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2006 - North Korea tests four short-range missiles one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The latter reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
2006 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC to commence mission STS-121 for the first time in NASA history. It is the first Independence Day shuttle launch.
2005 - The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2004 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)
1999 - David Beckham marries Victoria Adams in Ireland
1997 - NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
1992 - USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz Class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy is commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia.
1987 - In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
1982 - Four Iranian diplomats kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon.
1976 - The United States celebrates its bicentennial.

1995 - María Isabel, Spanish singer
1983 - Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
1979 - Martin Shearman-Brettle, English composer
1976 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1974 - La'Roi Glover, American football player
1973 - Gackt, Japanese singer
1967 - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
1967 - Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player
1966 - Lee Reherman, American actor
1962 - Pam Shriver, American tennis player

In astronomy, the approximate date of Earth's aphelion.
Filipino-American Friendship Day
United States and Denmark - Independence Day (1776)

2005 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
2004 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)
2003 - Barry White, American singer and record producer (b. 1944)
2002 - Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician and activist (b. 1951)
2002 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912)
2000 - Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
1999 - Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917)
1997 - John Zachary Young, English zoologist (b. 1907)
1997 - Charles Kuralt, American television reporter (b. 1934)
1995 - Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919)