Movies set in July
George Armstrong Custer enters West Point as a cadet
Charles Vansant bleeds to death after being attacked by a shark
Molly, Daisy and Grace are taken from their family
North by Northwest is released
The Teignmouth Electron is found abandoned
A killer shark attacks a woman while she is swimming
Ron Launius, Billy DeVerell, Joy Miller and Barbara Richardson are killed
Charles Bronson is arrested and sent back to prison
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 collide in mid-air
Amelia Earhart goes missing over the Pacific Ocean
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law
Mysterious alien spaceships arrive above the earth
Kenneth Pinyan dies from internal injuries
The battle of Gettysburg ends
Phileas Fogg leaves London to travel around the world
Brian Jones dies
Reinhold Messner reaches the safety of the Diamir valley
Chen Wen-chen is killed
America's independence
Jack Torrance attends the July 4th Ball at the Overlook Hotel
Lou Gehrig delivers "baseball's Gettysburg Address"
Ron Kovic is born
West Germany win the FIFA World Cup
New York freezes
A couple are gunned down in a deserted parking lot
The tallest building in the world starts burning
Crowds of holidaymakers visit the beach at Amity Island
Howard Marks smuggles 500kg of hash to New York
102 hostages are freed in Operation Thunderbolt at Entebbe airport
102 hostages are freed in Operation Thunderbolt at Entebbe airport
102 hostages are freed in Operation Thunderbolt at Entebbe airport
John Wayne Gacy hosts a Fourth of July party
David Egan is murdered, and his killer Ben Willis is hit by a passing car
The alien invaders are defeated
The Indian Army recaptures Tiger Hill after an 11-hour battle
The Dead Rabbits fight the Natives
The Prawns are ferried to a "temporary" camp named District 9
Novalee Nation gives birth to Americus in a Wal-Mart
Amy Elliott goes missing
Sir Thomas More is executed
Charles Bruder bleeds to death after being attacked by a shark
Franz Jägerstätter is sentenced to death
Ruffian is put down post surgery, after falling on the race track
The bomb-maker receives a text message
Gretchen Carlson files a lawsuit against Roger Ailes
Howard Hughes crashes his prototype Hughes XF-11 plane
Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson dies of heart failure
Cazuza dies of HIV/AIDS
Rosemoor Animal Park is reopened
Robert Kearns realises his windscreen wiper design has been stolen
Brian Banks is accused of rape
Catherine stages a coup d'état
Marie Antoinette gives birth to Sophie
Donald Crowhurst writes his final confession
John Paul Getty III is kidnapped in Rome
The Rainbow warrior is sunk
The Rainbow warrior is sunk
Eric Liddell wins the Olympic 400m race
Police raid Richard and Mildred Loving's home
Bobby Fischer plays the first match against Boris Spassky
Rosie O'Donnell's gay family cruise leaves New York
Lester Stilwell, Watson Fisher and Joseph Dunn are all attacked by a shark
Louis Zamperini is taken prisoner by the Japanese
Eddy, David and Bobby are born
Tim McVey's billion point score is recognised and celebrated by Twin Galaxies
The Draft Riots break out
Albert Pierrepoint hangs Ruth Ellis
Richard Speck breaks into a student nurse dormitory
Queen play at the Live Aid concert
The two popes watch the FIFA World Cup Final together
Mr and Mrs Prickles marry
The Bastille is stormed
Howard Hughes lands after flying around the world in four days
Munitions explode while being loaded onto a ship, killing 320
Stephen Hawking marries Jane Wilde
Richard Speck murders eight student nurses
India declares Operation Vijay a success
Cameron Poe returns home from prison to meet his daughter
Michael Mason steals a handbag containing explosives, on the eve of Bastille Day
Petra Schelm is killed in a shootout with police
Christine Chubbuck commits suicide live on air
Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley agree to just be friends
Richard Davis, who Mike Deerfield is based on, is killed
The existence of the Stuxnet worm is made public via a blog post
The Peace at Home Council, part of the armed forces, attempt a coup in Turkey
Richard Speck attempts suicide
Albert Spaggiari tunnels into a bank vault
Albert Spaggiari tunnels into a bank vault
Joan of Arc attends the coronation of Charles VII
Wild Bill Hickok shoots two soldiers
Tsar Nicholas II and his family are killed by Bolsheviks
Tsar Nicholas II and his family are killed by Bolsheviks
Richard Speck is recognised in hospital and arrested
Wonder Woman #1 is published
Ted Kennedy crashes his car, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne
The AMIA Building in Buenos Aires is bombed
Mandela Day
Mandela Day
Mandela Day
Mandela Day
Mandela Day
Mandela Day
Mandela Day
Mandela Day
Aung San Suu Kyi's father, Aung San, is assassinated
After crashing his car, Ted Kennedy flees the scene
Babette "Babsi" Döge dies of an overdose
Aaron Swartz is released on bail
A canoe capsizes at summer camp on Balsam Lake, drowning 11 children
Claus von Stauffenberg attempts to assassinate Hitler
Little Mo is thrown from her horse
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
The Parkes Observatory radio telescope dish is used to send pictures of the moon landing around the world
Flies hitchhike to the moon
Bruce Lee dies
Thomas Jackson earns his nickname of "Stonewall" at the First Battle of Bull Run
John Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution
John Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution
John Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution
Andreas Hinterstoisser, Willy Angerer and Edi Rainer die while trying to climb the Eiger
William Wallace fights at the Battle of Falkirk
Machine Gun Kelly kidnaps Charles F. Urschel
John Dillinger is shot after watching Manhattan Melodrama at the Biograph Theater
After a gruelling night, Toni Kurz dies two metres from being saved
Toni Kurz dies while attempting to climb the Eiger
John Callahan is paralysed in a car crash
The 9/11 Commission Report is published
Anders Breivik murders 77 people
Anders Breivik murders 77 people
The 12th Street Riot begins in the early hours of the morning
Bobby Fischer receives a standing ovation for his opening against Boris Spassky in game 6
The "Gimli Glider" runs out of fuel mid-flight
Tyke the elephant goes on a rampage
The footage for the documentary is filmed
It's Canman's birthday
Norman Warne proposes to Beatrix Potter
The Detroit police kill three civilians
Dick Cheney is invited to be George Bush's running mate
The Afghan War Logs are released on Wikileaks
John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester, dies
"Thomas Marcano... was shot at close range five times"
Vincent van Gogh is shot
Water is rationed
Richard Jewell finds a bomb at the 1996 Olympics
Efraim Diveroli finds "The Afghan deal" online
The Spanish Armada is attacked by English fire ships
Vincent van Gogh dies of an infection caused by a bullet wound
Mohun Bagan play the East Yorkshire Regiment at soccer
Uruguay win the first soccer World Cup
Jimmy Hoffa is killed
Richard Jewell is publicly accused of planting the 1996 Olympic bomb
C. Prem Kumar gets married
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappears while on a reconnaissance mission
Sanjay Dutt is sentenced to 6 years in prison