In a 4th of julybut in 1776, 250 years ago, the Continental Congress of Philadelphia unanimously approved the declaration of independence of the 13 Colonies of the North American Union. This marks its break with the British Empire and the birth of the United States as an independent nation.
1946.- The Philippines proclaims its independence from the United States.
1971.- The German Michael Hart, inventor of the electronic book, begins the ‘Project Gutenberg’ library with the digitization of the US Declaration of Independence.
1973.- The Common Market and Caribbean Community (Caricom) is established.
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1979.- The Algerian Government of Chadli Benyedid releases former president Ahmed Ben Bella, who governed the first three years since independence and had been imprisoned since 1965.
1987.- The British Richard Branson and the Swiss Per Lindstrand end their balloon adventure over the Atlantic when they were about to complete it successfully.
1991.- Spain and Morocco sign the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborhood and Cooperation in Rabat, the first of its kind between both countries.
1996.- Hotmail email marketing begins.
1997.- The unmanned spacecraft ‘Mars Pathfinder’ lands on Mars and offers the first images of the planet’s surface after a space journey of 500 million kilometers.
2012.- Discovery of the ‘Higgs boson’, one of the pillars of the Standard Model of modern physics.
2014.- The Russian Parliament ratifies the forgiveness of 90% of Cuba’s debt with the former Soviet Union.
2017.- North Korea successfully launches its first intercontinental missile from the province of North Pyongan, which travels approximately 930 kilometers.
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2018.- The 60 immigrants rescued by the NGO Open Arms ship off the coast of Libya arrive at the port of Barcelona.
2021.- Elisa Loncón, a Mapuche indigenous woman, elected president of the constituent convention that will write the new Constitution of Chile.
2025.- The British group Oasis returns to play sixteen years after their separation. The first concert of their comeback tour was in Cardiff (Wales, United Kingdom).
1804.- Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer, author of ‘The Scarlet Letter’.
1807.- Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italian unity.
1816.- Hiran Walker, American of British origin, creator of the whiskey distilleries of the same name.
1917.- Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez, ‘Manolete’, Spanish bullfighter.
1926.- Alfredo Di Stéfano, former Spanish-Argentine soccer player.
1927.- Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress.
1935.- Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, Spanish film and TV director.
1937.- Sonia Haraldsen, queen of Norway.
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1952.- Álvaro Uribe, former president of Colombia.
1959.- Victoria Abril, Spanish actress.
1969.- Elena Arzak, Spanish cook.
1972.- Alexei Shirov, Spanish chess player of Latvian origin.
1541.- Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish conquistador.
1826.- Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the US Declaration of Independence and third president of the country.
1826.- John Adams, second president of the United States.
1934.- Marie Curie, physicist of Polish origin, twice Nobel Prize winner, in Physics and Chemistry.
1992.- Astor Piazzola, Argentine tango composer.
2003.- Barry White, American singer.
2011.- Otto of Habsburg, first-born of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor.
