Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, film-studio executive, and producer. She...

Barack Hussein Obama II (August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United...

Joanne “Jo” Rowling (born July 31, 1965), is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of...

Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. The first female aviator...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18 , 1918 – December 5, 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who...

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister,...

Elwyn Brooks “E. B.” White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He was a contributor to...

Marie Skłodowska Curie (November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934), born Maria Salome Skłodowska, was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and...

John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) made the first president political speech on the radio today. The...

John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American patriot who served as the second President of the...

July 4, 1826 — Thomas Jefferson died today (born April 13, 1743). An American Founding Father, he was the principal author of the...

Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. The first female aviator...