Today is Saturday, July 4, the 185th day of 2009. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
On this date:
In 1939, baseball’s “Iron Horse,” Lou Gehrig, said farewell to his fans at New York’s Yankee Stadium.
In 1959, America’s 49-star flag, honoring Alaskan statehood, was officially unfurled.
In 1960, America’s 50-star flag, honoring Hawaiian statehood, was officially unfurled.
In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, which went into effect the following year.
In 1976, Israeli commandos raided Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing almost all of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers.
Days gone by July 4
Joyce Yarbrough visited Hannibal during the mid 1980s to demonstrate the art of creating silhouttes with scissors and paper. COURIER-POST FILE
Hannibal Courier-Post
Hannibal, MO —
- Days gone by Nov. 7, 2009
- Days gone by Nov. 6, 2009
- Law office fire pronounced arson
- Days gone by Oct. 5, 2009
- Governor declares John Bowen Day
- Statue honors local statesman
- Local daredevil wowed the crowd in unplanned stunt
- Days gone by Oct. 30, 2009
- 1963 Western Publishing fire inspection
- Anderson proud to be part of lake’s history
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