July 4

This page lists news articles and events for July 4.

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

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Recurring Events

• Holiday: Independence Day celebrated in the United States.

One-time Events/News

• 1187:
  • Event: Muslim forces commanded by Saladin defeat the armies of the Crusaders in the Battle of Hattin, effectively ending Christian control of the Holy Land
• 1857:
  • Event: New York City Private War between the Gangs of Old New York: the Bowery Boys and Metropolitan Police fought a bloody battle against their common foes the Dead Rabbits and the Municipal Police
• 1995
  • Event: The ship's bell recovered from the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald