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| INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE Film 2016. Written by Carter Blanchard, Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Liam Hemsworth, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe, Sela Ward, Judd Hirsch, Angelababy, Joey King, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg and William Fichtner. | |||
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| 1996 - 28 years ago | |||||
| 1 | July 2, 1996   | 20th Century: 90s | Events | ||
July 2, 1996 Arrival & attack. On July 2, 1996 a massive alien mothership entered the Earth's orbit, deploying 36 City Destroyers to annihilate the world's largest cities. Over the next 48 hours, 108 cities were reduced to ashes, until a united, globally coordinated counterattack took out the alien's mothership - halting their fourth wave of attacks and eliminating the extraterrestrial threat.  | |||||
| 1997 - 27 years ago | |||||
| 2 | November 30, 1997 | 20th Century: 90s | Events | ||
November 30, 1997 Aside from a small pocket of resistance in an isolated area of the African Congo, the alien threat has been neutralized - and the world begins to rise from the ashes. Reconstruction begins immediately as the big cities, monuments and landmarks of the world are slowly restored to their former glory.  | |||||
| 1998 - 26 years ago | |||||
| 3 | March 17, 1998 | 20th Century: 90s | Events | ||
March 17, 1998 The near annihilation of humankind has given us an unexpected but welcome effect, as centuries old conflicts and political distrust are dissolved to create an unprecedented unity among the nations of the world.  | |||||
| 4 | May 25, 1998 | 20th Century: 90s | Events | ||
May 25, 1998 Following the newly established global peace alliance, the United Nations creates the Earth Space Defense program to serve as an early warning system and united global defense unit - appointing War of 1996 hero David Levinson as its director. In conjunction with this announcement, the ESD launches a worldwide publicity and recruitment campaign.  | |||||
| 1999 - 25 years ago | |||||
| 5 | January 8, 1999 | 20th Century: 90s | Events | ||
January 8, 1999 ESD applies recovered alien shield technology to an F-22 Raptor to understand how they can better integrate other alien technology into future full Hybrid Fighters. This light experiment will serve as the foundation for the dramatic innovations that the ESD delivers nearly a decade later.  | |||||
| 2000 - 24 years ago | |||||
| 6 | June 22, 2000 | 21st Century: 00s | Events | ||
June 22, 2000 Following the destruction of the alien mothership, Las Vegas was completely demolished by a crashing City Destroyer. Since then, thousands have visited its untouched ruins - serving as a dramatic reminder of the aliens' ruthless attack and permanent memorial to the War of 1996.  | |||||
| 2001 - 23 years ago | |||||
| 7 | August 10, 2001 | 21st Century: 00s | Events | ||
August 10, 2001 A large group of aliens continue to hold out in the African Congo - the lone survivors of a crashed City Destroyer. The ESD repeatedly offers their support and assistance to the local government, but is met with aggressive refusal.  | |||||
| 2003 - 21 years ago | |||||
| 8 | October 23, 2003 | 21st Century: 00s | Events | ||
October 23, 2003 Applying new data from recovered alien weaponry, U.S. Army scientists make dramatic advances in applying their findings to military applications. While there is initially some controversy around exploiting this technology, demonstrations of the new weapons' capabilities quickly alleviate fears.  | |||||
| 2007 - 17 years ago | |||||
| 9 | April 27, 2007 | 21st Century: 00s | Events | ||
April 27, 2007 While test piloting the ESD's first alien hybrid fighter, an unknown malfunction causes the untimely death of Colonel Hiller.  | |||||
| 2009 - 15 years ago | |||||
| 10 | February 21, 2009 | 21st Century: 00s | Events | ||
February 21, 2009 Monitored from its command center in Beijing, China, the ESD Moonbase opens as Director David Levinson presides over the ribbon cutting ceremony. Designed with both offensive and defensive weapons capabilities, the Moonbase is the first of several planetary bases designed to monitor our solar system for potential alien threats.  | |||||
| 2014 - 10 years ago | |||||
| 11 | August 19, 2014 | 21st Century: 10s | Events | ||
August 19, 2014 After years of research and development from ESD scientists around the world, the next generation of hybrid alien vehicles and weapon systems are introduced. One of the standouts is the T4 Global Defender Hybrid Fighter, boasting unprecedented speed, maneuverability and offensive capabilities.  | |||||
| 2016 - 8 years ago | |||||
| 12 | July 4, 2016 | 21st Century: 10s | Events | ||
July 4, 2016 20 years of global unity. As we remember the last 20 years, we must also look to the future. The world has rebuilt stronger than we ever imagined and we must promise ourselves, as well as future generations, that we're never caught off guard again. We must continue to work together to secure the future of the human race - for as long as we stay united, we will survive.  | |||||
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