JULY 4
1939:Sixty-two thousand fans watch as Lou Gehrig is honored upon his retirement from baseball at Yankee Stadium. "The Iron Horse" had been diagnosed with degenerative ALS, now often known as "Lou Gehrig’s Disease," a month earlier.
1845: Author Henry David Thoreau moves into a barebones cabin beside Walden Pond near Concord, Mass., beginning his two-year-long experiment in simple living and self-sufficiency.
1976: Millions of Americans celebrate the Bicentennial of the United States, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on this day in 1776.
1845: Author Henry David Thoreau moves into a barebones cabin beside Walden Pond near Concord, Mass., beginning his two-year-long experiment in simple living and self-sufficiency.
1976: Millions of Americans celebrate the Bicentennial of the United States, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on this day in 1776.
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