Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for July 4th: https://ko-fi.com/Post/July-4-I-Think-It-Was-The-4th-of-July-W7W21HQBBR
Today's Observance: United States Independence Day
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| The July 4, 1926 Milwaukee Leader |
Artist Birthday: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bummer 4th of July
July 4, 1911: An extreme heat wave strikes the northwestern U.S., killing hundreds of people and horses, mostly due to heat stroke. Philadelphia reports 159 dead and New York City reports another 211. The heat wave breaks on July 15, when a thunderstorm strikes the northwest. The storm kills an additional five Americans.
July 4, 1934: Nobel Prize-winning physicist Marie Skłodowska–Curie, who pioneered the study of radioactivity, dies of aplastic anemia, a form of blood cancer believed to have been caused by her long-term exposure to radioactive materials. She is 66 years old.
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