This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays for the 4th of July

This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays for the 4th of July from the Kaptain Kranch show.

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It's time to open the Captain's Book of Historical Facts to see what happened on this day in history. And on this 4th of July, of course, we start in 1776. The Declaration of Independence, adopted this day by the Second Continental Congress, called for the American colonies to secede from Great Britain. A proclamation now commemorated as Independence Day. 1802, on this day, the United States Military Academy opened in West Point, New York. 1826, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died, former presidents, 50 years to the day after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was 83, Adams was 90. 1884, the completed Statue of Liberty was presented by the French government to United States Ambassador France Levy P. Morton in Paris. And it was on this day in 1939 that Lou Gehrig retired from Major League Baseball.

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Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. And I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for.

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He passed away in 1941, almost two years to the day after he retired. And that is this day in history for the 4th of July. After the break, we continue counting down the top 40 from 4th of July 1976. Captain Crash. And now for you podcasters, how about some birthdays?

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Happy birthday, son! Happy birthday, darling!

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Celebrity birthdays for the 4th of July. Born on this day the year 1911, Mitch Miller. Remember the TV show Sing Along with Mitch in the bouncing ball. Bill Withers was born on this day in 1938. Alan Blindone Wilson, lead singer for Canned Heat, born on this day in 1943. Kirk Pengelli, guitarist for in excess, is 68 today. And John Wade, he is turning 74 years old today.

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And I'm still standing here, a few miles away, and I'm wondering why you left. Since you've been gone boy, I ain't missing you. And I'm sending you this signal tonight. You don't know how desperate I've become. And it looks like I'm losing this fight. In your world, I have no meaning. Though I'm trying hard to understand. And it's my heart that's breaking down this long distance line tonight. I ain't missing you out.

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Since you've been gone, missing Oh, I ain't missing you No matter what my friends say And there's a message that I'm sending out Like a telegraph to your soul And if I can bridge this distance Stop this hot break overload I missing you at all since you go Step away I missed a new No matter what my first I missed you I missed a new I can lie to myself I'm there's a stone that's breaching through my foes and heart tonight I missed it all to the go I missed the new matter that's my friend's day I missed the new I ate to you I ain't missing you I can lie to myself a missing you I missed you I ain't missing you I ate missing you I a missing you I ain't missing you a missing you that is John Wait with missing you play that song because John Wade is turning 74 years old today happy birthday to John Wait and to you if it's your birthday make sure you go out and have a piece of cake for me well thanks for listening and for using the Wowie app. If you want to get in touch with me Captain Crunch just go to the Captain Crunch Facebook page, message me there or go to CaptainCrunch.com and remember stay cool stay classic