-Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military academy in the United States, 1819
-Bolivia gains independence from Spain, 1825
-Lucille Ball, American actress and comedienne, is born, 1911
-Serbia declares war on Germany while Austria declares war on Russia, 1914
-Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel, 1926
-U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965
-Holiday: Independence Day (both Bolivia & Jamaica)
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