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This Day in Film History:
July 4

1946:

Vietnam veteran-turned-protester Ron Kovic is born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Kovic is later the subject of a 1989 Oliver Sone/Tom Cruise biopic based on his autobiography Born on the Fourth of July.

1961:

Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards marry. The couple divorces in 1969.




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