10 (Other) Important Reasons to Remember Fourth of July
It’s the 4th of July, and we’re celebrating the Independence Day in the United States of America. A few hours ago The New Republic has published an interesting slideshow where they have revealed to us “10 other important reasons to remember July 4” beyond our freedom.
Naturally, both because of the innovative approach to the topic, and because of the number (10) we couldn’t miss the “list”, and would like to bring it to you today:
10 Other Reasons to Remember July 4
July 4, 1754
British troops led by George Washington retreated from Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania after surrendering to the French. Not too happy of a date, but you’ll see that not all of the 4th of July events listed in this article remind us of “happy” dates.
July 4, 1903
On this date the Louisiana Purchase was officially announced in Washington, D.C.
July 4, 1826
That year, an almost mysterious coincidence had place: both John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day — Adams at age 90 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and Jefferson at age 83 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
July 4, 1855
The first edition of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” was published anonymously in Brooklyn.
July 4, 1918
Per Russia’s Julian calendar, July 4 marks a revolutionary but grim date: Bolshevik rebels stormed the palace of Tsar Nicholas II, killing him and his family.
July 4, 1934
Austro-Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard filed the first patent for the atomic bomb’s “nuclear chain reaction.”
July 4, 1939
The first basemen Lou Gehrig told a stadium full of Yankee fans that that, despite his recent diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, he would retire feeling like “the luckiest man of the face of the earth.” Strong man, hands down.
July 4, 1946
Ending almost four centuries of colonial rule, the Philippines fulfilled its own declaration of independence and separated from the United States.
July 4, 1997
The Pathfinder probe, the first of a new generation of “faster, better, cheaper” spacecraft, landed on the surface of Mars.
Happy Independence Day, America; and let’s also remember these other significant 4th of July events in history today.
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