Event:
Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin
More Notable Events on July 4:
1996 HotMail, a free internet E-mail service begins
1960 America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
1884 Statue of Liberty presented to U.S. in Paris
1802 U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York
1776 Declaration of Independence - U.S. gains independence from Britain
