John Paul Jones 1747 - First United States' well known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War
- 1854 - In Jackson, MI, the Republican Party held its first convention.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine. The child used in the test later became the director of the Pasteur Institute.
- 1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.
- 1942 - Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
- 1957 - Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women's singles tennis title. She was the first black athlete to win the event.
- 1997 - The Mars Pathfinder released Sojourner, a robot rover on the surface of Mars. The spacecraft landed on the red planet on July 4th.
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