On this day - July 4Two US presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on this day in 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence; and a third president, James Monroe, died on Independence day in 1831. |
| Born today; Sir George Everest (1790-1866), the surveyor-general of India 1830-43, who gave his name to Mount Everest. |
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