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| July 4th, 2006 | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-121 MissionSpace Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC. |
| July 4th, 2006 | Event | North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea. |
| July 4th, 2005 | Event | The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1. |
| July 4th, 2004 | Event | The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks) |
| July 4th, 1997 | Event | NASA s Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. |
| July 4th, 1993 | Event | Sumitomo Chemical s resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others. |
| July 4th, 1987 | Event | In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment. |
| July 4th, 1982 | Event | Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982): four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon. |
| July 4th, 1976 | Event | Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists. |
| July 4th, 1969 | Event | Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They were the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives. |
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