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1912 - 114 years ago
1May 8, 1912 NIGHT SWIM 2024 FilmDates20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

NIGHT SWIM
May 8, 1912
Date of photo that Eve finds while researching.



1945 - 81 years ago
2May 8, 1945 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

12 MONKEYS
May 8, 1945
Deacon and Hannah track down Cole and Cassie on a train on V-Day.



3May 8, 1945 MEN IN BLACK 3 2012 FilmDates20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

MEN IN BLACK 3
May 8, 1945
While time-jumping to 1969, Agent J passes through historical events, including the Wall Street Crash, and the end of World War II.



1954 - 72 years ago
4May 8, 1954 RUNAWAY JURY 2003 FilmDates20th Century: 50sBirth Dates

RUNAWAY JURY
May 8, 1954
Date of Birth on juror Millie Dupree's Louisiana driver license.



1958 - 68 years ago
5May 8, 1958 HUNTER 1984 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 50sEvents

HUNTER
May 8, 1958
Date of newspaper clipping Rick finds in sniper suspect Robert Wakley's resident after he commits suicide - in a collection of Chandler Park sniper clippings.



1961 - 65 years ago
6May 8, 1961 11.22.63 2016 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 60sEvents

11.22.63
May 8, 1961
Date of one of the sporting events listed in the notebook that Al gives Jake for him to earn money by gambling in the past.



7May 8, 1961 MASTERMINDS 2015 FilmDates20th Century: 60sBirth Dates

MASTERMINDS
May 8, 1961
Date of Birth on David Scott Ghantt's counterfeit driver license under the name Michael McKinney.

 

1963 - 63 years ago
8May 8, 1963 THE RING 2002 FilmDates20th Century: 60sEvents

THE RING
May 8, 1963
Under the care of Dr. David Deevers at Eola County Psychiatric Hospital, patient Anna Morgan conceives a child, only to suffer a miscarriage a few months later, in August (exact date unclear).



1969 - 57 years ago
9May 8, 1969 FLY ME TO THE MOON 2024 FilmDates20th Century: 60sEvents

FLY ME TO THE MOON
May 8, 1969
Date on Project Artemis file, NASA project to stage the moon landing.



10May 8, 1969 HOT FUZZ 2007 FilmDates20th Century: 60sEvents

HOT FUZZ
May 8, 1969
Underage drinker D Mower - later arrested by Sergeant Angel - initially claims his birthday is August 15th, 1969. Sergeant Angel: "When's your birthday?" Mower: "Eighth of May, 1969." Sergeant Angel: "You're 37?" Mower: "Yeah." Sergeant Angel: "Get out."



1975 - 51 years ago
11May 8, 1975 BALLS OF FURY 2007 FilmDates20th Century: 70sEvents

BALLS OF FURY
May 8, 1975
Date on sketch of the mysterious Feng, the guy that killed Randy's father. FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez: His face has never been photographed. This sketch is based on the description by a late agent of the ATF.



12May 8, 1975 KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER 1974 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 70sEvents

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
May 8, 1975
Illinois State Technical College named Burdett found dead.

 
 

1983 - 43 years ago
13May 8, 1983 CHRISTMAS VACATION 1989 FilmDates20th Century: 80sEvents

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION
May 8, 1983
While hiding Christmas presents in the attic, Clark find a forgotten gift from Mother's Day back in 1983.



1985 - 41 years ago
14May 8, 1985 STARK RAVING MAD 1999 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 80sJournal Entries

STARK RAVING MAD
May 8, 1985
Date of entry in Jacob Donovan's Private Personal Secret Journal. Jake predicts the internet before there was an internet: I read an article about how university researchers use computers to share information. I think this could be the future. People communicating through computers may be a global network allowing people to connect like never before. Starting tomorrow, I will do everything in my power in this worldwide web of computers.



1987 - 39 years ago
15May 8, 1987 THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY 2019 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 80sEvents

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
May 8, 1987
Date listed on the document that Diego finds - an incident report about the Umbrella Academy - an artifact from an alternate timeline.



1994 - 32 years ago
16May 8, 1994 THE X-FILES 1993 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 90sEvents

THE X-FILES
May 8, 1994
Sunday. After receiving a call from Deep Throat, Mulder turns on his TV to see live coverage of the search for Dr. William Secare, who led police on a chase to the waterfront ship works.



1999 - 27 years ago
17May 8, 1999 THE PRETENDER 1996 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 90sEvents

THE PRETENDER
May 8, 1999
Date of the Southeast Chess Tournament - thanks to Jarod, thirteen year old Bryce Banks is rescued from his abductor and able to attend.



18May 8, 1999 THE PRETENDER 1996 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 90sEvents

THE PRETENDER
May 8, 1999
Miss Parker's boyfriend Thomas Gates murdered.



2002 - 24 years ago
19May 8, 2002 IDENTITY 2003 FilmDates21st Century: 00sEvents

IDENTITY
May 8, 2002
Date of audio recording of psychiatrist Dr. Malick interviewing his patient, convicted murderer Malcom Rivers.



2003 - 23 years ago
20May 8, 2003 CAPTIVE STATE 2019 FilmDates21st Century: 00sBirth Dates

CAPTIVE STATE
May 8, 2003
Birthdate of Thomas G. Hernandez, tracked outside Soldier Field following the Unity Rally bombing by the police's implant recognition program.



2004 - 22 years ago
21May 8, 2004 DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004 FilmDates21st Century: 00sEvents

DAWN OF THE DEAD
May 8, 2004
Andy uses a Jack Dandie's Kentucky Whiskey bottle to firebomb the walkers outside his gun store.



22May 8, 2004 PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

PERSON OF INTEREST
May 8, 2004
In a 2004 flashback scene, Finch and Nathan discuss the machine's progress learning human nature in the park.



23May 8, 2004 THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY 2013 FilmDates21st Century: 00sEvents

THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
May 8, 2004
Walter Mitty rents two strong little men to hike with him in Afghanistan.



2006 - 20 years ago
24May 8, 2006 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

THE SIMPSONS
May 8, 2006
V.E. Day. Gil is still living with the Simpsons after they brought him home with them on Christmas Eve from Costington's, where he was working as a department store Santa.



25May 8, 2006 SMALLVILLE 2001 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

SMALLVILLE
May 8, 2006
Date of appointment on Lionel Luthor's calendar: MTR BUS ASSC. QUARTERLY.



26May 8, 2006 SMALLVILLE 2001 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

SMALLVILLE
May 8, 2006
Davis Bloom leaves the Moss foster family.



2008 - 18 years ago
27May 8, 2008 THE BIG YEAR 2011 FilmDates21st Century: 00sEvents

THE BIG YEAR
May 8, 2008
Birder Stu Preissler gets sick on a boat in Coos Bay, Oregon. Brad Harris' friend Ichabod Crane gets a look at his birding book, seeing that he is up to 497 bird species so far.



28May 8, 2008 CSI 2000 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
May 8, 2008
Spencer Freiberg finds Annabelle, star of the hit TV sitcom Annabelle!, dead in her Las Vegas hotel room. CSI find a rubber chicken stuffed down her throat.



2012 - 14 years ago
29May 8, 2012 DEXTER 2006 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

DEXTER
May 8, 2012
Date of activity on Deb's Hayden Bank account.



2015 - 11 years ago
30May 8, 2015 MR. ROBOT 2015 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

MR. ROBOT
May 8, 2015
Date of login on Elliot's ProtonMail account.



2016 - 10 years ago
31May 8, 2016 FLEABAG 2016 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

FLEABAG
May 8, 2016
Mother's Day weekend. A gift from their father, Fleabag and her sister attend the exclusive female-only Breath of Silence retreat.

 

2017 - 9 years ago
32May 8, 2017 SEARCHING 2018 FilmDates21st Century: 10sEvents

SEARCHING
May 8, 2017
Date of email from David in Margot's email account.



33May 8, 2017 SEARCHING 2018 FilmDates21st Century: 10sEvents

SEARCHING
May 8, 2017
Date of Liberty Mutual insurance email in Pam's Yahoo account.



2018 - 8 years ago
34May 8, 2018 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

12 MONKEYS
May 8, 2018
Date of the Washington Herald newspaper clipping on the Project Splinter bulletin board as changes in the timeline catch up with Katarina Jones.



35May 8, 2018 21 BRIDGES 2019 FilmDates21st Century: 10sEvents

21 BRIDGES
May 8, 2018
Date Modified of the worksheet titled SayDE, a file on the flash drive that Adi gave Michael that proves McKenna's precinct's involvement in the drug trafficking scheme.



2020 - 6 years ago
36May 8, 2020 THE STAND 2020 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

THE STAND
May 8, 2020
Harold Lauder receives a rejection letter from literary magazine Epic Stories from Beyond.



2021 - 5 years ago
37May 8, 2021 TED LASSO 2020 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

TED LASSO
May 8, 2021
Nate sneaks into Ted's office.



2022 - 4 years ago
38May 8, 2022 BOB'S BURGERS 2011 Animated SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

BOB'S BURGERS
May 8, 2022
Mother's Day. The Belcher kids join forces with Aunt Gayle to get Linda the ultimate present - stealing back a cherished family pasta sauce recipe lost after a long-standing family feud.



39May 8, 2022 SILENT NIGHT 2023 FilmDates21st Century: 20sEvents

SILENT NIGHT
May 8, 2022
Mother's day. Brian continues to train in his garage - pull-ups, sit-ups, etc.



2023 - 3 years ago
40May 8, 2023 BOB'S BURGERS 2011 Animated SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

BOB'S BURGERS
May 8, 2023
Monday. Louise's teacher Miss LaBonz assigns the class to create a multimedia presentation about their hero. Louise picks pilot Amelia Earhart.



41May 8, 2023 FAST CHARLIE 2023 FilmDates21st Century: 20sEvents

FAST CHARLIE
May 8, 2023
Date of charges on Rollo's bill at the AirLine Inn.



2025 - 1 years ago
42May 8, 2025 A MAN ON THE INSIDE 2024 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

A MAN ON THE INSIDE
May 8, 2025
The Thursday on Pacific View's Weekly Master Schedule that Charles and Emily sneak out of the office for their investigation.



43May 8, 2025 PLURIBUS 2025 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

PLURIBUS
May 8, 2025
Date Xosia mentions to Carol when she asks what's in the water Xosia gives her (when it was bottled).
Carol: And what else? Something that's gonna make me turn into one of you?
Xosia: No, we're months away from knowing how to do that. Jarmell Gurky says it's okay... He's a bottling line supervisor in Winston-Salem. He was running the second shift at the Aquafina plant when this got filled on May 8th. To the best of his knowledge, it's just good clean water.



2026 - This year - Today!
44May 8, 2026 BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

BLACK MIRROR
May 8, 2026
Date of note on Mike and Amanda's calendar: "Pay Day".



2126 - 100 years from now
45May 8, 2126 ALIENS 1986 FilmDates22nd Century and beyondEvents

ALIENS
May 8, 2126
U.S.C.S. Nostromo departs from Delos.



2143 - 117 years from now
46May 8, 2143 FUTURE MAN 2017 TV SeriesDates22nd Century and beyondEvents

FUTURE MAN
May 8, 2143
Young Tiger and Wolf share a meal.



2158 - 132 years from now
47May 8, 2158THE HUNGER GAMES 2008 LiteratureDates22nd Century and beyondBirth Dates

THE HUNGER GAMES
May 8, 2158
Katniss Everdeen born.


3002 - 976 years from now
48May 8, 3002 FUTURAMA 1999 Animated SeriesDates22nd Century and beyondEvents

FUTURAMA
May 8, 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.



3491 - 1,465 years from now
49May 8, 3491 FUTURE MAN 2017 TV SeriesDates22nd Century and beyondEvents

FUTURE MAN
May 8, 3491
Day 28 of Josh, Tiger and Wolf's stint on The DieCathalon, New Pangea's favorite human-hunting reality competition, where contestants run for their lives and are killed for sport.



Year Unknown
50May 8 BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV SeriesDatesNo YearEvents

BLACK MIRROR
May 8
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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