Arts and Culture

On This Day – 4 July

Posted on: Wed 4 Jul 2018

France presented the Statue of Liberty as a gift to the people of America on this day in 1884. Also on this day, fourteen years of food rationing in Britain ended and English punk band played their first live gig.

Breakfast’s Tom Mann learns more about this day in history with Kvitka Becker.

Produced by Kvitka Becker

Image source: NPS

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