Template:Selected anniversaries/July 4
From Gnomon Chronicles
1962: Brainiac Explains lecture series provides complete plans for nuclear-powered fireworks display.
1976: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
1883: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams dies.
1999: Lex Luthor funds lavish public display of fireworks.
2005: The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
