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Movie events on the 4th July
Second Continental Congress formally adopts Declaration of Independence. (1776)
James Monroe dies of a heart failure. (New York) (The Monroe Doctrine)
At the Centennial Rifle Shoot, judged by Wyatt Earp, Lin McAdam wins a Winchester rifle after shooting a hole through a postage stamp affixed to a coin-sized trinket while in mid air; loser Dutch Henry Brown ambushes Lin and steals the rifle. (Dodge City, Kansas) (Winchester '73)
Little Bill Daggett beats up and arrests English Bob for carrying concealed firearms. (Big Whisky, WY) (Unforgiven)
Doc Brown knocked out by one shot of whisky. (Back to the Future Part III)
John Sims, future unemployed insurance accountant, is born to proud parents. (USA) (The Crowd)
Harold Hill arrives to con the townsfolk into buying a boys band. (River City, Iowa) (The Music Man)
Edward Wilson's father commits suicide. (The Good Shepherd)
Ron Kovic is born. (Ladysmith, Wisconsin) (Born on the Fourth of July)
Holly Golightly's mother dies. (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
A couple are killed, supposedly by the Zodiac killer. (Zodiac)
Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, Idaho - Arnold Joseph saves infant Thomas Builds-The-Fire from a burning house. (Smoke Signals)
David Scott Freeman falls from a tree, and seemingly jumps through time. (Flight of the Navigator)
Forrest Gump celebrates Independence Day at his home with Jenny Curran. (Forrest Gump)
A local street gang eludes rival gangs and police after they are wrongfully accused of murder. (New York, New York) (The Warriors)
Aliens destroy human cities; humans fight back. (Independence Day)
Julie, Karla, Tyrell, Will, and Ray are hunted by Ben Willis whose weapon of choice is the fishing hook. A tropical storm rages outside causing a power outage on the isolated resort. (The Bahamas) (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer)
John Connor killed by a T-850. (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)