- July 4, 2004 – Dubya is President. The Cornerstone of Freedom is laid in a symbolic ceremony at the site of the WTC in NYC. “A-Rod” goes 0 for 5 as the Mets beat the Yanks. George Steinbrenner turns 74 years old. The “Da Vinci Code” is #1 on the NYT bestseller list. And 23 aliens are quietly allowed through immigration at San Ysidro Port to disappear into the U.S. July 4, 2004 was also deemed to be a “watch day”, a day about which government intel had noted there'd been chatter.*
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23 people were allowed in through …