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Today is Independence Day in the United States.

• 1776 – The Second Continental Congress declares itself free of British rule with the publishing of the Declaration of Independence (pictured).
• 1802 – At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.
• 1804 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter, is born.
• 1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considered himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• 1966 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into law.

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