1687: Isaac Newton’s great work, “Principia,” is published by the Royal Society in England, outlining his laws of motion and universal gravitation

1811: Venezuelan Declaration of Independence: Seven provinces declare independence from Spain

1852: Fugitive slave Frederick Douglass delivers his ‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’ speech to the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, condemning the celebration as a hypocritical sham

1865: US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department

1994: Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington

2004: First direct presidential election held in Indonesia, eventually won by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Source: Onthisday.com