Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/July/July 2

July 2:

Film releases
 * 1982 - The Secret of NIMH, an animated film adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by author Robert C. O'Brien
 * 1996 - Independence Day, an American science fiction film about a hostile alien invasion of Earth
 * 2010 - The Last Airbender, an American adventure fantasy film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Births
 * 1914 - Hannes Bok (d. 1964), an American artist and illustrator, amateur astrologer, and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry

Anniversaries and events
 * 1939 - The 1st World Science Fiction Convention begins in Caravan Hall in New York
 * 2008 - The Fly, an opera in two acts by Canadian composer Howard Shore and loosely based on David Cronenberg's 1986 film The Fly, premieres at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris