What Happened on July 4, 2012

• 12th century manuscript Codex Calixtinus from Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spain, rediscovered, after been stolen, in the garage of an employee of the cathedral [1]
• Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announce the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson, the so-called 'God particle'

• American NFL wide receiver Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson (34) weds American "Basketball Wives" TV personality Evelyn Lozada (36) in Saint Martin; she files for divorce 5 weeks later
• Mexican-American "Grey's Anatomy" actress Sara Ramirez (36) weds TIMEC's business analyst Ryan Debolt in a private beachside ceremony in New York; separate in 2021

• Eric Sykes, British radio, stage and television comedy writer, actor and director (Goon Show, Sykes and A...), dies at 89
• Jimmy Bivins [James], American Hall of Fame boxer, dies from pneumonia at 92
• Larance Marable, American jazz drummer (Charlie Haden's Quartet West; Stan Getz; Groove Holmes), dies at 83

Holidays: Independence Day (United States)

• #1 Song: Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
• #1 Song: This Is Love - Will I Am Ft. Eva Simons