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| 1738 - 288 years ago |
| 1 | July 17, 1738 | PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER 1985 Literature | Dates | 19th Century and earlier | Birth Dates |
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 | PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER July 17, 1738 Jean-Baptiste Grenouille born with an innate prodigious sense of smell, and no personal scent of his own. |
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| 1876 - 150 years ago |
| 2 | July 17, 1876  | BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE GAME 2010 Video Games | Dates | 19th Century and earlier | Events |
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 | BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE GAME July 17, 1876 Edna Strickland steals the Delorean in 1931 and unintentionally travels back in time to 1876. She burns down Beauregard Tannen's saloon, taking the rest of Hill Valley with it. |

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| 3 | July 17, 1876  | BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE GAME 2010 Video Games | Dates | 19th Century and earlier | Events |
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 | BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE GAME July 17, 1876 Marty and Doc travel back to 1876, preventing Edna Strickland from burning down Beauregard Tannen's saloon, taking the rest of Hill Valley with it. |

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| 1888 - 138 years ago |
| 4 | July 17, 1888  | TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE 1984 TV Series | Dates | 19th Century and earlier | Journal Entries |
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 | TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE July 17, 1888 Date of entry in Ophelia Fairchild's diary that Cathy finds in the mysterious Madness Room in their very old house: I love my baby, but it cries. I want to make my baby stop crying forever. What's happening to me? |

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| 1943 - 83 years ago |
| 5 | July 17, 1943 | PET SEMATARY 1983 Literature | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
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 | PET SEMATARY July 17, 1943 Timmy Baterman's body shipped home to Maine two days after being killed in the war. |
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| 1960 - 66 years ago |
| 6 | July 17, 1960  | BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE 2018 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Events |
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 | BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE July 17, 1960 The Rat Pack perform at the El Royale from July 3rd to the 17th. |

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| 1970 - 56 years ago |
| 7 | July 17, 1970  | 21 JUMP STREET 1987 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Birth Dates |
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 | 21 JUMP STREET July 17, 1970 Kyle DeGray born - high school student that turns his parents into police for dealing drugs, and later pulls a gun on Ioki, blaming him for convincing him to do so. |

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| 1984 - 42 years ago |
| 8 | July 17, 1984  | BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | BLACK MIRROR July 17, 1984 Stefan works hard on his video game adaptation of Jerome F. Davies' choose your own adventure type novel Bandersnatch. |

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| 1992 - 34 years ago |
| 9 | July 17, 1992  | FOR ALL MANKIND 2019 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | FOR ALL MANKIND July 17, 1992 Danny Stevens gets married on the Polaris Orbital Hotel. |

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| 1994 - 32 years ago |
| 10 | July 17, 1994  | THE STAND 1994 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | THE STAND July 17, 1994 Mother Abigail and her friends arrive in Boulder, Colorado. |

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| 11 | July 17, 1994  | THE STAND 1994 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | THE STAND July 17, 1994 Stu Redman's group tries to save one of their members in Kunkle, Ohio on their way to Boulder. |

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| 1995 - 31 years ago |
| 12 | July 17, 1995  | THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | THE SIMPSONS July 17, 1995 Homer was supposed to finish painting the garage. |

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| 1996 - 30 years ago |
| 13 | July 17, 1996  | THE NUMBER 23 2007 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | THE NUMBER 23 July 17, 1996 According to the opening credits, the TWA Flight 800 crash is connected to the number 23. |

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| 14 | July 17, 1996  | THE PRETENDER 1996 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | THE PRETENDER July 17, 1996 Dr. Wade Eubanks performs Tricia Holmes' facial reconstruction surgery and Dr. Christine Brant performs Monique Gibbons' chin implant surgery. |

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| 2001 - 25 years ago |
| 15 | July 17, 2001  | DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY 2016 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY July 17, 2001 Patrick Spring's wife killed - date on his time machine. |

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| 2008 - 18 years ago |
| 16 | July 17, 2008  | THE TOWN 2010 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE TOWN July 17, 2008 FBI tie the Bank Boston robbery in Cambridge in July 2008 to Desmond Elden, James Coughlin, Albert Magloan and Doug MacRay. |

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| 2009 - 17 years ago |
| 17 | July 17, 2009  | GET HIM TO THE GREEK 2010 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | GET HIM TO THE GREEK July 17, 2009 Aaron accidentally butt dials his girlfriend Daphne while he's hitting on another woman. Later, Aaron and Aldous visit Aldous' father in Las Vegas. |

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| 2015 - 11 years ago |
| 18 | July 17, 2015  | BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 2016 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Issued Dates |
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 | BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE July 17, 2015 Issued Date on Anatoli Knyazev's Russian passport. |

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| 2016 - 10 years ago |
| 19 | July 17, 2016  | PROMETHEUS 2012 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | PROMETHEUS July 17, 2016 Peter Weyland achieves knighthood. |

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| 2021 - 5 years ago |
| 20 | July 17, 2021  | BROOKLYN NINE-NINE 2013 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | BROOKLYN NINE-NINE July 17, 2021 An NYPD uniformed officer claims to have received a burrito with a dead mouse in it from The Burrito Haven. Diaz later finds camera footage of the officer buying a mouse from Perdue Pet Supply earlier that day. |

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| 21 | July 17, 2021  | THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT 2022 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT July 17, 2021 Actor Nick Cage arrives in Mallorca, Spain to meet billionaire playboy Javi Gutierrez and be the guest of honor at his birthday. At the airport, he runs into Vivian, a CIA Agent investigating the kidnapping of a politician's daughter. |

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| 2022 - 4 years ago |
| 22 | July 17, 2022  | BEAU IS AFRAID 2023 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | BEAU IS AFRAID July 17, 2022 Roger told Beau he'd take him home today, but Roger is called to the hospital when an old friend and patient of his in involved in an accident. With Grace gone to a business meeting, their daughter Toni tells Beau she will take him - but her and her friend just drive him around for a while and make him smoke drugs. |

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| 2221 - 195 years from now |
| 23 | July 17, 2221  | BABYLON 5 1993 TV Series | Dates | 22nd Century and beyond | Events |
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 | BABYLON 5 July 17, 2221 Date of event on Free Mars freedom fighter Abel Horn's record. |

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| 3002 - 976 years from now |
| 24 | July 17, 3002  | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Dates | 22nd Century and beyond | Events |
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 | FUTURAMA July 17, 3002 Date visible when the Planet Express ship is thrown back in time and the calendar on the wall rolls back, until the crew ultimately crashes in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. |

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| Year Unknown |
| 25 | July 17 | ELLA MINNOW PEA 2001 Literature | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | ELLA MINNOW PEA: A PROGRESSIVELY LIPOGRAMMATIC EPISTOLARY FABLE, A NOVEL IN LETTERS July 17 A most intriguing thing takes place on July 17. |
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| 26 | July 17  | JESSICA JONES 2015 TV Series | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | JESSICA JONES July 17 Following Dorothy's death, Jessica looks through an old memory box that contains some old concert tickets, including: The Smiths at the Palladium NYC on Saturday July 17. |

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| 27 | July 17  | ROMEO MUST DIE 2000 Film | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | ROMEO MUST DIE July 17 Yellow Cab driver Ahkbar's Oakland Transportation Commission ID expires. |

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| 28 | July 17  | SILO 2023 TV Series | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | SILO July 17 Juliette's mother Hanna Nichols surrenders illegal magnification equipment during search and seizure of her residence. Silo year: 122. Actual year unknown. |

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