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1623 - 403 years ago
1October 24, 1623 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER 2015 Animated FilmDates19th Century and earlierEvents

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER
October 24, 1623
Red Beard checks out the magic book. In the opening sequence, pirate Burger Beard travels to Bikini Atoll, finding a magical book that has the power to make any text written upon it real. Upon opening the book, he finds that it has been checked-out by various pirates and pirate references over the years, including Captain Kidd, Jolly Roger, Davey Jones, Red Beard, Black Beard, Blue Beard, Pink Beard - and most recently by Frank Beard, the only member of ZZ Top without a beard.



1873 - 153 years ago
2October 24, 1873 AMERICAN MCGEE'S ALICE 2000 Video GamesDates19th Century and earlierJournal Entries

AMERICAN MCGEE'S ALICE
October 24, 1873
Date of entry in Dr. Wilson's casebook: Nurse D- has been listening from outside the door. Alice, it seems, has been muttering inarticulately. Though no one can understand her, it's likely she's addressing the one-eyed hare.



1891 - 135 years ago
3October 24, 1891 THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION 1976 FilmDates19th Century and earlierEvents

THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION
October 24, 1891
Dr. Watson hears from Sherlock Holmes. Dr. Watson (voiceover): It was October 24 in the year 1891, that I heard for the first time in four months from my friend Sherlock Holmes. On this particular day, a telegram from his landlady, Miss Hudson, had been delivered to my surgery, imploring me to return to my former rooms without delay.



1932 - 94 years ago
4October 24, 1932 THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL 2014 FilmDates20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
October 24, 1932
Herr Becker receives a peculiar last minute notice from the office of Deputy Kovacs postponing their scheduled meeting in perpetuity.



1974 - 52 years ago
5October 24, 1974 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 70sEvents

QUANTUM LEAP
October 24, 1974
Sam Beckett leaps into Kid Cody, a boxer who's contract is owned by a group of nuns.



1976 - 50 years ago
6October 24, 1976 THAT '70S SHOW 1998 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 70sEvents

THAT '70S SHOW
October 24, 1976
Red's unbearable mother spends a Sunday with the family.



1980 - 46 years ago
7October 24, 1980 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 1997 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 80sBirth Dates

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
October 24, 1980
Buffy Summers born.



8October 24, 1980 SKELETON CREW 1985 LiteratureDates20th Century: 80sEvents

SKELETON CREW
October 24, 1980
Date of Bridgton News article "Mystery of the Dead Fish" by Betsy Moriarty. "Hundreds of dead fish were found floating belly-up on Crystal Lake in the neighboring township of Casco late last week."


1982 - 44 years ago
9October 24, 1982 HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH 1982 FilmDates20th Century: 80sEvents

HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
October 24, 1982
Harry Grimbridge's daughter Ellie identifies his body at the hospital.



1991 - 35 years ago
10October 24, 1991 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated SeriesDates20th Century: 90sEvents

THE SIMPSONS
October 24, 1991
Issue Date on Homer's mother's counterfeit Tennessee License, under the name Muddy Mae Suggins.



11October 24, 1991 TIME CHASERS 1994 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

TIME CHASERS
October 24, 1991
In order to prevent GenCorp's dystopian future, physics teacher Nick Miller and reporter Lisa Hansen attempt to travel back in time to sabotage his initial time travel demonstration, traveling from the present date of October 24, 1991 to the past date of September 24, 1991 - but after GenCorp kills Lisa and shoots down his plane, he arrives too late.



12October 24, 1991 TIME CHASERS 1994 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

TIME CHASERS
October 24, 1991
Physics teacher Nick Miller and reporter Lisa Hansen travel forward in time, traveling from the present date of October 24, 1991 to the future date of September 25, 2041 to discover GenCorp's dystopian future.



13October 24, 1991 TIME CHASERS 1994 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

TIME CHASERS
October 24, 1991
Physics teacher Nick Miller takes reporter Lisa Hansen on a date to the 1950s, traveling from the present date of October 24, 1991 to the past date of November 10, 1957.



1993 - 33 years ago
14October 24, 1993 THE X-FILES 1993 TV SeriesDates20th Century: 90sEvents

THE X-FILES
October 24, 1993
Mulder and Scully investigate the death of Eurisko chief executive officer Benjamin Drake in Crystal City, Virginia. Scully records her field journal, which the murderous artificial intelligence controlling the Eurisko building later accesses.



1998 - 28 years ago
15October 24, 1998 UNTIL DAWN 2025 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

UNTIL DAWN
October 24, 1998
Date of the 5th annual Harvest Festival in Glore Valley (October 24-26), mentioned on the bulletin board in the Glore Valley Welcome Center.

 

16October 24, 1998 UNTIL DAWN 2025 FilmDates20th Century: 90sEvents

UNTIL DAWN
October 24, 1998
Date on the desk calendar in the visitor center for Glore Valley.



2002 - 24 years ago
17October 24, 2002 THE SHIELD 2002 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

THE SHIELD
October 24, 2002
Date of transaction in Vic's dealer Tio's ledger.



2005 - 21 years ago
18October 24, 2005 LOST 2004 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

LOST
October 24, 2005
Ben Linus turns the underground wheel and is transported to Tunisia.



2007 - 19 years ago
19October 24, 2007 TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES 2008 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 00sEvents

TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES
October 24, 2007
Date entered on Chain of Custody for evidence in Andrew Goode's death - the programmer that builds a highly sophisticated AI chess computer.

 


2012 - 14 years ago
20October 24, 2012 THE CAMPAIGN 2012 FilmDates21st Century: 10sEvents

THE CAMPAIGN
October 24, 2012
The Cam Brady punching the dog from The Artist movie story is all over the news.



2013 - 13 years ago
21October 24, 2013 THE EQUALIZER 2014 FilmDates21st Century: 10sEvents

THE EQUALIZER
October 24, 2013
Date of a wire transfer in the company Great Eastern's financial records on the memory stick that Robert McCall obtains from crooked detective Frank Masters that is loaded with information about powerful Russian mafia kingpin Vladimir Pushkin's illegal activities, which McCall emails to the FBI.



2014 - 12 years ago
22October 24, 2014 MR. ROBOT 2015 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

MR. ROBOT
October 24, 2014
Date of Elliot's psychologist Krista Gordon's Facebook post.



23October 24, 2014 MR. ROBOT 2015 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

MR. ROBOT
October 24, 2014
Date of psychologist Krista Gordon's Facebook post.



24October 24, 2014 MR. ROBOT 2015 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

MR. ROBOT
October 24, 2014
Elliot borrows his psychologist's boyfriend while he's out walking his dog.



2018 - 8 years ago
25October 24, 2018 BOJACK HORSEMAN 2014 Animated SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

BOJACK HORSEMAN
October 24, 2018
Emperor Finger-Face, a.k.a. Todd was excited to come home to some string cheese, the very last one after saving it all week. He was going to melt it down into a mozzarella Cinderella. But when he gets home, his string cheese is gone.



26October 24, 2018 BOJACK HORSEMAN 2014 Animated SeriesDates21st Century: 10sEvents

BOJACK HORSEMAN
October 24, 2018
Priscilla Crustacean, a.k.a. Princess Carolyn spends the entire day on the Philbert set, so she couldn't have stolen Emperor Finger-Face/Todd's last stick string cheese.



2024 - 2 years ago
27October 24, 2024 HIGH POTENTIAL 2024 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

HIGH POTENTIAL
October 24, 2024
Metkair Tech Corp CEO Elaine Barton murdered at the company latest product launch - date on check she wrote to one of her employees as a bribe.

 

2025 - 1 years ago
28October 24, 2025 BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV SeriesDates21st Century: 20sEvents

BLACK MIRROR
October 24, 2025
Date of note on Mike and Amanda's calendar: "Payday".



3000 - 974 years from now
29October 24, 3000 FUTURAMA 1999 Animated SeriesDates22nd Century and beyondEvents

FUTURAMA
October 24, 3000
While watching a supernova blow up, the Planet Express crew is thrown into the past, crash landing in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.




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