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| 1864 - 162 years ago |
| 1 | May 21, 1864   | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Dates | 19th Century and earlier | Events |
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 | THE SIMPSONS
May 21, 1864
The men of Springfield's 9th Bearded Infantry were sunning and fluffing their beards in the sun when enemy troops crested the hill over Fort Springfield, attempting to surrender unconditionally. They were sick, needing leeches and hacksaws to saw off their gangrenous limbs. But the Springfield brigade was too brave to accept their surrender, and they heroically slaughtered their enemies as they prayed for mercy. |
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| 1927 - 99 years ago |
| 2 | May 21, 1927  | TIMELESS 2016 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
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 | TIMELESS
May 21, 1927
Original timeline: Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris. Revised timeline: Flynn shoots Lindbergh's plane down and kidnaps him. Lucy, Rufus, new soldier Dave and Ernest Hemingway search for Flynn. Flynn's men shoot and kill Dave, then capture Lucy. Rufus and Hemingway rescue Lucy and Lindbergh. |
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| 1961 - 65 years ago |
| 3 | May 21, 1961 | SURVIVOR 2015 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Birth Dates |
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 | SURVIVOR
May 21, 1961
Scientist Emil Balan born. |
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| 1962 - 64 years ago |
| 4 | May 21, 1962 | GHOST SHIP 2002 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | GHOST SHIP
May 21, 1962
Off the Labrador Coast, passengers aboard the Italian ocean liner MS Antonia Graza dance as a lounge singer named Francesca performs the song "Senza fine". A little girl named Katie Harwood sits alone until the ship's captain offers to dance with her. An unidentified passenger lifts a lever to tighten a metal cable which then snaps and rips through the stage and dance floor, bisecting everyone except Katie, who screams in horror. |
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| 1964 - 62 years ago |
| 5 | May 21, 1964 | APOCALYPSE NOW 1979 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | APOCALYPSE NOW
May 21, 1964
Walter E. Kurtz applies for a transfer. |
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| 1966 - 60 years ago |
| 6 | May 21, 1966 | QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | QUANTUM LEAP
May 21, 1966
Sam Beckett leaps into 79 year-old UFO chaser Maxwell Stoddard about to be committed to a mental hospital. |
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| 1968 - 58 years ago |
| 7 | May 21, 1968 | THE EVENT 2010 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | THE EVENT
May 21, 1968
Date of file photos of the extraterrestrial survivors of the craft that crashed in the Brooks Mountain Range of northern Alaska near the end of World War II. |
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| 1972 - 54 years ago |
| 8 | May 21, 1972 | THE NIGHT STALKER 1972 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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 | THE NIGHT STALKER
May 21, 1972
The vampire kills Carol Hanocheck. Kolchak: Friday, May 21st, 8:06 A.M. Apartment of Carol Hanocheck, swing shift cocktail waitress in the Bird of Paradise Show Lounge. She'd gotten home around 2:15 A.M., poured herself a glass of milk, opened the back door of the kitchen for reasons unknown, and died like the others... suddenly, quietly, without disturbing her sleeping roommate only a few feet away. |
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| 1973 - 53 years ago |
| 9 | May 21, 1973 | DEXTER 2006 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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 | DEXTER
May 21, 1973
While searching for information about his mother's murder, Dexter attempts to identify the exact date, crossing off 2-1-73, 5-21-73 and 4-9-73 before finding the right date of 10-3-73. |
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| 1974 - 52 years ago |
| 10 | May 21, 1974 | BETTER CALL SAUL 2015 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Birth Dates |
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 | BETTER CALL SAUL
May 21, 1974
Date of Birth on Isaac Rudolph Kern's Nebraska operators license - one of the single men that Jimmy and Jeff target as part of their identity theft scheme. |
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| 11 | May 21, 1974 | KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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 | KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
May 21, 1974
Exotic dancer Michele Shifman murdered. Kolchak: Across the state line at Werner's Boom-Boom Room in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Michele Shifman, a dancer - whatever - had just done her last number. I mean, really her last number. |
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| 1976 - 50 years ago |
| 12 | May 21, 1976 | FREQUENCY 2000 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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 | FREQUENCY
May 21, 1976
Date on Nightingale suspect and cop Jack Shephard's Permit to Possess Firearms. |
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| 1979 - 47 years ago |
| 13 | May 21, 1979 | QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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| QUANTUM LEAP
May 21, 1979
Sam Beckett leaps into Ray Hutton, understudy for the lead role in "Man of La Mancha". |
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| 1980 - 46 years ago |
| 14 | May 21, 1980 | NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 2007 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
May 21, 1980
Date of phone calls on Llewelyn Moss' Southwestern Bell Telephone Company account statement. |
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| 1983 - 43 years ago |
| 15 | May 21, 1983 | FOR ALL MANKIND 2019 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | FOR ALL MANKIND
May 21, 1983
Larry on Earth speaks with Ellen on the moon, preparing her for a surprise party. |
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| 1984 - 42 years ago |
| 16 | May 21, 1984 | PET SEMATARY 1983 Literature | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | PET SEMATARY
May 21, 1984
Louis Creed is reunited with his son Gage, back from the dead. After discovering that Gage killed his neighbor Jud Crandall and wife Rachel, Louis kills Gage, burns down the Crandall house and buries Rachel's body in the Micmac burying ground. |
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| 17 | May 21, 1984 | SOURCE CODE 2011 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Birth Dates |
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 | SOURCE CODE
May 21, 1984
Date of Birth on train passenger Maximilien Dion's Iowa driver license. |
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| 1986 - 40 years ago |
| 18 | May 21, 1986 | CASTLE ROCK 2018 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | CASTLE ROCK
May 21, 1986
From Date for "1SFOD-D" on Pop's Enlisted Record Brief. |
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| 19 | May 21, 1986 | ROCK STAR 2001 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | ROCK STAR
May 21, 1986
Date of MetalGod magazine Issue No. 31. |
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| 1988 - 38 years ago |
| 20 | May 21, 1988 | BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE 1989 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
May 21, 1988
Bill and Ted's high school prom. Theme: Love in the Spring. |
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| 1989 - 37 years ago |
| 21 | May 21, 1989 | ROCK STAR 2001 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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| ROCK STAR
May 21, 1989
Date of MetalGod magazine Issue No. 80. |
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| 1990 - 36 years ago |
| 22 | May 21, 1990 | IN TIMES LIKE THESE 2013 Literature | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | IN TIMES LIKE THESE: A TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE
May 21, 1990
Ben meets Benji, an older, alternate version of himself, who begins training him to use his chronometer to its full potential. Benji disappears later that day. |
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| 1996 - 30 years ago |
| 23 | May 21, 1996 | DEXTER 2006 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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| DEXTER
May 21, 1996
Date of one of the files containing notes on one of her patients that Dexter discovers on Dr. Evelyn Vogel's computer. |
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| 1998 - 28 years ago |
| 24 | May 21, 1998 | ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE 2023 Animated Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
May 21, 1998
Date in the Vulture's file. |
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| 1999 - 27 years ago |
| 25 | May 21, 1999 | THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 2007 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
May 21, 1999
Jason Bourne continues to undergo tests supervised by Dr. Albert Hirsch. |
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| 2000 - 26 years ago |
| 26 | May 21, 2000 | THE CELL 2000 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE CELL
May 21, 2000
The hair from an albino dog on the body of Anne-Marie Vicksey is linked to a dog breeder, leading the FBI to Carl Stargher. The FBI storm Stargher's home and find him catatonic. Peter Novak & Gordon Ramsey take Stargher to Dr. Catherine Deane in an attempt to locate victim Julia Hickson before she drowns. |
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| 2004 - 22 years ago |
| 27 | May 21, 2004 | 13 GOING ON 30 2004 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | 13 GOING ON 30
May 21, 2004
Matt Flamhaff helps Jenna Rink photograph the Class of 2004 for Poise's new design. |
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| 28 | May 21, 2004 | DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | DAWN OF THE DEAD
May 21, 2004
Andy eats his pet fish. |
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| 2005 - 21 years ago |
| 29 | May 21, 2005 | GEN V 2023 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE BOYS: GEN V
May 21, 2005
Last time Polarity saw the Rememberer, which the Rememberer mentions: You're not on the list to access the archives. And, actually, the last time we saw each other was May 21, 2005, across from the Sherman Oaks Cheesecake Factory. The audition was Area 51. You were sporting a high-top fade and doused in Calvin Klein Obsession and you told me that my Preparation H had leaked to the back of my salmon Banana Republic chinos right before they called my name. |
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| 2006 - 20 years ago |
| 30 | May 21, 2006 | ACCEPTED 2006 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | ACCEPTED
May 21, 2006
Bartleby Gaines gets rejected by Eastern Ohio State University. |
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| 31 | May 21, 2006 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 1975 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
May 21, 2006
Date of the extremely embarrassing video of Roger Sims, host of the TV talk show I Didn't Ask For This, that was posted on the Internet for the whole world to see, gaining him some unwanted notoriety due to the popularity. In the clip, Roger is attempting to navigate a maze on his computer. When an evil witch appears, he punches his fist through the screen and screams and cries. |
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| 2007 - 19 years ago |
| 32 | May 21, 2007 | PAYCHECK 2003 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Birth Dates |
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 | PAYCHECK
May 21, 2007
Date of Airborne Express signature on the envelope of new personal belongings that Michael sends to himself to help him change the future. |
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| 2008 - 18 years ago |
| 33 | May 21, 2008 | THE BIG YEAR 2011 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE BIG YEAR
May 21, 2008
After missing the flight the week before, Stu Preissler finally arrives in Attu, Alaska. |
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| 2011 - 15 years ago |
| 34 | May 21, 2011 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 1975 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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| SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
May 21, 2011
On this day in SNL history... Veteran reporter Herb Welch asked hard-hitting questions about a carbon monoxide leak. |
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| 2012 - 14 years ago |
| 35 | May 21, 2012 | DEXTER 2006 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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| DEXTER
May 21, 2012
Date of activity on Deb's Hayden Bank account. |
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| 2016 - 10 years ago |
| 36 | May 21, 2016 | JETT 2019 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Issued Dates |
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 | JETT
May 21, 2016
Date Issued on Jett's United States passport under the name Margaret Chelsom. |
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| 2018 - 8 years ago |
| 37 | May 21, 2018 | 21 BRIDGES 2019 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | 21 BRIDGES
May 21, 2018
Date Modified of the worksheet titled 6cush, a file on the flash drive that Adi gave Michael that proves McKenna's precinct's involvement in the drug trafficking scheme. |
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| 38 | May 21, 2018 | ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING 2021 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
May 21, 2018
Date in the Payroll Data section of NYPD Detective Daniel Kreps' Coney Island Security gig file. |
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| 39 | May 21, 2018 | TERMINATOR SALVATION 2009 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | TERMINATOR SALVATION
May 21, 2018
John Connor leads an assault on a Skynet Research and Development Facility. |
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| 2021 - 5 years ago |
| 40 | May 21, 2021 | THE WOMAN IN THE HOUSE 2022 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | THE WOMAN IN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
May 21, 2021
Services held at Bolton & Foster Funeral Home-Crematory for Neil's wife Meredith Coleman, who drowned. |
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| 41 | May 21, 2021 | YOU 2018 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | YOU
May 21, 2021
Date of charges on Joe and Love's Madre Linda Trust Bank statement for Madre Linda Department of Water and Power and Horizon Brothers Telecom. |
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| 2022 - 4 years ago |
| 42 | May 21, 2022 | RABBIT HOLE 2023 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Issued Dates |
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 | RABBIT HOLE
May 21, 2022
Issued Date on Edgar Hampton's New York State driver license - American News Broadcast network security guard that Crowley contacts and blackmails. |
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| 2023 - 3 years ago |
| 43 | May 21, 2023 | THE BEAR 2022 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | THE BEAR
May 21, 2023
Note on Carmy and team's 90 day calendar for the opening of the new restaurant: "BOH MIS EN PLACE". |
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| 2025 - 1 years ago |
| 44 | May 21, 2025 | A MAN ON THE INSIDE 2024 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | A MAN ON THE INSIDE
May 21, 2025
Day 18. Julie gifts Charles a Rolex in front of his friends in an attempt to lure out the thief. |
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| 2026 - This year - Today! |
| 45 | May 21, 2026 | BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | BLACK MIRROR
May 21, 2026
Date of note on Mike and Amanda's calendar: "Overtime / Extra Shifts". |
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| 2061 - 35 years from now |
| 46 | May 21, 2061 | THE LAST QUESTION 1956 Literature | Dates | 21st Century: 30s and up | Events |
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 | THE LAST QUESTION
May 21, 2061
The last question is asked for the first time. |
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| 2108 - 82 years from now |
| 47 | May 21, 2108 | ALIEN 1979 Film | Dates | 22nd Century and beyond | Events |
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 | ALIEN
May 21, 2108
Brett attends Houston School of Astrophysics and Interstellar Engineering from January 18, 2102 to May 21, 2108. Graduates. |
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| 2154 - 128 years from now |
| 48 | May 21, 2154 | AVATAR 2009 Film | Dates | 22nd Century and beyond | Events |
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 | AVATAR
May 21, 2154
Grace takes the Avatar team into the field. Jake Sully gets separated and the team is forced to leave him in the forest overnight, where he meets Neytiri and her people. |
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| Year Unknown |
| 49 | May 21 | 500 DAYS OF SUMMER 2009 Film | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | 500 DAYS OF SUMMER
May 21
McKenzie proposes creating a new holiday for May 21st: "Other Mother's Day", because the nuclear family is dead. |
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| 50 | May 21 | BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV Series | Dates | No Year | Events |
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| BLACK MIRROR
May 21
Date on calendar page that flashes by when Brandy Friday is stuck in the Redream Hotel Reverie Reborn movie program while technicians work to restart the session. Year not specified, but with Hotel Reverie being inspired by Casablanca, most likely sometime in the early 1940s. |
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| 51 | May 21 | QUEEN 1970 Music | Dates | No Year | Birth Dates |
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 | QUEEN
May 21
Great King Rat born. Year not specified. Lyrics: Great King Rat died today / Born on the 21st of May / Died syphilis forty four on his birthday / Every second word he swore / Yes he was the son of a whore / Always wanted by the law. |
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