What happend on 4th July

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1984

NASCAR driver Richard Petty wins his 200th and final career victory at the Firecracker 400 race.

1982

Four Iranian diplomats have been kidnapped upon Israel invasion of lebanon.

1976

The citizens of the United States celebrate their country's bicentennial.

1976

Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing most of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers.

1966

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act goes into effect the next year.

1960

Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).

1959

With the admission of Alaska as the 49th U.S. state earlier in the year, the 49-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1950

First broadcast by Radio Free Europe.

1946

After 381 years of colonial rule, the Philippines is granted full independence by the United States.

1941

Mass murder of Polish scientists and writers, committed by Nazi Germans in captured Polish city of Lwów.