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A daily calendar of fictional significant dates from movies, TV, games, comics, and more.

Sometimes also historical events depicted in film taking place #OnThisDay!

For a curated list of films for every day of the year, check out my series with Letterboxd, Dating the Movies, July: https://letterboxd.com/crew/list/dating-the-movies-july/

Spot a date in a movie or show? 🔎 Let me know!

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, June 19, 1964, having survived a 60-day filibuster, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the US Senate, a milestone in the struggle to extend civil, political, and legal rights and protections to African Americans and to end segregation (depicted in All The Way, 2016)

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oval Office of the White House. "Well, nothing in this country will ever change until Negroes can vote."
A close up of a document, the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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, June 17, in 1972, five burglars connected to senior figures in the Nixon administration were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. (depicted in All the President’s Men, 1976)

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Five men enter a building with pictures of Democratic presidents and politicians on the wall. They're wearing suits and rubber gloves

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, June 16, in 1931, Al Capone pleaded guilty to income tax evasion & 5,000 prohibition violations in a trial at the Chicago Federal Building (depicted in The Untouchables, 1987)

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Men holding back Al Capone who is looking at a judge, stunned. Behind him, reporters are standing up from their seats

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, June 15, in 1215, overseen by a council of barons, King John of England put his seal to Magna Carta, a cornerstone of the idea of the liberty of citizens (depicted in Ironclad, 2011)

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A group of medieval barons, standing in a row and looking very serious.
A document showing the signature of John of England, next to his royal seal, a large red wax circle.

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, June 14, 1940, the first German soldiers entered Paris and began the occupation during World War II (depicted in Casablanca, 1942)

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A man is being rained on as he reads a letter, which another man has just handed to him

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, June 9, 1954 was the turning point for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist crusade, when Army counsel Joseph Welch asked him, “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” (depicted in Tail Gunner Joe, 1977)

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A smug man speaking into a mic. “I know this hurts you, Mr. Welch.”
A man in a suit, sitting in a trial at a mic. “I'll say it hurts! And Senator, I think it hurts you, too.”
A standing ovation in a courtroom.

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, May 29, 1953, mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest (depicted in Hillary, "Everest" s01e03, 2018)

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, May 28, 1863, the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment left Boston with fanfare to fight in the U.S. Civil War (depicted in Glory, 1989)

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#OnThisDay, May 16, 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots fled to England seeking the protection of her first cousin once removed, Queen Elizabeth I (depicted in Mary Queen of Scots, 2018)

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A woman in a curly wig looking serious. Her face is caked with white makeup, to hide the scars from a recent illness

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Today, May 16, 2179, Ellen Ripley and Jonesy the cat are found in hypersleep after drifting in space for 57 years (Aliens, 1986)

An orange kitty sleeping on someone's lap. Someone's hand is wiping away ice on the surface of glass over the cat

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Today, May 1, 1973, Police Sergeant Neil Howie finds that he is unable to leave remote Hebridean island Summerisle. The island residents celebrate May Day with pagan rituals (The Wicker Man, 1973)

A May 1973 calendar with the 1st circled in red
A pagan ritual. Six men with swords have them crossed so that there is a single opening in the middle. People move underneath, then stand up so that their head is inside the circle. Shown here is a young woman in an owl mask with her head in the circle, as a parade waits behind them
An image of a giant man-shaped figure assembled from twigs, the wicker man

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Today, April 30, on Walpurgis Night, Renfield travels to meet the mysterious Count Dracula in Transylvania (Dracula, 1931)

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A black and white image of a man with pale skin and dark lips, hair, and eyebrows. Light is focused on his eyes, which gaze intensely into the camera. This is Count Dracula, the immortal vampire, and he is ready to hypnotize you, the viewer.

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Today, April 30, 1967, flesh-eating ghouls begin attacking the living (Night of the Living Dead, 1968, dir. George A. Romero)

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A couple sit in a car. The man is saying, “Are you kidding? I certainly don't want to blow Sunday on this scene."

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Today, March 19, in 1928, at 4:31 AM, a man is born who will eventually retire from his role as a secret government agent and be sent to a mysterious remote village, where he will be known only as “Number Six” (The Prisoner, s01e01 "Arrival", 1967)

A shot showing the second man, who is wearing a scarf around his neck and a pin with a pennyfarthing cycle on it. He's saying, “Well, there you are. Now let's bring it all up to date.”
An intense close-up of the first man's face. He's saying, “Four thirty-one a.m., nineteenth of March 1928. I've nothing to say. Is that clear?”

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Today, March 18, Seattle high schooler David Lightman teaches his friend Jennifer Mack about war dialing, hacking, phreaking, and the importance of infosec (WarGames, 1983)

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A young man and woman looking at each other. The young man is typing, showing off to the woman to impress her with his hacking skills.

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, March 9, in 1954, journalist Edward R. Murrow reported on the “Red Scare” investigation of Communists led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. The broadcast, known as “television’s finest hour”, ultimately led to McCarthy's downfall (Good Night, and Good Luck, 2005)

A close-up view of a man's face. “We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the results.”

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Today, March 7, in 1992, Dr. Dana Scully and FBI agent Fox Mulder work on their first case together, traveling to northwest Oregon to investigate potential alien abductions (The X-Files, s01e01 “Pilot”, 1993)

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A car on a small town street with the caption, "Coastal Northwest, Oregon, March 7, 1992."

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Today, February 19, in 1998, hacker Trinity fends off two units of police officers and faces off with sinister sentient computer programs known as Agents (The Matrix, 1999)

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A woman with slicked-back hair raising her hands as cops with flashlights come up the stairs behind her

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, January 27, in 1967, a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test killed all three crew members of moon mission Apollo 1, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee (depicted in From the Earth to the Moon, s01e02, "Apollo 1", 1998)

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