mindanao_bombings) begins on the southern [Philippine](/source/Philippines) island group of [Mindanao](/source/Mindanao).
- [2012](/source/2012) – The discovery of particles consistent with the [Higgs boson](/source/Higgs_boson) at the [Large Hadron Collider](/source/Large_Hadron_Collider) is announced at [CERN](/source/CERN).
- [2015](/source/2015) – Chile claims its first title in international [football](/source/Association_football) by defeating Argentina in the [2015 Copa América](/source/2015_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica) Final.
- [2024](/source/2024) – The [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)), led by [Keir Starmer](/source/Keir_Starmer), wins a [landslide majority](/source/Landslide_victory) in the [2024 United Kingdom general election](/source/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election), ending 14 years of [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) government.[15]
- [2025](/source/2025) – [A devastating flood](/source/July_2025_Central_Texas_floods) strikes the [Texas Hill Country](/source/Texas_Hill_Country), killing at least 108 people.[16]
- 2025 – The [Oasis Live '25](/source/Oasis_Live_'25_Tour) tour began in [Principality Stadium](/source/Principality_Stadium), [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff), ending a 16 year hiatus.[17]

## Births

### Pre-1600

- [68](/source/AD_68) – [Salonia Matidia](/source/Salonia_Matidia), Roman daughter of [Ulpia Marciana](/source/Ulpia_Marciana) (died 119)[18]
- [1095](/source/1095) – [Usama ibn Munqidh](/source/Usama_ibn_Munqidh), Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (died 1188)[19]
- [1330](/source/1330) – [Ashikaga Yoshiakira](/source/Ashikaga_Yoshiakira), Japanese shōgun (died 1367)
- [1477](/source/1477) – [Johannes Aventinus](/source/Johannes_Aventinus), Bavarian historian and philologist (died 1534)
- [1546](/source/1546) – [Murad III](/source/Murad_III), Ottoman sultan (died 1595)

### 1601–1900

- [1656](/source/1656) – [John Leake](/source/John_Leake), Royal Navy admiral (died 1720)
- [1694](/source/1694) – [Louis-Claude Daquin](/source/Louis-Claude_Daquin), French organist and composer (died 1772)
- [1715](/source/1715) – [Christian Fürchtegott Gellert](/source/Christian_F%C3%BCrchtegott_Gellert), German poet and academic (died 1769)
- [1719](/source/1719) – [Michel-Jean Sedaine](/source/Michel-Jean_Sedaine), French playwright (died 1797)
- [1729](/source/1729) – [George Leonard](/source/George_Leonard_(Congressman)), American lawyer, jurist and politician (died 1819)
- [1753](/source/1753) – [Jean-Pierre Blanchard](/source/Jean-Pierre_Blanchard), French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (died 1809)
- [1790](/source/1790) – [George Everest](/source/George_Everest), Welsh geographer and surveyor (died 1866)
- [1799](/source/1799) – [Oscar I of Sweden](/source/Oscar_I_of_Sweden) (died 1859)[20]
- [1804](/source/1804) – [Nathaniel Hawthorne](/source/Nathaniel_Hawthorne), American novelist and short story writer (died 1864)
- [1807](/source/1807) – [Giuseppe Garibaldi](/source/Giuseppe_Garibaldi), Italian general and politician (died 1882)
- [1816](/source/1816) – [Hiram Walker](/source/Hiram_Walker), American businessman, founded [Canadian Club whisky](/source/Canadian_Club) (died 1899)
- [1826](/source/1826) – [Stephen Foster](/source/Stephen_Foster), American songwriter and composer (died 1864)
- [1842](/source/1842) – [Hermann Cohen](/source/Hermann_Cohen), German philosopher (died 1918)
- [1845](/source/1845) – [Thomas John Barnardo](/source/Thomas_John_Barnardo), Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (died 1905)
- [1847](/source/1847) – [James Anthony Bailey](/source/James_Anthony_Bailey), American circus ringmaster, co-founded [Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus](/source/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_%26_Bailey_Circus) (died 1906)
- [1854](/source/1854) – [Victor Babeș](/source/Victor_Babe%C8%99), Romanian physician and biologist (died 1926)
- [1868](/source/1868) – [Henrietta Swan Leavitt](/source/Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt), American astronomer and academic (died 1921)[21]
- [1886](/source/1886) – [Tom Longboat](/source/Tom_Longboat), Canadian runner and soldier (died 1949)[22]
- [1871](/source/1871) – [Hubert Cecil Booth](/source/Hubert_Cecil_Booth), English engineer (died 1955)[23]
- [1872](/source/1872) – [Calvin Coolidge](/source/Calvin_Coolidge), American lawyer and politician, 30th [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (died 1933)
- [1874](/source/1874) – [John McPhee](/source/John_McPhee_(politician)), Australian journalist and politician, 27th [Premier of Tasmania](/source/Premier_of_Tasmania) (died 1952)
- [1880](/source/1880) – [Victor Kraft](/source/Victor_Kraft), Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1975)
- [1881](/source/1881) – [Ulysses S. Grant III](/source/Ulysses_S._Grant_III), American general (died 1968)
- [1883](/source/1883) – [Rube Goldberg](/source/Rube_Goldberg), American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (died 1970)
- [1887](/source/1887) – [Pio Pion](/source/Pio_Pion), Italian engineer and businessman (died 1965)
- [1888](/source/1888) – [Henry Armetta](/source/Henry_Armetta), Italian-American actor and singer (died 1945)
- [1895](/source/1895) – [Irving Caesar](/source/Irving_Caesar), American songwriter and composer (died 1996)
- [1896](/source/1896) – [Mao Dun](/source/Mao_Dun), Chinese journalist, author, and critic (died 1981)
- [1897](/source/1897) – [Alluri Sitarama Raju](/source/Alluri_Sitarama_Raju), Indian activist (died 1924)
- [1898](/source/1898) – [Pilar Barbosa](/source/Pilar_Barbosa), Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (died 1997)
- 1898 – [Gertrude Lawrence](/source/Gertrude_Lawrence), British actress, singer, and dancer (died 1952)
- 1898 – [Gulzarilal Nanda](/source/Gulzarilal_Nanda), Indian politician (died 1998)
- 1898 – [Gertrude Weaver](/source/Gertrude_Weaver), American supercentenarian (died 2015)
- [1900](/source/1900) – [Belinda Dann](/source/Belinda_Dann), Indigenous Australian who was one of the [Stolen Generation](/source/Stolen_Generation), reunited with family aged 107 (died 2007)
- 1900 – [Nellie Mae Rowe](/source/Nellie_Mae_Rowe), American folk artist (died 1982)

### 1901–present

- [1902](/source/1902) – [Meyer Lansky](/source/Meyer_Lansky), American gangster (died 1983)
- 1902 – [George Murphy](/source/George_Murphy), American actor and politician (died 1992)
- [1903](/source/1903) – [Flor Peeters](/source/Flor_Peeters), Belgian organist, composer, and educator (died 1986)
- [1904](/source/1904) – [Angela Baddeley](/source/Angela_Baddeley), English actress (died 1976)
- [1905](/source/1905) – [Irving Johnson](/source/Irving_Johnson), American sailor and author (died 1991)
- 1905 – [Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey](/source/Robert_Hankey,_2nd_Baron_Hankey), British diplomat and public servant (died 1996)
- 1905 – [Lionel Trilling](/source/Lionel_Trilling), American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (died 1975)
- [1906](/source/1906) – [Vincent Schaefer](/source/Vincent_Schaefer), American chemist and meteorologist (died 1993)
- [1907](/source/1907) – [John Anderson](/source/John_Anderson_(discus_thrower)), American discus thrower (died 1948)
- 1907 – [Howard Taubman](/source/Howard_Taubman), American author and critic (died 1996)
- [1909](/source/1909) – [Alec Templeton](/source/Alec_Templeton), Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (died 1963)
- [1910](/source/1910) – [Robert K. Merton](/source/Robert_K._Merton), American sociologist and scholar (died 2003)
- 1910 – [Gloria Stuart](/source/Gloria_Stuart), American actress (died 2010)
- [1911](/source/1911) – [Bruce Hamilton](/source/Bruce_Hamilton_(public_servant)), Australian public servant (died 1989)
- 1911 – [Mitch Miller](/source/Mitch_Miller), American singer and producer (died 2010)
- 1911 – [Elizabeth Peratrovich](/source/Elizabeth_Peratrovich), Alaskan-American civil rights activist (died 1958)[24]
- [1914](/source/1914) – [Nuccio Bertone](/source/Nuccio_Bertone), Italian automobile designer (died 1997)
- [1915](/source/1915) – [Timmie Rogers](/source/Timmie_Rogers), American actor and singer-songwriter (died 2006)
- [1916](/source/1916) – [Iva Toguri D'Aquino](/source/Iva_Toguri_D'Aquino), American typist and broadcaster (died 2006)
- [1918](/source/1918) – [Eppie Lederer](/source/Eppie_Lederer), American journalist and radio host (died 2002)
- 1918 – [Johnnie Parsons](/source/Johnnie_Parsons), American race car driver (died 1984)
- 1918 – King [Taufa'ahau Tupou IV](/source/Taufa'ahau_Tupou_IV) of Tonga, (died 2006)
- 1918 – [Alec Bedser](/source/Alec_Bedser), English cricketer (died 2010)
- 1918 – [Eric Bedser](/source/Eric_Bedser), English cricketer (died 2006)
- 1918 – [Pauline Phillips](/source/Pauline_Phillips), American journalist and radio host, created [Dear Abby](/source/Dear_Abby) (died 2013)
- [1920](/source/1920) – [Norm Drucker](/source/Norm_Drucker), American basketball player and referee (died 2015)
- 1920 – [Leona Helmsley](/source/Leona_Helmsley), American businesswoman (died 2007)
- 1920 – [Fritz Wilde](/source/Fritz_Wilde), German footballer and manager (died 1977)
- 1920 – [Paul Bannai](/source/Paul_Bannai), American politician (died 2019)
- [1921](/source/1921) – [Gérard Debreu](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Debreu), French economist and mathematician, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics) laureate (died 2004)
- 1921 – [Nasser Sharifi](/source/Nasser_Sharifi), Iranian sports shooter
- 1921 – [Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut](/source/Metropolitan_Mikhail_of_Asyut) (died 2014)
- 1921 – [Philip Rose](/source/Philip_Rose_(theatrical_producer)), American actor, playwright, and producer (died 2011)
- 1921 – [Tibor Varga](/source/Tibor_Varga_(violinist)), Hungarian violinist and conductor (died 2003)
- [1922](/source/1922) – [R. James Harvey](/source/R._James_Harvey), American politician (died 2019)
- [1923](/source/1923) – [Rudolf Friedrich](/source/Rudolf_Friedrich), Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2013)
- [1924](/source/1924) – [Eva Marie Saint](/source/Eva_Marie_Saint), American actress
- 1924 – [Delia Fiallo](/source/Delia_Fiallo), Cuban author and screenwriter (died 2021)
- 1924 – [Harry Stewart Jr.](/source/Harry_Stewart_Jr.), American military officer and fighter pilot (died 2025)
- [1925](/source/1925) – [Ciril Zlobec](/source/Ciril_Zlobec), Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (died 2018[25])
- 1925 – [Dorothy Head Knode](/source/Dorothy_Head_Knode), American tennis player[26] (died 2015)
- [1926](/source/1926) – [Alfredo Di Stéfano](/source/Alfredo_Di_St%C3%A9fano), Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014)
- 1926 – [Lake Underwood](/source/Lake_Underwood), American race car driver and businessman (died 2008)
- [1927](/source/1927) – [Gina Lollobrigida](/source/Gina_Lollobrigida), Italian actress and photographer (died 2023)[27]
- 1927 – [Neil Simon](/source/Neil_Simon), American playwright and screenwriter (died 2018)[28]
- [1928](/source/1928) – [Giampiero Boniperti](/source/Giampiero_Boniperti), Italian footballer and politician (died 2021)
- 1928 – [Teofisto Guingona Jr.](/source/Teofisto_Guingona_Jr.), Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines
- 1928 – [Jassem Alwan](/source/Jassem_Alwan), Syrian Army Officer (died 2018)
- 1928 – [Shan Ratnam](/source/Shan_Ratnam), Sri Lankan physician and academic (died 2001)
- 1928 – [Chuck Tanner](/source/Chuck_Tanner), American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
- [1929](/source/1929) – [Al Davis](/source/Al_Davis), American football player, coach, and manager (died 2011)
- 1929 – [Bill Tuttle](/source/Bill_Tuttle), American baseball player (died 1998)
- [1930](/source/1930) – [George Steinbrenner](/source/George_Steinbrenner), American businessman (died 2010)
- [1931](/source/1931) – [Stephen Boyd](/source/Stephen_Boyd), Northern Ireland-born American actor (died 1977)
- 1931 – [Rick Casares](/source/Rick_Casares), American football player and soldier (died 2013)
- 1931 – [Sébastien Japrisot](/source/S%C3%A9bastien_Japrisot), French author, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)
- 1931 – [Peter Richardson](/source/Peter_Richardson_(cricketer)), English cricketer (died 2017)
- [1932](/source/1932) – [Aurèle Vandendriessche](/source/Aur%C3%A8le_Vandendriessche), Belgian runner (died 2023)
- [1934](/source/1934) – [Yvonne B. Miller](/source/Yvonne_B._Miller), American academic and politician (died 2012)
- 1934 – [Colin Welland](/source/Colin_Welland), English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
- [1935](/source/1935) – [Paul Scoon](/source/Paul_Scoon), Grenadian politician, 2nd [Governor-General of Grenada](/source/Governor-General_of_Grenada) (died 2013)
- [1936](/source/1936) – [Zdzisława Donat](/source/Zdzis%C5%82awa_Donat), Polish soprano and actress
- [1937](/source/1937) – [Thomas Nagel](/source/Thomas_Nagel), American philosopher and academic
- 1937 – [Queen Sonja of Norway](/source/Queen_Sonja_of_Norway)
- 1937 – [Richard Rhodes](/source/Richard_Rhodes), American journalist and historian
- 1937 – [Eric Walters](/source/Eric_Walters_(newsreader)), Australian journalist (died 2010)
- [1938](/source/1938) – [Steven Rose](/source/Steven_Rose), English biologist and academic
- 1938 – [Bill Withers](/source/Bill_Withers), American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020)
- [1940](/source/1940) – [Pat Stapleton](/source/Pat_Stapleton_(ice_hockey)), Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
- [1941](/source/1941) – [Sam Farr](/source/Sam_Farr), American politician
- 1941 – [Tomaž Šalamun](/source/Toma%C5%BE_%C5%A0alamun), Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (died 2014)
- 1941 – [Pavel Sedláček](/source/Pavel_Sedl%C3%A1%C4%8Dek_(musician)), Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941 – [Brian Willson](/source/Brian_Willson), American soldier, lawyer, and activist
- [1942](/source/1942) – [Hal Lanier](/source/Hal_Lanier), American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1942 – [Floyd Little](/source/Floyd_Little), American football player and coach (died 2021)[29]
- 1942 – [Stefan Meller](/source/Stefan_Meller), French-Polish academic and politician, [Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Poland)) (died 2008)
- 1942 – [Prince Michael of Kent](/source/Prince_Michael_of_Kent)
- 1942 – [Peter Rowan](/source/Peter_Rowan), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- [1943](/source/1943) – [Conny Bauer](/source/Conny_Bauer), German trombonist
- 1943 – [Emerson Boozer](/source/Emerson_Boozer), American football player and sportscaster
- 1943 – [Adam Hart-Davis](/source/Adam_Hart-Davis), English historian, author, and photographer
- 1943 – [Geraldo Rivera](/source/Geraldo_Rivera), American lawyer, journalist, and author[30]
- 1943 – [Fred Wesley](/source/Fred_Wesley), American [jazz](/source/Jazz) and [funk](/source/Funk) [trombonist](/source/Trombonist)[31]
- 1943 – [Alan Wilson](/source/Alan_Wilson_(musician)), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1970)
- [1945](/source/1945) – [Andre Spitzer](/source/Andre_Spitzer), Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (died 1972)
- [1946](/source/1946) – [Ron Kovic](/source/Ron_Kovic), American author and activist
- 1946 – [Michael Milken](/source/Michael_Milken), American businessman and philanthropist
- [1947](/source/1947) – [Lembit Ulfsak](/source/Lembit_Ulfsak), Estonian actor and director (died 2017)
- [1948](/source/1948) – [René Arnoux](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Arnoux), French race car driver
- 1948 – [Tommy Körberg](/source/Tommy_K%C3%B6rberg), Swedish singer and actor
- 1948 – [Jeremy Spencer](/source/Jeremy_Spencer), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- [1950](/source/1950) – [Philip Craven](/source/Philip_Craven), English basketball player and swimmer
- 1950 – [David Jensen](/source/David_Jensen), Canadian-English radio and television host
- [1951](/source/1951) – [John Alexander](/source/John_Alexander_(Australian_politician)), Australian tennis player and politician
- 1951 – [Ralph Johnson](/source/Ralph_Johnson_(musician)), American R&B drummer and percussionist
- 1951 – [Vladimir Tismăneanu](/source/Vladimir_Tism%C4%83neanu), Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
- 1951 – [Kathleen Kennedy Townsend](/source/Kathleen_Kennedy_Townsend), American lawyer and politician, 6th [Lieutenant Governor of Maryland](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Maryland)
- [1952](/source/1952) – [Álvaro Uribe](/source/%C3%81lvaro_Uribe), Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th [President of Colombia](/source/President_of_Colombia)
- 1952 – [Carol MacReady](/source/Carol_MacReady), English actress
- 1952 – [John Waite](/source/John_Waite), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 – [Paul Rogat Loeb](/source/Paul_Rogat_Loeb), American author and activist
- [1953](/source/1953) – [Francis Maude](/source/Francis_Maude), English lawyer and politician, [Minister for the Cabinet Office](/source/Minister_for_the_Cabinet_Office)
- [1954](/source/1954) – [Jim Beattie](/source/Jim_Beattie_(baseball)), American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1954 – [Morganna](/source/Morganna), American model, actress, and dancer
- 1954 – [Devendra Kumar Joshi](/source/Devendra_Kumar_Joshi), 21st [Chief of Naval Staff](/source/Chief_of_Naval_Staff_(India)) of the [Indian Navy](/source/Indian_Navy)
- [1955](/source/1955) – [Eero Heinäluoma](/source/Eero_Hein%C3%A4luoma), Finnish politician[32]
- 1955 – [Kevin Nichols](/source/Kevin_Nichols), Australian cyclist
- [1956](/source/1956) – [Robert Sinclair MacKay](/source/Robert_Sinclair_MacKay), British academic and educator
- [1957](/source/1957) – [Rein Lang](/source/Rein_Lang), Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th [Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Estonia))
- [1958](/source/1958) – [Vera Leth](/source/Vera_Leth), Greenlandic Ombudsman
- 1958 – [Kirk Pengilly](/source/Kirk_Pengilly), Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
- 1958 – [Carl Valentine](/source/Carl_Valentine), Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager
- [1959](/source/1959) – [Victoria Abril](/source/Victoria_Abril), Spanish actress and singer
- [1960](/source/1960) – [Roland Ratzenberger](/source/Roland_Ratzenberger), Austrian race car driver (died 1994)
- [1961](/source/1961) – [Richard Garriott](/source/Richard_Garriott), English-American video game designer, created the [Ultima series](/source/Ultima_(series))
- [1962](/source/1962) – [Pam Shriver](/source/Pam_Shriver), American tennis player and sportscaster
- [1963](/source/1963) – [Henri Leconte](/source/Henri_Leconte), French tennis player and sportscaster
- 1963 – [Laureano Márquez](/source/Laureano_M%C3%A1rquez), Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
- 1963 – [José Oquendo](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Oquendo), Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1963 – [Sonia Pierre](/source/Sonia_Pierre), Haitian-Dominican human rights activist (died 2011)[33]
- [1964](/source/1964) – [Cle Kooiman](/source/Cle_Kooiman), American soccer player and manager
- 1964 – [Elie Saab](/source/Elie_Saab), Lebanese fashion designer
- 1964 – [Edi Rama](/source/Edi_Rama), Albanian politician
- 1964 – [Mark Slaughter](/source/Mark_Slaughter), American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1964 – [Mark Whiting](/source/Mark_Whiting), American actor, director, and screenwriter
- [1965](/source/1965) – [Harvey Grant](/source/Harvey_Grant), American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – [Horace Grant](/source/Horace_Grant), American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – [Kiriakos Karataidis](/source/Kiriakos_Karataidis), Greek footballer and manager
- 1965 – [Gérard Watkins](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Watkins), English actor and playwright
- [1966](/source/1966) – [Ronni Ancona](/source/Ronni_Ancona), Scottish actress and screenwriter
- 1966 – [Minas Hantzidis](/source/Minas_Hantzidis), German-Greek footballer
- 1966 – [Lee Reherman](/source/Lee_Reherman), American actor (died 2016)
- [1967](/source/1967) – [Vinny Castilla](/source/Vinny_Castilla), Mexican baseball player and manager
- 1967 – [Sébastien Deleigne](/source/S%C3%A9bastien_Deleigne), French athlete
- [1969](/source/1969) – [Al Golden](/source/Al_Golden), American football player and coach
- 1969 – [Todd Marinovich](/source/Todd_Marinovich), American football player and coach
- 1969 – [Wilfred Mugeyi](/source/Wilfred_Mugeyi), Zimbabwean footballer and coach
- [1972](/source/1972) – [Stephen Giles](/source/Stephen_Giles), Canadian canoe racer and engineer
- 1972 – [Mike Knuble](/source/Mike_Knuble), Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- [1973](/source/1973) – [Keiko Ihara](/source/Keiko_Ihara), Japanese race car driver
- 1973 – [Gackt](/source/Gackt), Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
- 1973 – [Michael Johnson](/source/Michael_Johnson_(footballer,_born_1973)), English-Jamaican footballer and manager
- 1973 – [Anjelika Krylova](/source/Anjelika_Krylova), Russian ice dancer and coach
- 1973 – [Jan Magnussen](/source/Jan_Magnussen), Danish race car driver
- 1973 – [Tony Popovic](/source/Tony_Popovic), Australian footballer and manager
- [1974](/source/1974) – [Jill Craybas](/source/Jill_Craybas), American tennis player
- 1974 – [La'Roi Glover](/source/La'Roi_Glover), American football player and sportscaster
- 1974 – [Adrian Griffin](/source/Adrian_Griffin), American basketball player and coach
- [1976](/source/1976) – [Daijiro Kato](/source/Daijiro_Kato), Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2003)
- 1976 – [Yevgeniya Medvedeva](/source/Yevgeniya_Medvedeva-Arbuzova), Russian skier
- [1978](/source/1978) – [Marcos Daniel](/source/Marcos_Daniel), Brazilian tennis player
- 1978 – [Émile Mpenza](/source/%C3%89mile_Mpenza), Belgian footballer
- [1979](/source/1979) – [Siim Kabrits](/source/Siim_Kabrits), Estonian politician[34]
- 1979 – [Josh McCown](/source/Josh_McCown), American football player
- 1979 – [Renny Vega](/source/Renny_Vega), Venezuelan footballer
- [1980](/source/1980) – [Kwame Steede](/source/Kwame_Steede), Bermudan footballer
- [1981](/source/1981) – [Dedé](/source/Ded%C3%A9_(Angolan_footballer)), Angolan footballer
- 1981 – [Brock Berlin](/source/Brock_Berlin), American football player
- 1981 – [Christoph Preuß](/source/Christoph_Preu%C3%9F), German footballer
- 1981 – [Francisco Cruceta](/source/Francisco_Cruceta), Dominican baseball player
- 1981 – [Will Smith](/source/Will_Smith_(defensive_end)), American football player (died 2016)
- [1982](/source/1982) – [Vladimir Boisa](/source/Vladimir_Boisa), Georgian basketball player
- 1982 – [Vladimir Gusev](/source/Vladimir_Gusev_(cyclist)), Russian cyclist
- 1982 – [Jeff Lima](/source/Jeff_Lima_(rugby_league)), New Zealand rugby league player
- 1982 – [Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino](/source/Michael_%22The_Situation%22_Sorrentino), American model, author and television personality[35]
- [1983](/source/1983) – [Melanie Fiona](/source/Melanie_Fiona), Canadian singer-songwriter[36]
- 1983 – [Amantle Montsho](/source/Amantle_Montsho), Botswanan sprinter
- 1983 – [Miguel Pinto](/source/Miguel_Pinto), Chilean footballer
- 1983 – [Amol Rajan](/source/Amol_Rajan), Indian-English journalist
- 1983 – [Mattia Serafini](/source/Mattia_Serafini), Italian footballer
- [1984](/source/1984) – [Jin Akanishi](/source/Jin_Akanishi), Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1985 – [Kane Tenace](/source/Kane_Tenace), Australian footballer
- 1985 – [Dimitrios Mavroeidis](/source/Dimitrios_Mavroeidis), Greek basketball player
- 1985 – [Wason Rentería](/source/Wason_Renter%C3%ADa), Colombian footballer
- [1986](/source/1986) – [Ömer Aşık](/source/%C3%96mer_A%C5%9F%C4%B1k), Turkish basketball player
- 1986 – [Nguyen Ngoc Duy](/source/Nguyen_Ngoc_Duy), Vietnamese footballer
- 1986 – [Rafael Arévalo](/source/Rafael_Ar%C3%A9valo), Salvadoran tennis player
- 1986 – [Willem Janssen](/source/Willem_Janssen_(footballer,_born_1986)), Dutch footballer
- 1986 – [Terrance Knighton](/source/Terrance_Knighton), American football player
- 1986 – [Marte Elden](/source/Marte_Elden), Norwegian skier
- [1987](/source/1987) – [Wude Ayalew](/source/Wude_Ayalew), Ethiopian runner
- 1987 – [Guram Kashia](/source/Guram_Kashia), Georgian footballer
- [1988](/source/1988) – [Angelique Boyer](/source/Angelique_Boyer), French-Mexican actress
- [1989](/source/1989) – [Benjamin Büchel](/source/Benjamin_B%C3%BCchel), Liechtensteiner footballer
- [1990](/source/1990) – [Jake Gardiner](/source/Jake_Gardiner), American ice hockey player
- 1990 – [Richard Mpong](/source/Richard_Mpong), Ghanaian footballer
- 1990 – [Naoki Yamada](/source/Naoki_Yamada), Japanese footballer
- 1990 – [Ihar Yasinski](/source/Ihar_Yasinski), Belarusian footballer
- [1992](/source/1992) – [Ángel Romero](/source/%C3%81ngel_Romero_(footballer)), Paraguayan footballer
- 1992 – [Óscar Romero](/source/%C3%93scar_Romero_(footballer)), Paraguayan footballer
- [1993](/source/1993) – [Tom Barkhuizen](/source/Tom_Barkhuizen), English footballer
- [1995](/source/1995) – [Post Malone](/source/Post_Malone), American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer[37]
- [1999](/source/1999) – [Moa Kikuchi](/source/Moa_Kikuchi), Japanese musician[38]
- [2003](/source/2003) – [Polina Bogusevich](/source/Polina_Bogusevich), Russian singer[39]

## Deaths

### Pre-1600

- [673](/source/673) – [Ecgberht](/source/Ecgberht_of_Kent), king of Kent[40]
- [907](/source/907) – [Luitpold](/source/Luitpold,_Margrave_of_Bavaria), margrave of [Bavaria](/source/Duchy_of_Bavaria)
- 907 – [Dietmar I](/source/Dietmar_I_(archbishop_of_Salzburg)), archbishop of [Salzburg](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Salzburg)
- [910](/source/910) – [Luo Shaowei](/source/Luo_Shaowei), Chinese warlord (born 877)
- [940](/source/940) – [Wang Jianli](/source/Wang_Jianli), Chinese general (born 871)
- [943](/source/943) – [Taejo of Goryeo](/source/Taejo_of_Goryeo), Korean king (born 877)
- [945](/source/945) – [Zhuo Yanming](/source/Zhuo_Yanming), Chinese [Buddhist monk](/source/Bhikkhu) and emperor
- [965](/source/965) – [Benedict V](/source/Pope_Benedict_V), pope of the Catholic Church
- [973](/source/973) – [Ulrich of Augsburg](/source/Ulrich_of_Augsburg), German bishop and saint (born 890)
- [975](/source/975) – [Gwangjong of Goryeo](/source/Gwangjong_of_Goryeo), Korean king (born 925)
- [1187](/source/1187) – [Raynald of Châtillon](/source/Raynald_of_Ch%C3%A2tillon), French knight (born 1125)
- [1307](/source/1307) – [Rudolf I of Bohemia](/source/Rudolf_I_of_Bohemia) (born 1281)
- [1336](/source/1336) – Saint [Elizabeth of Portugal](/source/Elizabeth_of_Portugal) (born 1271)
- [1429](/source/1429) – [Carlo I Tocco](/source/Carlo_I_Tocco), ruler of Epirus (born 1372)
- [1533](/source/1533) – [John Frith](/source/John_Frith_(martyr)), English priest, writer, and martyr (born 1503)
- [1541](/source/1541) – [Pedro de Alvarado](/source/Pedro_de_Alvarado), Spanish general and explorer (born 1495)
- [1546](/source/1546) – [Hayreddin Barbarossa](/source/Hayreddin_Barbarossa), Ottoman admiral (born 1478)
- [1551](/source/1551) – [Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell](/source/Gregory_Cromwell,_1st_Baron_Cromwell), English politician (born 1514)

### 1601–1900

- [1603](/source/1603) – [Philippe de Monte](/source/Philippe_de_Monte), Flemish composer and educator (born 1521)
- [1623](/source/1623) – [William Byrd](/source/William_Byrd), English composer (born c. 1540)
- [1644](/source/1644) – [Brian Twyne](/source/Brian_Twyne), English academic, antiquarian and archivist (born 1581)
- [1648](/source/1648) – [Antoine Daniel](/source/Antoine_Daniel), French missionary and saint, one of the eight [Canadian Martyrs](/source/Canadian_Martyrs) (born 1601)
- [1742](/source/1742) – [Luigi Guido Grandi](/source/Luigi_Guido_Grandi), Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (born 1671)
- [1754](/source/1754) – [Philippe Néricault Destouches](/source/Philippe_N%C3%A9ricault_Destouches), French playwright and author (born 1680)
- [1761](/source/1761) – [Samuel Richardson](/source/Samuel_Richardson), English author and painter (born 1689)
- [1780](/source/1780) – [Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine](/source/Prince_Charles_Alexander_of_Lorraine) (born 1712)
- [1787](/source/1787) – [Charles, Prince of Soubise](/source/Charles,_Prince_of_Soubise), Marshal of France (born 1715)
- [1821](/source/1821) – [Richard Cosway](/source/Richard_Cosway), English painter and academic (born 1742)
- [1826](/source/1826) – [John Adams](/source/John_Adams), American lawyer and politician, 2nd [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (born 1735)[41]
- 1826 – [Thomas Jefferson](/source/Thomas_Jefferson), American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (born 1743)
- [1831](/source/1831) – [James Monroe](/source/James_Monroe), American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (born 1758)
- [1848](/source/1848) – [François-René de Chateaubriand](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand), French historian and politician (born 1768)
- [1850](/source/1850) – [William Kirby](/source/William_Kirby_(entomologist)), English entomologist and author (born 1759)
- [1854](/source/1854) – [Karl Friedrich Eichhorn](/source/Karl_Friedrich_Eichhorn), German academic and jurist (born 1781)
- [1857](/source/1857) – [William L. Marcy](/source/William_L._Marcy), American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st [United States Secretary of State](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_State) (born 1786)
- [1881](/source/1881) – [Johan Vilhelm Snellman](/source/Johan_Vilhelm_Snellman), Finnish philosopher and politician (born 1806)
- [1882](/source/1882) – [Joseph Brackett](/source/Joseph_Brackett), American composer and author (born 1797)
- [1886](/source/1886) – [Poundmaker](/source/Poundmaker), Canadian tribal chief (born 1797)
- [1891](/source/1891) – [Hannibal Hamlin](/source/Hannibal_Hamlin), American lawyer and politician, 15th [Vice President of the United States](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States) (born 1809)

### 1901–present

- [1901](/source/1901) – [Johannes Schmidt](/source/Johannes_Schmidt_(linguist)), German linguist and academic (born 1843)
- [1902](/source/1902) – [Swami Vivekananda](/source/Swami_Vivekananda), Indian monk and saint (born 1863)
- [1905](/source/1905) – [Élisée Reclus](/source/%C3%89lis%C3%A9e_Reclus), French geographer and author (born 1830)
- [1910](/source/1910) – [Melville Fuller](/source/Melville_Fuller), American lawyer and jurist, [Chief Justice of the United States](/source/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States) (born 1833)[42]
- 1910 – [Kabua the Great](/source/Kabua_the_Great), Marshallese [iroijlaplap](/source/Iroijlaplap) (born c. 1820)[43]
- 1910 – [Giovanni Schiaparelli](/source/Giovanni_Schiaparelli), Italian astronomer and historian (born 1835)
- [1916](/source/1916) – [Alan Seeger](/source/Alan_Seeger), American soldier and poet (born 1888)
- [1922](/source/1922) – [Lothar von Richthofen](/source/Lothar_von_Richthofen), German lieutenant and pilot (born 1894)
- [1926](/source/1926) – [Pier Giorgio Frassati](/source/Pier_Giorgio_Frassati), Italian activist and saint (born 1901)
- [1934](/source/1934) – [Marie Curie](/source/Marie_Curie), French-Polish physicist and chemist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (born 1867)[44]
- [1935](/source/1935) – [Anna Paaske](/source/Anna_Paaske), Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (born 1856)[45]
- [1938](/source/1938) – [Otto Bauer](/source/Otto_Bauer), Austrian philosopher and politician, [Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Federal_Ministry_for_Europe,_Integration_and_Foreign_Affairs) (born 1881)
- 1938 – [Suzanne Lenglen](/source/Suzanne_Lenglen), French tennis player (born 1899)
- [1941](/source/1941) – [Antoni Łomnicki](/source/Antoni_%C5%81omnicki), Polish mathematician and academic (born 1881)
- [1943](/source/1943) – [Władysław Sikorski](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski), Polish general and politician, 9th [Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland](/source/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Poland) (born 1881)
- [1946](/source/1946) – [Taffy O'Callaghan](/source/Taffy_O'Callaghan), Welsh footballer and coach (born 1906)
- [1948](/source/1948) – [Monteiro Lobato](/source/Monteiro_Lobato), Brazilian journalist and author (born 1882)
- [1949](/source/1949) – [François Brandt](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Brandt), Dutch rower and engineer (born 1874)
- [1963](/source/1963) – [Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg](/source/Bernard_Freyberg,_1st_Baron_Freyberg), New Zealand general and politician, 7th [Governor-General of New Zealand](/source/Governor-General_of_New_Zealand) (born 1889)
- 1963 – [Clyde Kennard](/source/Clyde_Kennard), American activist and martyr (born 1927)
- 1963 – [Pingali Venkayya](/source/Pingali_Venkayya), Indian activist, designed the [Flag of India](/source/Flag_of_India) (born 1876)
- [1964](/source/1964) – [Gaby Morlay](/source/Gaby_Morlay), French actress and singer (born 1893)
- [1969](/source/1969) – [Henri Decoin](/source/Henri_Decoin), French director and screenwriter (born 1890)
- [1970](/source/1970) – [Barnett Newman](/source/Barnett_Newman), American painter and illustrator (born 1905)
- 1970 – [Harold Stirling Vanderbilt](/source/Harold_Stirling_Vanderbilt), American sailor and businessman (born 1884)
- [1971](/source/1971) – [August Derleth](/source/August_Derleth), American anthologist and author (born 1909)
- 1971 – [Thomas C. Hart](/source/Thomas_C._Hart), American admiral and politician (born 1877)
- [1974](/source/1974) – [Georgette Heyer](/source/Georgette_Heyer), English author (born 1902)
- 1974 – [André Randall](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Randall), French actor (born 1892)
- [1976](/source/1976) – [Yonatan Netanyahu](/source/Yonatan_Netanyahu), Israeli colonel (born 1946)
- 1976 – [Antoni Słonimski](/source/Antoni_S%C5%82onimski), Polish poet and playwright (born 1895)
- [1977](/source/1977) – [Gersh Budker](/source/Gersh_Budker), Ukrainian physicist and academic (born 1918)
- [1979](/source/1979) – [Lee Wai Tong](/source/Lee_Wai_Tong), Chinese footballer and manager (born 1905)
- [1980](/source/1980) – [Maurice Grevisse](/source/Maurice_Grevisse), Belgian linguist and author (born 1895)
- [1984](/source/1984) – [Jimmie Spheeris](/source/Jimmie_Spheeris), American singer-songwriter (born 1949)
- [1986](/source/1986) – [Paul-Gilbert Langevin](/source/Paul-Gilbert_Langevin), French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (born 1933)
- 1986 – [Flor Peeters](/source/Flor_Peeters), Belgian organist and composer (born 1903)
- 1986 – [Oscar Zariski](/source/Oscar_Zariski), Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (born 1899)
- [1988](/source/1988) – [Adrian Adonis](/source/Adrian_Adonis), American wrestler (born 1954)
- [1990](/source/1990) – [Olive Ann Burns](/source/Olive_Ann_Burns), American journalist and author (born 1924)
- [1991](/source/1991) – [Victor Chang](/source/Victor_Chang), Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (born 1936)
- 1991 – [Art Sansom](/source/Art_Sansom), American cartoonist (born 1920)
- [1992](/source/1992) – [Astor Piazzolla](/source/Astor_Piazzolla), Argentinian [bandoneon](/source/Bandoneon) player and composer (born 1921)
- [1993](/source/1993) – [Bona Arsenault](/source/Bona_Arsenault), Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (born 1903)
- [1994](/source/1994) – [Joey Marella](/source/Joey_Marella), American wrestling referee (born 1964)
- [1995](/source/1995) – [Eva Gabor](/source/Eva_Gabor), Hungarian-American actress and singer (born 1919)
- 1995 – [Bob Ross](/source/Bob_Ross), American painter and television host (born 1942)
- [1997](/source/1997) – [Charles Kuralt](/source/Charles_Kuralt), American journalist (born 1934)
- 1997 – [John Zachary Young](/source/John_Zachary_Young), English zoologist and neurophysiologist (born 1907)
- [1999](/source/1999) – [Leo Garel](/source/Leo_Garel), American illustrator and educator (born 1917)
- [2000](/source/2000) – [Gustaw Herling-Grudziński](/source/Gustaw_Herling-Grudzi%C5%84ski), Polish journalist and author (born 1919)
- [2002](/source/2002) – [Gerald Bales](/source/Gerald_Bales), Canadian organist and composer (born 1919)
- 2002 – [Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.](/source/Benjamin_O._Davis,_Jr.), American general (born 1912)
- [2003](/source/2003) – [Larry Burkett](/source/Larry_Burkett), American author and radio host (born 1939)
- 2003 – [André Claveau](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Claveau), French singer (born 1915)
- 2003 – [Barry White](/source/Barry_White), American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944)
- [2004](/source/2004) – [Jean-Marie Auberson](/source/Jean-Marie_Auberson), Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1920)
- [2005](/source/2005) – [Cliff Goupille](/source/Cliff_Goupille), Canadian ice hockey player (born 1915)
- 2005 – [Hank Stram](/source/Hank_Stram), American football player and coach (born 1923)
- [2007](/source/2007) – [Bill Pinkney](/source/Bill_Pinkney), American singer (born 1925)
- [2008](/source/2008) – [Thomas M. Disch](/source/Thomas_M._Disch), American author and poet (born 1940)
- 2008 – [Jesse Helms](/source/Jesse_Helms), American politician (born 1921)
- 2008 – [Evelyn Keyes](/source/Evelyn_Keyes), American actress (born 1916)
- 2008 – [Terrence Kiel](/source/Terrence_Kiel), American football player (born 1980)
- 2008 – [Charles Wheeler](/source/Charles_Wheeler_(journalist)), German-English soldier and journalist (born 1923)
- [2009](/source/2009) – [Brenda Joyce](/source/Brenda_Joyce_(actress)), American actress (born 1917)
- 2009 – [Allen Klein](/source/Allen_Klein), American businessman and talent agent, founded [ABKCO Records](/source/ABKCO_Records) (born 1931)
- 2009 – [Drake Levin](/source/Drake_Levin), American guitarist (born 1946)
- 2009 – [Steve McNair](/source/Steve_McNair), American football player (born 1973)
- 2009 – [Lasse Strömstedt](/source/Lasse_Str%C3%B6mstedt), Swedish author and actor (born 1935)
- 2009 – [Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Tati_Loutard), Congolese poet and politician (born 1938)
- [2010](/source/2010) – [Robert Neil Butler](/source/Robert_Neil_Butler), American physician and author (born 1927)
- [2012](/source/2012) – [Hiren Bhattacharyya](/source/Hiren_Bhattacharyya), Indian poet and author (born 1932)
- 2012 – [Jimmy Bivins](/source/Jimmy_Bivins), American boxer (born 1919)
- 2012 – [Jeong Min-hyeong](/source/Jeong_Min-hyeong), South Korean footballer (born 1987)
- 2012 – [Eric Sykes](/source/Eric_Sykes), English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)
- [2013](/source/2013) – [Onllwyn Brace](/source/Onllwyn_Brace), Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (born 1932)
- 2013 – [Jack Crompton](/source/Jack_Crompton), English footballer and manager (born 1921)
- 2013 – [James Fulton](/source/James_Fulton_(dermatologist)), American dermatologist and academic (born 1940)
- 2013 – [Charles A. Hines](/source/Charles_A._Hines), American general (born 1935)
- 2013 – [Bernie Nolan](/source/Bernie_Nolan), Irish singer (born 1960)
- [2014](/source/2014) – [Giorgio Faletti](/source/Giorgio_Faletti), Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (born 1950)
- 2014 – [C. J. Henderson](/source/C._J._Henderson_(writer)), American author and critic (born 1951)
- 2014 – [Earl Robinson](/source/Earl_Robinson_(baseball)), American baseball player (born 1936)
- 2014 – [Richard Mellon Scaife](/source/Richard_Mellon_Scaife), American businessman (born 1932)
- [2015](/source/2015) – [Nedelcho Beronov](/source/Nedelcho_Beronov), Bulgarian judge and politician (born 1928)
- 2015 – [William Conrad Gibbons](/source/William_Conrad_Gibbons), American historian, author, and academic (born 1926)
- [2016](/source/2016) – [Abbas Kiarostami](/source/Abbas_Kiarostami), Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (born 1940)
- [2017](/source/2017) – [John Blackwell](/source/John_Blackwell_(musician)), American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (born 1973)
- 2017 – [Daniil Granin](/source/Daniil_Granin), Soviet and Russian author (born 1919)
- 2017 – [Gene Conley](/source/Gene_Conley), American MLB player and NBA player (born 1930)[46]
- [2018](/source/2018) – [Henri Dirickx](/source/Henri_Dirickx), Belgian footballer (born 1927)
- 2018 – [Robby Müller](/source/Robby_M%C3%BCller), Dutch cinematographer (born 1940)
- [2021](/source/2021) – [Harmoko](/source/Harmoko), Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (born 1939)[47]
- 2021 – [Matīss Kivlenieks](/source/Mat%C4%ABss_Kivlenieks), Latvian ice hockey goaltender (born 1996)[48]
- [2022](/source/2022) – [Cláudio Hummes](/source/Cl%C3%A1udio_Hummes), Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1934)[49]
- 2022 – [Kazuki Takahashi](/source/Kazuki_Takahashi), Japanese manga artist (born 1961)[50]
- [2025](/source/2025) – [Lyndon Byers](/source/Lyndon_Byers), Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (born 1964)[51]
- 2025 – [Richard Greenberg](/source/Richard_Greenberg), American playwright and television writer (born 1958)[52]
- 2025 – [Bobby Jenks](/source/Bobby_Jenks), American baseball player (born 1981)[53]
- 2025 – [Peter Russell-Clarke](/source/Peter_Russell-Clarke), Australian chef, author and illustrator (born 1935)[54]
- 2025 – [Mark Snow](/source/Mark_Snow), American composer for film and television (born 1946)[55]

## Holidays and observances

- Christian [feast day](/source/Feast_day): - [Andrew of Crete](/source/Andrew_of_Crete) - [Bertha of Artois](/source/Bertha_of_Artois) - Blessed [Catherine Jarrige](/source/Catherine_Jarrige) - Saint [Pier Giorgio Frassati](/source/Pier_Giorgio_Frassati) - [Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal)](/source/Elizabeth_of_Aragon) - [Oda of Canterbury](/source/Oda_of_Canterbury) - [Ulrich of Augsburg](/source/Ulrich_of_Augsburg) - [July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/July_4_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- [CARICOM Day](/source/CARICOM_Day)[56]
- The first evening of [Dree Festival](/source/Dree_Festival), celebrated until July 7 ([Apatani people](/source/Apatani_people), [Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Arunachal_Pradesh), India)
- [Independence Day](/source/Independence_Day_(United_States)) ([United States](/source/United_States))[57]
- [Liberation Day](/source/Liberation_Day) ([Northern Mariana Islands](/source/Northern_Mariana_Islands))
- [Liberation Day](/source/Liberation_Day_(Rwanda)) ([Rwanda](/source/Rwanda))
- [Republic Day (Philippines)](/source/Republic_Day_(Philippines))

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## External links

- ["On This Day"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/). BBC.
- ["Historical Events on July 4"](https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/4). OnThisDay.com.

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