| Happy Birthday! |
| 1962 |
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Pam Shriver
Tennis player (US Open's Doubles 1983,4,6,7) |
| 1963 |
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Henri Leconte
France, tennis player (French finalist 1988) |
| 1964 |
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Mark Allen Slaughter
Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) |
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| Happened Today |
| 1988 |
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Steffan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon crown |
| 1988 |
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US navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 |
| 1990 |
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2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star
Spangled Banner & Gettysburg Address |
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Died On This Day, July 4... (10 deaths listed)
| 1627 |
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Thomas Middleton
Elizabethan dramatist, dies (birth date unknown) |
| 1826 |
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John Adams & Thomas Jefferson
2nd & 3rd presidents, die |
| 1831 |
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James Monroe
5th president, dies |
| 1848 |
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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
French novelist/ politician, dies |
| 1934 |
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Chaim Nachman Bialik
Zionist poet, dies |
| 1938 |
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Suzanne Lenglen
6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia |
| 1957 |
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Judy Tyler
Actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash |
| 1962 |
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Rex Bell
Cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56 |
| 1963 |
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Grant Richards
Actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at 48 |
| 1970 |
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Harold Vanderbilt
America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 |
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