Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 4

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[edit] Births

• 1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
• 1807 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (d. 1882)
• 1872 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
• 1883 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
• 1900 - Louis Armstrong, American musician (d. 1971) (see article re. this date)
• 1907 - Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1958)
• 1930 - George Steinbrenner, baseball team owner
• 1973 - Gackt, Japanese singer

[edit] Deaths

• 1826 - John Adams (pictured - left) 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1826 - Thomas Jefferson, (pictured - right) 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
• 1831 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1902 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863)
• 1975 - Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
• 2003 - Barry White, American singer and record producer (b. 1944)

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