Today is Thursday, July 4, the 185th day of 2013. There are 180 days left in the year.
1054 ― Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days)
1776 ― Declaration of Independence; U.S. gains independence from Britain
1865 ― First edition of “Alice in Wonderland" is published
1884 ― Statue of Liberty presented to U.S. in Paris
1919 ― Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship
1946 ― Philippines gains independence from U.S.
1967 ― Freedom of Information Act goes into effect
1969 ― 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin
1976 ― Raid on Entebbe; Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers
1987 ― Nazi Klaus Barbie, “Butcher of Lyon," convicted by a French court