4th of July (disambiguation)
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The terms 4th of July or Fourth of July may refer to:
  • Independence Day
    Independence Day (United States)
    Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...

    , a federal holiday in the United States
  • July 4, the actual date

July Fourth is a holiday celebrating the independence of the United States.

4th of July or Fourth of July may also refer to:

In film

  • Born on the Fourth of July (film)
    Born on the Fourth of July (film)
    Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American film adaptation of the best selling autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise plays Kovic, in a performance that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Oliver Stone co-wrote the screenplay with Kovic, and also...

    , 1989 film of the eponymous book
  • "Independence Day" (film)
    Independence Day (film)
    Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same...

    , 1996 science fiction film

In literature

  • 4th of July (novel)
    4th of July (novel)
    4th of July is a mystery and legal thriller by James Patterson.-Plot introduction:Police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer takes leave from the force after being sued for wrongful death after a recent shootout. She stays at her sister’s house in Half Moon Bay, and reads about murders that resemble one that...

     2005 mystery by James Patterson
  • Born on the Fourth of July
    Born on the Fourth of July
    Born on the Fourth of July is the best selling autobiography of Ron Kovic, a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran who became an anti-war activist. Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, and his book's ironic title echoed a famous line from George M. Cohan's patriotic 1904 song, "The Yankee Doodle Boy"...

    , 1976 autobiography of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic

Songs

  • "Fourth of July", 1990 Galaxie 500
    Galaxie 500
    Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums.-History:Guitarist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had met at the Dalton School in New York City in 1981, but began playing together during their time...

     song
  • "4th of July" (Beach Boys song)
    4th of July (Beach Boys song)
    "4th of July" is a song written by Dennis Wilson and Jack Rieley for the American pop band The Beach Boys. It was recorded for the band's 1971 album Surf's Up but was not released until 1993, on the box set Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys.The song was written in 1970 as a veiled...

    , song recorded in 1971 and released in 1993
  • "4th of July", 2005 song by Shooter Jennings
    Shooter Jennings
    Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings is an American singer-songwriter active in the country music and Southern rock genres as well as making his first foray into psychedelic rock in 2009...

  • "4th of July (Fireworks)
    4th of July (Fireworks)
    "4th of July " is the second single from Kelis' fifth album, Flesh Tone. It samples "You're My Heart " by Lioness. The song was listed at #51 on the list of the NME's best tracks of 2010...

    ", 2010 song by Kelis
    Kelis
    Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1971 is an American musical artist. She is a BRIT Award, Q Award and NME Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She has had nine top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart...

  • "4th of July", a song by Soundgarden from the 1994 album Superunknown
    Superunknown
    Superunknown is the fourth album by American grunge band Soundgarden, released on March 8, 1994 through A&M Records. Soundgarden began work on the album after touring in support of its previous album, Badmotorfinger...

  • "4th of July", a song by System of A Down (also known as I-E-A-I-A-I-O
    I-E-A-I-A-I-O
    "I-E-A-I-A-I-O" is a song by the band System of a Down from the Steal This Album! record.-General information:During the Toxicity/Steal This Album! recording sessions, the song made its first studio appearance...

    and Why?)
  • "4th of July" (U2 song), 1984 song
  • "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
    4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
    "4th of July, Asbury Park ", often known just as "Sandy", is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, originally appearing as the second song on his album The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle....

    ", 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen
  • "4th of July", a song by X from the album, "See How We Are"
  • "Wavin Flag", by Knaan

In television


In other uses

  • Fourth of July (tomato variety)
    Fourth of July (tomato variety)
    The Fourth of July tomato variety is a common cultivar of tomato plants. This is the earliest variety of non-cherry type tomatoes which might be ripe by the Fourth of July, in a typical climate.- The plant :...

    , a type of non-cherry tomato
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