births
July 4, 1963
Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican human rights activist (died 2011)
Sonia Pierre
Solange Pierre, known as Sonia Pierre, was a human rights advocate in the Dominican Republic who worked to end antihaitianismo, which is discrimination against individuals of Haitian origin either born in Haiti or in the Dominican Republic. For this work, she won the 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.
July 4
July 4 is the 185th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 180 days remain until the end of the year.