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# Record Name Source Category Subcategory 1950 - 74 years ago 1 July 7, 1950 EARLY EDITION 1996 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events EARLY EDITION July 7, 1950 Seniority Date on Chicago Phoenix newspaper employee Lucius Snow's Hireback Program Enrollment form for the Brown Hotel. 2 November 2, 1950 THE 4400 2004 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE 4400 November 2, 1950 Future 4400 returnee Cora Tomkins disappears. She later develops the ability to make people younger. 3 December 15, 1950 SQUID GAME 2021 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events SQUID GAME December 15, 1950 Date on Player 134 Chae Gang Sun's profile information screen. 4 December 24, 1950 TIMELESS 2016 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events TIMELESS December 24, 1950 Lucy, Wyatt, Rufus and Jiya travel to North Korea during the Hungnam evacuation looking for Emma and Rittenhouse. 5 December 25, 1950 TIMELESS 2016 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events TIMELESS December 25, 1950 After finding a news article with a photo showing the Lifeboat crew dead in North Korea during the Hungnam evacuation, Denise and Connor Mason take the Mothership to rescue them. 1951 - 73 years ago 6 May 11, 1951 THE 4400 2004 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE 4400 May 11, 1951 Future 4400 returnee Richard Tyler disappears in a bright flash of light while serving in the US military in South Korea, shortly after being beaten up by his fellow soldiers for dating a white girl. He later develops telekinetic abilities. 7 June 14, 1951 APOCALYPSE NOW 1979 Film 20th Century: 50s Events APOCALYPSE NOW June 14, 1951 Benjamin L. Willard marries Janet Anderson. 8 July 18, 1951 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL July 18, 1951 Date of Walter Reed General Hospital post exchange cleaners ticket stub for Major Carpenter that Klaatu finds in the suit he steals. 9 September 13, 1951 PRANK ENCOUNTERS 2019 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events PRANK ENCOUNTERS September 13, 1951 An aircraft pilot and three aliens are placed in the LFCU - Life Form Containment Unit - in a top secret government facility following a crash. 10 October 3, 1951 THE GODFATHER 1972 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE GODFATHER October 3, 1951 Sonny Corleone gunned down by rival mobsters. 11 October 18, 1951 THE 4400 2004 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE 4400 October 18, 1951 Captain Richard Tyler officially credited with destruction of 3 enemy MIG-15 type aircraft in aerial combat air patrol near Sinanju Korea - in Tom and Alana's alternate reality. 12 November 1, 1951 METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER 2004 Video Games 20th Century: 50s Events METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER November 1, 1951 The Big Boss participates in atomic testing in the Nevada desert. 13 December 8, 1951 THE 4400 2004 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE 4400 December 8, 1951 Captain Richard Tyler presumed dead after engaging an enemy aircraft, his plane hitting the ground and exploding - in Tom and Alana's alternate reality. 1952 - 72 years ago 14 January 10, 1952 THE FABELMANS 2022 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE FABELMANS January 10, 1952 Jewish couple Mitzi and Burt Fabelman take their young son Sammy to see his first film in Haddon Township, New Jersey: Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth. 15 February 1, 1952 STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING 1997 Film 20th Century: 50s Events STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING February 1, 1952 Date of newspaper clipping: Millionaire "Calls it a Day" in Colorado. 16 February 15, 1952 BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE ANIMATED SERIES 1991 Animated Series 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE ANIMATED SERIES February 15, 1952 Doc Brown - as Emmett "Brainbuster" Brown - wrestles Mad Maximus. 17 March 2, 1952 GRAN TORINO 2008 Film 20th Century: 50s Events GRAN TORINO March 2, 1952 Walt's grandchildren rummage through Walt's army footlocker in the basement, finding photographs and medals from his time in Korea. 18 April 1, 1952 HOW WE WENT TO MARS 1938 Literature 20th Century: 50s Events HOW WE WENT TO MARS April 1, 1952 The Snoring-in-the-Hay Rocket Society ship, The Pride of the Galaxy, departs for Mars. 19 May 6, 1952 THE GOOD PLACE 2016 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE GOOD PLACE May 6, 1952 Ethel Blerch becomes the first person to floss in an open-plan office, in Baltimore, Maryland. Exhibit featured in the Hall of Low-Grade Crappiness, the least horrifying room in The Museum of Human Misery, a torture museum in the Bad Place, featuring famous examples of bad behavior and explanations of the torture they earned. 20 July 4, 1952 POKER FACE 2023 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events POKER FACE July 4, 1952 Michael Grave's character in Kathleen Townsend's play The Ghosts of Pensacola waits for the Independence Day parade.   21 July 12, 1952 POKER FACE 2023 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events POKER FACE July 12, 1952 Kathleen Townsend's character's son Bobby's real father's plane goes down over the Sea of Japan in her play The Ghosts of Pensacola.   22 November 2, 1952 JOKER 2019 Film 20th Century: 50s Events JOKER November 2, 1952 Arthur Fleck's mother Penny, age 25 years old, admitted to Arkham State Hospital. 23 December 24, 1952 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL 1997 Film 20th Century: 50s Events L.A. CONFIDENTIAL December 24, 1952 Members of the LAPD brawl with a gang of Mexicans that assaulted two officers. 1953 - 71 years ago 24 January 15, 1953 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL 1997 Film 20th Century: 50s Events L.A. CONFIDENTIAL January 15, 1953 Rising lieutenants in the Mickey Cohen trackets Tony Brancato and Anthony Trombino killed. 25 January 20, 1953 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL 1997 Film 20th Century: 50s Events L.A. CONFIDENTIAL January 20, 1953 Mickey Cohen's narcotics lieutenant Deuce Perkins killed. 26 January 25, 1953 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL 1997 Film 20th Century: 50s Events L.A. CONFIDENTIAL January 25, 1953 LAPD Sergeant Edmund Exley kills the three African-American felons arrested for the Nite Owl shooting after they escape police custody. 27 April 14, 1953 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP April 14, 1953 Sam Beckett leaps into Nick Allen, a private detective that looks like Humphrey Bogart, holding a gun over a dead body as the police arrive. 28 August 4, 1953 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP August 4, 1953 Sam Beckett leaps into Navy aviation machinist Charles Lee Mackenzie, returning from being stationed in Japan for 2 years. 29 September 7, 1953 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP September 7, 1953 Sam Beckett leaps into Doctor William "Billy" Beaumont PhD, a professional "rain maker" whose brother thinks he is a joke. 30 December 22, 1953 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS December 22, 1953 Cole and Cassie infiltrate a recruiting event held by the Army of the 12 Monkeys on Miller's Hill in Hope Valley. 31 December 22, 1953 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS December 22, 1953 Date of temporal coordinates to Raritan, New Jersey that Jones finds within the primary code, which they discover contains everywhere/when Cole has ever been - except one. 32 December 24, 1953 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS December 24, 1953 Jones sends a team to a party at Rariton National Laboratory on Christmas Eve kill the Witness. 33 December 30, 1953 THE HONEYMOONERS 1951 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE HONEYMOONERS December 30, 1953 Ralph and Alice argue about going out to celebrate New Year's Eve. 34 December 31, 1953 THE HONEYMOONERS 1951 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE HONEYMOONERS December 31, 1953 Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey invite the Kramdens and the Nortons to be their guests New Year's Eve at the Statler Hotel, where the Dorsey Brothers band is playing. Ralph lies to his boss, claiming to be sick to get out of working that night, but then runs into his boss at the hotel and gets fired, until his boss's wife reminds him that he too lied to get out a family engagement in order to be able to attend himself. 1954 - 70 years ago 35 February 20, 1954 TIMELESS 2016 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events TIMELESS February 20, 1954 Lucy, Wyatt, Rufus and Jiya travel follow Garcia Flynn to Washington, D.C., where he plans to bomb a Rittenhouse summit. When Jiya gets sick, Rufus and Wyatt take her back to the future, leaving Lucy with Flynn and Lucy's grandfather, Ethan Cahill. 36 March 1, 1954 METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER 2004 Video Games 20th Century: 50s Events METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER March 1, 1954 Snake stationed at the American base on Kwajalein on March 1, 1954, during the "Bravo Shot," the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States, with a yield of 15 megatons of TNT. 37 June 3, 1954 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP June 3, 1954 Sam Beckett leaps into Phillip, a man who was thought to be dead after three years of being missing. Phillip's wife, Catherine, the heiress to a shipping company, happens to be getting re-married the next day. 38 July 3, 1954 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP July 3, 1954 Sam Beckett leaps into Elvis Presley shortly before being discovered. 39 August 3, 1954 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE SIMPSONS August 3, 1954 Date of the Dublin Horse Show - from August 3-7. Framed picture on the wall in Tom O'Flanagan's Pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland. 40 August 4, 1954 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE SIMPSONS August 4, 1954 Date of the Dublin Horse Show - from August 3-7. Framed picture on the wall in Tom O'Flanagan's Pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland. 41 August 5, 1954 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE SIMPSONS August 5, 1954 Date of the Dublin Horse Show - from August 3-7. Framed picture on the wall in Tom O'Flanagan's Pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland. 42 August 6, 1954 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE SIMPSONS August 6, 1954 Date of the Dublin Horse Show - from August 3-7. Framed picture on the wall in Tom O'Flanagan's Pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland. 43 August 7, 1954 THE SIMPSONS 1989 Animated Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE SIMPSONS August 7, 1954 Date of the Dublin Horse Show - from August 3-7. Framed picture on the wall in Tom O'Flanagan's Pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland. 44 September 4, 1954 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP September 4, 1954 Sam Beckett leaps into Charlie "Black Magic" Walters, one of the greatest pool players of all time. 45 October 3, 1954 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP October 3, 1954 Sam Beckett leaps into Sam Beiderman, a mental patient undergoing electric shock therapy that brings out the personalities of several people he has leaped into previously. 46 October 31, 1954 A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS 1990 Literature 20th Century: 50s Events A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS: ANOTHER TALE OF TWO CITIES October 31, 1954 The unnamed narrator, a scriptwriter working Maximus Films, ventures into an eerie graveyard on the other side of the wall from the studio's backlot, making a terrifying discovery that thrusts him into a maelstrom of intrigue and mystery - and into the dizzy exhilaration of the movie industry at the height of its glittering power. 1955 - 69 years ago 47 April 3, 1955 THE 4400 2004 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE 4400 April 3, 1955 Future Returnee Tess Doerner disappears from Abendson Psychiatric Hospital. She later develops the ability to force people to obey her. 48 May 11, 1955 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP May 11, 1955 Sam Beckett leaps into Clyde, a newly inducted member of the Ku Klux Klan, and must find a way to prevent the lynching of a black community activist. 49 June 1, 1955 WATCHMEN 2019 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN June 1, 1955 John David Keene, later Senator Keene, promises Dale Dixon Crawford a gift. 50 June 2, 1955 WATCHMEN 2019 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN June 2, 1955 John David Keene, later Senator Keene, gives Dale Dixon Crawford Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship, a painting by George Catlin. 51 July 23, 1955 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP July 23, 1955 Sam Beckett leaps into Terry Sammis, half of the "Battling Rooskies" tag team wrestling duo, and must find a way to keep his brother from wrestling before he suffers a heart attack. 52 August 5, 1955 THE 4400 2004 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE 4400 August 5, 1955 Future 4400 returnee Eric Papequash disappears. Fellow returnees Richard and Liily Tyler visit him in White Bird, Idaho. 53 August 8, 1955 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP August 8, 1955 Sam Beckett leaps into a black man named Jesse Tyler in the deep south. 54 August 8, 1955 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP August 8, 1955 Sam Beckett leaps into Sheriff Clayton Fuller, father of Abagail Fuller, a girl accused of killing her husband and daughter. 55 September 4, 1955 CARRIE 1974 Literature 20th Century: 50s Events CARRIE September 4, 1955 Life magazine publishes article regarding the case of Andrea Kolintz. 56 September 4, 1955 TIMELESS 2016 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events TIMELESS September 4, 1955 Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus follow Rittenhouse to South Carolina, discovering that 50's stock car racer Ryan Millerson is actually a Rittenhouse sleeper agent. 57 September 23, 1955 ASTEROID CITY 2023 Film 20th Century: 50s Events ASTEROID CITY September 23, 1955 Asteroid Day, commemorating when the Arid Plains Meteorite made Earth impact on September 23, 3,007 B.C. 58 September 30, 1955 POE 1995 Music 20th Century: 50s Events POE September 30, 1955 And some say that it lasts forever, this road that I lose you on every time. 59 September 30, 1955 FUTURE MAN 2017 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events FUTURE MAN September 30, 1955 James Dean is not killed in an automobile accident. J1, also known as nut-face Josh, travels back in time, rescuing his heroes that died prematurely and taking them to Haven, A town that exists outside of time and space. 60 September 30, 1955 SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 1977 Film 20th Century: 50s Events SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 September 30, 1955 College student Jimmy J. watches the film East of Eden alone in a theater Conway, Arkansas. 61 October 1, 1955 ASTEROID CITY 2023 Film 20th Century: 50s Events ASTEROID CITY October 1, 1955 Date of $5,000 check from the United States Military-Science Research and Experimentation Division to the New Hickenlooper Scholar. 62 October 1, 1955 SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 1977 Film 20th Century: 50s Events SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 October 1, 1955 After watching the film East of Eden alone in a theater the night before, At football practice, college student Jimmy J. hears that James Dean, the star of the film East of Eden, was killed in a road accident in California around the same time that Jimmy J. was viewing the film the night before. He runs to the local radio station, desperate to learn the details. 63 November 5, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE 1985 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE November 5, 1955 Marty arrives in the past after watching Libyan terrorists shoot Doc Brown at the Twin Pines Mall in 1985. Later that day, he gets hit by a car saving his father when he falls out of a tree while spying on Marty's mother. That night, Marty tracks down Doc. 64 November 8, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE 1985 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE November 8, 1955 Marty McFly visits his father George, disguising himself as an extra-terrestrial named Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan, ordering him to "take the female unit known as Baines, Lorraine to the place called Hill Valley High School exactly four Earth cycles from now. That's this Saturday night, George." 65 November 12, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II 1989 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II November 12, 1955 The Hill Valley Courthouse is struck by lightning at 10:04pm, charging the Delorean time machine and sending the Marty McFly from the first movie back to the future. 66 November 12, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE 1985 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE November 12, 1955 Original Timeline: The Hill Valley Courthouse is struck by lightning at 10:04pm, stopping the clock, inspiring a movement to save it 30 years later. "SAVE THE CLOCK TOWER" 67 November 12, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III 1990 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III November 12, 1955 Doc sends Marty back to the future. 68 November 12, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II 1989 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II November 12, 1955 Western Union delivers Marty seventy year-old letter from Doc Brown to Marty McFly. 69 November 12, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE ANIMATED SERIES 1991 Animated Series 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE ANIMATED SERIES November 12, 1955 Doc Brown sends Marty back to the future, from 1955 to 1985. A clip from the first movie is shown during Doc Brown's introduction. 70 November 12, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE 1985 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE November 12, 1955 Revised Timeline: Doc Brown harnesses the energy from the lightning that strikes the clock tower to send Marty McFly back to the future. 71 November 13, 1955 THE INCREDIBLES 2004 Animated Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE INCREDIBLES November 13, 1955 Date of Elasti-Girl's Last Active Record. 72 November 13, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II 1989 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II November 13, 1955 Date of the Hill Valley Women's Club bake sale, mentioned on young Biff's car radio in 1955: Serving Hill Valley and all of Hill County, you're tuned to KKHV, the voice of Hill Valley. Turning to community calendar, the Hill Valley Women's Club bake sale will take place tomorrow at the community center on Forest Road. 73 November 14, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III 1990 Film 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III November 14, 1955 Doc and Marty find the time machine in an abandoned mine. 74 November 15, 1955 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP November 15, 1955 Sam Beckett leaps into a very pregnant teenage girl named Billy Jean, and must find a way to keep her baby instead of giving it up for adoption. 75 November 16, 1955 BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE RIDE 1991 Other 20th Century: 50s Events BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE RIDE November 16, 1955 Biff hitches a ride on an IFT scientist's time machine to 1991. The plot of the ride is that Doc Brown has invited tourists to the Institute of Future Technology to travel one day into the future in his latest invention, an eight-passenger convertible DeLorean Time Machine. First though, Doc travels to 2015 in the original DeLorean to make sure the space time continuum is back to normal, while his other Institute scientists travel to 1885 and 1955. However, in 1955, Biff Tannen stows away on the IFT scientists' time machine, hitching a ride back to the present-day Institute. 76 December 24, 1955 SCROOGED 1988 Film 20th Century: 50s Events SCROOGED December 24, 1955 The Ghost of Christmas Past transports Frank Cross to past Christmas Eves. In 1955, Frank's father gives him 5 pounds of veal for Christmas. 77 December 24, 1955 HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY 2008 Film 20th Century: 50s Events HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY December 24, 1955 Christmas Eve. While living on Douglas Army Base, NM, young Hellboy's adoptive father Trevor Bruttenholm tells Hellboy the story of the ancient war between humans and magical creatures, and the creation of the indestructible mechanical army known as the Golden Army. 1956 - 68 years ago 78 June 5, 1956 FORREST GUMP 1994 Film 20th Century: 50s Events FORREST GUMP June 5, 1956 Forrest Gump and his mother see Elvis Presley performing on the Milton Berle - using Forrest's dance moves - on a TV in the window of Vincy's Furniture and Appliance Store i Greenbow, Alabama. 79 July 3, 1956 OFFSPRING 2009 Film 20th Century: 50s Events OFFSPRING July 3, 1956 Twenty-one year old Susan Hannah was reported missing by her mother Elizabeth Hannah on July 3, 1956. She was last seen alive by employees and patrons of The Whaler Bar at Old Orchard Beach at about one-thirty in the morning. 80 August 2, 1956 ENEMY OF THE STATE 1998 Film 20th Century: 50s Events ENEMY OF THE STATE August 2, 1956 Brill joins National Security Administration in Fort Meyer, MD. 81 August 5, 1956 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP August 5, 1956 Sam Beckett leaps into Texas veterinarian Doc Young. 82 August 13, 1956 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP August 13, 1956 Sam Beckett leaps into the pilot of a private jet taking a newly-wed couple through the Bermuda Triangle. 83 September 13, 1956 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP September 13, 1956 Sam Beckett leaps into Air Force test pilot Tom Stratton. 84 September 27, 1956 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP September 27, 1956 Sam Beckett leaps into Nikos Stathatos, a Greek seaman shipwrecked on an uncharted island. 85 September 29, 1956 THE KILLING 1956 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE KILLING September 29, 1956 Johnny Clay brings his gang together to plan their upcoming $2 million heist at the Lansdowne racetrack. 86 September 30, 1956 THE 4400 2004 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE 4400 September 30, 1956 Future 4400 returnee Jung Pak disappears. He later develops gills. 87 October 2, 1956 THE KILLING 1956 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE KILLING October 2, 1956 Tuesday morning. Johnny Clay begins the final preparations for the $2 million heist. 88 October 6, 1956 THE KILLING 1956 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE KILLING October 6, 1956 Johnny Clay and his gang steal $2 million from Lansdowne Park. 89 October 8, 1956 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 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. 90 November 2, 1956 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP November 2, 1956 Sam Beckett leaps into Tallawaga County Prison inmate Chance Terence Cole, working on a chain gang. 1957 - 67 years ago 91 January 3, 1957 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS January 3, 1957 Scheduled date for Cole and team to arrive in New York at the Emerson Hotel - almost a year before the Maxwell-Rigfield Factory explosion, so plenty of time to prevent it. 92 January 12, 1957 TOY STORY 2 1999 Animated Film 20th Century: 50s Events TOY STORY 2 January 12, 1957 Date on Life Magazine featuring cover story: CHILDREN'S TELEVISION - SATURDAY'S FAVORITE COWBOY WOODY. 93 March 2, 1957 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP March 2, 1957 Sam Beckett leaps into archaeologist Dale Conway, who has uncovered the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Ptah-Hotep. 94 April 27, 1957 THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 1994 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION April 27, 1957 Red's parole rejected. 95 June 25, 1957 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP June 25, 1957 Sam leaps into Al as a young navy pilot facing charges of raping and murdering a Commander's wife. 96 July 29, 1957 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP July 29, 1957 Sam Beckett leaps into deep south lawyer Leonard Dancey, and must try a case involving a black woman accused of murdering a prominent white man. 97 October 5, 1957 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP October 5, 1957 One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy. 98 October 6, 1957 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP October 6, 1957 Sam Beckett leaps into actor Kenny Sharp, portraying the television character of Future Boy, and must find a way to prevent his co-star Moe Stein, from being committed to a mental institution because of his "wild" theories about traveling in time. 99 October 31, 1957 THAT '70S SHOW 1998 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THAT '70S SHOW October 31, 1957 Flashback to Halloween 1957. Kitty is handing out candy to the trick or treaters when she recalls Halloween 1957 when she learns she is pregnant with Laurie. 100 November 5, 1957 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS November 5, 1957 With two days left to stop the final paradox and save the world, Cassie and Cole continue searching for the Primary at Maxwell-Rigfield. 101 November 7, 1957 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS November 7, 1957 Original timeline: Hundreds of people are killed in a massive paradox when a Maxwell-Rigfield Factory explodes in 1957. 102 November 7, 1957 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS November 7, 1957 Revised timeline #1: Believing they have identified the final Primary, Cole and Cassie discover they have been tricked by one of the Messengers, who has fallen in love with and married his target. The Messenger stabs his wife with her bone and triggers the last paradox, sending Cassie into a coma for over six months. 103 November 7, 1957 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS November 7, 1957 Revised timeline #2: Cole travels through time without a machine for the first time, back to the day of the paradox. This time, Cole shoots the Messenger before he can trigger the explosion at the factory. 104 November 9, 1957 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP November 9, 1957 Sam Beckett leaps into small town coroner Melvin, and must determine how a young, orphaned woman from Germany named Hilla died. 105 November 10, 1957 TIME CHASERS 1994 Film 20th Century: 50s Events TIME CHASERS November 10, 1957 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. 106 November 26, 1957 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS November 26, 1957 Cassie has been in a coma for 19 days, since she and Cole failed to prevent the final paradox at the Maxwell-Rigfield factory. 107 November 28, 1957 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP November 28, 1957 Sam Beckett leaps into Tyler Means, an old gunfighter who is spending his retirement days acting out scenes from his youth when he supposedly cleaned up the town. 1958 - 66 years ago 108 February 25, 1958 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP February 25, 1958 Sam Beckett leaps into Martin Joseph "Marty" Ellroy, Sr., a bigamist married to two women and two sets of kids that are both starved for his attention. 109 May 8, 1958 HUNTER 1984 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 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. 110 May 10, 1958 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP May 10, 1958 Sam Beckett leaps into New York cab driver Max Greenman, trying to earn his medallion in a high-stakes contest. 111 June 7, 1958 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP June 7, 1958 Sam Beckett leaps into Darlene Monte, beauty contest finalist competing for the title of "Miss Deep South", and must uncover the reason that his pageant roommate disappears before the pageant ends. 112 June 18, 1958 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP June 18, 1958 Sam Beckett leaps into illiterate drifter and multiple murderer Leon Randolph Stiles, currently on the run. 113 July 1, 1958 SNEAKERS 1992 Film 20th Century: 50s Events SNEAKERS July 1, 1958 According to Mother, the key meeting took place July 1st, 1958. The Air Force brought the space visitor to the White House for an interview with President Eisenhower. And Ike said, "Hey, look, give us your technology. We'll give you all the cow lips you want." 114 July 4, 1958 FRIDAY THE 13TH 1980 Film 20th Century: 50s Events FRIDAY THE 13TH July 4, 1958 Pamela Vorhees murders two counselors at Camp Crystal Lake that sneak into a cabin to have sex. 115 September 1, 1958 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP September 1, 1958 Sam Beckett leaps into gang member Shane "Funny Bone" Thomas, and must prevent the stabbing of the gang leaders' girlfriend, who Sam believes does not belong on the open road and must be set free. Sam visits with famous writer Jack Kerouac. 116 September 6, 1958 BILLIARDS AT HALF-PAST NINE 1959 Literature 20th Century: 50s Events BILLIARDS AT HALF-PAST NINE September 6, 1958 Robert Faehmel's routine, which includes a daily game of billiards, is breached by an old friend, forcing him to confront both public and private memories. 117 September 8, 1958 HOWARD THE DUCK 1986 Film 20th Century: 50s Events HOWARD THE DUCK September 8, 1958 Howard the Duck hatched, per his Marshington D.C. driver license. 118 September 9, 1958 11/22/63 2011 Literature 20th Century: 50s Events 11/22/63 September 9, 1958 If you pass through the magic time portal in the back of the storage closet of Al's Diner, you will be sent back in time to September 9, 1958 at 11:58 am. 119 October 31, 1958 MACGYVER 1985 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events MACGYVER October 31, 1958 Penny Parker's Aunt Betty disappears. Sylvia Lang: "She stayed shut up in that old house all alone. One day she just... Left town for good. That was in '58. 30 years to the day, in fact. On Halloween night... After seven years, they declared her dead." 120 November 18, 1958 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP November 18, 1958 Sam Beckett leaps into Victor Panzini, member of a Hungarian family Arial act, and must save his sister from falling to her death when she tries to perform the deadly "triple" trapeze act without a net. 121 December 5, 1958 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE December 5, 1958 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball 1958-1959 schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Corinth High School in Oakwood. 122 December 12, 1958 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE December 12, 1958 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Allerton High School in Allerton. 123 December 22, 1958 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE December 22, 1958 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Clarion High School in Oakwood. 124 December 25, 1958 THE APARTMENT 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE APARTMENT December 25, 1958 Bexter spends Christmas Day out alone while others enjoy his apartment: Guess what I did last Christmas? Had an early dinner at the automat, went to the zoo, and then I came home and cleaned up after Mr. Eichelberger. He had a little eggnog party here. 125 December 31, 1958 THE GODFATHER PART II 1974 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE GODFATHER PART II December 31, 1958 Fredo pretends not to know Johnny Ola, Roth's right-hand man, but later inadvertently reveals they know each other, leading Michael to realize that Fredo is the traitor.   1959 - 65 years ago 126 January 2, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE January 2, 1959 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Manchester High School in Manchester. 127 January 3, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO January 3, 1959 Date of a deposit in Marion's checkbook. 128 January 6, 1959 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP January 6, 1959 One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy. 129 January 9, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE January 9, 1959 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Plainville High School in Oakwood. 130 January 11, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO January 11, 1959 Date of a withdrawal in Marion's checkbook. 131 January 15, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO January 15, 1959 Date of a deposit in Marion's checkbook. 132 January 16, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE January 16, 1959 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Manchester High School in Oakwood. 133 January 20, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO January 20, 1959 Date of a deposit in Marion's checkbook. 134 January 30, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE January 30, 1959 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Plainville High School in Plainville. 135 February 3, 1959 FUTURE MAN 2017 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events FUTURE MAN February 3, 1959 Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens do not die in a plane crash. J1, also known as nut-face Josh, travels back in time, rescuing his heroes that died prematurely and taking them to Haven, A town that exists outside of time and space. 136 February 6, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE February 6, 1959 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Clarion High School in Clarion. 137 February 12, 1959 KNOWING 2009 Film 20th Century: 50s Events KNOWING February 12, 1959 Date of a deadly plane crash - a disaster predicted by Dawes Elementary School student Lucinda Embry in the list of numbers she scribbles for the time capsule that the school buries in 1959. When the time capsule is opened, Lucinda's "artwork" is given to Professor John Koestler's son Caleb, who now attends the school. John inadvertently discovers that Lucinda accurately predicted every major global disaster for the last 50 years.   138 February 13, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE February 13, 1959 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Allerton High School in Oakwood. 139 February 27, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE February 27, 1959 According to the Oakwood High School Basketball schedule in the Park Drugs drugstore, Oakwood High School plays Corinth High School in Corinth. 140 March 3, 1959 MK ULTRA 2022 Film 20th Century: 50s Events MK ULTRA March 3, 1959 Dr. Strauss' patient Shelly's parents die. 141 March 5, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE March 5, 1959 British military Lieutenant Terry Decker of 56 Squadron Royal Flying Corps flies through a strange white cloud in 1917 that transports him forward in time to 1959. 142 April 18, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO April 18, 1959 Date that previous guest signed the Bates Motel register when Marion signs "Marie Samuels". 143 April 30, 1959 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP April 30, 1959 Sam Beckett leaps into comedian Davey Parker, performing at the Gold & Sand Casino in Las Vegas. 144 May 12, 1959 WATCHMEN 2009 Film 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN May 12, 1959 Janey buys Jon a beer. Dr. Manhattan: "It is May 12th, 1959, when l'm introduced to Janey. She buys me a beer, the first time a woman has done this for me.As she passes me the cold, perspiring glass, our fingers touch." 145 May 12, 1959 WATCHMEN 1986 Comic Books 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN May 12, 1959 Jon's first day at Gila Flats. 146 July 4, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE July 4, 1959 Date of firework display at Coney Island sponsored by the American Legion. 147 July 19, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE July 19, 1959 Death comes calling on sidewalk pitchman Lew Bookman, informing him that he has a departure appointment at midnight. Bookman convinces him to wait until he has made his greatest sales pitch, "one for the angels". 148 July 20, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE July 20, 1959 Shortly after midnight, after making his greatest sales pitch, Lew Bookman meets the original terms of his deal with death, sparing his neighbor Maggie, and leaves with Death. 149 August 20, 1959 WATCHMEN 2019 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN August 20, 1959 U.S. government researcher Jon Osterman obliterated after being caught in an experimental intrinsic field generator, later reassembled as the big blue omniscient superhero that would become known as Dr. Manhattan - an event portrayed in Adrian Veidt's play. 150 September 9, 1959 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP September 9, 1959 Sam Beckett leaps into radio disc jockey "Howlin' Chick Howell", and must prevent a radio station from being shut down. 151 September 13, 1959 STAND BY ME 1986 Film 20th Century: 50s Events STAND BY ME September 13, 1959 Date of the Castle Rock Women's Auxiliary Club Quilting Bee. 152 October 13, 1959 KNOWING 2009 Film 20th Century: 50s Events KNOWING October 13, 1959 William Dawes Elementary School buries a time capsule in 1959 containing the "artwork" of a student named Lucinda Embry that contains clues about a future disaster.   153 October 15, 1959 THE TWILIGHT ZONE 1959 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events THE TWILIGHT ZONE October 15, 1959 Date on the shooting script for movie The Private World of Arthur Curtis, featuring actor Gerald Raigan. 154 October 21, 1959 QUANTUM LEAP 1989 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events QUANTUM LEAP October 21, 1959 One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy. 155 November 1, 1959 THE APARTMENT 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE APARTMENT November 1, 1959 C.C. Baxter calculates how far the population of New York City would reach if laid end to end, starting from Times Square: On November 1, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all these people end to end, figuring an average height of five feet, six and a half inches, they would reach from Times Square to the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. I know facts like this because I work for an insurance company, Consolidated Life of New York. 156 November 10, 1959 WATCHMEN 1986 Comic Books 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN November 10, 1959 A circulatory system walks through the kitchen at the Gila Flats Test Base. 157 November 14, 1959 WATCHMEN 1986 Comic Books 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN November 14, 1959 At the Gila Flats Test Base, a partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing. 158 November 22, 1959 WATCHMEN 1986 Comic Books 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN November 22, 1959 Jon rematerializes. 159 December 11, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO December 11, 1959 Marion Crane steals $40,000 from her boss Lowery Real Estate in Phoenix, Arizona and heads for Fairvale, California to see her boyfriend Sam. 160 December 12, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO December 12, 1959 Marion Crane checks into the Bates Motel. 161 December 13, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO December 13, 1959 Norman Bates tells private detective Martin Arbogast that Marion Crane checked out of the Bates Motel Sunday morning. 162 December 19, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO December 19, 1959 Lowery's private detective Milton Arbogast shows up at Sam's hardware store, meeting with Sam and Marion's sister Lila before checking out various motels in the area. He calls Lila after leaving the Bates Motel, telling her he'll see her in an hour. When he doesn't show up, Sam and Lila go to Sheriff Chambers' house. 163 December 20, 1959 PSYCHO 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events PSYCHO December 20, 1959 Sam and Lila meet Sheriff Chambers at his church before driving over to the Bates Motel to look for Lila themselves. 164 December 24, 1959 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS December 24, 1959 Cole and Cassie chill by their tree on Christmas Eve. 165 December 24, 1959 THE APARTMENT 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE APARTMENT December 24, 1959 After finding out about Sheldrake's numerous other affairs at the company Christmas party, Fran attempts suicide at Baxter's apartment. 166 December 25, 1959 WATCHMEN 1986 Comic Books 20th Century: 50s Events WATCHMEN December 25, 1959 Jon and Janey spend Christmas together. 167 December 25, 1959 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS December 25, 1959 Cole and Cassie exchange Christmas gifts. Cassie gives Cole a razor. Cole gives Cassie a butterfly hair pin. Cole finds out he's going to be a father. 168 December 25, 1959 THE APARTMENT 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE APARTMENT December 25, 1959 Fran spends the day recovering at Baxter's apartment. Baxter calls Sheldrake to let him know what happened. 169 December 26, 1959 12 MONKEYS 2015 TV Series 20th Century: 50s Events 12 MONKEYS December 26, 1959 Cole and Cassie take Athan to the House of Cedar and Pine in 1959, when they would have been living, had Cole not been forced to change the future. 170 December 26, 1959 THE APARTMENT 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE APARTMENT December 26, 1959 Fran continues recovering at Baxter's apartment. Sheldrake calls to check on the situation. 171 December 27, 1959 THE APARTMENT 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE APARTMENT December 27, 1959 Baxter prepares to inform Sheldrake that he's in love with Fran, but before he can, Sheldrake informs him that his wife kicked him out, which frees him up for Fran. 172 December 31, 1959 THE APARTMENT 1960 Film 20th Century: 50s Events THE APARTMENT December 31, 1959 When Sheldrake asks for the key to Baxter's apartment, with the understanding that his refusal will cost him his job, Baxter quits. While celebrating New Year's Eve with Sheldrake, Fran has a change of heart.

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