What happend on 4th July

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1939

Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considered himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.

1934

Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.

1934

Joe Louis wins his first professional boxing match.

1927

First flight of the Lockheed Vega.

1918

Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.

1918

Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).

1910

African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.

1894

The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.

1881

In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.

1865

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published.