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Go to Wikipedia and look up your date of birth (no year). Record three items from each section in your LJ.

July 4

Events
1054 - A supernova is observed by the Chinese and Amerindians near the star ΞΆ Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.

1845 - Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond (see Walden).

1862 - Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.



Births

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

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

1920 - Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor


Deaths

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

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

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


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


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