A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities. Date: July 4, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today)

President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913. Date: July 4, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)

The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo. Date: July 4, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front. Date: July 4, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne. Date: July 4, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

First flight of the Lockheed Vega. Date: July 4, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)

Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball. Date: July 4, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day…

World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement. Date: July 4, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv. Date: July 4, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces. Date: July 4, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)