Show july fourth may be independence day da Y but its also famous for other reasons 17 I 1 A 1 here Is jack dempsey as he art ap a feared 20 years ago this july jul fourth the day he won the heavy weight boxing championship from free jess willard by a knockout in to ledo ohio this ibis year a celebration and possible reenactment enactment re of thi the title bout Is scheduled at toledo with both willard Willar fl and dempsey par H HISTORY will cherish july fourth as tho the day the united states declared its ita independence pen d dence en ce from froin great britain but before bedfor e 1776 and in subsequent years a notable list of occasions occasions has grown around the date fir instance poet nathaniel hawthorne was born this day in 1804 Guia guiueppe eppe garibaldi the unifier of italy was born in 1807 george M cohan tho the acif actor r is 61 years old july fourth alary hunt organizer of the bureau of scientific temperance perance investigation was waa born this day in 1830 and the event is observed annually by the W C T U history also talla tells us that on july 4 1894 the first automobile ever built commercially made its trial run at kokomo kokomos ind this was the llie automobile of elwood haynes built by edgar L apperson Appe raon of detroit other important july fourth anniversaries anniversaries are pictured here anniversaries anniversaries which amer americans i cans usually forget when they shoot off their firecrackers and wave flags 0 one of the civil war bloodiest battles cameto ani ai 3 0 end on july when vicksburg surrendered the battlefield appears above in its present state re construct edas a national 5 three presidents died on july fourth another was born that date the late calvin coolidge Ca first saw light of day on july 4 1872 X q TV 0 july 4 12 1826 was a fateful date dat in united states history for with tn in R m few hours hour of each other two tw ex presidents passed wy away they were john adams above and tholas thoma jefferson ferBon Jef A few years later the grim reaper struck eala again OB con independence day july 4 1131 1831 found president jamji pass ing away X y VT g A M k 4 this year on july fourth will be commemorated the anniversary of adoption by congress of the first protective tariff legislation constructed largely by james madison 7 M pictured above Is the erle erie canal 6 now inow a commonplace fixture it 1 drew great attention when work was started on it july 4 1817 4 4 w 7 another anniversary related to t july r fourth Is the washing ton monument inu ment whose corn astone wi was a that day in 1848 |