American Independance Day
1826 - Former US President John Adams dies
1826 - Former US President Thomas Jefferson dies
1855 - Alcohol is banned in New York State
1872 - Calvin Coolidge born
1883 - Rube Goldberg born
1902 - George Murphy born
1910 - Gloria Stuart born
1911 - Mitch Miller born
1918 - Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren born
1927 - Neil Simon born
1927 - Gina Lollobrigida born
1930 - George Steinbrenner born
1943 - Geraldo Rivera born
1954 - Fourteen years of food rationing in Britain is over as restrictions on the sale and purchase of meat, and bacon in particular, are lifted.
1968 - Round-the-world yachtsman Alec Rose receives a hero's welcome as he sails into Portsmouth after his 354-day trip.
1976 - In a dramatic raid Israeli commandos fly to Uganda to save 100 hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers at Entebbe airport.
1977 - Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty is sacked by the club's directors.
1985 - Child prodigy Ruth Lawrence achieves a starred first in Mathematics at Oxford University.
1990 - 20 years ago England met Germany in what would prove to be one of the all-time classics. This was England,s best run since 1966, reaching the semi finals but Pearce and Waddle famously miss the vital penalties.
1995 - John Major takes over as Prime Minister of Britain from Margaret Thatcher
2006 - Germany suffered a dramatic exit at the hands of Italy on home turf in the 2006 finals.
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