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| 1919 - 107 years ago |
| 1 | October 8, 1919  | THE MAJESTIC 2001 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Birth Dates |
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 | THE MAJESTIC October 8, 1919 Lawson boy Virgil Toynbee born - date on headstone in the local cemetery. |

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| 1943 - 83 years ago |
| 2 | October 8, 1943  | COMMUNITY 2009 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 1st Half | Birth Dates |
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 | COMMUNITY October 8, 1943 Pierce Hawthorne born. |

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| 1956 - 70 years ago |
| 3 | October 8, 1956  | QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 50s | Events |
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 | QUANTUM LEAP October 8, 1956 Sam Beckett leaps into Arnold Watkins / The Midnight Marauder, encountering Alia, the evil time-traveler who sets wrong what once was right. |

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| 1970 - 56 years ago |
| 4 | October 8, 1970  | CAPTIVE STATE 2019 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Birth Dates |
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 | CAPTIVE STATE October 8, 1970 Birthdate of Shoeha O. Dean, tracked outside Soldier Field following the Unity Rally bombing by the police's implant recognition program. |

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| 1977 - 49 years ago |
| 5 | October 8, 1977  | CAPTIVE STATE 2019 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Birth Dates |
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 | CAPTIVE STATE October 8, 1977 Birthdate of Andre L. Boyd, tracked outside Soldier Field following the Unity Rally bombing by the police's implant recognition program. |

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| 1978 - 48 years ago |
| 6 | October 8, 1978  | CAPTIVE STATE 2019 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Birth Dates |
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 | CAPTIVE STATE October 8, 1978 Birthdate of Shokha O. Dean, tracked outside Soldier Field following the Unity Rally bombing by the police's implant recognition program. |

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| 1979 - 47 years ago |
| 7 | October 8, 1979  | THE LAZARUS PROJECT 2022 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Birth Dates |
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 | THE LAZARUS PROJECT October 8, 1979 Dr. Trent Wheeler born - date of birth on his gravestone. Wheeler was one of the scientists recruited to build a second time machine. George is the one that finds his grave, after tracking him down over the course of 10 time loops. |

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| 1981 - 45 years ago |
| 8 | October 8, 1981  | FOR ALL MANKIND 2019 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Headlines |
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 | FOR ALL MANKIND October 8, 1981 Newspaper headline: Sadat Recovering After Assassination Attempt. |

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| 1984 - 42 years ago |
| 9 | October 8, 1984  | GHOSTBUSTERS 1984 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Headlines |
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 | GHOSTBUSTERS October 8, 1984 Date of USA Today headline" Ghost Fever Grips New York" |

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| 10 | October 8, 1984  | GILMORE GIRLS 2000 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | GILMORE GIRLS October 8, 1984 Rory Gilmore's birthday. |

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| 1986 - 40 years ago |
| 11 | October 8, 1986  | MANHUNTER 1986 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | MANHUNTER October 8, 1986 According to Lecktor when Will calls him a week later, "God's terrific. Last Wednesday, he dropped a church roof on 34 of his worshipers in Texas as they were groveling through a hymn to his majesty. Don't you think that felt good?" |

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| 1987 - 39 years ago |
| 12 | October 8, 1987  | RUNAWAY JURY 2003 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events |
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 | RUNAWAY JURY October 8, 1987 Garner High School student Margaret Brandt succumbs to her injuries from James Pratt's attack on the school. |

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| 1996 - 30 years ago |
| 13 | October 8, 1996  | EARLY EDITION 1996 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Headlines |
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 | EARLY EDITION October 8, 1996 Date of Chicago Sun-Times newspaper headline: Chinese Restaurant Explodes. |

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| 14 | October 8, 1996  | EARLY EDITION 1996 TV Series | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Headlines |
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 | EARLY EDITION October 8, 1996 Using his knowledge of the future, Gary saves Meredith from hitmen coming to her motel. |

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| 1997 - 29 years ago |
| 15 | October 8, 1997  | STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING 1997 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING October 8, 1997 The Torrance family moves into the Overlook Hotel. |

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| 1998 - 28 years ago |
| 16 | October 8, 1998  | AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS: THE BOOK OF LOVE 2009 Film | Dates | 20th Century: 90s | Events |
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 | AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS: THE BOOK OF LOVE October 8, 1998 Date Due beside the name Juan on one of the library cards in the Bible at East Great Falls High School. |

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| 2000 - 26 years ago |
| 17 | October 8, 2000  | THE LAST MAN ON EARTH 2015 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE LAST MAN ON EARTH October 8, 2000 Tandy's brother Mike wins a Track & Field award. |

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| 2004 - 22 years ago |
| 18 | October 8, 2004  | AVP: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR 2004 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | AVP: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR October 8, 2004 Weyland Industries recruits Italian archaeologist Professor Sebastian De Rosa for an expedition to Bouvetoya, Antarctica to investigate an ancient Pyramid. |

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| 19 | October 8, 2004  | MR. BROOKS 2007 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | MR. BROOKS October 8, 2004 Homicide detective Tracy Atwood marries restauranteur Jesse Vialo, visible in Tracy's police personnel file. |

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| 2005 - 21 years ago |
| 20 | October 8, 2005  | SMALLVILLE 2001 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | SMALLVILLE October 8, 2005 Date of calls to the dead stripper from the exclusive Windgate Club on Senator Jennings' cell phone records. |

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| 2007 - 19 years ago |
| 21 | October 8, 2007  | PUSHING DAISIES 2007 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | PUSHING DAISIES October 8, 2007 Publishing date for the pop-up book Don't Close Your Eyes by L. Garcia on pop-up book publisher Pop-up Palace's list of upcoming books that Emerson researches. |

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| 2008 - 18 years ago |
| 22 | October 8, 2008  | DEXTER 2006 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | DEXTER October 8, 2008 Reference date for Ian Holden and Megan Walsh in the hair and fiber search results query that Dexter runs for LaGuerta. |

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| 2009 - 17 years ago |
| 23 | October 8, 2009  | FRINGE 2008 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Death Dates |
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 | FRINGE October 8, 2009 Date of Death on FBI agent Charlie Francis' headstone. |

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| 24 | October 8, 2009  | THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN 2009 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN October 8, 2009 Show staffer Deon Cole's first pick for the new Black Drinking Day holiday he proposes, until he finds out that today is the 7th, and changes his mind to make it the 7th. |

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| 25 | October 8, 2009  | THE TOWN 2010 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 00s | Events |
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 | THE TOWN October 8, 2009 FBI tie the Cummins Armored robbery in South Boston in October 2009 to Desmond Elden, James Coughlin, Albert Magloan and Doug MacRay. |

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| 2010 - 16 years ago |
| 26 | October 8, 2010  | COMMUNITY 2009 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | COMMUNITY October 8, 2010 Annie described as "Cry" 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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| 2013 - 13 years ago |
| 27 | October 8, 2013  | THE EQUALIZER 2014 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | THE EQUALIZER October 8, 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. |

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| 28 | October 8, 2013  | PERSON OF INTEREST 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | PERSON OF INTEREST October 8, 2013 Date of a storage unit rental at Store-It-4Ever on the list of rental agreements when Finch searches for another unit rented by John Glover - the name that machine number and estate investigator Timothy Sloan's foster brother and former Vigilance member Jason Greenfield's storage unit was rented under. |

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| 2014 - 12 years ago |
| 29 | October 8, 2014  | CHILDRENS HOSPITAL 2010 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | CHILDRENS HOSPITAL October 8, 2014 Date of note on Chet's calendar: Pull receipts for accountant. |

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| 2015 - 11 years ago |
| 30 | October 8, 2015  | COLONY 2016 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | COLONY October 8, 2015 Day 329. Date of one of Luis Ortega's broadcasts that Will's son Bram recorded on cassette tapes - and Redhats found in his bedroom. Phyllis, as a favor to Will, destroys the box of tapes. |

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| 31 | October 8, 2015  | TRUE DETECTIVE 2014 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 10s | Events |
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 | TRUE DETECTIVE October 8, 2015 Date on the Final Order of Foreclosure form that Detective Sergeant Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides delivers. |

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| 2022 - 4 years ago |
| 32 | October 8, 2022  | NIGHT COURT 2023 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | NIGHT COURT October 8, 2022 Date that Maggie, Olivia's stenographer stalker, mentions when Olivia tries to get out of weekend plans with her with the excuse that she has her cousin's baby shower: No, you don't. On October 8th, I asked if you had anything planned this weekend, and you said it was your cousin's baby shower. But then, on the 12th, you said it moved to my birthday when I invited you to Medieval Times. So that means that this weekend, you are all mine. Girls trip! Bus leaves at 5am. |

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| 2025 - 1 years ago |
| 33 | October 8, 2025  | BLACK MIRROR 2011 TV Series | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | BLACK MIRROR October 8, 2025 Date of note on Mike and Amanda's calendar: "Overtime". |

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| 2026 - This year - Today! |
| 34 | October 8, 2026  | SEND HELP 2026 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | SEND HELP October 8, 2026 Date of sticky note on Linda's calendar at work. |

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| 35 | October 8, 2026  | THE TOMORROW JOB 2023 Film | Dates | 21st Century: 20s | Events |
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 | THE TOMORROW JOB October 8, 2026 Lee, Finn and Sophia's make plans to prepare for Simon's ambush the following day. |


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| Year Unknown |
| 36 | October 8  | SURVIVOR 2015 Film | Dates | No Year | Events |
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 | SURVIVOR October 8 Date of travel to Johannesburg, South Africa listed for scientist Emil Balan. Year not specified. |

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