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1565 - 461 years ago
1July 3, 1565 MEN IN BLACK 3 2012 FilmDates19th Century and earlierEvents

MEN IN BLACK 3
July 3, 1565
Date of Return for time traveler S. Humphreys in time-jump gear black market dealer Jeffrey Price's logbook.



1881 - 145 years ago
2July 3, 1881 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV SeriesDates19th Century and earlierHeadlines

THE TWILIGHT ZONE
July 3, 1881
While trying to prevent a runaway wagon's kerosene lantern from gutting the county school and injuring twelve schoolchildren rehearsing for the 4th of July celebration, time traveler Paul Driscoll unintentionally causes the disaster himself. The Homeville Clarion newspaper headline: PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S CONDITION UNCHANGED. NATION PRAYS.



1901 - 125 years ago
3July 3, 1901 THE KING'S MAN 2021 FilmDates20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

THE KING'S MAN
July 3, 1901
The stitching in Orlando Oxford's Kinsgman jacket reads, "Kingsman - His Grace the Duke of Oxford 07/03/01".



1925 - 101 years ago
4July 3, 1925 DARK SKIES 1996 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 1st HalfBirth Dates

DARK SKIES
July 3, 1925
Lt. Col. Paul T. Fuller born.

 

1947 - 79 years ago
5July 3, 1947 DARK SKIES 1996 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

DARK SKIES
July 3, 1947
An alien spacecraft really crashes on Mac Brazel's farm in Roswell, New Mexico.



1954 - 72 years ago
6July 3, 1954 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 50sEvents

QUANTUM LEAP
July 3, 1954
Sam Beckett leaps into Elvis Presley shortly before being discovered.



7July 3, 1954 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1985 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 50sEvents

THE TWILIGHT ZONE
July 3, 1954
A car accident magically transports singer and Elvis impersonator Gary Pitkin into the past, where he meets Elvis Presley - and accidentally kills him, then buries his body in the woods.

 
 

1956 - 70 years ago
8July 3, 1956 OFFSPRING 2009 FilmDates20th Century: 50sEvents

OFFSPRING
July 3, 1956
Twenty-one year old Susan Hannah was reported missing by her mother Elizabeth Hannah on July 3, 1956. She was last seen alive by employees and patrons of The Whaler Bar at Old Orchard Beach at about one-thirty in the morning.



1960 - 66 years ago
9July 3, 1960 BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE 2018 FilmDates20th Century: 60sEvents

BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
July 3, 1960
The Rat Pack perform at the El Royale from July 3rd to the 17th.



1962 - 64 years ago
10July 3, 1962 THE SANDLOT 1993 FilmDates20th Century: 60sEvents

THE SANDLOT
July 3, 1962
Squints fakes almost drowning and kisses lifeguard Wendy Peffercorn, getting the entire gang banned from the pool.



1972 - 54 years ago
11July 3, 1972 THE PRETENDER 1996 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 70sEvents

THE PRETENDER
July 3, 1972
Date of Jarod's simulation video in which he investigates a group of terrorists holding hostages.



1974 - 52 years ago
12July 3, 1974 JAWS 1975 FilmDates20th Century: 70sEvents

JAWS
July 3, 1974
Michael Brody argues with Mayor Vaughn over closing the beach.



13July 3, 1974 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 70sEvents

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
July 3, 1974
Michele Kelly killed. Kolchak: Michele Kelly, age 25, was one of those people. A psychology graduate student and a lab assistant, she was hurrying at 10:45 p.m., the night of July 3, to get off her job early in order to catch the last plane to suburban New Jersey. Michele was rushing because she was anxious to spend the long 4th of July weekend with her family. The family did gather, not for a barbecue, but for a funeral.



1978 - 48 years ago
14July 3, 1978 CAPTIVE STATE 2019 FilmDates20th Century: 70sBirth Dates

CAPTIVE STATE
July 3, 1978
Birthdate of Christine A. Donnelly, tracked outside Soldier Field following the Unity Rally bombing by the police's implant recognition program.



1985 - 41 years ago
15July 3, 1985 STRANGER THINGS 2016 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 80sEvents

STRANGER THINGS
July 3, 1985
Hopper and Joyce abduct Alexei, taking him to see Murray. Nancy, Jonathan, Mike, Eleven and their friends fight off the Flayed at the hospital.



1987 - 39 years ago
16July 3, 1987 SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE 1989 FilmDates20th Century: 80sEvents

SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE
July 3, 1987
Drifter Graham Dalton videotapes his interview with a woman named Lizzy about her deepest sexual desires and fantasies.



1988 - 38 years ago
17July 3, 1988 CORPORATE 2020 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 80sEvents

CORPORATE
July 3, 1988
Date of old photo of Matt and his mother visible during the story he tells Jake about growing up poor and earning enough money to buy popcorn at the movies, and then promptly dropping it.



1992 - 34 years ago
18July 3, 1992 MELROSE PLACE 1992 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 90sEvents

MELROSE PLACE
July 3, 1992
Date on the Eviction Notice that Alison receives after her roommate moves out in the middle of the night.

 

1994 - 32 years ago
19July 3, 1994 THE STAND 1994 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 90sEvents

THE STAND
July 3, 1994
After camping with Nadine in Pipersville, Pennsylvania, Larry Underwood wakes up alone.



1995 - 31 years ago
20July 3, 1995 BETTER CALL SAUL 2015 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 90sExpiration Dates

BETTER CALL SAUL
July 3, 1995
Expiration Date on Jimmy's partner Henry Gondorff's Illinois driver's license.



1996 - 30 years ago
21July 3, 1996 BOX OF MOONLIGHT 1996 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

BOX OF MOONLIGHT
July 3, 1996
Al and Kid shoot up the windshield wiper factor where Al was working, go grocery shopping, then get beat up by Wick at Bambi's bar.



22July 3, 1996 INDEPENDENCE DAY 1996 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

INDEPENDENCE DAY
July 3, 1996
Human military forces launch individual counterattacks against the invaders. However, the City Destroyers are protected by force-fields. The counterattacks are quickly turn into a one-sided bout.



23July 3, 1996 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE 2016 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE
July 3, 1996
Human attempt to fend off the alien attack - featured on the United World News special report The War of 1996.



1998 - 28 years ago
24July 3, 1998 I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER 1998 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
July 3, 1998
Julie and her friends fly to the Bahamas, only to discover that the resort is deserted, because it's the rainy season.

 


2000 - 26 years ago
25July 3, 2000 TWISTED METAL 2023 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

TWISTED METAL
July 3, 2000
Date of John's sister's diary entry that he finds in their old room in the house he grew up in.

 

2006 - 20 years ago
26July 3, 2006 I'LL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER 2006 FilmDates21st Century: 00sEvents

I'LL ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
July 3, 2006
Amber, Zoe and Colby visit PJ's cousin Lance. The friends decide they think it's the sheriff stalking them, so they leave him a mysterious note of their own. Later, Colby is attacked, but survives.

 
 

27July 3, 2006 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

THE SIMPSONS
July 3, 2006
Air Conditioning Appreciation Day. Gil is still living with the Simpsons after they brought him home with them on Christmas Eve from Costington's, where he was working as a department store Santa.



2007 - 19 years ago
28July 3, 2007 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

THE SIMPSONS
July 3, 2007
Chief Wiggum cancels Santa's Little Helper's class at the Springfield Animal Police Academy. Chief Wiggum: "For the next two weeks, I'm gonna be your worst enemy, except this Thursday is the Fourth of July, so we'll take Friday off as well. Well, I guess Wednesday everybody's going to be thinking about the long weekend, so...eh, what the hell? Why don't we just take the whole week off?"



2008 - 18 years ago
29July 3, 2008 FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL 2008 FilmDates21st Century: 00sEvents

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
July 3, 2008
Trying to take his mind off of his break-up with Sarah, Peter travels to Hawaii and checks into the Turtle Bay Resort, only to discover that Sarah is staying at the same hotel with her new boyfriend Aldous Snow of the rock band Infant Sorrow.



30July 3, 2008 SOUTHLAND TALES 2007 FilmDates21st Century: 00sEvents

SOUTHLAND TALES
July 3, 2008
Plans for a staged double murder committed by a racist cop captured on tape by movie star with political ties goes horribly wrong with the untimely arrival of Officer Bart Bookman.



2009 - 17 years ago
31July 3, 2009 DEXTER 2006 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

DEXTER
July 3, 2009
Date of "Personal assault and robbery" report on the Incident Report Log in the Florida Law Enforcement Database that Dexter reviews, checking for reports of a body being found that could be his last victim Benito Gomez.



32July 3, 2009 REAL STEEL 2011 FilmDates21st Century: 00sHeadlines

REAL STEEL
July 3, 2009
Headline on the Arizona Today Sports section: Kenton Makes Tandy Sweat.



2012 - 14 years ago
33July 3, 2012 DEXTER 2006 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

DEXTER
July 3, 2012
Vince Masuka writes a check for $5,000 to his daughter Niki Walters.



34July 3, 2012 GONE GIRL 2014 FilmDates21st Century: 10sJournal Entries

GONE GIRL
July 3, 2012
Amy's journal entry: "I'm not going to be scared anymore. I thought our marriage was dead and then the most wonderful thing." Amy lists the dates "July 1-4" for tasks #66 through #72 on her checklist. Task #66: "Finish diary! Last entries!", Task #67: "Plant treasure hunt clues", Task #68: "Distract Nick, keep him away from key locations", Task #69: "Go's neighbors out of town for holiday - move goodies!", Task #70: "Plant red panties - make a fire.", Task #71: "Burn diary in Bill's basement", Task #72: "7/4 - Stage a fight - no one sees or hears Amy after this"



2013 - 13 years ago
35July 3, 2013 PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

PERSON OF INTEREST
July 3, 2013
Date of email in machine number Vanessa Watkins' inbox.



2014 - 12 years ago
36July 3, 2014DO YOU REALIZE? 2017 LiteratureDates21st Century: 10sEvents

DO YOU REALIZE?
July 3, 2014
George begins working on transition plan at work for his new culture change manager position. Later, he takes his family to see a fireworks display.


2015 - 11 years ago
37July 3, 2015 MR. ROBOT 2015 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

MR. ROBOT
July 3, 2015
Date of a meeting on the FBI spreadsheet that fsociety hacks, where they learn about the Operation Berenstain conference call on July 4th that they later leak.



38July 3, 2015 MR. ROBOT 2015 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

MR. ROBOT
July 3, 2015
Date of Joanna and Tyrell Wellick's Divorce Summons.



39July 3, 2015 MR. ROBOT 2015 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

MR. ROBOT
July 3, 2015
While looking for footage of Angela on a restricted floor, the FBI discovers that they've been hacked - unable to locate security footage from June 17th through July 3rd.



2016 - 10 years ago
40July 3, 2016 SAUSAGE PARTY 2016 Animated FilmDates21st Century: 10sEvents

SAUSAGE PARTY
July 3, 2016
Frank discovers the truth about The Great Beyond. Druggie buys bath salts for teh first time and prints out directions from the internet on how to shoot bath salts.



2018 - 8 years ago
41July 3, 2018 21 BRIDGES 2019 FilmDates21st Century: 10sEvents

21 BRIDGES
July 3, 2018
Date Modified of the worksheet titled BKKOTShuee, a file on the flash drive that Adi gave Michael that proves McKenna's precinct's involvement in the drug trafficking scheme.



2025 - 1 years ago
42July 3, 2025 ARMY OF THE DEAD 2021 FilmDates21st Century: 20sEvents

ARMY OF THE DEAD
July 3, 2025
Scott and his team enter Las Vegas, most of them dying. The President caves to pressure and moves up the timeline to detonate a low yield tactical nuclear bomb in Las Vegas by one day.



43July 3, 2025 CAPTIVE STATE 2019 FilmDates21st Century: 20sEvents

CAPTIVE STATE
July 3, 2025
Date of resistance message transmitted from Pilsen Elementary School: "Jamming system shuts down all digital communication."



44July 3, 2025 I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER 2025 FilmDates21st Century: 20sEvents

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER
July 3, 2025
At a town hall meeting, Julie's ex-husband and Stevie's boss Ray Bronson accuses Grant of covering up the 1997 killings to boost the town's appeal. Ava, Milo, and Stevie learn that Sam's truck belonged to town pastor Judah Gillespie. The Fisherman attacks Danica, but Teddy saves her. Milo is strangled by the Fisherman, who takes his corpse.

 


2031 - 5 years from now
45July 3, 2031 HEAVY METAL 1981 Animated FilmDates21st Century: 30s and upEvents

HEAVY METAL
July 3, 2031
Date of newspaper that Harry reads in his cab.



Year Unknown
46July 3 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 2017 FilmDatesNo YearEvents

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
July 3
Concert posters turn the characters into rock stars, featuring the band Exiled Ravagers performing at the Contraxia Club on July 3. Year not specified.



47July 3 JOHN PRINE 1971 MusicDatesNo YearEvents

JOHN PRINE
July 3
It was the third of July on a cool cloudy sky. I set in for a storm in the makin'.



48July 3 THE LAZARUS PROJECT 2022 TV SeriesDatesNo YearEvents

THE LAZARUS PROJECT
July 3
Becky's birthday, which she mentions to George on July 1st when she saves his life on the train: But on my 18th birthday, which is in two days, I get a note with details of a lockbox at University. And inside are two things: a gun, and a note that says on the 1st of July, I need to be in that seat on that train to save your life. So that's where I've been every loop, just waiting for you to need me.



49July 3 PLUMTREE 1993 MusicDatesNo YearEvents

PLUMTREE
July 3
To you it's just another day, but my next birthday's so far away. I wish that you had remembered. It seems to be pretty unfair. You're sixteen too, but I won't care, I won't be calling you July 3rd.




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