| July 4th 1976 | | Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Bloomington Golf Classic Bicentennial
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| July 4th 1977 | | Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher
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| July 4th 1977 | | Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie
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| July 4th 1977 | | Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 HRs beating Toronto 9-6
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| July 4th 1978 | | Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order
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| July 4th 1979 | | Algerian ex-president Ben Bella freed
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| July 4th 1980 | | Nolan Ryan is 4th to strikeout 3,000
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| July 4th 1981 | | 95th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats B B”rg (46 76 76 64)
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| July 4th 1981 | | Clive Rice 105* out of 143 all out, Notts v Hants at Bournemouth
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| July 4th 1982 | | Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning
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| July 4th 1982 | | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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| July 4th 1982 | | Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico
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| July 4th 1982 | | 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Connors beats J McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64)
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| July 4th 1982 | | 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 lands at Edwards AFB
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| July 4th 1982 | | 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie
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