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| 1923 - 103 years ago |
| 1 | October 17, 1923  | 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
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 | 12 MONKEYS October 17, 1923 Date of newspaper article that Cole gives to Jones featuring article about Jennifer performing at a theater in Paris as J.H. Bond. |

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| 1940 - 86 years ago |
| 2 | October 17, 1940  | THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI 1984 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Events |
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 | THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION October 17, 1940 Yoyodyne hire date for employee John Small Berries, one of the 46 employees named John that applied for a Social Security card on the exact same date in 1938.. |

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| 1948 - 78 years ago |
| 3 | October 17, 1948  | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Birth Dates |
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 | SMALLVILLE October 17, 1948 Date of Birth on Bridgette Crosby's New York State driver license, discovered when her body is found on the grounds of Lex's mansion. |

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| 1952 - 74 years ago |
| 4 | October 17, 1952  | BETTER CALL SAUL 2015 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 50s | Birth Dates |
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 | BETTER CALL SAUL October 17, 1952 Date of Birth on Charles Dunnell'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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| 1964 - 62 years ago |
| 5 | October 17, 1964  | URBAN HARVEST 1995 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 60s | Headlines |
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 | CHILDREN OF THE CORN III: URBAN HARVEST October 17, 1964 Date of a harvest moon, and the Gatlin Gossip newspaper headline: Orphan Children Watch as Remains of Parents Are Taken Away. |

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| 1976 - 50 years ago |
| 6 | October 17, 1976  | THE PRETENDER 1996 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events |
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 | THE PRETENDER October 17, 1976 Date of David Arnold's obituary - former Centre employee who "accidentally" drowned after trying to help Jarod when he was being subjected to drug treatments. |

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| 1980 - 46 years ago |
| 7 | October 17, 1980  | THE 4400 2004 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | THE 4400 October 17, 1980 Future 4400 returnee Jane Nance disappears. Upon her return, she develops the ability to communicate with animals. She is a suspected member of the Nova Group. Isabelle kills her. |

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| 1982 - 44 years ago |
| 8 | October 17, 1982  | DREAMSCAPE 1984 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | DREAMSCAPE October 17, 1982 Race date listed on Alex Gardner's racing form for racehorse Crazy Lou. |

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| 1984 - 42 years ago |
| 9 | October 17, 1984  | CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 2000 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Birth Dates |
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 | CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM October 17, 1984 Mary Ferguson born - the woman that Larry crashes into after his eye doctor appointment, with the same name as the woman that Leon planned to go to Asia with. Leon's been looking for another Mary Ferguson to go with him ever since. |

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| 1986 - 40 years ago |
| 10 | October 17, 1986  | MANHUNTER 1986 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | MANHUNTER October 17, 1986 Full moon, when serial killer the Tooth Fairy was planning to murder another family. |

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| 1987 - 39 years ago |
| 11 | October 17, 1987  | LONGLEGS 2024 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Death Dates |
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 | LONGLEGS October 17, 1987 Longlegs victims the Bannister family found dead, victims of an apparent homicide-suicide. |

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| 1989 - 37 years ago |
| 12 | October 17, 1989  | FRINGE 2008 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | FRINGE October 17, 1989 The first time the Fringe Division instigated the Amber protocol in the alternate universe. |

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| 1997 - 29 years ago |
| 13 | October 17, 1997  | FACE/OFF 1997 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Journal Entries |
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 | FACE/OFF October 17, 1997 Date of entry in Eve Archer's journal that Castor Troy reads. |

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| 14 | October 17, 1997  | HEROES 2006 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Headlines |
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 | HEROES October 17, 1997 Date of newspaper clipping in Jacob Danko's file, headline: "Civilain Deaths Reported in Angola Coup" Civilian misspelled in headline. |

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| 2004 - 22 years ago |
| 15 | October 17, 2004  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST October 17, 2004 Date Filed on machine number Ian Murphy's son Alexander Wellington's birth certificate. |

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| 2005 - 21 years ago |
| 16 | October 17, 2005  | THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN 2005 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN October 17, 2005 Andy and Trish's 13th date. |

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| 17 | October 17, 2005  | THE 4400 2004 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE 4400 October 17, 2005 Two days until the Nova Group's next attack. Lily's health continues to decline following her sudden aging. Diane and Maia check out the 4400 school. Matthew Ross gives Isabelle a syringe, the only thing that can kill her. Gary Navrarro interrogated/tortured by government agents. Diane agrees to help neuroscientist Kevin Burkhoff with his Promicin research. |

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| 18 | October 17, 2005  | SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK 2008 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK October 17, 2005 Several dates appear during the opening scene in which Caden wakes up and eats breakfast with his family - the radio mentions September 22 while he's still in bed, then October 15. The newspaper is dated October 14th, the "news bites" section of the newspaper is dated October 17, then the radio mentions Halloween, November 1, and finally, the newspaper is dated November 2. |

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| 2006 - 20 years ago |
| 19 | October 17, 2006  | 500 DAYS OF SUMMER 2009 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | 500 DAYS OF SUMMER October 17, 2006 Day 282. While shopping at IKEA, Tom attempts to rekindle past fun by playing house with the broken sinks, but Summer is not amused. |

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| 20 | October 17, 2006  | IDIOCRACY 2006 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | IDIOCRACY October 17, 2006 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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| 21 | October 17, 2006  | JESSICA JONES 2015 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | JESSICA JONES October 17, 2006 Date that the Supermax Prison: Security Measures article was posted to the Knowledge Base website, that Jessica Jones researches. |

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| 2007 - 19 years ago |
| 22 | October 17, 2007  | BOJACK HORSEMAN 2014 Animated Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Headlines |
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 | BOJACK HORSEMAN October 17, 2007 Date of Variation newspaper headline: 'BOJACK HORSEMAN SHOW' TAKES DUMP IN RATINGS. |

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| 23 | October 17, 2007  | IDIOCRACY 2006 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | IDIOCRACY October 17, 2007 Date Joe is scheduled to finish 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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| 2009 - 17 years ago |
| 24 | October 17, 2009  | KNOWING 2009 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | KNOWING October 17, 2009 Attempting to stop a deadly attack, John Koestler is almost killed when a New York City subway crashes into a the station. |

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| 2010 - 16 years ago |
| 25 | October 17, 2010  | CORPORATE 2020 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | CORPORATE October 17, 2010 Date when Jake decided to stop living life to the fullest. Best day of his life. He was at some art opening, surrounded by liberal fascists. He had no clue what performance art meant. All he knew as that it sucked. And then it hit him - he could just give up. Go home. Be free. And he never looked back. |

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| 2011 - 15 years ago |
| 26 | October 17, 2011  | DEXTER 2006 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | DEXTER October 17, 2011 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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| 27 | October 17, 2011  | DEXTER 2006 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | DEXTER October 17, 2011 Date of violation for Illegal Sale of Stolen Property on Javier Guzman's criminal record - the hitman known as El Sapo. |

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| 2012 - 14 years ago |
| 28 | October 17, 2012  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST October 17, 2012 Detective Carter finds a $275 receipt for short term parking at JFK Airport for Estonian mobster Pushkov from October 17th through October 20th. |

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| 2013 - 13 years ago |
| 29 | October 17, 2013  | DEXTER 2006 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Expiration Dates |
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 | DEXTER October 17, 2013 Expiration Date for Kevin Bovender's registration on the Florida DMV boat registration report that LaGuerta reviews while researching the Bay Harbor Butcher. |

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| 2014 - 12 years ago |
| 30 | October 17, 2014  | CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 2000 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Issued Dates |
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 | CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM October 17, 2014 Issued Date on Mary Ferguson's California Driver License - the woman that Larry crashes into after his eye doctor appointment, with the same name as the woman that Leon planned to go to Asia with. Leon's been looking for another Mary Ferguson to go with him ever since. |

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| 31 | October 17, 2014  | MR. ROBOT 2015 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | MR. ROBOT October 17, 2014 Date of Elliot's coworker's bank account payment history. |

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| 2015 - 11 years ago |
| 32 | October 17, 2015  | COLONY 2016 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | COLONY October 17, 2015 Day 337. Will imprisoned by Redhats while attempting to smuggle himself out of the bloc to look for his missing son Charlie. |

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| 33 | October 17, 2015  | MR. ROBOT 2015 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Headlines |
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 | MR. ROBOT October 17, 2015 Date of news headline: Possible fsociety Involvement in Disappearance of High Profile E Corp Lawyer. |

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| 34 | October 17, 2015  | ZOOLANDER 2 2016 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Death Dates |
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 | ZOOLANDER 2 October 17, 2015 Pop singer Madonna assassinated, leaving behind a selfie matching legendary male model Derek Zoolander's signature look, Blue Steel. |

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| 2016 - 10 years ago |
| 35 | October 17, 2016  | CONTINUUM 2012 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | CONTINUUM October 17, 2016 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 17. |

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| 2017 - 9 years ago |
| 36 | October 17, 2017  | 21 BRIDGES 2019 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | 21 BRIDGES October 17, 2017 Date Modified of the worksheet titled NoizeBOY, 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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| 2019 - 7 years ago |
| 37 | October 17, 2019  | TOP GUN: MAVERICK 2022 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK October 17, 2019 Date of note on Maverick's calendar: "Mission Sim Run - 0600". |

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| 2022 - 4 years ago |
| 38 | October 17, 2022  | CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM 2000 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Expiration Dates |
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 | CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM October 17, 2022 Expiration Date Mary Ferguson's California Driver License - the woman that Larry crashes into after his eye doctor appointment, with the same name as the woman that Leon planned to go to Asia with. Leon's been looking for another Mary Ferguson to go with him ever since. |

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| 2023 - 3 years ago |
| 39 | October 17, 2023  | WANDAVISION 2020 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | WANDAVISION October 17, 2023 Monica Rambeau returns in a hospital room after being dusted in The Snap. |

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| Year Unknown |
| 40 | October 17  | FUTURAMA 1999 Animated Series | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | FUTURAMA October 17 Using his original smog-blasting designs, Professor Farnsworth creates a bigger sportier robot by sacrificing fuel efficiency, from which all modern robots descend, making him responsible for global warming: It was October 17th at 1:54pm and 14 birds were flying by the window. I was working at Mom's Friendly Robot Company. Back then, you see, robots were slow-moving, stiff and a little on the uptight side. |

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