The Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Today is Friday, July 4, the 185th day of 2024. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day.Today in history:
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.Also on this date:
In 1802, the United States Military Academy officially opened at West Point, New York.
In 1817, construction of the Erie Canal began in Rome, New York.
In 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
In 1831, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, died in New York City at age 73.
In 1855, the first edition of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” was published.
In 1863, the Civil War Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, ended as a Confederate garrison surrendered to Union forces.
In 1910, in what was billed as “The Fight of the Century,” Black world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson defeated white former champ “Gentleman” Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada; race riots across the country following the fight killed more than 20 people.
