The blockbuster action-comedy “Back to the Future”–in which John DeLorean’s iconic concept car is memorably transformed into a time- travel device–is released in theaters across the United States.
The film “Back to the Future,” directed by Robert Zemeckis, starred Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, a teenager who travels back 30 years using a time machine built by the zany scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd).
Christopher Lloyd (left) and Michael J. Fox in a scene from “Back to the Future”.
The American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days on this day in 1863. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
U.S. Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, MA. on this day in 1775.
Mourners carry coffins of victims from the air disaster through the streets of Tehran.
It was on this day in 1962.
Jim Morrison (Left) of The Doors died in Paris at age 27 on this day in 1971. The cause was allegedly of a heroin overdose.
James Douglas Morrison(December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971)
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is 56 years old today.
Actor Tom Cruise won Golden Globe Awards for his roles in Born on the Fourth ofJuly (1990), Jerry Maguire (1996), and Magnolia(2000). He had his breakthrough role in the 1983 film Risky Business and in 1996, he began playing Ethan Hunt in the popular Mission: Impossible film series.
Tom Cruise from the 1986 classic summer blockbuster Top Gun.
On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee’s resolution to break away from Britain was adopted by the Continental Congress.
On this day in 1964, U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" into law. The act made it illegal in the United states to discriminate against others because of their race.
On this day in 1937, American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator.
During the American Civil War on this day in 1863, the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg began. It was the bloodiest battle.
On this day in 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
During the Spanish-American War on this day in 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba.
Theodore Roosevelt (center) with his “Rough Riders”.
Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer) (July1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)
Diana married Charles, the Prince of Wales and the heir to the throne of 16 Commonwealth realms. She became an international icon for her beauty and her work with charities.
Her death, which was reportedly caused by her driver’s drunkenness, sparked widespread media attention and conspiracy theories.
The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain to China on this day in 1997. Britain had controlled Hong Kong as a colony for 156 years.
Actor Marlon Brando Jr.(April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)
On this day in 1994, The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding (left) of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan (right).
Nancy Kerrigan just after the attack.
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne(June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010)
Twentieth-century African-American singer and actress Lena Horne famously sang "Stormy Weather," won a Grammy Award for a 1981 album entitled Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, and appeared in film versions of The Wiz, Broadway Rhythm, and Ziegfeld Follies.
Horne continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, disappearing from the public eye in 2000. Horne died of congestive heart failure on May 9, 2010, at the age of 92.
