Famous July 4th births and deaths

BIRTHS
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• 1998 Malia Obama (daughter of Barack Obama current US President)
• 1955 John Waite (singer)
• 1943 Geraldo Rivera (investigative reporter, talk show host)
• 1938 Bill Withers (singer, songwriter "Lean On Me")
• 1937 Thomas Nagel (American philosopher)
• 1930 George Steinbrenner (owner of NY Yankees, ship builder, horse owner, shipping magnate)
• 1927 Neil (Marvin) Simon (playwright "Biloxi Blues")
• 1924 Eva Marie Saint (actress "On the Waterfront")
• 1918 Abigail Van Buren [Mrs Morton Phillips] (columnist "Dear Abby")
• 1918 Ann Landers ("Dear Abby's " twin sister, advice columnist, author)
• 1911 Mitch Miller (record company executive, producer, arranger, musician & instrumentalist) 
• 1910 Gloria Stuart (actress, Rose "Titanic", founder of Screen Actors Guild)
• 1883 Rube Goldberg (inventor "The Rube Goldberg Machine" [made the easy outrageously difficult], cartoonist)
• 1881 Ulysses S. Grant III (American soldier), died in 1968
• 1872 Calvin Coolidge [Silent Cal], Plymouth Vt, (30th U.S. President 1923-29)
• 1828 James Johnston Pettigrew (Brig General of the Confederate Army)
• 1826 Green Clay Smith (Bvt Major General of the Union volunteers), died in 1895
• 1826 Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pa (composer of "Oh! Susanna", and "Swanee River")
• 1819 Reuben Eaton Fenton (Governor of the Union), died in 1885
• 1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne (author)

 DEATHS
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• 2009 Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2009 Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931)
• 2009 Drake Levin, American rock musician (b. 1946)
• 2009 Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
• 2009 Jim Chapin, American drummer (b.1919)
• 2008 Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921) 
• 2008 Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980) 
• 2008 Thomas M. Disch, American science fiction author (b. 1940)
• 2008 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2007 Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)
• 2003 Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
• 2002 Winnifred Quick, American Titanic survivor (b. 1904)
  
• 1999 Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917)
• 1997 Charles Kuralt, news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
  
• 1995 Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74
• 1994 Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55
• 1993 Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75
• 1993 Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
• 1957 Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash
• 1934 Marie Curie, Polish physicist and chemist and two Nobel Prizes winner (in physics and chemistry).
• 1910 Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1901 John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies
• 1891 Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809)
• 1831 James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73
• 1826 John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90
• 1826 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president (1801-09), dies at 83

Independece Day History, Facts, and Trivia

* Independence Day, commonly known as July 4th or the Fourth of July, commemorates the Continental Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, served as a formal announcement that the 13 American colonies were no longer part of the British Empire and would henceforth be free and independent states. Regarded as the birthday of the United States of America, the day is typically celebrated with parades, fireworks, ceremonies, barbecues and family gatherings. * The major objection to being ruled by Britain was taxation without representation. The colonists had no say in the decisions of English Parliament. * In May, 1776, after nearly a year of trying to work our their differences with England, the colonies sent delegates to the Second Continental Congress. Finally, in June, admitting that their efforts were hopeless, a committee was formed to compose the formal Declaration of Independence. Headed by Thomas Jefferson, the committee also included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman. On June 28, 1776, Thomas Jefferson presented the first draft of the declaration to Congress. * Betsy Ross, according to legend, sewed the first American flag in May or June 1776, as commissioned by the Congressional Committee. * Independence Day was first celebrated in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776. * The Liberty Bell sounded from the tower of Independence Hall on July 8, 1776, summoning citizens to gather for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence by Colonel John Nixon. * On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress, looking to promote national pride and unity, adopted the national flag. "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." * The first public Fourth of July event at the White House occurred in 1804. * The first Independence Day celebration west of the Mississippi occurred at Independence Creek and was celebrated by Lewis and Clark in 1805. * On June 24, 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C., to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It was the last letter that Jefferson, who was gravely ill, ever wrote. * Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, died on Independence Day, July 4, 1826. * In 1941, Congress declared July 4 a federal legal holiday. * The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence did not sign at the same time, nor did they sign on July 4, 1776. The official event occurred on August 2, 1776, when 50 men signed it. Later that year, five more signed separately and one added his name in a later year. Thomas McKean was the last to sign in January, 1777. * The origin of Uncle Sam probably began in 1812, when Samuel Wilson was a meat packer who provided meat to the US Army. The meat shipments were stamped with the initials, U.S. Someone joked that the initials stood for "Uncle Sam". This joke eventually led to the idea of Uncle Sam symbolizing the United States government.

Interesting Health Fact

Interesting Health Fact

Did you know that in the human body there is a nerve that
connects the eyeball to the anus? ?
It's called the Anal Optic Nerve, and it is responsible for giving
people a shitty outlook on life. ?

If you don't believe it, try to pull a hair from your arse
and see if it doesn't bring tears to your eyes.