World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives. Date: July 4, 1943 Read…
World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka. Date: July 4, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States. Date: July 4, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland. Date: July 4, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan. Date: July 4, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts. Date: July 4, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor. Date: July 4, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage. Date: July 4, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)
Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end. Date: July 4, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day…
Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)). Date: July 4, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅…