On This Day for July 4 - Declaration of Independence approved by Second Continental Congress, Vivekananda is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. July 04 [Vivekananda]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1863 Vivekananda [READ MORE]( [Declaration of Independence, oil on canvas by John Trumbull, 1818, for the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The members of the Continental Congress signed the declaration in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776.]( FEATURED EVENT 1776 Declaration of Independence approved by Second Continental Congress [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [The Compact Muon Solenoid magnet arriving in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, 2007.] 2012: Scientists at the [Large Hadron Collider]( at [CERN]( announced that they had detected an interesting signal that was likely from a [Higgs boson](. 1976: An Israeli commando squad completed its [raid]( on [Entebbe]( Uganda, rescuing 103 hostages from a French jet airliner that had been hijacked en route from Israel to France. [Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay.] 1884: The [Statue of Liberty]( was presented to the [United States]( by the [French]( in Paris. [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] 1865: [Lewis Carroll]( Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published, though the first print run was soon recalled because of quality issues; a new first edition was released in November. 1826: Two major figures of the [American Revolution]( who became U.S. presidents, [Thomas Jefferson]( and [John Adams]( died—50 years to the day after the adoption of the [Declaration of Independence](. [Nathaniel Hawthorne, photograph by Mathew Brady.] 1804: American writer [Nathaniel Hawthorne]( whose greatest works, including the novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), are marked by profound psychological and moral insight, was born in Salem, Massachusetts. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1872 [Calvin Coolidge]( president of United States 1804 [Nathaniel Hawthorne]( American writer 1902 [Meyer Lansky]( American gangster 1807 [Giuseppe Garibaldi]( Italian revolutionary 1924 [Eva Marie Saint]( American actress 1968 [Cyrus Mistry]( Indian businessman [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](