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1776 ~ The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

1845 ~ American writer Henry David Thoreau began a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond near Concord, Mass.

1934 ~ Death of Marie Curie, Polish-born scientist, recipient of he Nobel Prize in Physics 1903.

1964 ~ Birthday of Rachel Ashley, a former Porn Actress.

1971 ~ Birthday of Koko, the sign-language gorilla.

1976 ~ The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial.

1976 ~ Israeli commandos rescued 100 hostages at Entebbe Airport, Uganda.

1982 ~ Birthday of Hannah Harper, English Porn Actress.

2006 ~ North Korea tested four short-range, one medium-range, and a long-range missle over the Sea of Japan.

2012 ~ The discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider was announced at CERN.