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| 1854 - 172 years ago |
| 1 | October 16, 1854  | DAREDEVIL 2015 TV Series | Dates | 19th Century and earlier | Birth Dates |
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 | DAREDEVIL October 16, 1854 Jasper O'Clery born - after Matt drags him to Saint Michael's Cemetery, Frank sits in front of Jasper O'Clery's grave and explains why he says, "One batch, two batch, penny and dime." |

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| 1932 - 94 years ago |
| 2 | October 16, 1932  | SINNERS 2025 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
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 | SINNERS October 16, 1932 Smoke sends Sammie home before setting an ambush for Hogwood and his men. The Klansmen are all killed in the shootout, but Smoke is fatally shot. Sammie disregards his father's pleas to seek salvation and travels to Chicago. |



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| 1961 - 65 years ago |
| 3 | October 16, 1961  | QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | QUANTUM LEAP October 16, 1961 Sam Beckett leaps into Samantha Stormer, executive secretary at National Motors Corporation. |

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| 1968 - 58 years ago |
| 4 | October 16, 1968  | QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | QUANTUM LEAP October 16, 1968 Sam Beckett leaps into Margaret Sanders, a bra-burning mother, and must prevent his daughter from getting killed in a violent protest. |

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| 1969 - 57 years ago |
| 5 | October 16, 1969  | FREQUENCY 2000 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | FREQUENCY October 16, 1969 Frank battles it out with Nightingale murder suspect Jack Shephard. Also, final game of the 1969 World Series. |

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| 1971 - 55 years ago |
| 6 | October 16, 1971  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Birth Dates |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST October 16, 1971 United States Marshal Bradley Jennings born. |

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| 1976 - 50 years ago |
| 7 | October 16, 1976  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST October 16, 1976 Date of records with California Department of Motor Vehicles and the Social Security Administration for Reese's alias John Warren that Finch fabricates for Agent Donnelly to find. |

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| 8 | October 16, 1976  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Birth Dates |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST October 16, 1976 Reese's alias John Warren born. |

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| 1982 - 44 years ago |
| 9 | October 16, 1982  | ACCEPTED 2006 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Birth Dates |
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 | ACCEPTED October 16, 1982 Date of Birth on counterfeit Ohio driver license that Bartleby makes for Chris Vail. |

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| 10 | October 16, 1982  | DREAMSCAPE 1984 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | DREAMSCAPE October 16, 1982 Race date listed on Alex Gardner's racing form for racehorse Cover the Bet. |

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| 1985 - 41 years ago |
| 11 | October 16, 1985  | WATCHMEN 1986 Comic Books | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | WATCHMEN October 16, 1985 Date of entries in Roschach's journal. |

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| 12 | October 16, 1985  | WATCHMEN 1986 Comic Books | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | WATCHMEN October 16, 1985 Edward Blake's funeral. |

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| 13 | October 16, 1985  | WATCHMEN 2009 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Journal Entries |
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 | WATCHMEN October 16, 1985 Rorschach records a journal entry. "Thought about Moloch's story. Could all be lies. A revenge scheme, planned during his years behind bars. But if it's true, what could have possibly scared the Comedian enough to cry in front of Moloch? What was it he saw? And that list he mentioned. Edward Blake. The Comedian. Born 1918. Buried in the rain. Murdered. Is that what happens to us? No time for friends? Only our enemies leave roses. Violent lives ending violently. Blake understood. Humans are savage in nature. No matter how much you try to dress it up, to disguise it. Blake saw society's true face. Chose to be a parody of it. A joke. I heard joke once..." |

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| 1986 - 40 years ago |
| 14 | October 16, 1986  | MANHUNTER 1986 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | MANHUNTER October 16, 1986 Will Graham returns to his family. |

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| 1987 - 39 years ago |
| 15 | October 16, 1987  | CAN'T BUY ME LOVE 1987 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | CAN'T BUY ME LOVE October 16, 1987 After mistaking PBS's African Cultural Hour for American Bandstand, Ronnie turns the school onto the African Anteater Ritual at the Columbus Day Discovery Dance. Afterward, Patty lets him feel her up. Ronald: Seventeen years, three months and five days. That's a long time to wait for some tit. |

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| 16 | October 16, 1987  | THE OA 2016 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Birth Dates |
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 | THE OA October 16, 1987 Date of Birth on Nina Azarova's California driver's license. |

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| 17 | October 16, 1987  | RUNAWAY JURY 2003 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | RUNAWAY JURY October 16, 1987 What would have been Margaret Brandt's 17th birthday if she hadn't succumbed to her injuries from James Pratt's shooting spree at her high school. |

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| 18 | October 16, 1987  | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Birth Dates |
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 | SMALLVILLE October 16, 1987 Davis Bloom born. |

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| 1988 - 38 years ago |
| 19 | October 16, 1988  | A.P. BIO 2018 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | A.P. BIO October 16, 1988 Jack's mother records a video message for him that he finds in a copy of Pieces of April on Katie Holmes Day: Hi, Jacky. I just wanted to wish you good luck at the science fair tomorrow. And I am so sorry that I'm going to missing it. I want you to know that you are a brilliant, talented, beautiful boy. And I have no doubt that you're going to do great. And you'll definitely beat that bullying mouth-breather Greg Miller. I mean, he's probably gonna present another potato clock. |

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| 1989 - 37 years ago |
| 20 | October 16, 1989  | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | SMALLVILLE October 16, 1989 Future superhero Clark Kent arrives on Earth amid a violent meteor shower that rains down the town of Smallville, Kansas. |

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| 1990 - 36 years ago |
| 21 | October 16, 1990  | HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX 1993 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX October 16, 1990 Reminders on Saddam Hussein's desk calendar for October 16: Breakfast, sign death warrants, lunch with Khadafi, Execution, Execution, birthday party. |

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| 1992 - 34 years ago |
| 22 | October 16, 1992  | SINNERS 2025 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | SINNERS October 16, 1992 An elderly Sammie, now a successful blues musician, is visited by an ageless Stack and Mary at his local blues club. Stack reveals that Smoke spared him at the joint on the condition that Sammie be allowed to live out his life in peace. Sensing Sammie is near the end, Stack offers him immortality, which Sammie politely declines. |


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| 1995 - 31 years ago |
| 23 | October 16, 1995  | THE PRETENDER 1996 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | THE PRETENDER October 16, 1995 Date of Branch Deposit to Javier Padilla's San Diego Savings bank account. When Jarod figures out that Coast Guard employees Javier Padilla and Paul Bilson make the same patrol on the south sector every Tuesday night, he hacks into Javier's bank account, finding rather sizable deposits every Wednesday afternoon. |

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| 24 | October 16, 1995  | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Headlines |
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 | SMALLVILLE October 16, 1995 Date of Lowell County newspaper headline that Clark finds while looking for information on new student Jordan Cross: SIX YEAR OLD SEER Foretells Coaster Crash. An awkward scene transpired outside of the Smallville Town Fair's rollercoaster. Jordan Cross, while celebrating his birthday, went ballistic outside the rollercoaster, screaming someone was going to be killed. His dad pulled him back, but when they finally restarted the ride, one of the cars broke loose, killing the woman who had been in line with him. |

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| 1997 - 29 years ago |
| 25 | October 16, 1997  | LOST IN SPACE 1965 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | LOST IN SPACE October 16, 1997 The Robinson family heads out into deep space aboard the Gemini 12 spaceship, determined by Alpha Control to to have either been destroyed or presumed lost in space. |

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| 1999 - 27 years ago |
| 26 | October 16, 1999  | FREQUENCY 2000 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | FREQUENCY October 16, 1999 Using fingerprints on his father's thirty year old wallet, John identifies cop Jack Shephard as suspect for the Nightingale murders. |

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| 2001 - 25 years ago |
| 27 | October 16, 2001  | STRANGE DAYS 1995 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Expiration Dates |
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 | STRANGE DAYS October 16, 2001 Expiration Date of Lenny Nero's driver's license. October 16th is also Lenny's birthday - though the precise year is not visible. |

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| 2002 - 24 years ago |
| 28 | October 16, 2002  | ACCEPTED 2006 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | ACCEPTED October 16, 2002 Issue Date on counterfeit Ohio driver license that Bartleby makes for Chris Vail. |

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| 2005 - 21 years ago |
| 29 | October 16, 2005  | THE 4400 2004 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE 4400 October 16, 2005 Three days until the Nova Group's next attack. NTAC agents Tom & Diane interrogate Nova Group member Gary Navarro. Shawn and Isabelle relate. |

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| 30 | October 16, 2005  | TOY STORY 3 2010 Animated Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | TOY STORY 3 October 16, 2005 Date of game against the Flames on the 2005 Tigers Soccer schedule on the bulletin board in Andy's room. |

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| 2006 - 20 years ago |
| 31 | October 16, 2006  | IDIOCRACY 2006 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | IDIOCRACY October 16, 2006 The night before Joe begins the military experiment. The night before Joe begins the military experiment, he tells his girlfriend that he'll take her to T.J. Swan's when he's finished. He tells her, "Meet me here one year from tomorrow night. We'll go to TJ Swan's. That's October 17th." |

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| 2007 - 19 years ago |
| 32 | October 16, 2007  | TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES 2008 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES October 16, 2007 Date entered on Chain of Custody for evidence in Andrew Goode's death - the programmer that builds a highly sophisticated AI chess computer. |


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| 2009 - 17 years ago |
| 33 | October 16, 2009  | KNOWING 2009 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | KNOWING October 16, 2009 Professor John Koestler confronts Diana, the daughter of Lucinda Embry, who as a young girl predicted every major global disaster for the last 50 years: I followed one of your mother's predictions, and I watched 81 people burn to death in that plane crash yesterday, when she said it would happen, where she said it would happen, and there was nothing I could do about it. She says 170 people will die tomorrow in New York City, and in three days' time, October 19th, 33 more. |

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| 2010 - 16 years ago |
| 34 | October 16, 2010  | COMMUNITY 2009 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | COMMUNITY October 16, 2010 Britta described as "Mean" on Abed's menstrual cycle chart. Aware that he has trouble reading people and says the wrong things sometimes, Abed notices fluctuating patterns and starts graphing them, inadvertently documenting the female study group members' menstrual cycles. |

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| 35 | October 16, 2010  | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | SMALLVILLE October 16, 2010 Date Modified of files that Carter and Clark find in the military's computer system. |

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| 2011 - 15 years ago |
| 36 | October 16, 2011  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST October 16, 2011 Date of This Report on the Stolen Vehicle Report Finch finds in Fusco's email. |

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| 2014 - 12 years ago |
| 37 | October 16, 2014  | CODE 8 2019 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | CODE 8 October 16, 2014 Manufactured date on TRC Transfer Bag from the National Blood Centre. |

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| 38 | October 16, 2014  | THE OA 2016 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | THE OA October 16, 2014 Date of one of Nina Azarov's secret dream tapes: "Oct 16, 2014" |

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| 39 | October 16, 2014  | WAYWARD PINES 2015 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | WAYWARD PINES October 16, 2014 Date of charges on Ethan Burke's expense report. |

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| 2015 - 11 years ago |
| 40 | October 16, 2015  | CODE 8 2019 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Expiration Dates |
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 | CODE 8 October 16, 2015 Expiration date on TRC Transfer Bag from the National Blood Centre. |

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| 2016 - 10 years ago |
| 41 | October 16, 2016  | CONTINUUM 2012 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | CONTINUUM October 16, 2016 Kiera and Alec arrive in the past after traveling back in time from October 23. Following the events in the Season 2 finale, Kiera and Alec independently time-travel a week into their past, creating a new timeline. Upon arriving, Alec checks his phone, the date updating from October 23 to October 16. |

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| 2018 - 8 years ago |
| 42 | October 16, 2018  | CASTLE ROCK 2018 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | CASTLE ROCK October 16, 2018 Henry goes into the same woods that his father brought him into as a child. He discovers two campers, Odin, a deaf man, and Willie, his interpreter. Odin claims that the ringing Henry hears is a schisma, which Henry's father believed was the Voice of God. He tricks Henry into an anechoic chamber in their camper where he begins to hallucinate his father. |

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| 2021 - 5 years ago |
| 43 | October 16, 2021  | THE OA 2016 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Expiration Dates |
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 | THE OA October 16, 2021 Expiration Date on Nina Azarova's California driver's license. |

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| 2025 - 1 years ago |
| 44 | October 16, 2025  | BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | BLACK MIRROR October 16, 2025 Date of note on Mike and Amanda's calendar: "Overtime". |

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| 45 | October 16, 2025  | A MAN ON THE INSIDE 2024 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Journal Entries |
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 | A MAN ON THE INSIDE October 16, 2025 Date of Charles' weekly update: Julie, it's 8:44 a.m. on October 16th. It's been three weeks since the Berenger email leaks started. Another one hit this morning. More details on his exorbitant salary. I have a new theory that feels promising, and I'll report more when I see you in Berenger's office later. Nieuwendyk out. |

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| 2098 - 72 years from now |
| 46 | October 16, 2098  | DREDD 2012 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 30s and up | Events |
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 | DREDD October 16, 2098 Date criminal suspect arrested for manslaughter - name not visible. |

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| 2115 - 89 years from now |
| 47 | October 16, 2115  | ALIEN 1979 Film | Dates | 22nd Century and beyond | Events |
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 | ALIEN October 16, 2115 Ripley successfully negotiates end to hostage crisis on Weyland Yutani shuttle craft Erebus. 49 lives saved. 8 terrorists convicted. |

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| Year Unknown |
| 48 | October 16  | THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | THE TWILIGHT ZONE October 16 Date as of which Hyder Simpson and his wife Rachel will have been married 50 years. |

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