Historical
events that took place on the 4th of July
1776:
The United States gained its Independence from Great Britain
1906:
Great Britain, France and Italy granted Independence to Ethiopia
1914:
The 1st U.S. motorcycle race took place
1925:
44 people were killed after a Hotel in Boston collapsed
1933:
Construction work began on the Oakland Bay Bridge
1938: The French-Turkish
friendship treaty was signed
1946:
The Philippines gained independence from United States.
1970:
112 Britons on vacation were killed after a chartered Dan-Air Comet crashed
into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain
1971:
A nuclear weapon test was performed by France on the Moruroa Island
1988:
The United States Navy shot down an Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf killing
290 people
1994:
The United States lost to Brazil 1-0 in 1994 World Cup quarter finals
2001:
145 people were killed after the Vladivostokavia flight 352 crashed near Burdakovka,
Russia
2004:
Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick at the Wimbledon Men's Finals
2010:
An Iranian woman convicted of adultery was sentenced to death by stoning
2013:
Scientists in Brazil discovered a new specie of lizard, about the size a coin
and weighing less than a gram
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