7/4/1903
Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, Pres TR sends message7/4/1905
Phila As beat Boston Red Sox 2-Apr in 20 inning game7/4/1906
Gr Brit, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia7/4/1907
Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title7/4/1908
NY Giant George Hooks Witse no-hits Phila Phillies, Jan-00 in 10 inn7/4/1910
Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title7/4/1911
White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobbs 40-game hitting streak7/4/1911
Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak7/4/1911
106øF (41øC) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record)7/4/1911
105øF (41øC) at Vernon, Vermont (state record)