Jim Morrison Dies of Overdose……
July 3, 1971……
Jim Morrison, the lead singer with The Doors, dies of a drug-induced heart attack. Although various stories are given, it is believed he snorted heroin, believing it was cocaine, and immediately suffered a heart attack. His long-term girlfriend, Pamela Courson, helped put him in a bathtub of warm water in an effort to revive him, but it was too late. Pamela would die of a heroin overdose three years later. Like Morrison, she was also 27 when she died.
Independence Day……
Commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress. It declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire.
Seinfeld……
July 5, 1989…….
Seinfeld, the TV “show about nothing”, premieres on NBC. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld.
Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding……
July 6, 1942……..
Anne Frank and her family go into hiding from the Nazis in a friend’s attic. They were later joined by others and remained hidden for two years until discovered and sent to concentration camps. Anne’s father Otto Frank was the only one of the hidden people to survive. One of the men who hid them was sent to prison, but managed to escape. The other was sent to a concentration camp till he was liberated at the end of the war.