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This day in history: July 4

1. 1945

   The Brazilian cruiser Bahia was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.

2. 1951

   William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

3. 1954

   In what is known as "The Miracle of Bern", West Germany defeated Hungary 3–2 to win the FIFA World Cup.

4. 1976

   Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.

5. 1982

   Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped after they were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces; their fates remain unknown.

6. 1988

   Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.

7. 1998

   The monster movie Pulgasari, the most-widely-seen North Korean film ever made, premiered in Tokyo, Japan.

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