Year 1776
Representatives of 13 states of America signed the Declaration of Independence of this country in the city of Philadelphia.
JULY 4
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4 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 4 July.
Observances & Special Days
The first evening of Dree Festival, celebrated until July 7 (Apatani people, Arunachal Pradesh, India)
Year 1789
Agreement made between British East India Company, Peshwa of Pune, and Nizam of Hyderabad to attack Tipu Sultan territory.
Year 1903
Dorothy Levitt became the first English woman to compete in a motor race.
Year 1946
The Philippines gained independence from the United States.
Year 1947
The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
Year 1997
NASA’s Pathfinder landed on Mars.
Year 1999
Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill.
Born 1790
Sir George Everest, a British surveyor, and geographer.
Born 1897
Alluri Seeta Rama Raju, an Indian revolutionary.
Born 1897
Nanak Singh, an Indian poet, songwriter, and novelist of the Punjabi language.
Born 1898
Gulzarilal Nanda, former Prime Minister of India.
Born 1916
Naseem Banu, an Indian film actress.
Born 1933
Konijeti Rosaiah, an Indian politician.
Born 1954
Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
Born 1959
Neena Gupta, an Indian actress, and television director.
Born 1983
Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist
Died 1826
John Adams, the second president of the United States.
Died 1831
James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.
Died 1902
Swami Vivekananda, an Indian Hindu monk.
Died 1934
Marie Curie, a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, and chemist.
Died 1963
Pingali Venkayya, an Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based.
Died 2012
Hiren Bhattacharyya, Indian poet and author (b. 1932)
Died 2020
Bhakti Charu Swami, a spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.