Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 4
This is a list of selected July 4 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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July 4: Independence Day in the United States (1776); Filipino-American Friendship Day in the Philippines
- 993 – Pope John XV became the first pope to canonize a saint, Ulrich of Augsburg.
- 1610 – Polish–Muscovite War: The outnumbered forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth defeated the Russians at the Battle of Klushino.
- 1776 – In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing that the thirteen American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire.
- 1837 – Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opened between Birmingham and Liverpool.
- 1941 – German AB-Aktion operation in Poland: After capturing Lwów, the Nazis executed approximately 45 professors of the University of Lwów.
- 2005 – The NASA space probe Deep Impact impacted the nucleus of the comet Tempel 1 (pictured), excavating debris from its interior to study its composition.
