In deaths:
| July 4th 1952 | | Walter Long, dies at 73
| | July 4th 1957 | | Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash
| | July 4th 1958 | | Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam), dies at 79
| | July 4th 1961 | | Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83
| | July 4th 1962 | | Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56
| | July 4th 1963 | | Grant Richards, actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at 48
| | July 4th 1963 | | Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66
| | July 4th 1970 | | Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85
| | July 4th 1971 | | Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29
| | July 4th 1971 | | Joe Cox, cricketer (4 wickets in 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
| | July 4th 1971 | | Thomas C Hart, US admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94
| | July 4th 1973 | | Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39
| | July 4th 1974 | | Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies
| | July 4th 1982 | | Sylvestre A Guzm n Fern ndez, pres Dominican Rep, commits suicide
| | July 4th 1983 | | Claus Adam, composer, dies at 65
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