Template:On this day/July 4

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

July 4:

• 1845 – Antebellum period: Florida gained statehood and became the 27th star on the U.S. flag.
• 1866 – James Simpson Reese was born.
• 1910 – Isolated race riots broke out after African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries.
• 1974 – LGBT: Thousands of gay rights activists assembled in Pensacola for a "national convention," an antecedent of the Memorial Day Weekend festivities.