Big Thunder Mountain opens at Tokyo Disneyland.
July 4 is known as Independence Day in the United States.
Theatrical releases[]
Films[]
- 1992 - Beauty and the Beast is released in South Korea.
Theme park happenings[]
- 1956 - Indian War Canoes (now named Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes) opens at Disneyland.
- 1987 - Big Thunder Mountain opens at Tokyo Disneyland.
Television[]
- 1988 - Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular, an Independence Day special, is broadcast on television.
- 2019 - The Amphibia episodes "Civil Wart" and "Hop-Popular" airs on Disney Channel.
VHS & DVD releases[]
- 2000 - Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, and Robin Hood are released as part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection
People[]
Births[]
- 1956 - Chuck Williams (animator and producer)
- 1974 - Mick Wingert (voice actor and voice-over coach)
- 1978 - Becki Newton (actress and voice actress)
Deaths[]
- 1826
- John Adams (Second President of the United States)
- Thomas Jefferson (Third President of the United States)
- 1831 - James Monroe (Fifth President of the United States)
- 1995 - Eva Gabor (actress, socialite, and businesswoman)
- 2008 - Thomas M. Disch (author and poet)
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