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 No, this is not an [X song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHBaOiQ3J8)! Instead I thought it was a good day to remind of you of a few writely events that had nothing to do with fireworks, baseball, or apple pie.

Once upon a time, on [the fourth of July](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29), these things happened:

- 1804 [Nathaniel Hawthorne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne), American writer ([The Scarlet Letter](http://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Letter-Demi-Moore/dp/B00006472Q%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dcreatofcircu-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00006472Q)) was born.
- 1845 [Henry David Thoreau](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau) begins his 26-month stay at [Walden Pond](http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.4384,-71.342&spn=0.1,0.1&q=42.4384,-71.342%20(Walden%20Pond)&t=h) (that's his cabin up there).
- 1855 [Walt Whitman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman) publishes the first edition of [Leaves of Grass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Grass) at his own expense.
- 1862 [Charles Dodgson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll) first tells the story of Alice's adventures down the rabbit hole during a picnic along the Thames.
- 1865** -** 1st edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is published
- 1895 The poem [America the Beautiful](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful) is first published.
- 1931 Novelist James Joyce and Nora Barnacle are married in London after being  
   together for 26 years.

Any that I'm forgetting?

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