Today in history
1811 Venezuelan Declaration of Independence: 7 provinces declare themselves independent of Spain
1852 Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave, delivers his 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-slavery Society in Rochester, condemns the celebration as hypocritical sham
1935 FDR signs US National Labor Relations Act
1945 Labour Party under Clement Attlee wins British parliamentary elections (results not declared until 26 July)
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