| Happy Birthday! |
| 1962 |
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Pam Shriver b> Tennis player (US Open's Doubles 1983,4,6,7) font> |
| 1963 |
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Henri Leconte b> France, tennis player (French finalist 1988) font> |
| 1964 |
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Mark Allen Slaughter b> Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) font> |
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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
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Died On This Day, July 4... (10 deaths listed)
| 1627 |
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Thomas Middleton b> Elizabethan dramatist, dies (birth date unknown) font> |
| 1826 |
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John Adams & Thomas Jefferson b> 2nd & 3rd presidents, die font> |
| 1831 |
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James Monroe b> 5th president, dies font> |
| 1848 |
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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand b> French novelist/ politician, dies font> |
| 1934 |
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Chaim Nachman Bialik b> Zionist poet, dies font> |
| 1938 |
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Suzanne Lenglen b> 6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia font> |
| 1957 |
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Judy Tyler b> Actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash font> |
| 1962 |
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Rex Bell b> Cowboy (Cowboys & Injuns), dies at 56 font> |
| 1963 |
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Grant Richards b> Actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at 48 font> |
| 1970 |
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Harold Vanderbilt b> America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 font> |
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