| July 4th 1952 | | 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62)
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| July 4th 1953 | | 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75)
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| July 4th 1953 | | Imre Nagy succeeds Matyas R kosi as premier of Hungary
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| July 4th 1954 | | WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins
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| July 4th 1954 | | West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
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| July 4th 1956 | | US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland
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| July 4th 1956 | | Independence National Historical Park forms in Philadelphia
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| July 4th 1957 | | Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase
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| July 4th 1958 | | 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11)
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| July 4th 1959 | | 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63)
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| July 4th 1959 | | America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled
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| July 4th 1959 | | Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony
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| July 4th 1960 | | Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs
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| July 4th 1960 | | America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
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| July 4th 1960 | | 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
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