It’s the date on which the Continental Congress approved a resolution declaring independence (1776) — the Declaration of Independence stating the reasons was approved two days later.
It’s the date on which the second day of battle was fought at Gettysburg (1863).
It’s the date on which Charles J. Guiteau assassinated President James A. Garfield (1881).
It’s the date on which Thurgood Marshall was born (1908).
It’s the date on which the Air Force says a weather balloon crashed near Roswell, New Mexico (1947).
It’s the date on which Ernest Hemingway committed suicide at his home in Ketchum, Idaho (1961).
It’s the day Luci Baines Johnson, the younger daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, turns 58.
Larry David turns 58 today as well.
Lindsay Lohan is 19.
And I turn 33! Go me!