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July history 1 - Abraham Lincoln signs the first income tax bill; Internal Revenue Service established (1862) 2 - Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Righnts Act (1964) 4 - Declaration of Independence approved by U.S. Congress (1776) 10 - Bahamas gains independence from Britain (1973) 14 - Fall of the Bastille at the beginning of the French Revolution (1789) 16 - Experimental atom bomb "Fat Boy" set off in New Mexico (1945) 20 - Astronaut Neil Armstrong takes his first step onto the moon (1969) 27 - Korean War ends (1953) 30 - Jimmy Hoffa disappears near Detroit, Michigan (1975)

July holidays: 4 - Independence Day

July Birthdays 3 - Dave Barry 4 - Nathaniel Hawthorne 5 - P.T. Barnum 7 - Doc Severinsen 9 - Ed Ames 10 - Arthur Ashe 14 - Gerald R. Ford 15 - Rembrandt 17 - James Cagney 18 - John Glenn 19 - Edgar Degas 20 - Diana Rigg 21 - Robin Williams 22 - Alex Trebek 24 - Amelia Earhart 26 - George Bernard Shaw