What happened on July 4 ?

1330 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (d. 1367)

1546 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)

1694 - Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772)

1715 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769)

1719 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)

1799 - King Oscar I of Sweden, French general (d. 1859)

1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)

1807 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (d. 1882)

1826 - Stephen Foster, American songwriter (d. 1864)

1845 - Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (d. 1905)

1847 - James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (d. 1906)

1854 - Victor Babe?, Romanian bacteriologist (d. 1926)

1872 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)

1878 - George M. Cohan, American entertainer (d. 1942)

1881 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)

1882 - Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)

1883 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)

1896 - Mao Dun, Chinese writer (d. 1981)

1898 - Dr. Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian (d. 1997)

1901 - Louis Armstrong, American musician (d. 1971)

1902 - Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster (d. 1983)

1902 - George Murphy, American entertainer (d. 1992)

1904 - Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)

1905 - Irving Johnson, American adventurer (d. 1991)

1907 - Gordon Griffith, American director (d. 1958)

1910 - Gloria Stuart, American actress

1911 - Mitch Miller, American entertainer

1916 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American known as Tokyo Rose in World War II

1917 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)

1918 - Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)

1918 - Abigail Van Buren American advice columnist

1920 - Norm Drucker, American basketball referee

1921 - Gerard Debreu, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)

1921 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist (d. 2003)

1923 - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor

1924 - Eva Marie Saint, American actress

1926 - Alfredo Di Stefano, Argentine footballer

1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress

1927 - Neil Simon, American playwright

1929 - Bill Tuttle, baseball player (d. 1998)

1929 - Al Davis, football team owner

1930 - George Steinbrenner, baseball team owner

1930 - Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor

1931 - Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (d. 1977)

1938 - Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter

1942 - Floyd Little, American football player

1942 - Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister

1943 - Konrad "Conny" Bauer, German musician

1943 - Geraldo Rivera, American reporter

1943 - Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (d. 1970)

1946 - Ron Kovic, American peace activist

1946 - Ed O'Ross, American actor

1948 - Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer

1951 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician

1952 - Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician

1960 - Sid Eudy, professional wrestler

1961 - Richard Garriott, English video game designer

1962 - Pam Shriver, American tennis player

1966 - Lee Reherman, American actor

1967 - Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player

1967 - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality

1973 - Gackt, Japanese singer

1974 - La'Roi Glover, American football player

1976 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)

1979 - Martin Shearman-Brettle, English composer

1983 - Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model

1995 - María Isabel, Spanish singer