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This is a list of selected July 4 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

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1187Saladin defeated Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin and captured the True Cross. lots of CN tags (7)
1610Polish–Muscovite War: The outnumbered forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth defeated the Tsardom of Russia at the Battle of Klushino. single source
1802 - In West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy began operations. featured on March 16
1892Western Samoa changed the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days. 5 refimprove sections
1894 – The Republic of Hawaiʻi was proclaimed at Aliʻiolani Hale in Honolulu, with Sanford B. Dole as the first president. refimprove section
1898 – The French ocean liner SS La Bourgogne collided another ship in dense fog near Sable Island and sank, resulting in 549 deaths, mostly passengers. refimprove
1943World War II: Fighting began in the Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history as well as the largest series of armoured clashes. featured on August 23
2002 – American aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon, completing an almost 14-day trip after landing in Queensland, Australia. refimprove section
2012CERN announced the initial discovery of the Higgs boson elementary particle after a 40-year search for its existence. Higgs boson: outdated; Search: refimprove section
Feast day of Saint Ulrich of Augsburg (Catholicism); Feast date not cited
Philippe de Monte |d|1603| Date not cited

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July 4: Independence Day in the United States (1776); Republic Day in the Philippines (1946); Liberation Day in Rwanda (1994)

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