What happened on July 4 ?

965 - Pope Benedict V

973 - Saint Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)

1187 - Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch (executed)

1541 - Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (b. 1495)

1603 - Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521)

1623 - William Byrd, English composer

1742 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)

1754 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (b. 1680)

1761 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)

1780 - Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (b. 1712)

1787 - Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)

1821 - Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742)

1826 - Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)

1826 - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)

1831 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)

1848 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer (b. 1768)

1850 - William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759)

1857 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786)

1881 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)

1882 - Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)

1891 - Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809)

1901 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (b. 1843)

1902 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863)

1905 - ÿlisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830)

1910 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835)

1916 - Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888)

1922 - Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894)

1926 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian mountaineer (b. 1901)

1931 - Buddie Petit, American jazz musician (b. 1895)

1934 - Maria Sk?odowska-Curie, Polish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics (b. 1867)

1938 - Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)

1941 - Antoni ?omnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)

1970 - Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905)

1971 - August Derleth, American writer and editor (b. 1909)

1975 - Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)

1976 - Antoni S?onimski, Polish poet (b. 1895)

1977 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918)

1986 - Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)

1991 - Victor Chang, Australian physician (murdered) (b. 1936)

1992 - Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer (b. 1921)

1994 - Joey Marella, American wresting referee (b. 1964)

1995 - Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919)

1997 - Charles Kuralt, American television reporter (b. 1934)

1997 - John Zachary Young, English zoologist (b. 1907)

1999 - Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917)

2000 - Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)

2002 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912)

2002 - Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician and activist (b. 1951)

2003 - Barry White, American singer and record producer (b. 1944)

2004 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)

2005 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)