Results: Born On The Fourth Of July
Published on 07/05/2015
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Happy Independence Day or Fourth Of July, to all the American Tellwutters out there! Do you call it Independence Day, Fourth Of July, or something else?
Fourth Of July
62%
927 votes
Independence Day
14%
215 votes
July Fourth
12%
186 votes
The Fourth
8%
117 votes
Canadian/NA
23%
344 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
14 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.33% | 6 | |
| n/a | 0.11% | 2 |
| québécois | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't care for any of it | 0.06% | 1 |
| both | 0.06% | 1 |
| any of those | 0.06% | 1 |
| dont care | 0.06% | 1 |
| nonsense | 0.06% | 1 |
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Which of these Independence Day/Fourth of July films or films that epitomize the holiday spirit have you seen?
Independence Day -- self-explanatory, I believe
49%
739 votes
Born On The Fourth Of July -- likewise
23%
340 votes
Rocky -- considered the human embodiment of the Fourth of July
32%
475 votes
The Patriot -- engrossing story of the American Revolution featuring excellent performances
26%
384 votes
Jaws – set over the Fourth of July holiday
36%
544 votes
Drums Along the Mohawk -- set during the American Revolution
6%
85 votes
Live Free Or Die Hard -- strange choice perhaps, but can you think of a more all-American hero story
17%
254 votes
Yankee Doodle Dandy – the most patriotic movie on the list
15%
231 votes
Johnny Tremain – one of the oft-forgotten films about the Revolutionary War
3%
52 votes
Red Dawn – cheesy patriotic nod to the American Revolution
18%
265 votes
None of these
26%
389 votes
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3.
Speaking of Born On The Fourth Of July, how many of these famous or infamous Americans did you know were born on the Fourth of July?
Malia Obama. The current First Daughter was born on July 4, 1998 in Chicago
9%
131 votes
Calvin Coolidge. The only president born on the Fourth of July, Coolidge was the 30th president and he was born in 1872 in Vermont.
13%
189 votes
Gloria Stuart. The Titanic actress was born on July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica, California
4%
55 votes
Nathaniel Hawthorne. The famous author was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, and the author of The Scarlett Letter had an ancestor who was a judge at the Salem witch trials
6%
83 votes
Geraldo Rivera. Born on July 4, 1943 in Brooklyn,
6%
86 votes
Stephen Foster. The famous songwriter was born in 1926 in Pittsburgh and died when he was just 37 years old
4%
61 votes
George Steinbrenner. The late New York Yankees owner was born on July 4 1930 in Ohio.
5%
68 votes
Ron Kovic. The disabled Vietnam Vet really was “Born on the Fourth of July,” the movie based on his story
5%
82 votes
Knew none of these
71%
1063 votes
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4.
The fourth of July, besides commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 is also famous for other events that occurred on this day in history. How many of these facts did you know?
The Military Academy at West Point, known now as simply West Point, opened to students on July 4, 1802.
6%
83 votes
On July 4, 1848, the cornerstone of the Washington Monument was placed amid a huge ceremony.
5%
82 votes
On July 4, 1863, after a long siege under Ulysses S. Grant, the Confederate Army surrendered Vicksburg, Mississippi to the Union soldiers
8%
120 votes
The Cold War Peace Concert, a historic U.S. and Soviet music concert took place July 4, 1987
5%
70 votes
Pathfinder lands on Mars and transmits images on July 4, 1997
4%
63 votes
U.S. soldiers made their first display of force in World War I on July 4, 1917, in the streets of Paris
4%
61 votes
The Erie Canal project was born, and construction officially began on July 4, 1817.
4%
57 votes
The first organized American rodeo was held on July 4, 1888 in Prescott, Arizona
2%
37 votes
Knew none of these events
78%
1179 votes
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