Historical Events1939 - Red Sox 3rd baseman Jim Tabor hits record-tying 2 grand slams in one MLB game, 18-12 win v Phillies1959 - America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan1999 - South Korean defending champion Se Ri Pak wins the most crowded playoff in LPGA history (6) in the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic2019 - US President Donald Trump holds a Salute to America Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C., controversial for its emphasis on the military and presence of tanksMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1864)1883 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist who made the easy outrageously difficult (Pulitzer Prize 1948), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)1912 - Viviane Romance [Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns], French actress (Panic, Queen's Necklace), born in Roubaix, Nord, France (d. 1991)1938 - Mike Mainieri, American jazz and session vibraphonist (Steps Ahead; Buddy Rich; Dire Straits; Carly Simon), born in The Bronx, NYC1948 - Jeremy Spencer, British rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac - "Oh Well"), born in Hartlepool, County Durham, EnglandMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1307 - Rudolf I, Habsburg nobleman (King of Bohemia, 1306-07; Duke of Austria and Styria 1298-1307), dies of stomach issues at about 261578 - Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, Governor and Viceroy of Names, dies1623 - William Byrd, British composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 801857 - William L. Marcy, American statesman, dies at 701925 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1990, dies of polio at 24More Famous Deaths