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FICTION/FACT FRM WINK'S ALMANAC In 1870 Congress declares July 4th to be a national holiday in a bill that also names Christmas a national holiday.

2DAY N: '36 "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell is first published by @TheMcMillanCo in NY '71 Surpeme Court rules government couldn't prevent @NYTimes or @WashingtonPost from publishing the Pentagon Papers '82 Proposed Equal Rights Amendment expires

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. (Arthur Rubinstein)

"We all think baseball careers will end organically, either by performance or injury. Or, in rare cases, the player's own choice. Now we're consigned to remember Tyler Scaggs for what he could have been instead of what he was". (@MarkWhicker / today's DailyNews)

BORN 2DAY Former Philippine first lady @ImeldaMarcos 90 Actor @RobertIto 88 Actress @PollyHoliday 82 Racing Hall of Famer @RichardPetty 82 Former Mexican President Nick Zazulia 77 Writer/director @LarryDavid 72 @LuciBainesJohnsonTurpin 72 Actor @SaulRubinek 71

Actress wendy schaal 65 Actress-model Jerry Hall 63 Actor @JimmyMcNichol 58 Actress @YanceyButler 49 Singer @MichelleBranch 36 Actress @VanessaLeeChester 35 Figure skater @JohnnyWeir 35 Actress-singer @AshleyTisdale 34 Actress @LindsayLohan 33 Actress @MargotRobbie 29

2DAY N: 1778 Continental Congress: "These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." 1976 U.S. Supreme Court rules 7-2 the death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual

Be happy....not because everything is good. But because you can see the good in everything. Just sayin'...…………………….

Surround yourself with people who are only going to lift you higher. Just sayin'...………………………….

2DAY N: 1775 Gen Geo Washington takes command of Continental Army 1971 Singer Jim Morrison of The Doors dies in Paris at age 27 1996 Russians re-elect Boris Yeltsin president over his Communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov, in a runoff

JIM MORRISON 12/8/43 - 7/3/71 "People are strange when you're a stranger; Faces look ugly when you're alone; Women seem wicked when you're unwanted; Streets are uneven when you're down, when you're strange. (Album "Strange Days" by the Doors, '67)

BORN 2DAY Playwright @TomStoppard 82 Talker @MontelWilliams 63 Actor Tom Cruise 57 TV chef Sandra Lee 53 Singer @IshmaelButler 50 Rocker @KevinHearn 50 Actress-singer @ShawneeSmith 50 Actress-singer @AudraMcDonald 49 Wikileaks founder @JulianAssange 48

Actor @PatrickWilson 46 Country singer @TrentTomlinson 44 Actor Ian Anthony Dale 41 Actress/comedian @JulieKlausner 41 Actress @OliviaMunn 39 Actress @ShoshannahStern 39 Rocker @ElleKing 30 Actor @GrantRosenmeyer 28 Actress @KelseyBatelaan 24

CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S BIRTH! Happy birthday America! Today is July 4th, the day we celebrate our independence and the birh of our great nation. Take a moment to reflect on where we have come from and where we can go from here. The future is full of hope, dreams and promise!

BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY Actress @EvaMarieSaint 95 Actor Edward Bernard 80 Actress @KarolynGrimes 79 R&B musician RalphJohnson (Earth,Wind & Fire) 68 Singer @JohnWaite 67 Rocker Kirk Pengilly 61 Country music's Day-Day 59 Rocker @MattMalley 56

Christian rock singer @MichaelSweet 56 Actor @AlMadrigal 48 Actress @JaniceBergere 45 Actor-singer @JohnLloydYoung 44 Actor Mo McRae 37 TV's @MikeSorrentino 37 R&B singer Melanie Fiona 36 @MalieObama 21

2DAY N: 1776 Declaration of Independence is adopted by delegates to 2nd Continental Congress in Philly 1802 U.S. Military Academy opens, West Point, NY 1826 50 yrs to the day after Dec of Independence is adopted, former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died

JULY 4TH, 1939 Lou Gehrig, who'd retired after being diagnosed with the disease that would be named for him, has his #4 retired. Sure. I might have been given a bad break. But I've got an awful lot to live for."

4TH OF JULY BASEBALL MEMORIES '60 Mickey Mantle homers to become 18th player in history with 300 home runs '80 @NolanRyan strikes out Cesar Geronimo to become 4th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters '81 John McEnroe ends at 5 @BjornBorg streak of consecutive Wimbledon titles

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