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1939 - Baseball player Lou Gehrig, afflicted with a fatal illness, bid a tearful farewell at Yankee Stadium in New York, telling fans, ''Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.'' 1946 - The Philippines became independent. 1959 - A 49th star was added to the American flag to represent the new state of Alaska. 1960 - The number of stars on the American flag was increased to 50 to honor the new state of Hawaii. 1976 - Israeli commandos raided Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing almost all of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers. 1976 - America celebrated its bicentennial; in New York, more than 200 ships paraded up the Hudson River in Operation Sail. 1987 - Klaus Barbie, the former Gestapo chief known as the ''Butcher of Lyon,'' was convicted by a French court of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. 2004 - A 20-ton slab of granite, inscribed to honor the enduring spirit of freedom, was laid at the World Trade Center site as the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower skyscraper that will replace the destroyed twin towers. |