Found via Encarta: 1826: Fifty years to the day after the approval of the Declaration of Independence, which they both had a hand in drafting, former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day.
Further: Bellevue, WA, the city where I live: The city’s name, French for “beautiful view,” refers to its scenic setting. — I couldn’t agree more with that!
This is a repost from: July 4th, 2006. I’ve been getting a ton of traffic to that old post. Here it is again.
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