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July 4th.
2 stories on this exact date, across the years, plus 107 more from the surrounding weeks.
The surrounding week
30 stories within seven days of 4 July
1 July 1997Wikipedia · "Handover of Hong Kong"Hong Kong HandoverChina
1 July 1968Wikipedia · "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons"Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty OpensUnited Nations
1 July 1944Wikipedia · "Bretton Woods Conference"Bretton Woods ConferenceUnited States
1 July 1916Wikipedia · "Battle of the Somme"Battle of the Somme BeginsFrance- 1 July 1890Helgoland-Zanzibar TreatyGermany
1 July 1863Wikipedia · "Battle of Gettysburg"Battle of GettysburgUnited States
2 July 1997Wikipedia · "1997 Asian financial crisis"Asian Financial Crisis Begins
3 July 1866Alexander Ritter von Bensa (1820-1902). · via WikipediaBattle of KöniggrätzAustria-Hungary
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5 July 1945Wikipedia · "1945 United Kingdom general election"British General Election of 1945United Kingdom
6 July 2013Wikipedia · "Mamudo"Mamudo school massacre
6 July 1989Wikipedia · "1989 Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus attack"1989 Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus attack
7 July 2013Wikipedia · "Typhoon Soulik (2013)"Typhoon Soulik (2013)
8 July 2020Gguijarro99 · via WikipediaDeath of Naya Rivera
9 July 1386Wikipedia · "Battle of Sempach"Battle of SempachSwitzerland
10 July 2018Wikipedia · "Tham Luang cave rescue"Thailand Cave Rescue Mission SuccessThailand
10 July 1940Wikipedia · "The Battle of Britain"Battle of Britain BeginsUnited Kingdom
11 July 2006Wikipedia · "2006 Mumbai train bombings"2006 Mumbai train bombings
11 July 1995Wikipedia · "Srebrenica massacre"Srebrenica MassacreBosnia and Herzegovina
11 July 1966Wikipedia · "1966 FIFA World Cup"1966 FIFA World Cup: EnglandUnited Kingdom
11 July 1690Jan Hoynk van Papendrecht · via WikipediaBattle of the BoyneIreland
11 July 1302Wikipedia · "Battle of the Golden Spurs"Battle of the Golden SpursBelgium
27 June 1709Wikipedia · "Battle of Poltava"Battle of PoltavaRussia
28 June 1922Wikipedia · "Irish Civil War"Irish Civil War ArmisticeIreland
28 June 1919Wikipedia · "Treaty of Versailles"Treaty of VersaillesFrance- 28 June 1838Coronation of Queen VictoriaUnited Kingdom
29 June 1956Wikipedia · "Interstate Highway System"Interstate Highway System AuthorizedUnited States
29 June 1913Wikipedia · "Second Balkan War"Second Balkan War
30 June 2002Wikipedia · "2002 FIFA World Cup final"2002 FIFA World Cup FinalSouth Korea / Japan
30 June 1960Wikipedia · "Congolese Independence Speech"Congolese Independence & Lumumba's RiseDemocratic Republic of Congo
30 June 1908Wikipedia · "Tunguska event"Tunguska Impact Event: Siberian ExplosionRussia
Elsewhere in July
77 stories
12 July 2006Wikipedia · "2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid"2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid
12 July 1998Wikipedia · "1998 FIFA World Cup final"1998 World Cup FinalFrance
13 July 2011Wikipedia · "Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896"Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896
13 July 2008Wikipedia · "Battle of Wanat"Battle of Wanat
13 July 1985Wikipedia · "Live Aid"Live Aid Concert for African Famine ReliefUnited Kingdom
14 July 2015Wikipedia · "Iran nuclear deal"Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) SignedIran
14 July 2001Wikipedia · "Rus Flight 9633"Rus Flight 9633
14 July 1790Wikipedia · "Fête de la Fédération"Festival of the FederationFrance
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14 July 1789Unknown author Unknown author · via WikipediaFall of the Bastille DayFrance
15 July 2018Wikipedia · "2018 FIFA World Cup final"2018 FIFA World Cup FinalRussia
15 July 1975Wikipedia · "Apollo–Soyuz"Soyuz-Apollo Test ProjectSoviet Union
15 July 1801Wikipedia · "Concordat of 1801"Concordat of 1801France
16 July 1969Wikipedia · "Apollo 11"Apollo 11Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
17 July 2015JonasKIM on Pixabay2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing
17 July 2014Wikipedia · "Malaysia Airlines Flight 17"Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Shot DownUkraine
17 July 2014Samantha Lotti · via WikipediaKilling of Eric Garner
17 July 1976Wikipedia · "1976 Summer Olympics"1976 Summer Olympics BoycottCanada
17 July 1945Wikipedia · "Potsdam Conference"Potsdam ConferencePoland
18 July 2019Wikipedia · "Kyoto Animation arson attack"Kyoto Animation arson attack
18 July 2012Wikipedia · "2012 Burgas bus bombing"2012 Burgas bus bombing
18 July 1994Wikipedia · "AMIA bombing"AMIA bombing18 July 1984Visual Karsa on UnsplashSan Ysidro McDonald's massacre
18 July 1928Wikipedia · "1768 British general election"1928 British General ElectionUnited Kingdom
19 July 1996Wikipedia · "Saguenay flood"Saguenay flood
19 July 1994Wikipedia · "Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901"Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901
19 July 1980Image:Gary Abraham Medal design: Giuseppe Cassioli (1865-1942) · via Wikipedia1980 Summer Olympics Moscow BoycottSoviet Union
19 July 1952Christophe95 · via Wikipedia1952 Summer Olympics in HelsinkiFinland
19 July 1870Wikipedia · "Franco-Prussian War"Franco-Prussian WarFrance
19 July 1848Wikipedia · "Seneca Falls Convention"Seneca Falls Women's Rights ConventionUnited States
19 July 64Wikipedia · "Great Fire of Rome"Great Fire of RomeRoman Empire
20 July 1996JJonahJackalope · via Wikipedia1996 Summer Olympics AtlantaUnited States
20 July 1877Wikipedia · "Siege of Plevna"Battle of PlevnaOttoman Empire
21 July 2019Wikipedia · "2019 Yuen Long attack"2019 Yuen Long attack
21 July 1983Wikipedia · "Lowest temperature recorded on Earth"Lowest temperature recorded on Earth
21 July 1831Wikipedia · "Belgian Revolution"Belgian RevolutionBelgium
22 July 1866Wikipedia · "Austro-Prussian War"Austro-Prussian WarPrussia
24 July 2025Wikipedia · "Angara Airlines Flight 2311"Angara Airlines Flight 2311
24 July 2014Wikipedia · "Air Algérie Flight 5017"Air Algérie Flight 5017
24 July 2013Wikipedia · "Santiago de Compostela derailment"Santiago de Compostela derailment
24 July 2009Wikipedia · "Aria Air Flight 1525"Aria Air Flight 1525
24 July 2001Dilubaba · via WikipediaBandaranaike Airport attack
24 July 1983Wikipedia · "Black July"Black July
25 July 2018Wikipedia · "2018 Suwayda attacks"2018 Suwayda attacks
25 July 2000Wikipedia · "Concorde"Concorde Crashes at ParisFrance
25 July 1996No machine-readable author provided. Ulflarsen assumed (based on copyright claims). · via WikipediaBattle of Mullaitivu (1996)
25 July 1996Wikipedia · "1996 Burundian coup d'état"1996 Burundian coup d'état
25 July 1993Wikipedia · "Saint"Saint James Church massacre
25 July 1992Wikipedia · "1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony"1992 Summer Olympics Opening CeremonySpain
26 July 2016Wikipedia · "Sagamihara stabbings"Sagamihara stabbings
26 July 1830Wikipedia · "July Revolution"July Revolution in FranceFrance
26 July 1794Wikipedia · "Fall of Maximilien Robespierre"Fall of Robespierre & the TerrorFrance
27 July 2015Wikipedia · "2015"2015 Gurdaspur attack- 27 July 1997Si Zerrouk massacre
27 July 1996Don Ramey Logan · via WikipediaCentennial Olympic Games: AtlantaUnited States
27 July 1794Wikipedia · "Thermidorian Reaction"Thermidor ReactionFrance
28 July 2010Wikipedia · "Airblue Flight 202"Airblue Flight 202
28 July 2002Wikipedia · "Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560"Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560
28 July 1984Wikipedia · "1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremony"1984 Summer Olympics in Los AngelesUnited States
28 July 1976Wikipedia · "1976 Tangshan earthquake"Tangshan EarthquakeChina
28 July 1932Wikipedia · "Bonus Army"Bonus Army Marches on WashingtonUnited States
28 July 1928Wikipedia · "1928 Summer Olympics"Amsterdam Olympics OpenNetherlands
28 July 1914Wikipedia · "World War I"Outbreak of World War IAustria-Hungary
29 July 2024Wikipedia · "2024"2024 Southport stabbings
29 July 2019Wikipedia · "2019"2019 Altamira prison riot
29 July 2013Wikipedia · "Granges-près-Marnand train crash"Granges-près-Marnand train crash
29 July 1948Wikipedia · "1948 Summer Olympics"1948 Summer Olympics LondonUnited Kingdom
30 July 2024Prime Minister's Office · via Wikipedia2024 Wayanad landslides
30 July 2012Wikipedia · "Nellore"Nellore train fire
30 July 2006Wikipedia · "2006 Qana airstrike"2006 Qana airstrike
31 July 2014Wikipedia · "2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions"2014 Kaohsiung gas explosionsCoordinates
31 July 2008Wikipedia · "East Coast Jets Flight 81"East Coast Jets Flight 81
31 July 1997Wikipedia · "FedEx Express Flight 14"FedEx Express Flight 14
31 July 1992Wikipedia · "Thai Airways International Flight 311"Thai Airways International Flight 311
31 July 1992Wikipedia · "China General Aviation Flight 7552"China General Aviation Flight 7552
31 July 1988Wikipedia · "Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse"Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapse
31 July 1950"Gaeamsa Gabsupjje 13-05651 - Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea" by Steve46814 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.North Korean Invasion of South KoreaKorea
31 July 1667Wikipedia · "Treaty of Breda (1667)"Treaty of Breda Settles Anglo-Dutch War