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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_4" title="July 4">July 4</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(Philippines)" title="Republic Day (Philippines)">Republic Day</a></b> in the Philippines (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946" title="1946">1946</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a></b> in the United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776" title="1776">1776</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1054" title="1054">1054</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_astronomy" title="Chinese astronomy">Chinese astronomers</a> recorded the sudden appearance of a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guest_star_(astronomy)" title="Guest star (astronomy)">guest star</a>", later identified as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1054" title="SN 1054">the supernova</a> that created the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula" title="Crab Nebula">Crab Nebula</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1643" title="1643">1643</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_English_Civil_War" title="First English Civil War">First English Civil War</a>: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Burton_Bridge_(1643)" title="Battle of Burton Bridge (1643)">Battle of Burton Bridge</a></b>, securing a crossing of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Trent" title="River Trent">River Trent</a> for a convoy of supplies travelling with Queen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Maria_of_France" title="Henrietta Maria of France">Henrietta Maria</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – The aircraft carrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski" title="Władysław Sikorski">Władysław Sikorski</a>, prime minister of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_government-in-exile" title="Polish government-in-exile">Polish government-in-exile</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Gibraltar_Liberator_AL523_crash" title="1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash">crashed</a></b> off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski%27s_death_controversy" title="Władysław Sikorski's death controversy">several conspiracy theories</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – The Brazilian cruiser <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_cruiser_Bahia" title="Brazilian cruiser Bahia"><i>Bahia</i></a></b> was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue" title="Kylie Minogue">Kylie Minogue</a>'s first album, <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_(album)" title="Kylie (album)">Kylie</a></b></i>, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Twyne" title="Brian Twyne">Brian Twyne</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1644); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Lenglen" title="Suzanne Lenglen">Suzanne Lenglen</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1938); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastima_Khadka" title="Swastima Khadka">Swastima Khadka</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1995); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barth%C3%A9lemy_Mukenge" title="Barthélemy Mukenge">Barthélemy Mukenge</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2018)</p>