July 04

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1054	A supernova is seen by Chinese, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.	Yuzo Kayama	Blue Stardust	Singles Collection
2	1636	City of Providence, Rhode Island forms.	Sonic Youth	Providence	Daydream Nation
3	1776	American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.	Elliott Smith	Independence Day	XO
4	1778	American Revolutionary War: American forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.	Sufjan Stevens	Kaskaskia River	The Avalance: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Album
5	1803	The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.	PJ Harvey	The Glorious Land	Let England Shake
6	1831	Samuel Francis Smith wrote My Country, 'Tis of Thee for the Boston, MA July 4th festivities.	Guided By Voices	My Son, My Secretary and My Country	Earthquake Glue
7	1855	In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published.	The Olivia Tremor Control	I Can Smell the Leaves	Dusk at Cubist Castle
8	1862	Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.	Leon Peels & the Bluejays	Alice from Above	Doo Wop
9	1886	The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.	Of Montreal	You've Got a Gift	Cherry Peel
10	1939	Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.	The Magnetic Fields	The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side	69 Love Songs

(Historical facts about July 04 are from Wikipedia.)