This Day In History

July 4
1187
The Crusades: Battle of Hattin Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
1886
The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
1887
The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
1918
Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
1918
Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
1947
The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the partition of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries India and Pakistan.
1976
Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.