Today in History

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Happy Fourth of July everyone in the USA. It's been a good day so far today. I've managed to get a lot done on myLot for a change, though for the moment it seems to be back to its old habits with timeouts and slow to almost stopped pages. I did manage to get quite a bit done though, so it really was a win situation for me. So today is July 4 and if today happens to be your birthday, let's see what events in history took place on your special day. 1712 - 12 slaves were executed for starting an uprising in New York that killed nine white people. 1776 - Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson was approved and signed by John Hancock - president of the Continental Congress and Charles Thomson - Congress secretary. New York abstained from signing the Declaration of Independence. 1817 - Construction began on the Erie Canal joining Lake Erie and the Hudson River 1826 - Two founding fathers and presidents of the United States - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died. 1831 - James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, died. 1862 - Charles Dodgson first told the story of Alice's Adventures down the Rabbit Hole on a picnic along the Thames 1881 - Billy the Kid killed in New Mexico 1894 - Judge Stanford B. Dole declared Hawaii a republic 1895 - America the Beautiful is published 1901 - William H. Taft becomes governor of the Philippines 1946 - The US grants the Philippines their independence 1960 - 50 star flag makes debut in Philadelphia 1976 - An Israeli raid at Entebbe airport in Uganda rescues 105 hostages These are the highlights for today. Thanks for reading. Image courtesy of Pixabay