The Measured Circle Pop Culture Timeline

The Measured Circle Pop Culture Timeline

I do like timelines.  🙂  This one will continue to grow (both backwards and forwards).   One reason I wanted to create a page for this is to alert people to future events, but I do want to mark things historically as well.  For future dates, they may change at any time, of course. If you are looking at movie dates more than two years out, consider them announced more than actual. There are only so many weekends for release, and they fill up, pushing other movies back.

We have added a new page with a Google calendar for current events.  We expect that to be easier to maintain, and therefore to tend to stay more accurate on near future dates.  You can view that calendar (and copy events to your own Google calendar) here:

The Measured Circle Current Events Calendar

1600

undated (literature) A Midsummer Night’s Dream published

1809

January 19 (births): Edgar Allan Poe is born (author)

1818

January 1 (literature): Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is first published

1856

May 15 (births): L. Frank Baum is born (author)

1864

undated (literature): Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne is first published

1894

undated (literature): The People of the Mist by H. Rider Haggard is first published

1897

January 8 (births): Dennis Wheatley is born (author)
January 21 (births): J. Carrol Naish is born (actor)
April 13 (UFOs): The story “Thinks It Is an Airship” appears in the New York Times)
April 19 (UFOs): A UFO hits a windwill and the occupant dies and is subsequently buried in Aurora, Texas
September 23 (births): Walter Pidgeon is born (actor)

1898

July 25 (births): Arthur Lubin is born (director)
September 26 (paranormal): the story “Ghost Followed by Spook” appears in the New York Times
November 29: C.S. Lewis is born (author)

1899

February 12 (births): Edward L. Cahn is born (director)
May 31 (births): Madge Blake is born (actor) (Batman)
August 9 (births): P.L. Travers is born (author)
August 16 (births): Glenn Strange is born (actor) (Frankenstein)
December 6 (births): Sam Newfield is born (director)

1900

1900 (literature): The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (the first book in the Oz series) by L. Frank Baum is first published

1901

October (literature): first book publication of H.G. Wells’ The First Men in the Moon

1902

May 12 (births): Philip Gordon Wylie is born (author: When Worlds Collide)
September 22 (births): John Houseman is born (actor)
December 9 (births): Margaret Hamilton is born (actor) (Oz)

1903

undated (literature): The Enchanted Island of Yew (L. Frank Baum)
March 26 (movies): The Passion Play
April 27 (births): Frank Belknap Long (author)
May (literature): Darby O’Gill and the Good People
May (movies): Rip Van Winkle
May 21 (births): Manly Wade Wellman (author)
June 25 (births): George Orwell (author)
July 10 (births): John Wyndham (author)
August 15 (movies): The Monster (Georges Méliès)
September 5 (movies): Fairyland: A Kingdom of Fairies (Georges Méliès)
October 17 (movies): Alice in Wonderland (May Clark)
November 5 (births): H. Warner Munn (author)
December 10 (births): Mary Norton (author)

1904

1904 (literature): The Marvelous Land of Oz, the second book in the Wizard of Oz series, by L. Frank Baum is published
1904 (literature): The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells is first published

1906

February 5 (births): John Carradine is born (actor)
February 10 (births): Lon Chaney, Jr. is born (actor)
November 13 (births): Hermione Baddeley is born (actor)

1907 (literature): Ozma of Oz, the third book in the Wizard of Oz series, by L. Frank Baum is published

1908

1908 (literature): Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, the fourth book in the Wizard of Oz series, by L. Frank Baum is published
January 8 (births): William Hartnell is born (actor)
February 1 (births): George Pal is born (director, producer)
April 28 (births): Carl Laemmle, Jr. is born (producer)
April 29 (births): Jack Williamson is born (author)
May 28 (births): Ian Fleming is born (author: James Bond)
May 31 (births): Don Ameche is born (author)
June 18 (births): Bud Collyer is born (actor) (Superman)

1909

1909 (literature): The Road to Oz, the fifth book in the Wizard of Oz series, by L. Frank Baum is published

1911

March 24 (births): Joseph Barbera is born (director, producer) (Hanna-Barbera)
May 7 (births): Ishirô Honda (director)
May 20 (births): Gardner Fox New York (comics writer)
May 27 (births): Vincent Price (actor)
June 29 (births): Bernard Herrmann (composer)
August 26(births): Otto Binder (comics writer)
October 2 (births): Jack Finney (author)
October 15 (births): James Schmitz (author)
December 8 (births): Lee J. Cobb (actor)

1912

January 13 (births): Paul Birch (actor)
February 17 (births): Andre Norton  (author)
March 28 (births): A. Bertram Chandler  (author)
April 26 (births): A. E. Van Vogt  (author)
April 29 (births): Richard Carlson  (actor)
May 29 (births): John Gilling  (director)
July 10 (births): Robert Lees (screenwriter)
July 23 (births): Jackson Beck (actor)
August 23 (births): Ed Benedict (animator)
September 21 (births): Chuck Jones (animator)
September 28 (births): Peter Finch (actor)

1913

January 18 (births): Danny Kaye (actor)
January 29 (births): Victor Mature  (actor)
August 21 (births): Robert Gordon  (director)
November 2 (births): Burt Lancaster  (actor)

1914

undated (literature): At The Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs
December 2 (births): Ray Walston (actor)

1915

February 12 (births): Lorne Green  (actor)
February 19 (births): Fred Freiberger  (screenwriter)
April 7 (births): Henry Kuttner  (author)
April 12 (births): Emil Petaja  (author)
June 2 (births): Lester del Rey  (author)
July 11 (births): Yul Brynner  (actor)
August 11 (births): Jean Parker  (actor)
September 4 (UFOs): Lieutenant Colonel W. P. Drury, an intelligence officer, observes a “white light” in the sky at Dartington Point, England
October 16 (births): Judd Holdren (actor)
October 24 (births): Bob Kane  (comics writer) (Batman)

1917

Undated (literature): A Diversity of Creatures (Rudyard Kipling)
Undated (literature): The Lost Princess of Oz
Undated (literature): The Hand of Fu Manchu
Undated (literature): Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

January 24 (births): Ernest Borgnine (actor)
March 22 (births): Kenneth Tobey (actor)
April 15 (births): Hans Conreid (actor)
April 23 (movies): She (H. Rider Haggard)
May 21 (births): Raymond Burr (actor) (Godzilla)
June 30 (births): Lena Horne (actor) (Oz)
September 18 (births): June Foray (voice artist)

1918

January 3 (births): Jeanne Dixon  (psychic)
January 13 (births): Bud Westmore (makeup artist)
February 26 (births): Theodore Sturgeon  (author)
April 11 (births): Cameron Mitchell  (actor)
April 17 (births): William Holden  (actor)
April 26 (births): Stafford Repp  (actor) (Batman)
May 16 (births): Barry Atwater  (actor)
June 19 (births): Carol Forman  (actor)
July 25 (births): Nan Grey  (actor)
August 18 (births): Evelyn Ankers  (actor)
September 30 (births): H. B. Fyfe  (author)
October 13 (births): Jack MacGowran  (actor)
November 29 (births): Madeleine L’Engle  (author)

1919

January 1 (births): Carole Landis is born (actor)
June 14 (births): Sam Wanamaker is born (actor, director)
July 7 (births): Jon Pertwee is born (actor) (Doctor Who)
October 11 (births): Jean Vander Pyl is born (voice artists)
November 4 (births): Martin Balsam is born (actor)
December 10 (births): Alexander Courage (composer)

1920

February 27 (movies): The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is released in Germany
April (movies): Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (John Barrymore) opens in the USA
May (movies): The Son of Tarzan is released (USA)
October 29 (movies): The Golem premieres in Germany

1921

January 21 (births): Charles Eric Maine  (author)
January 31 (births): John Agar  (actor)
March 1 (births): Jack Clayton   (director)
May 23 (births): James Blish  (author)
August 19 (births): Gene Roddenberry
September 12 (births): Stanisław Lem   (author)
November 4 (births): Jay Anson  (author)
December 21 (births): Maila Nurmi   (actor)

1922

January 7 (births): Vincent Gardenia (actor)
January 17 (births): Betty White (actor)
January 31 (births): William Sylvester  (actor)
February 6 (births): Patrick MacNee  (actor)
March 14 (births): Les Baxter  (composers)
March 27 (births): Dick King-Smith  (author)
April 16 (births): John Christopher (author)
April 19 (births): Don Sharp (director)
May 7 (births): Darren McGavin  (actor)
May 30 (births): Hal Clement  (author
August 1 (births): Arthur Hill (actor)
September 15 (births): Jackie Cooper (actor)
September 18 (fictional): Richard Tyler is born (The 4400)
September 19 (births): Damon Knight  (author)
September 24 (births): Bert I. Gordon  (producer)
November 11 (births): Kurt Vonnegut (author)
December 19 (births): Michael Garrison (producer)
December 24 (births): Ava Gardner (actor)

1923

January 8 (births): Larry Storch  (actor)
January 11 (births): Jerome Bixby (author, screenwriter)
February 28 (births): Charles Durning (actor)
April 22 (births): Aaron Spelling (actor)
May 8 (births): Jack Laird  (director, screenwriter, producer)
August 29 (births): Richard Attenborough (actor)
September 8 (births): Arthur C. Pierce  (screenwriters)
September 28 (births): William Windom  (actor)
October 27 (births): Peter Bryant  (producer)
November 1 (births): Gordon R. Dickson  (author)
December 7 (births): Ted Knight  (actor, voice artist)

1924

undated (literature): The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany is first published
January 7 (births): Gene L. Coon is born (screenwriter)
January 14 (births): Guy Williams is born (actor)
March 31 (births): Patrick Magee is born (actor)
April 3 (births): Marlon Brando is born (actor)
April 13 (births): Stanley Donen is born (director)
June 16 (births): Faith Domergue is born (actor)
July 19 (births): Arthur Rankin Jr.(director, producer)
August 1 (births): Marcia Mae Jones is born (actor)
October 4 (births): Charlton Heston is born (actor)
October 10 (births): Ed Wood is born (director)
December 25 (births): Rod Serling is born (screenwriter)

1926

January 20 (births): Patricia Neal (actor)
February 11 (births): Leslie Nielson  (actor)
February 14 (births): Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.(director)
February 20 (births): Richard Matheson  (author)
March 18 (births): Peter Graves  (actor)
April 5 (births): Roger Corman  (director, producer)
April 10 (fictionas): A rocket crash lands on Earth containing the infant Kal-El (The Adventures of Superman) (TV Series) (Superman)
June 28 (births): Mel Brooks  (actor, screenwriter, director)
July 3 (births): William Roll  (parapsychologists)
July 10 (births): Fred Gwynne  (actor)
July 22 (births): Bryan Forbes (actor)
August 12 (births): Douglas Croft (actor)
September 1 (births): Gene Colan  (comics artists)
September 7 (births): Don Messick  (voice artists)
September 17 (births): Curtis Harrington  (director)
November 25 (births): Poul Anderson  (author)

1930

undated (books): The Day the World Ended (Sax Rohmer)
undated (books): Gladiator (Philip Wylie)
undated (books): Last and First Men (Olaf Stapledon)
undated (books): The Yellow Knight of Oz (Ruth Plumly Thompson)x

January 11 (births): Rod Taylor (actor)
January 19 (births): Tippi Hedren (actor)
January 30 (births): Gene Hackman (actor)
February 10 (births): Robert Wagner (actor)
March 24 (births): Steve McQueen (actor)
March 30 (births): John Astin (actor)
April 24 (births): Richard Donner (director)
May (books): Tanar of Pellucidar (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
May 31 (births): Clint Eastwood (actor)
July 12 (movies): The Unholy Three (Lon Chaney)
August 25 (births): Sean Connery (actor)
August 28 (movies): Animal Crackers (the Marx Brothers)
September 16 (births): Anne Francis (actor)
September 28 (movies): Soup to Nuts (the Three Stooges)
October 1 (births): Richard Harris (actor)
November 13 (movies): The Bat Whispers
November 23 (movies): Just Imagine
December 3 (births): Jean-Luc Goddard (director) (Alphaville)

1932

1932: The joy buzzer is patented

1933

January 12 (movies): Island of Lost Souls opens in theatres
March (cryptozoology): The Loch Ness Monster receives international publicity
March (literature): First Doc Savage pulp adventure, The Man of Bronze, is published
March 14 (births):Michael Caine is born (actor) (Batman)
April 5 (births): Frank Gorshin is born (actor) (Batman)
April 7 (movies): King Kong (1933 film) opens in U.S. theaters
May 10 (births): Alan Landsburg is born (producers)
May 20 (births): Constance Towers is born (actor)
June 8 (births): Joan Rivers is born (actor)
June 11 (births): Gene Wilder is born (actor)
August 1 (births): Dom DeLuise is born (actor)
August 7 (births): Jerry Pournelle is born (author)
August 16 (births): Julie Newmar is born (actor) (Batman)
August 25 (births): Tom Skerritt is born (actor)
November 13 (movies): The Invisible Man (1933 movie) opens in theaters

1934

undated (literature): Erewhon by Samuel Butler is first published
undated (literature): Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers is first published
January 7 (comics): The Flash Gordon comic strip debuts
January 22 (births): Bill Bixby  (actor)
January 31 (births): James Franciscus  (actor)
March 30 (movies): Death Takes a Holiday opens in US theaters
April 22 (births): Brian Glover  (actor)
April 24 (births): Shirley MacLaine  (actor)
June 29 (births): Corey Allen  (director)
September 27 (births): Wilford Brimley  (actor)
October 20 (births): Michael Dunn  (actor)
November 9 (births): Carl Sagan  (astronomer)
December 9 (births): Dame Judi Dench  (actor)

1935

1935 (literature): The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney is published
1935 (literature): Lost on Venus (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
1935 (literature): Odd John (Olaf Stapledon)
1935 (literature): Things to Come (H.G. Wells)
1935 (literature): The Wishing Horse of Oz (Ruth Plumly Thompson)
January 8 (births): Elvis Presley (singer, actor)
April 22 (movies): The Bride of Frankenstein
May 13 (movies): Werewolf of London
July 12 (movies): Mad Love (Peter Lorre)
July 17 (births): Donald Sutherland (actor)
August 5 (births): John Saxon (actor)
November 15 (movies): A Night at the Opera (the Marx Brothers)
October 1 (births): Julie Andrews (actor)
October 18 (births): Peter Boyle (actor)
October 30 (movies): A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Jimmy Cagney)
December 1 (births): Woody Allen (director, actor)

1936

January 18 (births): Cirio H. Santiago  (producers)
January 28 (births): Alan Alda  (actor)
February 2 (births): Duane Jones  (actor)
February 17 (births): The Phantom (first costumed superhero) comic strip debuts (comics)
February 23 (births): (fictional) A newspaper article appears about a meeting between the US President and charity worker Edith Keeler, alerting Spock to a possible future (The City on the Edge of Forever) (Star Trek episode))
March 19 (births): Ursula Andress (actor)
March 31 (movies): Things to Come opens in theaters
April 14 (births): Kenneth Mars  (actor)
April 29 (births): Lane Smith  (actor)
May 9 (births): Albert Finney  (actor)
May 17 (births): Dennis Hopper  (actor)
May 20 (births): Anthony Zerbe  (actor)
May 30 (births): Keir Dullea (actor)
June 8 (births): James Darren  (actor)
June 15 (movies): Trapped by Television opens in theaters
June 22 (births): Kris Kristofferson  (actor)
July 24 (births): Mark Goddard  (actor)
July 25 (births): Brian Finch  (screenwriter)
September 11 (births): Ian Abercrombie  (actor)
September 14 (births): Walter Koenig  (actor)
September 24 (births): Jim Henson  (producer)
October 23 (births): Philip Kaufman  (screenwriter, director)
November 11 (births): John Reilly  (actor)
December 1 (births): Melissa Jaffer  (actor) (Farscape)
December 8 (births): David Carradine  (actor)
December 23 (births): Frederic Forrest  (actor)

1937

January 24 (births): Barton Heyman  (actor)
January 31 (births): Suzanne Pleshette  (actor)
February 4 (births): David Newman (screenwriter)
February 5 (births): Stuart Damon (actor)
February 19 (movies): The Man Who Could Work Miracles opens in theaters
March 15 (deaths): H. P. Lovecraft dies (author)
April 20 (births): George Takei  (actor) (Star Trek)
April 22 (births): Jack Nicholson  (actor)
May 12 (births): George Carlin (actor)
May 13 (births): Roger Zelazny  (author)
May 16 (births): Yvonne Craig  (actor) (Batman)
June 1 (births): Morgan Freeman  (actor)
July 6 (births): Ned Beatty (actor)
August undated (literature): The Doc Savage adventure Ost (aka The Magic Island) appears in pulp (Doc Savage)
August 8 (births): Dustin Hoffman  (actor)
September 5 (births): William Devane  (actor)
September 7 (births):John Phillip Law  (actor)
September 13 (births): Don Bluth  (director)
September 21 (literature): J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published
October 31 (births): Michael Landon (actor)
November 15 (births): Yaphet Kotto (actor)
November 30 (births): Ridley Scott (director)
December 2 (births): Brian Lumley  (author)
December 4 (births): Donnelly Rhodes  (actor)
December 21 (births): Jane Fonda  (author)
December 29 (births): Barbara Steele  (actor)
December 31 (births): Anthony Hopkins  (actor)

1938

January 1 (births): Frank Langella (actor)
January 13 (births): William B. Davis (actor)
January 16 (births): Michael Pataki (actor)
February 17 (births): Yvonne Romain (actor)
February 24 (births): James Farentino (actor)
February 28 (fictional): Maia Skouris is born (The 4400)
March 10 (births): Venetia Stevenson (actor)
April 6 (births): Roy Thinnes (actor)
April 7 (comics): Yvonne Lime (actor)
June: Superman makes his first comic book appearance
June: Lois Lane makes her first comic book appearance
July 18 Paul Veerhoven (director)
July 20 (births): Diana Rigg (actor) (The Avengers)
July 23 (births): Ronny Cox (actor)
August 13 (cryptozoology): In an official (but non-public) document, Chief Constable William Fraser says, “That there is some strange creature in Loch Ness now seems beyond doubt.”
August 19 (births): Diana Muldaur (actor)
October 22 (births): Derek Jacobi (actor)
November 3 (births): Jean Rollin (director)
December 6 (births): Patrick Bauchau (actor)
December 16 (movies): A Christmas Carol (1938 movie) opens in U.S. theatres (A Christmas Carol)
December 29 (births): Jon Voight (actor)

1939

February 6 (movies): Buck Rogers opens in theaters
February 11 (births): Jane Yolen  (author)
March 3 (births): Robert Shaye (producer)
April 7 (births): Francis Ford Coppola (director)
April 13 (births): Paul Sorvino (actor)
April 22 (births): Jason Miller (actor)
May (comics): Batman makes his first comic book appearance
May 13 (births): Harvey Keitel  (actor)
May 25 (births): Ian McKellen  (actor)
July 14 (births): Sid Haig  (actor)
August 25 (movies):The Wizard of Oz opens in theaters (Oz)
September 18 (births): Fred Willard  (actor)
October (comics): The Human Torch makes his first comic book appearance
October (literature): Rust by Joseph E. Elleam is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
October 24 (births): F. Murray Abraham  (actor)
October 27 (births): John Cleese  (actor)
October 31 (births): Ron Rifkin  (actor)(Alias)
November 1 (births): Barbara Bosson  (actor)
November 21 (births): Jeannot Szwarc  (director)
November 18 (births): Margaret Atwood  (author)
November 26 (births): Mark Margolis  (actor)
December 18 (births): Michael Moorcock  (author)
December 18 (births): David L. Hewitt  (director)

1940

January (comics): The Flash makes his first comic book appearance
January (comics): Hawkman makes his first comic book appearance
January 12 (movies): The Invisible Man Returns opens in theaters
January 22 (births): John Hurt  (actor)
January 27 (births): James Cromwell  (actor)
February (comics): Captain Marvel makes his first comic book appearance…SHAZAM!
February 4 (births): George A. Romero  (director, screenwriter)
February 4 (births): John Schuck  (actor)
April 25 (births): Al Pacino  (actor)
May (literature): The Automatic Pistol by Fritz Leiber appears in Weird Tales
May 5 (births): Lance Henriksen  (actor)
May 7 (births): Angela Carter (author)
June 1 (births): Rene Auberjonois  (actor)
June 6 (deaths): E.E. Clive (actor)
June 8 (births): Carole Ann Ford  (actor) (Doctor Who)
July 13 (births): Patrick Stewart  (actor)
July 18 (births): James Brolin  (actor)
September 5 (births): Raquel Welch  (actor)
September 7 (births): Dario Argento  (directors)
September 11 (births): Brian De Palma  (directors)
September 17 (movies): Before I Hang opens
September 19 (births): Paul Williams  (actor)
September 20 (movies): The Mummy’s Hand opens
September 20 (births): Jonathon Hardy  (actor) (Farscape)
October (literature): Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates first appears in Astounding Science Fiction
October 24 (births): Martin Campbell  (director)
November 5 (births): Elke Sommer  (actor)
November 15 (births): Sam Waterston  (actor)
November 22 (births): Roy Thomas  (comics writer)
November 22 (births): Terry Gilliam  (actor, screenwriter, director)
December 1 (births): Richard Pryor  (actor)
December 13 (movies): Mysterious Doctor Satan opens in theaters

1941

February 21 (births): Bruno Lawrence  (actor)
February 28 (movies): The Monster and the Girl opens in theaters
March (comics): Captain America makes his first comic book appearance (comics)
March 28 (movies): Captain Marvel is released in US theatres
April (literature): Evolution’s End by Robert Arthur is first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories
April (literature): The Rocket of 1955 by C. M. Kornbluth is first published in Escape
May (literature): Jay Score by Eric Frank Russell is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
May 19 (births): Nora Ephron  (screenwriter, producer)
May 21 (births): David Groh  (actor)
June (literature): Time Wants a Skeleton by Ross Rocklynne is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
June 6 (comics): Neal Adams  (comics artist)
June 20 (movies): The Reluctant Dragon debuts
July (literature): The Seesaw by A. E. van Vogt is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
July 12 (movies): Robot Wrecks opens in theaters
July 13 (births): Robert Forster (actor)
August (literature): Armageddon by Fredric Brown first appears in Unknown August 8 (movies): Hold That Ghost opens in US theaters
September (literature): Solar Plexus by James Blish is first published in Astonishing Stories
September 26 (births): Martine Beswick (actor)
October 4 (births): Anne Rice  (authors)
November (comics): Speedy (Green Arrow’s teen sidekick) makes his first comic book appearance in More Fun comics
November 1 (births): Robert Foxworth  (actor)
November 19 (births): Dan Haggerty  (actor)
November 21 (births): John Hough  (director)
December (comics): Wonder Woman makes her first comic book appearance December 9 (births): Beau Bridges  (actor)
December 27 (births): Aharon Ipalé  (actor)

1942

January 5 (births): Cliff Potts (actor)
January 14 (births): Andrew Robinson (actor)
January 20 (births): Linda Moulton Howe (UFOs)
March 13 (movies): The Ghost of Frankenstein debuts
April 1 (births): Matthew Walker (actor)
April 8 (births): Douglas Trumbull (director)
May 8 (movies): The Corpse Vanishes opens in theaters
May 13 (births): Roger Young (director)
May 29 (deaths): John Barrymore dies (actor)
June 16 (births): Suzan Farmer (actor)
July 13 (births): Harrison Ford (actor)
July 24 (births): Chris Sarandon (actor)
August 1 (births): Giancarlo Giannini (actor)
August 7 (movies): Invisible Agent opens in theaters
August 12 (births): Howard R. Cohen  (screenwriter)
September 1 (births): C. J. Cherryh  (author)
September 12 (births): Charles L. Grant (author)
October 10 (births): Peter Coyote  (actor)
October 23 (births): Michael Crichton  (author)
October 31 (births): David Ogden Stiers  (actor)
November 2 (births): Stefanie Powers  (actor)
November 28 (UFOs): During World War II, the crew of a British military aircraft observe a UFO over 200 feet in length, traveling 500 miles an hour, near Turin

1943

1943 (undated) (literature): Perelandra (C.S. Lewis)
1943 (undated) (literature): The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (H.P. Lovecraft)
1943 (undated) (literature): The Magic Bed Knob (Mary Norton) (basis of Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
March 31 (births): Christopher Walken (actor)
April 9 (movies): Cabin in the Sky
April 30 (movies): I Walked with a Zombie
June 13 (births): Malcolm McDowell (actor)
August 11 (movies): Heaven Can Wait
August 17 (births): Robert De Niro (actor)
August 21 (movies): The Seventh Victim
September 17 (movies): Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
October 8 (births): Chevy Chase (actor)
October 15 (births): Penny Marshall (actor, director)

1944

January (literature): Far Centaurus by A. E. Van Vogt is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
January 1 (movies): The Return of the Vampire opens
January 23 (births): Rutger Hauer  (actor)
February 13 (births): Stockard Channing  (actor) (Batman)
February 21 (births): Kitty Winn (actor)
April (literature): Invariant by John R. Pierce is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
May 5 (births): John Rhys-Davies  (actor)
May 25 (births): Frank Oz  (voice artists)
June 9 (movies): The Invisible Man’s Revenge opens in theaters
June 27 (births): Paul Koslo (actor)
July 7 (movies): The Mummy’s Ghost opens (Movies)
July 8 (births): Jeffrey Tambor (actor)
July 15 (births): Jan-Michael Vincent (actor)
August 2 (births): Susan Denberg (actor) (Star Trek)
August 7 (births): John Glover (actor) (Smallville)
September (comics): Mr. Mxyzptlk, mischievous magic imp from the 5th Dimension, makes his first comic book appearance in Superman  (Superman)
September 18 (births): Veronica Carlson (actor)
November 17 (births): Gary Goldman  (producer/director)
December 1 (movies): House of Frankenstein (1944 movie) opens in theaters (Movies)
December 2 (births): Cathy Lee Crosby  (actor)

1945

January 29 (births): Tom Selleck (actor)
February 9 (births): Mia Farrow (actor)
February 24 (births): Mikael Salomon (director, cinematographer)
March 7 (births): John Heard  (actor)
May 28 (births): John Nicolella  (director)
June 7 (radio): The Adventures of Topper debuts on radio
June 11 (births): Adrienne Barbeau  (actor)
July 6 (births): Burt Ward  (actor) (Batman)
July 19 (births): George Dzundza  (actor)
August 20 (births): Paul Hampton  (actor)
August 23 (births): Bob Peck  (actor)
September 21 (births): Jerry Bruckheimer  (producer)
October 20 (births): George Wyner  (actor)
November 15 (births): Roger Donaldson  (author)
November 26 (births): Daniel Davis  (actor)
December 4 (births): Karl Edward Wagner  (author)
December 7 (movies): House of Dracula opens in theaters
December 9 (births): Michael Nouri  (actor)
December 31 (births): Connie Willis  (author)
December 25 (births): Rick Berman (screenwriter, producer) (Star Trek)

1946

1946 (TV): Dumont begins the first network television broadcasts
January 20 (births): David Lynch  (screenwriter, director)
February 2 (deaths): Rondo Hatton dies (actor)
February 5 (births): Charlotte Rampling (actor)
February 21 (births): Anthony Daniels  (actor) (Star Wars)
February 21 (births): Alan Rickman  (actor)
February 24 (births): Barry Bostwick  (actor)
March 3 (fictional): Maia Rutledge disappears in California in a flash of bright light (The 4400)
April (literature): Loophole by Arthur C. Clarke is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
April 19 (births): Tim Curry (actor)
May 13 (comics): Marv Wolfman (comics writer)
May 14 (births): Joseph Zito  (director)
May 17 (births): F. Paul Wilson  (author)
May 17 (movies): The Cat Creeps opens in theaters
June 1 (births): Brian Cox  (actor)
June 13 (births): Geoff Murphy  (director)
June 28 (births): Bruce Davison  (actor)
June 28 (movies): Dead of Night opens in theaters
July 22 (births): Danny Glover  (actor)
August 16 (births): Lesley Ann Warren  (actor)
August 17 (births): Shane Briant  (actor)
August 26 (births): Mark Snow  (composer)
September 18 (births): Nicholas Clay  (actor)
September 28 (births): Jeffrey Jones  (actor)
September 30 (births): Dan O’Bannon (producer, screenwriter)
October 4 (births): Susan Sarandon  (actor)
October 14 (births): Michael Sloan  (screenwriter)
October 31 (births): Stephen Rea  (actor)
October 31 (births): Norman Lovett  (actor)
November (literature): Mewhu’s Jet by Theodore Sturgeon is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
November 3 (births): Tom Savini  (makeup artist)
November 7 (sea monsters): A sea monster with a gorilla-like face is reported off Cape San Martin, California
November 25 (births): Michael Feast  (actor)
December 8 (births): John Rubenstein  (actor)
December 18 (births): Steven Spielberg  (actor)
December 19 (births): Robert Urich  (actor)
December 25 (births): Christopher Frayling  (author)

1947

January 8 (births): David Bowie  (actor)
January 10 (births): George Alec Effinger(author)
February 24 (births): Edward James Olmos  (actor)
March 7 (births): Richard Lawson  (actor)
March 19 (births): Glenn Close  (actor)
April 12 (fictional): Gary Navarro is born (The 4400)
April 12 (births): Dan Lauria  (actor)
May 17 (deaths): Ben Taggart dies (actor)
June 1 (births): Jonathon Pryce  (actor)
June 20 (births): Candy Clark  (actor)
June 22 (births): Octavia E. Butler (author)
June 24 (UFOs): Kenneth reports seeing unknown objects in th sky (births): the term “flying saucer” results
July (literature): The Figure by Edward Grendon is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
July 4 (births): Robert Iscove  (director)
July 8 (UFOs): Headlines announce that the government has recovered a flying saucer (The Roswell Incident)
July 24 (births): Robert Hays (actor)
July 30 (births): Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor)
August 9 (births): John Varley  (author)
August 20 (births): Ray Wise (actor)
August 19 (births): Gerald McRaney (actor)
September 4 (births): David St. James  (actor)
September 6 (births): Jane Curtin  (actor)
September 7 (births): David McGillivray  (author)
September 14 (births): Sam Neill  (actor)
September 17 (births): Gail Carson Levine  (author)
September 19 (births): Tanith Lee  (author)
September 21 (births): Nick Castle  (screenwriter, director)
September 21 (births): Stephen King (author)
September 26 (deaths): Hugh Lofting dies (author) (Doctor Dolittle)
October 17 (births): Michael McKean (actor)
October 24 (births): Kevin Kline (actor)
October 29 (births): Richard Dreyfuss (actor)
November 17 (births): Steven E. de Souza  (screenwriter)
November 25 (births): John Laroquette  (actor)

1948

January 7 (UFOs): Captain Thomas Mantell dies pursuing a UFO during The Mantell Incident
January 16 (births): John Carpenter (director)
January 29 (births): Marc Singer (actor)
February 16 (movies): The Bishop’s Wife (movie) opens in theaters
February 29 (births): Patricia McKillip  (author)
March 20 (births): John de Lancie (actor) (Star Trek)
March 20 (births): Pamela Sargent (author)
March 28 (births): Jayne Ann Krentz (author)
May 6 (births): Richard Cox (actor)
May 10 (births): Meg Foster (actor)
May 19 (births): Grace Jones (actor)
May 29 (births): Nick Mancuso (actor)
May 30 (births): Michael Piller (producer, screenwriter)
June 12 (births): Len Wein  (comics writers)
July 21 (births): Art Hindle (actor)
July 5 (deaths): Carole Landis dies (actor)
August 1 (births): Christopher Crowe (screenwriter)
August 20 (births): John Noble (actor)
August 23 (TV): Lucky Pup series debut (TV series)
September 19 (births): Jeremy Irons (actor)
September 20 (births): George R. R. Martin  (author)
October 1 (UFOs): Pilot Gorman dodges a UFO. North Dakota Air National Guard George F. Gorman allegedly repeatedly evades an mysterious light that dogs his plane at 14,000 feet
October 2 (births): Avery Brooks (actor) (Star Trek)
October 17 (births): Margot Kidder (actor)
December 21 (births): Samuel L. Jackson (actor)

1949

January 14 (births): Lawrence Kasdan  (screenwriter)
February 2 (births): Brent Spiner  (actor)
March 2 (births): Gates McFadden  (actor)
March 16 (births): Victor Garber  (actor)
April 14 (births): John Shea  (actor)
April 14 (UFOs): Charles Moore sees a UFO near Hot Springs, New Mexico while testing balloons (UFOs)
May 1 (births): Douglas Barr  (actor, director)
June (literature): Mouse by Fredric Brown is first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories
June 8 (movies): King of the Rocket Men opens in U.S. theaters
June 17 (paranormal): A United States Air Force plane photographs a large object near the top of Mt. Ararat, which some people believe is Noah’s Ark
June 18 (births): Chris Van Allsburg  (author)
June 22 (births): Meryl Streep  (actor)
June 27 (TV): Captain Video and His Video Rangers debuts (TV series)
July 5 (births): Jill Murphy (author)
August 2 (births): Madeline Smith (actor)
August 25 (births): John Savage (actor)
August 31 (births): Richard Gere (actor)
September 18 (births): Billy Drago (actor)
October (literature): Defense Mechanism by Katharine MacLean is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
October 8 (births): Sigourney Weaver  (actor)
October 10 (births): Jessica Harper  (actor)
October 16 (births): David Greenwalt  (screenwriter) (Angel), (Eureka)
November 2 (births): Lois McMaster Bujold  (author)
November 5 (births): Armin Shimerman  (actor)
November 29 (births): Garry Shandling  (actor)
December 3 (deaths): Maria Ouspenskaya dies (actor)
December 4 (births): Jeff Bridges  (actor)
December 25 (births): Sissy Spacek  (actor)

1950

January 14 (births): Arthur Byron Cover (author)
February 21 (births): Larry Drake (actor)
March 13 (births): William H. Macy (actor)
March 18 (births): Brad Dourif (actor)
March 20 (births): William Hurt (actor)
March 30 (births): Robbie Coltrane (actor)
April 13 (births): Ron Perlman (actor)
April 13 (births): William Sadler (actor)
April 15 (TV): Buck Rogers debuts (TV series)
April 16 (births): Billy West  (voice artist)
May 12 (births): Gabriel Byrne  (actor)
May 12 (births): Bruce Boxleitner  (actor)
June 6 (births): Gary Graham  (actor)
June 20 (UFOs): Reverend Ross Vermillion sees a UFO near Kingman, Kansas (UFOs)
July 1 (births): Michael McDowell (screenwriter)
August 15 (births): Tess Harper (actor)
September 20 (births): James Blaylock (author)
September 21 (births): Bill Murray (actor)
September 27 (births): Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (actor)
September 28 (births): John Sayles  (director, screenwriter)
October 1 (births): Randy Quaid (actor)
October 2 (births): Persis Khambatta (actor)
October 2 (TV): Tom Corbett, Space Cadet debuts (TV Series)
October 3 (births): Pamela Hensley (actor)
October 15 (deaths): William Christy Cabanne dies (director)
October 31 (births): John Candy  (actor)
December 8 (births): Rick Baker  (make-up artist)
December 21 (births): Jeffrey Katzenberg  (producer)

1951

January 30 (births): Charles S. Dutton (actor)
February 13 (births): David Naughton (actor)
February 24 (births): Helen Shaver (actor)
February 25 (births): Neil Jordan (director)
March 7 (births): Félix Enríquez Alcalá  (director)
March 7 (movies): Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man opens in theaters (Movies)
April 11 (UFOs): J. C. Kaliszewski sees two UFOs over Minneapolis, Minnesota while flying. The sighting is confirmed from the ground by men using a theodolite
April 13 (births): Peter Davison  (actor) (Doctor Who)
April 24 (births): Steven Lisberger  (director)
May 11 (fictional): Richard Tyler disappears from Sinanju, Korea in a bright flash of light (The 4400)
May 7 (births): John Fleck (actor)
June 13 (births): Stellan Skarsgård (actor)
June 18 (births): Steve Miner (director)
June 23 (TV): Lucky Pup series finale (TV series)
July 2 (paranormal): Mary Reeser is found consumed by fire (except for part of one leg) in an apparent case of spontaneous human combustion
July 6 (births): Geoffrey Rush (actor)
July 21 (births): Robin Williams (actor)
July 28 (movies): Alice in Wonderland opens in US theaters
August 3 (TV): Tales of Tomorrow debuts on ABC
August 6 (births): Catherine Hicks (actor)
September (literature): I’m Scared by Jack Finney is first published in Collier’s
September 2 (births): Mark Harmon (actor)
September 5 (births): Michael Keaton (actor) (Batman)
September 11 (UFOs): Lieutenant Wilbert Ballard sees a UFO over New Jersey while flying
September 25 (births): Mark Hamill (actor) (Star Wars)
September 27 (births): Jim Shooter  (comics)
September 28 (movies): The Day the Earth Stood Still opens in U.S. Theaters
October 5 (births): Karen Allen (actor)
October 18 (births): Pam Dawber (actor)
October 31 (TV movies): Scrooge (1951 movie)
November 9 (births): Lou Ferrigno (actor)
November 14 (births): Sandahl Bergman (actor)
November 15 (births): Beverly D’Angelo (actor)
December (literature): A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber first appears in Galaxy Science Fiction

1952

January 8 (births): Gary Wassner (author)
January 11 (births): Diana Gabaldon (author)
January 17 (births): Kevin Reynolds (director)
February 9 (births): Robin Wayne Bailey (author)
March 11 (births): Douglas Adams (screenwriter, author)
March 16 (births): Alvin Sanders (voice artist)
April 1 (births): Annette O’Toole (actor)
April 5 (births): Mitch Pileggi (actor)
April 13 (births): Erick Avari (actor)
April 22 (births): Marilyn Chambers(actor)
April 28 (births): Mary McDonnell (actor)
May 14 (births): Robert Zemeckis (screenwriter, director, producer)
May 18 (births): Diane Duane (author)
May 24 (UFOs): Orfeo Angelucci has his first contact with an alien
June 7 (births): Liam Neeson (actor)
June 18 (births): Isabella Rossellini (actor)
July 1 (births): Dan Akroyd (actor)
July 15 (births): Terry O’Quinn (actor)
July 17 (births): Robert R. McCammon (author)
July 22 (births): Madeleine Collinson and Mary Collinson (actors)
August (comics): The Phantom Stranger makes his first comic book appearance
August 4 (UFOs): Lieutenant D. Swimley sees eight UFOs near Hamilton Air Force Base, California
August 6 (births): Chuck Russell (producer, screenwriter)
August 14 (births): Carl Lumbly (actor)
August 19 (births): Jonathan Frakes (actor)(Star Trek)
September 6 (births): James Lew (actor)
September 12 (UFOs): The Flatwoods Monster is encountered in West Virginia
September 19 (births):Angela Cartwright (actor)
September 19 (TV): Adventures of Superman debuts (Episode: Superman on Earth)
September 30 (births): Jack Wild (actor)
October 5 (births): Clive Barker (author)
October 8 (movies): Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla opens in U.S. theaters
October 20 (fictional): Jack O’Neill is born (Stargate)
October 22 (births): Jeff Goldblum (actor)
November 12 (births): Aaron Lipstadt (director)
November 16 (births): Robin McKinley (author)
November 20 (UFOs): George Adamski meets an alien for the first time (ETs and UFOs)
November 29 (births): Jeff Fahey (actor)
November 30 (births): Mandy Patinkin (actor)
December 9 (births): Michael Dorn (actor)
December 12 (births): Sarah Douglas (actor)
December 25 (births): CCH Pounder (actor)
December 30 (births): S. P. Somtow (author)

1953

January 19 (births): Desi Arnaz Jr. (actor)
February 10 (births): John Shirley (author)
February 22 (births): Nigel Planer (actor)
April 1 (births): Barry Sonnenfeld  (director, producer)
April 18 (births): Rick Moranis (actor)
April 22 (movies): Invaders from Mars (1953) opens
April 24 (births): Jonathon Coy (actor)
May (literature): The Liberation of Earth by William Tenn is first published in Future Science Fiction
May 15 (births): Cleavant Derricks (actor)
May 16 (births): Pierce Brosnan (actor)
May 29 (births): Danny Elfman (composer)
May 30 (births): Colm Meaney (actor)
June (literature): The World Well Lost by Theodore Sturgeon is first published in Universe Science Fiction
June 5 (births): Kathleen Kennedy (producer)
June 8 (cryptozoology): A sea monster is seen by Sam Randazzo and his crew off San Clemente, California
June 13 (births): Tim Allen (actor)
August (literature): Common Time by James Blish is first published in Science Fiction Quarterly
August 20 (births): Peter Horton (actor)
August 26 (movies): The War of the Worlds (1953 film) opens in theaters
August 29 (births): Nancy Holder (author)
September (literature): Time is the Traitor by Alfred Bester is first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
September 3 (movies): Catwomen of the Moon opens
September 30 (movies): Donovan’s Brain opens
October 11 (births): David Morse (actor)
October 31 (births): Michael J. Anderson (actor)
November 4 (UFOs): Edward Lake sees a UFO near the Vermont/Canada border
November 6 (births): Ron Underwood (director)
November 13 (births): Frances Conroy (actor)
November 19 (births): Robert Beltran (actor)
November 23 (births): George DelHoyo (actor)
December 8 (births): Kim Basinger (actor)
December 9 (births): John Malkovich (actor)
December 17 (births): Bill Pullman (actor)
December 18 (fictional): A plane piloted by Diane Holmes enters a time warp and is greeted upon landing more than fifty years later by members of Torchwood
December 24 (births): Timothy Carhart  (actor)

1954

January 3 (births): Emma Bull (author)
January 15, 2:00 AM (births): A couple in Nevada see a blue light like an aurora rise from the ground
January 19 (births): Katey Sagal (actor)
January 30 (paranormal): An explosion of unknown origin injures Mrs. Robert Arledge, the wife of a police officer, in Gadsden, Alabama
February 1 (births): Bill Mumy (actor)
February 5 (UFOs): Mrs. Weiss and Mrs Saunders of Las Cruces, New Mexico find circular marks in the desert and see lights
February 6 (paranormal): A fishbowl owned by Mrs. H. Dressler spontaneously explodes in Houston, Texas
February 15 (UFOs): Two cousins take two photographs of an Adamski style UFO
February 15 (UFOs): Nine UFOs are seen over Auckland, New Zealand
February 18 (UFOs): Cedric Allingham has a conversation with a man from Mars
February 20 (births): Anthony Stewart Head (actor)
February 27 (UFOs): Two witnesses at Hillsboro, Oregon see six weird bird shaped objects in the sky
March 1 (births): Ron Howard (actor, director)
March 4 (births): Catherine O’Hara (actor)
March 5 (movies): Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954 movie) opens in U.S. theaters
March 8 (deaths): John L. Balderston dies (screenwriter)
March 11 (births): David Newman (composer)
March 13 (paranormal): 75,000 tons of red snow falls around Minneapolis, Minnesota (1)
March 14 (paranormal): Small jellyfish appear in Crystal Lake, Ohio
April 9 (births): Dennis Quaid  (actor)
April 10 (TV): Rocky Jones, Space Ranger debuts
April 14 (births): Katsuhiro Otomo  (artist)
April 17 (births): Rowdy Roddy Piper  (actor)
May 1 (UFOs): A glowing red hemisphere is seen by J. Fuller near Logan, Utah. A subsequent explosion/shockwave/earthquake is felt for hundreds of miles around, and a crater (but no meteorite) is found
May 6 (UFOs): A “perfectly circular” object with a bright center is seen in the sky over Arizona by Frederick G. Hehr
May 8 (births): David Keith (actor)
May 21 (movies): Monster from the Ocean Floor opens in theaters
June 21 (births): Robert Pastorelli (actor)
June 28 (births): Alice Krige (actor)
July 17 (births): J. Michael Straczynski (screenwriter, producer)
August 10 (births): Rick Overton (actor)
August 27 (UFOs): Bill Supa sees a UFO land near Boston Creek, Ontario, Canada
August 30 (UFOs): Five Canadian R.A.F. personnel (including Sargent Durdle) see a UFO near North Bay, Ontario, Canada
August 31, 12:35 AM (UFOs): A policeman named Grabovski sees a UFO near Kirkland, Ontario, Canada
August 31, 3:15 AM (paranormal): William Martin of Kirkland, Ontario, Canada, calls a newspaper to report that blue rain is falling: a reporter also witnesses the rain
September 7 (births): Corbin Bernsen (actor)
September 9 (births): Jeffrey Combs (actor)
September 10 (births): Fred Olen Ray  (director)
September 15 (births): Barry Shabaka Henley (actor)
September 22 (births): Shari Belafonte-Harper (actor)
October 9 (births): Scott Bakula (actor)
October 15 (births): Tanya Roberts (actor)
October 29 (births): Paul Di Filippo (author)
November (literature): The End of Summer by Algis Budrys is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
November 3 (movies): Gojira opens in Japan (first Godzilla movie)
November 7 (births): Guy Gavriel Kay (author)
November 15 (deaths): Lionel Barrymore dies (actor)
December 4 (births): Tony Todd (actor)
December 18 (TV): Rocky Jones, Space Ranger series finale
December 23 (births): Dan Shea  (actor)

1955

1955 (UFOs): Flying Saucers Uncensored is published
January 12 (births): Rockne S. O’Bannon (screenwriter)
January 19 (births): Paul Rodriguez (actor)
February 7 (births): Miguel Ferrer (actor)
February 8 (births): Ethan Phillips (actor) (Star Trek)
February 24 (births): Steve Jobs (Computers)
March 6 (births): James Saito (actor)
March 17 (births): Gary Sinise (actor)
March 19 (births): Bruce Willis (actor)
March 22 (births): Lena Olin (actor)
March 29 (births): Marina Sirtis (actor)
April 1 (TV): Captain Video and His Video Rangers series finale
April 13 (births): Robin Mossley (actor)
April 29 (births): Kate Mulgrew (actor) (Star Trek)
May (literature): Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russel is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
May 8 (births): Stephen Furst (actor)(Babylon 5)
May 17 (births): Bill Paxton (actor)
May 18 (births): Chow Yun-Fat (actor)
June 15 (movies): The Beast with a Million Eyes opens in theaters
July 9 (births): Jimmy Smits (actor)
July 22 (births): Willem Dafoe (actor)
July 25 (births): Iman (actor)
August 19 (births): Peter Gallagher (actor)
August 20 (births): Jay Acovone (actor)
August 21 (UFOs): A rural family and friends are besieged in their farmhouse by glowing, non-human beings for several hours (Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter)
August 27 (births): Diana Scarwid (actor)
September 7 (births): Mira Furlan
September 7 (UFOs): Pomona, California residents report sighting flying saucers
September 12 (births): Peter Scolari (actor)
October 3 (TV): Captain Kangaroo debuts
October 18 (births): Tanya Roberts (actor)
October 18 (births): David Twohy (actor)
November (literature): Nobody Bothers Gus by Algis Budrys is first published in Astounding Science Fiction
November (literature): The Star by Arthur C. Clarke is first published in Infinity Science Fiction
November 4 (births): Lani John Tupu (actor)
November 5 (fictional): Doctor Emmett Brown gets the inspiration for a time machine, which he eventually creates (Back to the Future)
November 10 (births): Roland Emmerich (director)
November 13 (births): Whoopi Goldberg  (actor)
December 2 (births): Dennis Christopher  (actor)
December 3 (births): Melody Anderson  (actor)

1957

1957: WHAM-O begins selling the frisbee

1958

1958: WHAM-O begins selling the Hula Hoop

January 3 (births): Jewel Shepard (actor)
January 4 (births): Matt Frewer (actor)
February (literature): The first issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland is published
February 3  (TV): The The Last Knight episode of The Adventures of Superman debuts (Superman)
February 4 (deaths): Henry Kuttner dies (author)
February 4 (births): Mitchell Kosterman (actor)
February 17 (TV): The Divide and Conquer episode of The Adventures of Superman debuts (Superman)
February 23 (movies): The Bride and the Beast opens in US theatres  (Ed Wood)
February 25 (births): Barclay Hope (actor)
March 3 (births): Miranda Richardson (actor)
March 3 (TV): The The Atomic Captive episode of The Adventures of Superman debuts (Superman)
March 17 (TV): The The Big Forget episode of The Adventures of Superman debuts  (Superman)
March 21 (births): Gary Oldman (actor)
March 24 (TV): The The Gentle Monster episode of The Adventures of Superman debuts (Superman)
March 31 (TV): The Superman’s Wife episode of The Adventures of Superman debuts  (Superman)
April 3 (births): Alec Baldwin (actor)
April 14 (TV): The The Brainy Burro episode of The Adventures of Superman debuts (Superman)
April 20 (births): Simon Clark (author)
April 27 (births): Jon Cassar (director)
April 28 (TV): The All That Glitters episode of The Adventures of Superman debuts (Superman)
April 29 (births): Michelle Pfeiffer (actor)
May 8 (Movies): Dracula (1958 movie) opens in theaters
May 9 (births): Lorena Gale (actor)
May 18 (movies): War of the Satellites opens in theaters
May 19 (movies): Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) opens in theaters
May 27 (births): Linnea Quigley (actor)
May 29 (births): Annette Bening (actor)
May 31 (births): Roma Maffia (actor)
June 1 (movies): The Revenge of Frankenstein opens in theaters
June 3 (births): Suzie Plakson (actor) (Star Trek)
June 9 (deaths): Robert Donat dies (actor)
June 22 (births): S. T. Joshi (author)
June 22 (births): Bruce Campbell (actor)
July (literature): Two Dooms by C. M. Kornbluth is first published in Venture Science Fiction
July 1 (movies): How to Make a Monster (1958 movie) opens in theaters
July 8 (births): Kevin Bacon (actor)
July 30 (births): Richard Burgi (actor)
August 16 (births): Angela Bassett (actor)
August 16 (births): Madonna (actor)
August 21 (births): Kurt Neumann dies (director)
August 22 (births): Colm Feore (actor)
September 7 (movies): Queen of Outer Space opens in theaters
September 10 (births): Chris Columbus (director)
September 11 (births): Roxann Biggs-Dawson (actor)
September 12 (movies): The Blob opens
September 14 (TV): Invisible Man (1958 TV series) debuts
September 24 (births): Kevin Sorbo (actor)
October 9 (births): Frank Mancuso Jr. (Producers)
October 9 (births): Michael Pare (actor)
October 10 (births): J. Eddie Peck   (actor)
October 15 (births): John Hamilton (actor)
October 20 (births): Viggo Mortensen  (actor)
November (comics): Adam Strange makes his first comic book appearance
November 5 (births): Robert Patrick (actor)
November 22 (births): Jamie Lee Curtis (actor)
December 6 (births): Nick Park  (animator)
December 9 (births): Raja Gosnell  (director)
December 11 (births): Tom Shadyac  (director)

1959

January 10 (births): Fran Walsh (screenwriter)
January 20 (TV): Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond debuts
January 21 (deaths): Cecil B. DeMille dies (producer, Director)
January 22 (births): Linda Blair (actor)
January 26 (births): Bob Lazar (UFOs)
January 30 (cryptozoology): A monster reportedly emerges from the Ohio River near Cincinnati (Paranormal)
January 31 (births): Anthony LaPaglia (actor)
February 17 (movies): House on Haunted Hill (1959 movie) opens in US theatres
February 17 (movies): The Cosmic Man opens in US theatres
March 7 (births): Donna Murphy (actor)
March 8 (births): Barbara Eve Harris (actor)
March 9 (toys): Barbie is introduced at the American International Toy Show
March 15 (births): Renny Harlin (director)
March 21 (deaths): Edwin Balmer dies (author)
April 17 (births): Sean Bean  (actor)
May 11 (theatre): Once Upon a Mattress opens on Broadway
May 15 (movies): Invisible Invaders opens in theaters (Movie)
May 29 (births): Rupert Everett (actor)
June 1 (deaths): Sax Rohmer dies in White Plains, New York (author)
June 19 (births): Virginia Hey (actor)
June 30 (births): Vincent D’Onofrio (actor)
July 1 (births): Dale Midkiff (actor)
August 13 (births): Steve Latshaw (actor)
August 14 (births): Marcia Gay Harden (actor)
August 19 (movies): Invasion of the Animal People /Rymdinvasion i Lappland opens in Swedish theatres
August 29 (births): Rebecca De Mornay (actor)
September 3 (births): Merritt Butrick (Star Trek)
Septermber 30 (births): Debrah Farentino (actor)
October 2 (TV): The Twilight Zone debuts
October 7 (births): Dylan Baker (actor)
October 8 (births): Steven Katz (screenwriter)
October 9 (births): Michael Pare (actor)
October 13 (births): Wayne Pygram (actor) (Farscape)
October 23 (births): Sam Raimi  (director, screenwriter, producer, author)
December 16 (movies): Journey to the Center of the Earth opens in New York City
December 31 (births): Val Kilmer (actor)

1960

January 6 (births): Andrea Thompson (actor) (Babylon 5)
January 10 (births): Jay Russell (director)
January 12 (births): Oliver Platt (actor)
February 3 (TV): The Tempest debuts (TV movie)
February 7 (births): James Spader (actor)
March 4 (births): Mykelti Williamson (actor)
March 14 (births): Louise Robey (actor)
March 18 (births): Steve Kloves (screenwriter)
April 1 (births): Michael Praed (actor)
May 15 (births): Rob Bowman  (director, producer)
May 20 (births): John Billingsley (actor)
May 20 (births): Tony Goldwyn (actor)
May 24 (births): Doug Jones (actor)
June 17 (births): Thomas Haden Church (actor)
July 1 (births): Mikael Håfström (director)
July 2 (births): Terry Rossio (screenwriter)
August (comics): Chameleon Boy makes his first comic book appearance
August (comics): Colossal Boy makes his first comic book appearance
August 10 (births): Antonio Banderas (actor)
August 16 (births): Timothy Hutton (actor)
August 17 (movies): The Time Machine (1960 movie) opens in theaters
August 23 (births): Chris Potter (actor)
August 25 (births): Ashley Crow (actor) (Heroes)
September 5 (movies): The Brides of Dracula opens in theaters
September 16 (births): Mike Mignola (comics Writer)
September 24 (TV): Howdy Doody series finale “Goodbye, kids”
September 30 (TV): The Flintstones series debut
October 5 (movies): The Little Shop of Horrors opens
October 11 (TV): The Bugs Bunny Show series debut
October 20 (births): Finola Hughes (actor)
November 3 (births): William Monahan (screenwriter)
November 4 (TV): The Howling Man (Twilight Zone episode) is first broadcast
November 5 (births): Tilda Swinton (actor)
November 10 (births): Neil Gaiman (author)
December 3 (births): Daryl Hannah (actor)
December 3 (births): Julianne Moore (actor)
December 9 (births): Stefen Fangmeier  (visual effects artists)
December 14 (births): Don Franklin (actor)

1961

1961: WHAM-O begins selling the Slip ‘N Slide
January 14 (deaths): Ernest Thesiger dies (actor)
January 28 (TV): Supercar debuts on ITV (TV series)
February 28 (births): Rae Dawn Chong (actor)
March 11 (births): Elias Koteas (actor)
April 2 (births): Christopher Meloni (actor)
April 3 (births): Eddie Murphy (actor)
April 12 (science): Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space
April 25 (deaths): George Melford dies (director)
May 6 (births): George Clooney (actor)
June 5 (births): Mary Kay Bergman (voice artist)
June 24 (births): Iain Glen (actor)
July 12 (movies): Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea opens in theaters
July 15 (births): Forest Whitaker (actor)
July 23 (births): Rob Stewart (actor)
August 1 (births): Mick Davis (screenwriter)
August 4 (births): Lauren Tom (actor, voice artist)
September (comics): The Atom (Ray Palmer) makes his first comic book appearance
September 11 (births): Virginia Madsen (actor)
September 27 (movies): The Day the Sky Exploded / La Morte viene dallo spazio opens in U.S. theaters
September 30 (births): Eric Stoltz (actor)
October 10 (births): Jodi Benson (voice artist)
October 14 (TV): The Alvin Show series debut
October 31 (births): Peter Jackson (director)
November 19 (births): Meg Ryan (actor)
November 28 (births): Alfonso Cuarón (director)
November 30 (births): Rupert Wainwright (director)
December 26 (births): Tahnee Welch (actor)

1962

January (comics): The Skrulls make their first appearance in Fantastic Four #2
January 1 (births): Richard Roxburgh (actor)
January 25 (births): Don Mancini (screenwriter, director)
January 25 (births): Christopher Coppola (director)
February 2 (births): Michael T. Weiss (actor)
February 27 (births): Adam Baldwin (actor)
February 27 (births): Willie Best (actor)
March 7 (movies): Premature Burial opens in theaters
March 11 (births): Barbara Alyn Woods (actor)
March 20 (births): Stephen Sommers (director)
March 25 (births): Marcia Cross (actor)
March 27 (births): Kevin J. Anderson (author)
May (comics): The Hulk makes his first comic book appearance in The Hulk #1
May 7 (births): David Franklin (actor) (Farscape)
May 12 (births): Emilio Estevez (actor)
May 12 (births): April Grace (actor)
June 10 (births): Gina Gershon (actor)
June 23 (births): Kevin Yagher  (makeup artist)
July 1 (births): Dominic Keating (actor)
July 1 (births): Andre Braugher (actor)
July 3 (births): Tom Cruise (actor)
July 5 (movies): Panic in Year Zero! opens in theaters
August 10 (cryptozoology): Joseph Wattenberger sees a Bigfoot near McCloud, California
August 18 (births): Adam Storke (actor)
August 20 (births): James Marsters (actor)
August 27 (births): Dean Devlin (actor, Producers, screenwriter)
August 31 (births): Dee Bradley Baker (voice artist)
September 7 (births): Cliff Simon (actor) (Stargate)
September 8 (births): Thomas Kretschmann (actor)
September 24 (births): Andy Duncan (author)
November 8 (deaths): Willis H. O’Brien dies(animators)
November 11 (births): Demi Moore (actor)
November 14 (births): Laura San Giacomo (actor)
November 14 (births): Hironobu Sakaguchi (video game producer)
November 29 (births): Andrew McCarthy (actor)
December 9 (births): Felicity Huffman (actor)
December 11 (births): Ben Browder (actor)
December 16 (deaths): Lew Landers dies (director)
December 22 (births): Ralph Fiennes  (actor)

1963

Undated (literature): La Planète des Singes (Planet of the Apes/Monkey Planet) by Pierre Boulle is first published

January 27 (cryptozoology): A sheriff hears a strange vocalization while responding to a report of a Bigfoot near the Sonora highway
January 29 (movies): Children of the Damned opens
February 19 (births): Laurell K. Hamilton (author)
February 28 (cryptozoology): Private pilots photograph a 3 meter tall Bigfoot near Sonora, California
March 12 (fictional): Jordan Collier is born (The 4400)
March 16 (births): Kevin Smith (actor) (Xena)
March 20 (births): David Thewlis ( actor)
March 27 (births): Quentin Tarantino (director)
April 11 (births): Greg Keyes (author)
May 25 (births): Mike Myers (actor)
June 8 (births): Anthony Cistaro (actor)
June 9 (births): David Koepp (screenwriter, director)
June 9, 1963 (births): Johnny Depp (actor)
June 16 (births): Scott Alexander (screenwriter)
June 19 (movies): Jason and the Argonauts opens in theaters
June 29 (deaths): Frank R. Paul dies (artist)
July 16 (births): Phoebe Cates (actor)
July 22 (births): Joanna Going (actor)
August (literature): The Pain Peddlers by Robert Silverberg is first published in Galaxy Science Fiction
August 3 (cryptozoology): A man and his son see a Bigfoot jump a 1.5 meter fence near Hoopa, California
August 3 (births): Isaiah Washington (actor)
August 7 (births): Harold Perrineau  (actor)
August 25 (births): Edward L. Cahn  (director)
August 28 (movies): The Haunted Palace opens in theaters
August 30 (births): Michael Chiklis (actor)
September (comics): Professor X and Iceman makes their first comic book appearance (X-Men)
September 8 (births): Brad Silberling (actor)
September 11 (movies): The Kiss of the Vampire debuts
September 18 (movies): X opens in theaters
September 21 (births): Angus MacFayden (actor)
September 23 (births): Alex Proyas (director)
September 26 (births): Lysette Anderson (actor)
September 29 (TV): My Favorite Martian debuts (episode: My Favorite Martin) on CBS
October 3 (births): Michael Beach (actor)
October 6 (births): Elizabeth Shue (actor)
October 24 (dies): Douglas Croft dies
October 29 (births): Tim Minear (producer)
November 20 (births): Ming-Na (actor)
November 22 (deaths): Aldous Huxley dies (author)
November 23 (TV): The first episode of Doctor Who, “An Unearthly Child,” airs at 5:15 p.m. on BBC1
November 27 (births): Fisher Stevens (actor)
December 20 (births): Joel Gretsch (actor)

1964

undated (literature): Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming
undated (literature): The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
undated (literature): Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roaldh Dahl
undated (literature): The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander (first book of The Chronicles of Prydain)
undated (literature): Doctor Who and the Daleks by David Whitaker (the first Doctor Who novel)
undated (literature): Farnham’s Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein

January 7 (births): Nicolas Cage (actor)
January 27 (births): Bridget Fonda (actor)
January 29 (movies): Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opens
February 14 (births): Zach Galligan (actor)
March 16 (births): Gore Verbinski (screenwriter)
March 18 (movies): 7 Faces of Dr. Lao opens
April 4 (births): David Cross (actor)
April 9 (births): Margaret Peterson Haddix (author)
April 20 (births): Andy Serkis (actor)
April 24 (UFOs): Officer Lonnie Zamora sees a landed, egg-shaped UFO take-off at Socorro, New Mexico. He also observes humanoid figures at the site. Investigators find evidence of burning
April 24 (births): Djimon Hounsou (actor)
May 17 (births): David Eigenberg  (actor)
May 19 (births): Sean Whalen  (actor)
June 23 (births):Joss Whedon (producer)
June 30 (births): Mark Waters (director)
June 21 (births): David Morrissey (actor)
June 24 (movies): The Masque of the Red Death opens in theaters
July 5 (births): Ronald D. Moore (producer, screenwriter)
July 6 (births): John Ottman  (composers)
July 22 (births): John Leguizamo (actor)
July 26 (births): Sandra Bullock (actor)
July 30 (births): Vivica A. Fox (actor)
August 1 (births): Melanie Shatner (actor)
August 12 (deaths): Ian Fleming dies (author) (James Bond)
August 16 (deaths): Charles S. Gould dies (director)
August 29 (movies): Mary Poppins opens
September 2 (births): Keanu Reeves (actor)
September 3 (births): Holt McCallany (actor)
September 13 (cryptozoology): A Bigfoot shakes a parked truck near Blue Lake, California
September 14 (TV): Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea series debut
September 17 (TV): Bewitched debuts
September 18 (TV): The Adventures of Jonny Quest series debut
September 18 (TV): The Addams Family (TV series) series debut (TV Series)
September 28 (births): Janeane Garofalo (actor)
September 29 (births): Tom Sizemore (actor)
September 30 (births): Monica Bellucci (actor)
October 9 (births): Guillermo del Toro (director)
October 25 (births): Kevin Michael Richardson (voice Artist)
October 30 (births): Mark Steven Johnson (director)
November 9 (births): Robert Duncan McNeill (actor)
November 10 (deaths): Sam Newfield dies (director)
November 16 (births): Harry J. Lennix (actor)
November 20 (movies): First Men in the Moon opens
November 24 (births): Garret Dillahunt (actor)
November 29 (births): Don Cheadle  (actor)
December (comics): Metamorpho makes his first comic book appearance in the Brave & Bold #57
December 8 (births): Teri Hatcher (actor)
December 11 (births): Michel Courtemanche(actor)
December 24 (births): Mark Valley (actor)

1965

January 4 (births): Julia Ormond  (actor)
January 5 (births): Vinnie Jones (actor)
January 12 (births): Rob Zombie  (director, composer)
January 27 (births): Alan Cumming (actor)
February 5 (movies): Terror is a Man is re-released
February 9 (births): Darren Dalton (actor)
February 17 (births): Michael Bay  (director)
March 3 (movies): The Human Duplicators opens
March 3 (births): Mutiny in Outer Space opens
March 4 (births): Paul W.S. Anderson  (director,  screenwriter)
March 13 (births): Steve Bacic (actor)
march 25 (births): Sarah Jessica Parker (actor)
March 31 (births): William McNamara (actor)
April 16 (births): Martin Lawrence (actor)
April 30 (births): Adrian Pasda  (actor)
May 16 (births): Vincent Regan (actor)
May 17 (births): Paige Turco (actor)
May 28 (births): Robbi Chong (actor)
May 31 (births): Brooke Shields (actor)
June 10 (births): Elizabeth Hurley (actor)
June 21 (births): Larry Wachowski  (screenwriter, director)
June 22 (deaths): David O. Selznick (producer)
June 24 (births): Kevin VanHook (visual effects artist, director)
July 17 (births): Alex Winter (actor)
July 26 (births): Jeremy Piven (actor)
July 31 (births): J.K. Rowling (author) (Harry Potter)
August 1 (movies): Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet opens in theaters
August 3 (UFOs): Rex Heflin takes a famous series of UFO pictures in Santa Ana, California
August 9 (births): Joshua Cox (actor)
August 10 (births): Claudia Christian  (actor)
August 12 (births): Peter Krause (actor)
August 14 (births): Brannon Braga  (screenwriter, producers) (Star Trek)
August 18 (movies): The Monkey’s Uncle opens
August 19 (births): Kevin Dillon (actor)
August 28 (births): Amanda Tapping (actor) (Stargate)
August 30 (births): Laeta Kalogridis (screenwriter)
August 31 (dies): E. E. “Doc” Smith dies (author)
September (comics): Animal Man makes his first comic book appearance
September 3 (births): Charlie Sheen (actor)
September 14 (TV): Lost in Space debuts
September 14 (TV): My Mother the Car debuts
September 15 (births): Bryan Singer  (director)
September 17 (TV): The Wild Wild West debuts on CBS
September 17 (births): Kyle Chandler (actor)
September 20 (births): Robert Rusler (actor)
September 21 (births): David Wenham (actor)
October 2 (TV): The Atom Ant Show series
October 11 (births): Luke Perry (Coy Luther Perry III)  (actor)
October 11 (births): Sean Patrick Flanery (actor)
October 27 (movies): Die, Monster, Die! opens in US theaters
October 27 (movies): Planet of the Vampires opens in US theaters
November 5 (births): Famke Janssen (actor)
November 25 (births): Dougray Scott (actor)
November 30 (births): Ben Stiller (actor)
November 30 (births): Andrew Tiernan (actor)
December 3 (births): Jean-Luc Godard (director)
December 3 (births): Andrew Stanton (director)
December 14 (births): Ted Raimi (actor)
December 22 (births): David S. Goyer  (director, producer)

1966

1966: WHAM-O begins selling the Super Ball

1967

January 2 (births): Tia Carrere (actor)
January 5 (births): Joe Flanigan (actor)
January 8 (births): Michelle Forbes (actor)
January 9 (TV): Mr. Terrific debuts (episode: Matchless) on CBS
January 10 (TV): The Invaders debuts
January 24 (births): Phil LaMarr (voice Artist)
January 14 (births): Emily Watson (actor)
January 27 (science): Launch pad fire of Apollo One. The fire killed astronauts Virgil Ivan “Gus” Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee
February 6 (movies): Doctor Faustus opens
February 10 (births): Laura Dern (actor)
February 15 (births): Michael Easton (actor)
February 16 (TV): The Space Seed episode of Star Trek first airs
February 19 (births): Benicio Del Toro (actor)
February 21 (deaths): Charles Beaumont dies (author, screenwriter)
February 26 (births): James Bamford (stunt coordinator)
March 11 (births): John Barrowman (actor) (Torchwood)
March 12 (births): Rick Worthy (actor)
March 15 (births): Naoko Takeuchi  (artist)
March 20 (births): Yukito Kishiro  (manga artist)
April 7 (TV): The Time Tunnel series finale
April 17 (births): Henry Ian Cusick (actor)
April 18 (births): Maria Bello (actor)
May 19 (UFOs): Stefan Michalak is burned by a UFO he sees
May 24 (births): Eric Close (actor)
May 30 (deaths): Claude Rains dies (actor)
June 6 (births): Paul Giamatti (actor)
June 22 (births): Mike Sussman  (screenwriter, producer)
July 8 (births): Marcus Chong (actor)
July 15 (births): Christopher Golden (author)
July 18 (births): Vin Diesel (actor)
August 21 (births): Carrie-Anne Moss (actor)
August 22 (births): Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (actor)
August 28 (deaths): Maurice Elvey dies (director)
September 9 (TV): Aquaman (cartoon) series debut
September 9 (TV): Birdman and the Galaxy Trio series debut
September 9 (TV): Fantastic Four (1967) series debut
September 15 (TV): The Vulcan salute is introduced in the Amok Time episode of Star Trek
September 20 (births): Kristen Johnson (actor)
October (comics): Deadman makes his first comic book appearance
October 13 (births): Christopher Judge (actor) (Stargate)
October 20 (cryptozoology): Roger Patterson films a Bigfoot near Bluff Creek, California. The somewhat blurry film becomes one of the most controversial pieces of evidence for any paranormal phenomenon.
October 24 (births): Jacqueline McKenzie  (actor)
October 29 (births): Rufus Sewell (actor)
November 13 (movies): Dance of the Vampires opens
December 1 (births): Nestor Carbonell (actor)
December 2 (cryptozoology): John Napier, a primatologist, views the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film in Washington D. C., about six weeks after it was filmed
December 29 (births): Andy Wachowski  (screenwriter/director)

1968

January 12 (births): Rachel Harris (actor)
January 14 (births): L.L. Cool J is born. (actor)
January 15 (births): Chad Lowe (actor)
January 16 (births): David Chokachi (actor)
January 24 (births): Heather McAdam (actor)
February 7 (deaths): Nick Adams dies (actor)
February 8 (movies): Planet of the Apes premieres in New York
February 9 (movies): A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968 film) U.S. TV premier
February 12 (births): Josh Brolin (actor)
February 13 (births): Kelly Hu (actor)
February 14 (fictional): Lara Croft is born
February 18 (births): Molly Ringwald (actor)
February 22 (births): Jeri Ryan (actor)
March 12 (births): Aaron Eckhart (actor)
March 29 (births): Lucy Lawless (actor)
March 31 (TV): Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) series finale
April 3 (movies) Planet of the Apes opens in U.S. theatres
April 6 (movies): 2001: A Space Odyssey is released in U.S. theaters
April 9 (births): Matthew Bennett (actor)
April 13 (births): Andrew Pleavin (actor)
April 18 (births): David Hewlett (actor)
April 24 (births): Anthony Michael Hall (actor)
May 12 (births): Catherine Tate (actor)
May 20 (births): Timothy Olyphant (actor)
May 23 (births): John Ortiz actor)
June 5 (births): Ron Livingston (actor)
June 10 (TV): The Champions debuts on NBC
June 14 (births): Yasmine Bleeth (actor)
June 20 (births): Robert Rodriguez (director, producer)
June 27 (births): Pascale Bussières (actor)
July 17 (births): John Ventimiglia (actor)
July 22 (births): Rhys Ifans (actor)
July 24 (births): Kristin Chenoweth (actor)
July 26 (movies): Mission Mars opens in theaters
July 27 (births): Julian McMahon (actor)
July 29 (movies): Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror opens in Spanish theatres
August 3 (births): Scott Kravitz (visual effects artist)
August 4 (births): Daniel Dae Kim (actor)
August 9 (births): Eric Bana (actor)
August 9 (births): Gillian Anderson (actor)
August 14 (births): Catherine Bell (actor)
August 14 (births): Adrian Lester (actor)
August 28 (births): Billy Boyd (actor) (Lord of the Rings)
September (comics): Brother Power makes his first comic book appearance
September 2 (births): Cynthia Watros (actor)
September 4 (births): John Di Maggio (voice Artist)
September 7 (TV): The Banana Splits Adventure Hour series debut (Hanna-Barbera)
September 14 (TV): The Batman/Superman Hour series debut (TV Series) (Batman) (Superman)
September 23 (births): Oris Erhuero (actor)
September 23 (births): Charly opens (Movies)
September 25 (births): Will Smith (actor)
September 26 (births): James Caviezel (actor)
September 27 (births): Patrick Muldoon (actor)
September 28 (births): Naomi Watts (actor)
October 1 (movies): Night of the Living Dead opens
October 10 (movies): Barbarella opens in theaters
October 12 (births): Hugh Jackman (actor)
October 23 (births): Anna Clavell (producer, screenwriter)
November 6 (births): Kelly Rutherford (actor)
November 8 (births): Parker Posey (actor)
November 18 (births): Owen Wilson (actor)
November 27 (births): Michael Vartan (actor)
December 2 (births): Lucy Liu (actor)
December 3 (births): Brendan Fraser (actor)
December 13 (births): Tony Curran (actor)
December 15 (births): Garrett Wang (actor)
December 18 (births): Casper Van Dien (actor)
December 19 (births):Ken Marino (actor)
December 22 (births): Dina Meyer (actor)

1969

January 1 (births): Verne Troyer (actor)
January 1 (births): Sophie Okonedo (actor)
January 1 (births): Morris Chestnut (actor)
January 5 (births): Paul McGillion (actor)
January 6 (births): Aron Eisenberg (actor) (Star Trek)
January 6 (births): Norman Reedus  (actor)
January 14 (births): Jason Bateman (actor)
January 8 (births): Ami Dolenz (actor)
January 17 (births): Naveen Andrews (actor)
January 29 (births): Karina Lombard (actor)
January 29 (births): Thomas Jane (actor)
February 1 (births): Brian Krause (actor) (Charmed)
February 2 (deaths): Boris Karloff dies (actor)
February 4 (births): Brandy Ledford (actor) (Andromeda)
February 5 (births): Derek Stephen Prince (voice artist)
February 5 (births): Michael Sheen (actor) (Underworld)
February 11 (births): Jennifer Aniston (actor)
February 19 (deaths): Madge Blake dies (actor) (Batman)
February 28 (births): Robert Sean Leonard (actor)
March (science): The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris has its first paperback edition
March 10 (births): John Wyndham dies (author)
March 11 (births): Terence Howard  (actor)
March 12 (births): Eric D. Christensen  (visual effects artist)
March 18 (births): Michael Bergin (actor)
March 19 (births): Connor Trinneer (actor)
March 28 (births): Brett Ratner  (director, producer)
April 24 (births): Melinda Clarke (actor)
April 25 (births): Rene Zellweger (actor)
April 25 (births): Gina Torres (actor)
May 3 (deaths): Karl Freund dies (director)
May 9 (births): Hudson Leick (actor)
May 14 (births): Cate Blanchett (actor)
May 16 (births): David Boreanz (actor)
May 16 (births): Tracey Gold (actor)
May 16 (movies): The Blood Beast Terror opens in U.S. theatres
May 24 (births): Paul Birch dies (actor)
May 26 (births): Simon Hunter  (director)
May 27 (births): Dondre Whitfield (actor)
June 1 (births): Teri Polo (actor)
June 7 (births): Anthony Simcoe (actor)
June 11 (births): Peter Dinklage (actor)
June 15 (births): Ice Cube (actor)
July 6 (births): Brian Van Holt (actor)
July 7 (births): Cree Summer (actor)
July 20 (science): Apollo 11 lunar module lands on the moon
July 20 (births): Josh Holloway (actor)
July 29 (births): Timothy Omundson (actor)
July 24 (births): Jennifer Lopez (actor)
August 3 (births): Anne Marie Loder (actor)
August 5 (births): Chuck Campbell (actor)
August 17 (births): Donnie Wahlberg (actor)
August 18 (births): Christian Slater (actor)
August 18 (births): Edward Norton (actor)
August 28 (births): Jason Priestly (actor)
August 31 (births): Jonathan LaPaglia (actor)
September 4 (births): Noah Taylor (actor)
September 6 (TV): H.R. Pufnstuf debuts
September 8 (deaths): Bud Collyer dies (actor) (Superman)
September 8 (TV): Counterstrike (TV series) debuts (TV series)
September 9 (TV): The Adventures of Young Gulliver series debut (TV Series)
September 14 (births): Joon-ho Bong (director)
September 24 (births): Megan Ward (actor) (Dark Skies)
September 26 (births): David Slade  (director)
October 8 (births): Dylan Neal (actor)
October 8 (actors): Eduardo Ciannelli dies (actor)
October 11 (births): John English dies (director)
October 15 (births): Dominic West (actor)
November 13 (births): Gerard Butler (actor)
November 28 (births): Martin Cummins (actor)
December 11 (movies): Marooned opens in theaters
December 19 (births): Kristy Swanson (actor)
December 27 (births): Joanie Laurer (“Chyna”) (actor)
December 29: Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett wed

1970

January 9 (births): Marco Sanchez (actor)
January 14 (movies): The Dunwich Horror opens in theaters
January 15 (births): Jonas Pate (director, screenwriter)
January 20 (births): Skeet Ulrich (actor)
January 31 (births): Minnie Driver (actor)
February 3 (births): Warwick Davis (actor)
February 4 (births): Gabrielle Anwar (actor)
February 11 (movies): Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed opens in US theatres
February 16 (births): Tammy MacIntosh (actor) (Farscape)
February 28 (births): Daniel Handler (author)
March 3 (births): Julie Bowen (actor)
March 27 (births): Elizabeth Mitchell (actor)
April 8 (movies): Colossus: The Forbin Project premiers in New York City
April 25 (births): Jason Lee (actor)
May 6 (births): Kavan Smith (actor)
May 12 (births): Samantha Mathis (actor)
May 26 (movies): Beneath the Planet of the Apes opens in U.S. theaters
May 28 (births): Glenn Quinn (actor) (Angel)
June 22 (births): Michael Trucco (actor)
June 23 (births): Zen Gesner (actor)
June 26 (births): Chris O’Donnell (actor)
July 2 (births): Yancy Butler (actor)
July 9 (TV): Ace of Wands debuts
July 23 (births): Charisma Carpenter (actor)
July 27 (births): Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (actor)
July 30 (births): Christopher Nolan (actor)
August 4 (births): John August (screenwriter)
August 9 (births): Thomas Lennon (actor)
August 18 (births): Malcolm-Jamal Warner (actor)
September 12 (TV): The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle (cartoon) series debut
September 21 (births): Bridget Moynahan (actor)
September 29 (births): Natasha Gregson Wagner (actor) (The 4400)
October 6 (births): Amy Jo Johnson (actor) (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
October 24 (movies): Trog opens in theaters
October 8 (births): Matt Damon (actor)
October 26 (births): Lisa Ryder (actor)
October 28 (fictional): Prue Halliwell is born (Charmed)
October 30 (births): Daniel Bacon (actor)
November 5 (movies): Scrooge opens
December 12 (births): Jennifer Connelly (actor)
December 16 (TV): Night Gallery begins its regular tv run on NBC
December 20 (births): Nicole de Boer (actor)
December 29 (births): Kevin Weisman (actor)

1971

January 5 (births): Bradley Cooper (actor) (Alias)
January 28 (births): Ashley Artus (actor)
February 5 (fictional): Scoop Mission Control at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, hears a satellite recovery mission discovering dozens of dead bodies in Piedmont, New Mexico (The Andromeda Strain)
February 14 (births): Angela Robinson (director, screenwriter)
February 15 (births): Renée O’Connor (actor) (Xena (births): Warrior Princess)
February 17 (births): Denise Richards (actor)
February 21 (births): Peter Stebbings (actor)
February 25 (births): Sean Astin (actor)
March 7 (births): Rachel Weisz (actor)
March 27 (births): Nathan Fillion (actor)
March 31 (births): Ewan McGregor (actor)
April 1 (births): Jessica Collns (actor)
April 8 (births): Craig Mazin  (screenwriter)
April 12 (births): Nicholas Brendon (actor)
April 12 (births): Shannen Doherty (actor)
April 14 (fictional): The Senate Committee on Space Sciences holds a closed hearing about mass deaths in Piedmont, New Mexico (The Andromeda Strain)
April 18 (births): David Tennant (actor)
May (literature): Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey is published (Pern)
May 12 (births): Jamie Luner (actor)
May 16 (births): David Boreanaz (actor) (Buffy)
May 27 (births): Monika Schnarre (actor)
June 5 (births): Mark Wahlberg (actor)
June 10 (deaths): Michael Rennie dies (actor)
June 20 (births): Josh Lucas (actor)
June 21 (births): Anthony Montgomery (actor)
June 25 (births): Jason Lewis (actor)
July 1 (births): Julian Nicholson (actor)
July 4 (deaths): August Derleth dies (author)
July 30 (movies): Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory opens
July 31 (births): Christina Cox (actor)
August 1 (deaths): Paul Sawtell dies (composer)
August 4 (movies): Night of Dark Shadows opens
August 6 (births): Merrin Dungey (actor) (Alias)
August 29 (births): Carla Gugino (actor) (Threshold)
September (literature): The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin is first published in paperback by Bantam Books
September 8 (births): David Arquette (actor)
September 9 (births): Henry Thomas (actor)
September 18 (births): Jada Pinkett Smith (actor)
October 13 (births): Christopher Leone  (visual effects artist, screenwriter)
October 17 (movies): Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde opens in U.K. theaters
October 25 (deaths): Philip Gordon Wylie dies (author)
November 2 (UFOs): about 6:30 PM, Ronny Johnson sees a UFO which leaves a glowing ring on the ground (Delphos Ring UFO case)
December 13 (movies): Bedknobs and Broomsticks opens
December 14 (births): Natascha McElhone (actor)
December 28 (deaths): Max Steiner dies (composer)

1972

1972: WHAM-O begins selling Silly String
March 10 (movies): Frogs opens
March 10 (movies): Silent Running opens
March 17 (movies): Pink Flamingos premieres in Baltimore
May 21 (movies):
June 30 (movies): Conquest of the Planet of the Apes opens

1973

January 30 (deaths): Jack MacGowran dies (actor)
February 7 (births): Victor Webster (actor)
February 12 (births): Tara Strong (voice artist)
March 1 (births): Jack Davenport (actor) (Pirates of the Caribbean)
April 21 (deaths): Merian C. Cooper (director)
April 28 (births): Jorge Garcia (actor)
May 12 (births): Forbes March (actor) (Mutant X)
June 8 Lexa Doig (actor)
June 15 (movies): Battle for the Planet of the Apes opens in U.S. theaters
June 17 (births): Louis Leterrier (director)
June 21 (births): Juliette Lewis (actor)
June 24 (deaths): Bud Westmore dies (Makeup Artist)
July 8 (deaths): Gene L. Coon dies (screenwriter)
July 8 (births): Kathleen Robertson (actor)
July 12 (births): Lon Chaney, Jr. dies (actor)
July 15 (movies): Battle for the Planet of the Apes opens in U.S. theaters
July 29 (births): Stephen Dorff (actor)
August 2 (births): Simon Kinberg  (screenwriter)
August 7 (fictional): Piper Halliwell  (Charmed)
August 28 (births): Matthew John Armstrong (actor)
August 28 (births): J. August Richards (actor)
August 29 (deaths): Michael Dunn dies (actor)
September 5 (births): Rose McGowan (actor)
September 7 (births): Alex Kurtzman (screenwriter)
September 8 (TV): The Addams Family (cartoon) series debuts
September 8 (TV): Star Trek: The Animated Series debuts
September 18 (births): James Marsden (actor)
October 3 (births): Neve Campbell (actor)
October 3 (births): Lena Headey (actor)
October 3 (births): Richard Ian Cox (actor)
October 6 (births): Ioan Gruffudd (actor)
November (literature): A Suppliant in Space by Robert Sheckley is first published in Galaxy Science Fiction
November 1 (births): Aishwarya Rai (actor)
November 7 (births): Kim Yoon-Jin (actor)
November 21 (movies): Westworld opens
November 25 (deaths): Laurence Harvey (actor)
November 27 (fictional): Samantha Mulder, Fox Mulder’s sister, is abducted by aliens (The X-files)
December 1 (movies): The Savage Planet opens
December 3 (births): Holly Marie Combs (actor)
December 3 (movies): Horror Express opens in UK theaters
December 11 (births): Mos Def (actor)
December 26 (movies): The Exorcist opens in theaters
December 30 (births): Jason Behr (actor)
December 31 (deaths): A. Edward Sutherland (director)

1974

undated (fictional): the events in The Old Man in the Cave episode of The Twilight Zone take place
undated (literature): Carrie by Stephen King
undated (literature): Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
undated (literature): Icerigger by Alan Dean Foster
undated (literature): The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
undated (literature): The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

1974 (games): Dungeons & Dragons first released
January (literature): Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein has its first paperback publication
January 18 (TV): The Six Million Dollar Man debuts
January 18 (deaths): Bill Finger dies (comics writer)
January 30 (births): Christian Bale (actor)
February 8 (births): Seth Green (actor)
February 5 (births): Ciro Nieli   (actor) (director)
February 9 (births): Amber Valetta (actor)
February 10 (births): Elizabeth Banks (actor)
February 16 (births): Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (actor)
march 11 (deaths): Judd Holdren (actor)
March 14 (births): Grace Park (actor)
March 21 (births): Laura Allen (actor)
March 24 (births): Alyson Hannigan (actor)
April 11 (births): Tricia Helfer (actor)
April 14 (births): Christopher Gorham (actor)
April 16 (births): Valerie Rae Miller (actor)
April 24 (deaths): Bud Abbott dies (actor)
April 24 (births): Michael Roesch (actor) (screenwriter)
April 28 (births): Penelope Cruz (actor)
April 30 (deaths): Agnes Moorehead dies (actor)
May (literature): The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
May 17 (births): Sendhil Ramamurthy (actor)
June 19 (movies): The Terminal Man opens in New York City theatres
July 10 (births): Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor)
August 14 (births): Christopher Gorham (actor)
August 25 (births): Amy Adams (actor)
August 24 (births): Jennifer Lien (actor)
September 4 (births): Nona Gaye (actor)
September 7 (TV): Land of the Lost debuts
October 8 (births): Martin Henderson (actor)
October 14 (deaths): Otto Binder dies (comics writer)
October 28 (births): Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
October 31 (movies): Phantom of the Paradise opens
November 5 (deaths): Stafford Repp dies (actor) (Batman)
November 27 (births): Alec Newman (actor)
November 27 (births): Kirk Acevedo (actor)
December 13 (births): Jeffrey Pierce (actor)
December 17 (births): Giovanni Ribisi (actor)
December 22 (births): Heather Donahue (actor)
December 27 (births): The Man with the Golden Gun (movie) opens (James Bond movie)

1975

1975 (fictional) undated: the Earth is destroyed by a Chinese weapon as depicted in the movie Doomsday Machine

1975 (literature): Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover is first published
January 5, 1975 (births): Bradley Cooper is born (actor)
February 2, 1975 (births): Drew Barrymore is born (actor)
April 27, 1975 (movies) Death Race 2000 opens
April 30, 1975 (births): Johnny Galecki is born (actor)
May 10, 1975 (movies) Monty Python and the Holy Grail opens (USA)
June 4, 1975 (births): Stewart Brand is born (actor)
June 4, 1975 (births): Angelie Jolie is born (actor)
June 20, 1975 (movies) Jaws opens
June 27, 1975 (births): Tobey Maguire is born (actor)
July 2, 1975 (births): Elizabeth Reaser is born (actor) (Twilight)
August 7, 1975 (births): Charlize Theron is born (actor)
August 29, 1975 (births): Dante Brasco is born (actor) (The Last Airbender)
September 5, 1975 (TV) Space:1999 series debut
September 20, 1975 (births): Moon Bloodgood is born (actor)
September 26 (movies): The Rocky Horror Picture Show opens
September 30, 1975 (births): Marion Cotillard is born (actor)
October 11, 1975 (TV) Saturday Night Live series debut
November, 1975 (movies) A Boy an His Dog opens
December 17, 1975 (births): Milla Jovovich is born (actor)

1976

January (literature): The Forever War by Joe Haldeman has its first paperback publication
January 11 (TV): The Bionic Woman debuts
February 28 (births): Ali Larter (actor)
March 31 (TV): Wonder Woman TV series debuts
June 18 (movies): Food of the Gods opens
June 23 (movies): Logan’s Run opens
August 2 (deaths): Fritz Lang dies (director)
August 2 (births): Sam Worthington (actor)
September 11 (TV): Dynomutt, Dog Wonder debuts
September 23 (TV): Gemini Man debuts
October (literature): Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock is published
October 4 (births): Alicia Silverstone (actor)
October 23 (births): Ryan Reynolds (actor)
November 16 (movies): Carrie opens
November 23 (deaths): Marcel Delgado dies (special effects artist)
November 29 (births): Anna Faris (actor)
December 8 (births): Dominic Monaghan (actor)

1977

January 1 (births): Zachary Quinto (actor) (Heroes)
January 8 (births): Amber Benson (actor) (Buffy)
January 13 (births): Orlando Bloom (actor)
January 29 (births): Justin Hartley (actor)
January 31 (births): Kerry Washington (actor)
February 14 (fictonal): Victoria Pratt, a biological engineer for The Company, recovers a virus from Shanti, an Indian girl. The attempt to transform the virus into a means of counteracting abilities resulted in tragic consequences (Heroes)
February 22 (deaths): Allison Hayes (actor)
March 1 (births): Emily Holmes (actor)
March 8 (deaths): Henry Hull dies (actor)
April 2 (births): Michael Fassbender (actor)
April 4 (births): Sarah Michelle Gellar (actor) (Buffy)
April 8 (movies): Rabid opens in theaters
April 21 (cryptozoology): The Dover Demon is encountered in Massachusetts
April 23 (births): Kal Penn (actor)
May: A Time to Live by Joe Haldeman is first published in Analog
May 10 (births): Joan Crawford (actor)
May 16 (births): Adam Macdonald (actor)
May 25 (movies): Star Wars opens
May 31 (deaths): William Castle (director)
July 1 (births): Liv Tyler (actor)
July 6 (births): Martin Gero  (screenwriter)
July 8 (births): Milo Ventimiglia (actor)
July 13 (births): Ashley Scott (actor)
July 13 (movies): The Island of Dr. Moreau opens
August 2 (births): Edward Furlong (actor)
August 3 (movies): The Spy Who Loved Me (movie) (James Bond)
August 12 (movies): Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger opens in New York City theaters (Harryhausen)
September 1 (births): Adrienne Wilkinson (actor) (Xena)
September 3 (TV): The Horror of Fang Rock’s first episode is broadcast in the UK (Doctor Who)
September 11 (TV): Baggy Pants and the Nitwits series debut
September 15 (births): Tom Hardy (actor)
September 17 (deaths): Moray Grant dies (cinematographer)
September 18 (TV): 1990 (TV series) debuts on BBC
September 25 (births): Clea DuVall (actor)
October 29 (births): Brendan Fehr (actor)
November 10 (deaths): Dennis Wheatley dies (author)
November 16 (movies): Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens in U.S. theaters
November 16 (births): Gigi Edgley (actor)
November 16 (births): Maggie Gyllenhaal (actor)
November 24 (births): Colin Hanks (actor)
December 10 (births): Emmanuelle Chriqui  (actor)
December 19 (deaths): Jacques Tourneur dies (director)
December 26 (deaths): Howard Hawks dies (director)

1978

January 2 (births): Blake’s 7 debuts
January 28 (births): Fantasy Island debuts
February 19 (TV): Project U.F.O. debuts on NBC
February 28 (deaths): Eric Frank Russell dies (author)
March 10 (TV): The Incredible Hulk debuts
March 10 (movies): Return from Witch Mountain opens in theaters
April 5 (TV): The Amazing Spider-Man debuts
April 30 (births): Tyler Labine (actor)
May 5 (births): Santiago Cabrera (actor)
May 8 (births): Matthew Davis (actor)
May 12 (births): Aaron Abrams (actor)
May 24 (deaths): Barry Atwater dies (actor)
June (literature): The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey is first published (Pern)
June 9 (movies): Damien: Omen II opens
June 11 (births): Joshua Jackson (actor)
June 19 (births): [[Mía Maestro]] (actor) (Alias)
June 19 (births):Zoe Saldana (actor)
June 21 (births): Erica Durance (actor)
July 1 (births): Hillary Tuck (actor)
July 9 (births): Linda Park (actor)
July 12 (births): Michelle Rodriguez (actor)
July 12 (births): Topher Grace (actor)
July 17 (TV): Come Back Mrs. Noah debuts on BBC (BBC series)
August (literature): The Chronicles of Corum (an omnibus of The Bull and the Spear, The Oak and the Ram and The Sword and the Stallion) by Michael Moorcock is first published by Berkley
August 7 (births): Cirroc Lofton (actor)
August 16 (fictional): Gwen Cooper is born (characters) (Torchwood)
September 5 (TV): The New Avengers series debuts
September 7 (births): Devon Sawa (actor)
September 9 (TV): The All-New Popeye Hour series debut
September 9 (TV): Challenge of the Super-Friends series debut (DC)
September 9 (TV): Fabulous Funnies series debut
September 9 (TV): Fangface series debut
September 9 (TV): The Fantastic Four series debut (Marvel)
September 17 (TV): Battlestar Galactica (1978) series debut
October 5 (movies): The Boys from Brazil premiers in New York City
October 15 (births): Devon Gummersall (actor)
October 25 (movies): Halloween opens
November 5 (TV): The Time Machine (1978 movie) debuts on NBC (TV movie)
November 24 (births): Katherine Heigl (actor)
November 26 (TV): A Fire in the Sky TV debut
November 28 (deaths): André Morell dies (actor)
December 7 (births): Shiri Appleby (actor)
December 8 (births): Ian Somerhalder (actor)

1979

January 1 (births): Freema Agyeman  (actor)
january 11 (births): Darren Lynn Bousman (director)
January 13 (births): Jill Wagner (actor)
January 16 (deaths): Ted Cassidy dies (actor, voice artist)
January 16 (births): Trent Ford (actor)
January 16 (births): Aaliyah (singer/actor)
February 3 (TV): Buford and the Galloping Ghost series debut (Hanna-Barbera)
February 13 (births): Mena Suvari (actor)
February 17 (births): Kaj-Erik Eriksen (actor) (The 4400)
February 26 (births): Shalim Ortiz (actor)
February 27 (TV): The Curse of Dracula debuts (TV series)
March (literature): Unaccompanied Sonata by Orson Scott Card is first published in Omni (Short Stories)
March 9 (deaths): Quentin Lawrence dies (director)
March 20 (births): Bianca Lawson  (actor)
March 24 (TV): Tales of the Unexpected debuts in the UK
March 25 (births): Lee Pace (actor)
April 4 (births): Natasha Lyonne (actor)
April 12 (births): Claire Danes (actor)
April 12 (births): Jennifer Morrison (actor)
April 21 (births): Dominic Zamprogna (actor)
April 28 (births): Jennifer Sciole  (actor)
May (literature): The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey is first published in paperback by Del Rey
May 4 (movies): The Shape of Things to Come (movie) opens in Canada
May 9 (births): Rosario Dawson (actor)
May 25 (movies): Alien opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
May 25 (movies): The Brood opens in US theaters
May 26 (births): Elisabeth Harnois (actor)
June 13 (movies): Mad Max New York City premier
July 16 (births): Jayma Mays (actor)
July 20 (movies): Dracula opens in U.S. theaters
July 27 (movies): The Amityville Horror opens in U.S. theaters
August (comics): Songbird makes her first comic book appearance
August 1 (births): Jason Momoa born (actor)
August 3 (births): Evangeline Lilly (actor)
August 29 (births): Dan Harris (actor)
September 4 (births): Richard Speight Jr. (actor)
September 13 (TV): Buck Rogers in the 25th Century debuts
September 24 (births): Erin Chambers (actor)
September 24 (deaths): Carl Laemmle, Jr. (producer)
September 29 (TV): The first episode of City of Death debuts in the UK (Doctor Who)
October 1 (games): Activision is founded
October 2 (births): Brianna Brown (actor)
October 7 (births): Shawn Ashmore (actor)
October 9 (births): Brandon Routh (actor)
October 17 (deaths): John Stuart (actor)
October 19 (movies): Meteor opens
October 31 (births): Erica Cerra (actor) (BSG)
November 17 (TV): Salem’s Lot debuts on CBS (miniseries)
December 3 (births): Rainbow Sun Francks (actor)
December 5 (births): Nick Stahl (actor)
December 7 (movies): Star Trek: The Motion Picture opens
December 21 (movies): The Black Hole opens

1980

January 13 (TV): Doctor Franken debuts on NBC (TV movie)
January 27 (TV): The Martian Chronicles debuts on NBC
January 27 (TV): Galactica 1980 debuts (TV series)
January 28 (deaths): Erle C. Kenton dies (director)
February 8 (movies): The Fog (1980 movie) opens in U.S. theaters
February 12 (births): Christina Ricci (actor)
February 12 (births): Sarah Lancaster (actor) (Chuck)
February 14 (fictional): Owen Harper is born   (characters) (Torchwood)
March (literature): Achronos by Lee Killough is first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
March 5 (TV): Beyond Westworld
March 12 (deaths): Jay Anson (author)
March 18 (births): Sophia Myles (actor)
April (actor) (literature): The Patchwork Girl by Larry Niven is first published by Ace Books
April 17 (births): Alaina Kalanj (actor) (Painkiller Jane)
April 17 (births): Nicholas D’Agosto (actor)
April 18 (births): Laura Mennell (actor)
May 2 (deaths): George Pal dies (director, producer)
May 4 (TV): Galactica 1980 series finale (Battlestar Galactica)
May 9 (movies): Friday the 13th opens in theaters
May 15 (births): Richard Kahan (actor) (The 4400)
May 19 (births): Drew Fuller (actor) (Charmed)
May 21 (movies): Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back opens in theaters
May 23 (movies): The Shining opens
June 1 (movies): Alien Dead opens
June 13 (movies): The Children US release (Movies)
June 19 (births): Lauren Lee Smith (actor)
July 14 (births): Chad Faust (actor)
July 18 (births): Kristen Bell (actor)
August 24 (births): Sonja Bennett (actor)
August 26 (births): Chris Pine (actor)
August 28 (movies): Humanoids from the Deep opens in theaters
September 8 (movies): Battle Beyond the Stars opens in New York City
September 26 (movies): Without Warning opens in New York City
October (comics): Cyborg (Teen Titans) makes his first comic book appearance (Comics)
October 4 (TV): Thundarr the Barbarian series debut (episode: Secret of the Black Pearl)
October 20 (births): Niall Matter (actor)
October 31 (births): Samaire Armstrong (actor)
November 7 (deaths): Steve McQueen
November 12 (births): Ryan Gosling (actor)
November 30 (births): Dania Ramírez (actor)
December 5 (movies): Flash Gordon opens
December 25 (movies): Altered States opens in theaters
December 28 (births): Vanessa Ferlito (actor)
December 30 (births): Eliza Dushku (actor)(Buffy)

1981

January 14 (movies): Scanners opens
January 19 (fictional): Buffy Summers is born (characters) (Buffy)
January 28 (births): Elijah Wood (actor)
February: Count Brass by Michael Moorcock is first published by Dell
February 5 (births): Nora Zehetner (actor)
February 20 (births): Majandra Delfino (actor)
March 2 (births): Bryce Dallas Howard (actor)
March 11 (births): David Anders (actor)
March 20 (movies): The Final Conflict opens in theaters
March 23 (births): Luciana Carro (actor) (BSG)
March 24 (births): Neil Grayston (actor)
April 18 (births): James Schmitz dies (author)
April 19 (births): Hayden Christensen (actor) (Star Wars)
April 26 (TV): The Phoenix debuts (TV series)
May 1 (births): Friday the 13th Part 2 opens in theatres (Movie)
May 27 (deaths): George O. Smith (author)
June 9, 1981 (births): Natalie Portman (actor) (Star Wars)
June 12 (movies): Raiders of the Lost Ark opens
June 12 (movies): Clash of the Titans opens in theaters
June 13 (births): Chris Evans (actor)
August (literature): The Cyphertone by S. C. Sykes is first published in Analog
August 7 (movies): Heavy Metal opens in US theaters (
August 8 (movies): Galaxy Express 999 US debut (Movies)
August 21 (movies): An American Werewolf in London opens in US theaters
September 1 (births): Michael Adamthwaite  (actor), voice artists)
September 14 (literature): Absent Thee From Felicity Awhile. . . by S. P. Somtow is first published in Analog Magazine
September 17 (births): Griff Furst (actor)
September 18 (fictional): Toshiko Sato is born   (characters) (Torchwood)
October 24 (TV): Dark Night of the Scarecrow TV debut
October 31 (fictional): Lily Potter and James Potter are murdered, and their son Harry survives with a lightning-bolt shaped scar (Harry Potter)
November 11 (TV): Goliath Awaits (TV movie)
November 16 (deaths): William Holden dies (actor)
November 20 (TV): Goddess of Love US TV premier (TV movie)
November 27 (TV series): Darkroom debuts on ABC (TV series)
November 29 (deaths): Natalie Wood (actor)
November 30 (deaths): Charles Eric Maine (author)
December 3 (births): Brian Bonsall (actor) (Star Trek)

1982

February 12 (fictional): Ianto Jones is born  (characters) (Torchwood)
April 30 (births): Kirsten Dunst (actor)
May 7 (movies): Zombi Holocaust opens
May 14 (movies): Conan the Barbarian opens in U.S. theaters
May 15 (births): Alex Breckenridge (actor)
May 21 (movies): Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior opens in US theatres (Movies)
June (literature): Peg-Man by Rudy Rucker is first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine
June 2 (births):Jewel Staite (actor)
June 4 (movies): Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan opens in U.S. theaters
June 11 (movies): E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial opens in U.S. theaters
June 16 (births): Missy Peregrym (actor)
June 25 (movies): Blade Runner opens in U.S. theaters
June 25 (movies): The Thing opens in U.S. theaters
July (literature): The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley is first published by Ace Books
July 9 (movies): Tron opens in US theaters
July 19 (births): Jared Padalecki (actor)
July 23 (deaths): Vic Morrow dies in an accident involving a helicopter while making Twilight Zone (births): The Movie
July 23 (births): Paul Wesley (actor)
July 24 (births): Elisabeth Moss (actor)
July 29 (births): Allison Mack (actor) (Superman)
July 30 (births): Yvonne Strahovski (actor) (Chuck)
July 30 (movies): Swamp Thing opens in theaters
August 10 (births): Devon Ayoki  (actor)
September 22 (births): Billie Piper (actor)
October 4 (deaths): Criswell (actor), (psychic)
October 6 (TV): Tucker’s Witch debuts (TV series)
October 15 (movies): The Evil Dead opens
October 23 (births): Bradley Pierce  (voice artist)
October 29 (births): Chelan Simmons (actor)
October 31 (births): Justin Chatwin (actor)
November 12 (births): Anne Hathaway (actor)
November 12 (movies): Creepshow opens in U.S. theaters
November 29 (births): Lucas Black (actor)
December 3 (movies): Jekyll and Hyde…Together Again opens in US theatres
December 10 (deaths): Roy Webb (composer)
December 10 (movies): Airplane II: The Sequel opens
December 17 (movies): The Dark Crystal opens
December 22 (births): Brooke Nevin (actor) (The 4400)
December 23 (deaths): Jack Webb (actor, director)

1983

1983: WHAM-O begins selling the Hacky Sack

1983 (fictional): A virus brought back froum space by an astronaut kills all dogs and cats on Earth in a matter of months. Primates are immune, and simians become the new pets, eventually leading to a revolt by the Great Apes who have become servants (Conquest of the Planet of the Apes)
January 10 (TV): Fraggle Rock debuts on HBO (TV series)
February 4 (movies): Videodrome opens in theaters
February 11 (births): Nicki Clyne (actor)
April (literature): Lyonesse by Jack Vance is first published in trade paperback by Berkley (Novels)
April 23 (deaths): Buster Crabbe dies (Tarzan) (Flash Gordon)
May 25 (movies): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi opens in U.S. theaters
May 28 (births): Megalyn Echikunwoke (actor)
June 12 (fictional): The Spindrift, on a commercial sub-orbital flight, passes through an “atmospheric disturbance” and crash lands in The Land of the Giants (TV series) (Irwin Allen)
June 23 (TV): Wishman debuts on CBS (TV Movie)
July 5 (cryptozoology): A Ri, the New Guinea “mermaid”, is seen and photographed by an expedition
July 10 (deaths): Paul Blaisdell dies (special effects artist)
July 12 (cryptozoology): A Ri, the New Guinea “mermaid”, is seen by an expedition  (Ri)
July 29 (deaths): David Niven (actor)
September 10 (TV): The Littles debuts on ABC (TV series)
September 21 (births): Maggie Grace (actor)
September 30 (movies): Brainstorm opens
October 21 (movies): The Dead Zone opens in theaters
November 3 (fictional): A demon apparently kills Sarah Winchester, setting her husband John on a quest that will eventually involve their sons, Sam and Dean (Supernatural TV series)
November 20 (TV): The Day After TV debut (TV movie)
November 23 (TV): The Hitchhiker TV series) debut
December 10 (births): Patrick Flueger (actor)
December 12 (fictional): Shawn Farrell is born  (The 4400)
December 15 (TV): Automan debuts on ABC
December 31 (cryptozoology): A work crew on the Golden Gate Bridge sees a 100 foot sea monster

1984

undated (literature): Neuromancer by William Gibson
undated (literature): Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart

January 22 (births): Jon Lee Brody (actor)
March 10 (births): Olivia Wilde (actor)
May 16 (fictional): Oliver Queen is born in Starling City (Arrow)
July (literature): Neuromancer by William Gibson
November 21 (births): Jena Malone (actor) (Sucker Punch)
November 22 (births): Scarlett Johansson (actor)
November 28 (births): Mary Elizabeth Winstead (actor)

1985

(fictional): An atomic war devastates Earth (the Elegy episode of The Twilight Zone, written by Charles Beaumont)

January 12 (births): Danielle Judovits (actor) (Batman)
January 23 (TV): ThunderCats debuts (TV series)
February 5 (cryptozoology): Robert and William Clark see a sea monster in San Francisco Bay
March (literature): The Carnelian Throne by Janet Morris is published by Baen
March 13 (births): Emile Hirsch (actor)
March 19 (deaths): Anthony Nelson Keys (producer)
March 26 (births): Keira Knightley (actor)
March 30 (births): Helena Mattsson (actor)
June 20 (births): April Matson (actor)
June 21 (movies): Cocoon opens in theaters
June 21 (movies): Lifeforce opens in theaters
July 3 (movies): Back to the Future opens in U.S. theaters
July 3 (movies): Red Sonja opens in U.S. theaters
July 19 (movies): Day of the Dead opens in theaters
August 2 (movies): Fright Night opens in U.S. theaters
August 2 (movies): Weird Science opens
August 29 (deaths): Evelyn Ankers dies (actor)
September 7 (TV): The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo debuts (TV series)
September 10 (TV): The Invisible Man debuts on BBC (TV series)
September 16 (TV): MASK debuts (TV series)
September 20 (movies): Morons from Outer Space opens in theatres
September 27 (movies): Invasion U.S.A. opens
September 29 (TV): Amazing Stories debuts (TV series)
October 4 (TV): Misfits of Science debuts on NBC (TV series)
October 10 (deaths): Yul Brynner dies (actor)
October 11 (births): Michelle Trachtenberg (actor)
October 18 (movies): The Quiet Earth opens in theaters
November (literature): Dancer of Gor by John Norman is first published
November 14 (TV): Shadow Chasers debuts on ABC (TV series)
November 15 (movies): Once Bitten opens in theaters
November 29 (movies): Santa Claus opens
November 30 (births): Kaley Cuoco (actor)
December 10 (births): Raven-Symoné (actor)
December 18 (movies): Brazil (1985 film) opens in U.S. theaters

1986

January 10 (movies): Black Moon Rising opens
January 12 (births): Gemma Arterton (actor)
January 28 (science): Space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing all seven onboard
February 11 (deaths): Frank Herbert dies (author)
February 26 (births): Teresa Palmer (actor)
March (literature): The Duchess of Kneedeep is published
March 7 (movies): Highlander (movie) opens in US theatres
April (literature): Son of the Endless Night by John Farris is first published in paperback
April 6 (TV): I-Man is first broadcast (TV movies)
April 11 (movies): Critters opens in theaters
April 22 (births): Amber Heard (actor)
April 30 (births): Dianna Agron (actor)
May 9 (movies): Short Circuit opens in U.S. theaters
May 13 (births): Robert Pattinson (actor)
May 16 (births): Megan Fox (actor)
May 23 (movies): Poltergeist II: The Other Side opens in theaters
June 6 (movies): Invaders from Mars (1986) opens
June 11 (births): Shia LaBeouf (actor)
June 13 (births): Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen (actors)
June 27 (movies): Labyrinth (movie) opens in U.S. theaters
July 2 (movies): Big Trouble in Little China opens in theaters
July 2 (births): Lindsay Lohan (actor)
August 2 (movies): Laputa: Castle in the Sky / Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta Japanese release (anime)
August 13 (deaths): Helen Mack (actor)
August 15 (movies): The Fly opens in theatres
August 19 (deaths): Hermione Baddeley dies (actor)
August 26 (deaths): Ted Knight dies (actor, voice artist)
September (comics): The first issue of Watchmen hits the stands
September 6 (TV): Season 23 of Dr. Who premieres
September 8 (TV): Defenders of the Earth (featuring Flash Gordon, the Phantom, Mandrake & Lothar) series debut
September 14 (TV): The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers debuts (TV series)
September 19 (TV): Starman (TV series) debuts on ABC (TV series)
September 22 (TV): ALF debuts (TV series)
October 2 (births): Camilla Belle  (actor)
October 10 (movies): Peggy Sue Got Married opens
November 11 (deaths): Roger C. Carmel (actor, voice artist) (Star Trek)
November 24 (movies): Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home opens in theaters
November 26: Solarbabies opens
December 11 (TV): The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers series finale (TV series)

1987

February 13 (movies): Mannequin opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
February 21 (births): Ellen Page  in Halifax, Nova Scotia (actor)
March 3 (deaths): Danny Kaye dies (actor)
March 10 (movies): Timestalkers opens
May (literature): The Smoke Ring by Larry Niven is first published in hardcover
May (fictional): America launches the last of its deep space probes, Ranger III. (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) (TV series)
May 1 (TV): Defenders of the Earth series finale (TV series)
June 12 (movies): Predator opens
June 24 (movies): Spaceballs opens in theaters Movies
July (literature): Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card is first published (Alvin Maker)
July 5 (TV): The Wind in the Willows (1987 movie) debuts (TV movie)
July 11 (TV): Werewolf (TV series) debuts (TV series)
July 18 (movies): A Chinese Ghost Story / Sinnui yauwan opens in Hong Kong
July 24 (births): Mara Wilson (actor)
August 7 (movies): Masters of the Universe opens in theaters (He-Man)
August 28 (movies): House II: The Second Story
September 5 (TV): Beauty and the Beast series debut (TV series)
September 7 (births): Evan Rachel Wood (actor)
September 20 (TV): Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future debuts (TV series)
September 22 (births): Tom Felton (actor)
September 25 (fictional): Catherine and Vincent meet on Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
September 28 (TV): Star Trek: The Next Generation debuts (TV series)
September 28 (movies): Friday the 13th opens in theatres
October 2 (movies): Near Dark opens
October 20 (movies): The Hidden opens
November 6 (movies): Made in Heaven opens in U.S. theaters
November 13 (movies): The Running Man (film) opens in U.S. theaters
December 18 (movies): *batteries not included opens in U.S. theaters
December 28 (births): Thomas Dekker (actor)

1989

January 20 (movies): The Terror Within opens in theaters
February 17 (movies): Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure opens in theaters
March 12 (deaths): Maurice Evans (actor)
March 17 (deaths): Merritt Butrick (actor) (Star Trek)
April 1 (anime): Laputa (births): Castle in the Sky / Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta U.S. Limited release
May (literature): Abe Lincoln in McDonald’s by James Morrow is first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (
May 12 (movies): Hell High opens in theaters
May 12 (movies): Night Visitor opens in theaters (Movies)
May 24 (movies): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade opens in theaters
June 2 (movies): Vampire’s Kiss opens in theaters (Movies)
June 9 (movies): Star Trek V: The Final Frontier opens in theaters
June 10 (TV): Tales from the Crypt (TV series) debuts (TV series)
June 22 (movies): Slipstream opens in Australian theaters
June 23 (movies): Batman (1989 film) opens
July
August 9 (movies): The Abyss opens in theaters
August 25 (movies): Little Monsters opens
August 25 (movies): Millennium opens
September 18 (TV): Alien Nation debuts (TV series)
October 27 (movies): Shocker opens in US theaters
November 22 (movies): Back to the Future Part II opens in U.S. theaters

1990

January 7 (births): Liam Aiken (actor)
January 19 (movies): Tremors opens in theaters
January 25 (deaths): Ava Gardner
February 9 (movies): The Haunting of Morella opens
February 18 (TV): The Death of the Incredible Hulk (TV movie)
February 15 (movies): Moon 44 opens
March 16 (movies): Ultra Warrior opens in US theatres
March 24 (births): Keisha Castle-Hughes (actor)
April 15 (births): Emma Watson (actor)
April 20 (movies): Martians Go Home opens
April 24 (science): Hubble Space Telescope is launched
April 27 (movies): Spaced Invaders opens in theaters
May 16 (deaths): Jim Henson  (puppeteer, producer)
May 25 (movies): Back to the Future Part III opens in U.S. theaters
June 1 (movies): Total Recall opens
June 15 (movies): Gremlins 2: The New Batch opens in U.S. theaters
July 20 (fictional): Daniel Armand is abducted (characters: The 4400)
July 27 (TV): Swamp Thing (TV series) debuts on USA Network
July 30 (births): Nathanael Baring (actor)
August 4 (TV): Beauty and the Beast (TV series) series finale
August 28 (deaths): Edmund H. North (screenwriter)
September 20 (TV): The Flash  debuts
September 28 (births): Kirsten Prout (actor)
October 5 (births): Myles Jeffrey (actor)
November 2 (movies): Frankenstein Unbound opens
November 9 (movies): Child’s Play 2 opens
November 13 (deaths): Don Chaffey dies (director)
November 24 (deaths): Robb White dies (screenwriter)
December 1 (deaths): Robert Gordon dies (director)

1991

January 11 (movies): Warlock opens
February 28 (births): Sarah Bolger (actor)
March 11 (movies): Naked Lunch opens
March 22 (movies): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
March 29 (movies): The Unborn opens in theaters
March 31 (TV): The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage debuts
April 17 (movies): Delicatessan is released in France
May 19 (TV): Knight Rider 2000 debuts (TV movie)
May 27 (TV): Blood Ties (movie) debuts on Fox (TV movie)
June 21 (movies): The Rocketeer opens
July 3 (movies): Terminator 2: Judgment Day opens
July 8 (deaths): James Franciscus (actor)
July 13 (movies): Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans opens
July 16 (births): Randall Bentley (actor)
July 19 (movies): Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey opens
August (fictional):  A momument is erected that reads:
THIS IS THE PILGRIM I
THE FIRST SPACE SHIP SENT UP TO COLONIZE THE OUTER REGIONS CARRYING 113 PEOPLE WHO ESTABLISHED THIS FIRST COLONY OFF THE EARTH.
On Thursday We Leave for Home (The Twilight Zone episode)
August 30 (movies): Child’s Play 3 opens
September 1 (TV): Aeon Flux (TV series) debuts
September 4 (births): Carter Jenkins (actor)
September 13 (movies): Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare opens
September 15 (TV): Eerie, Indiana series debut
September 15, 8:30 PM GMT (UFOs): Space shuttle mission STS 48 Discovery photographs multiple moving objects, including what some believe is a UFO avoiding missile fire
October 4 (TV): Beyond Reality debuts
October 25 (deaths): John Stratton (actor)
November 2 (deaths): Irwin Allen (producer, director)
November 22 (movies): The Addams Family  opens
November 22 (movies): Beauty and the Beast opens
December 3 (deaths): Jack Laird dies (director, screenwriter, producer)
December 6 (movies): Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country opens
December 11 (movies): Hook opens

1992

January 17 (movies): Freejack opens
January 25 (TV): The Cloning of Joanna May debuts (UK) (TV movie)
February 11 (deaths): Ray Danton dies (actor)
February 14 (births): Freddie Highmore (actor)
February 16 (deaths): Angela Carter dies (author)
March 6 (movies): The Lawnmower Man (movie) opens
March 11 (deaths): László Benedek (director)
March 17 (deaths): Jack Arnold (director)
April 2 (births): Kindred: The Embraced debuts on Fox (TV series)
April 3 (movies): Delicatessan opens in the US
April 10 (movies): Sleepwalkers opens in U.S. theaters
April 10 (movies): FernGully: The Last Rainforest opens in U.S. theaters
April 12 (TV): Eerie, Indiana series finale (TV series)
May 5 (TV): Forever Knight debuts on CBS (TV series)
May 12 (births): Malcolm David Kelley (actor)
May 18 (deaths): Marshall Thompson (actor)
May 18 (births): Spencer Breslin (actor)
May 22 (movies): Encino Man opens
June 16 (movies): Waxwork II: Lost in Time U.S. video premier
July 10 (moives): Universal Soldier opens
July 20 (deaths): Joe Shuster (comics artist)
July 31 (movies): Death Becomes Her opens
August 29 (deaths): Mary Norton (author)
September 5 (movies): Batman: The animated Series debuts (TV series)
September 24 (TV): The Sci Fi Channel launches (TV network)
September 28 (TV): Highlander: The Series debuts (TV series)
October 12 (births): Josh Hutcherson (actor)
October 31 (TV): X-Men (TV series) debuts (animated TV series)
November (comics): Doomsday (DC Comics) makes his first comic book appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel
November 26 (deaths): Phil Leakey (makeup artist)
December 9 (deaths): Vincent Gardenia dies (actor)

1993

January 3 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine debuts
January 8 (movies): Leprechaun (1993 film) opens
January 25 (TV): Kung Fu: The Legend Continues debuts
January 28 (movies): Body Snatchers opens
February 12 (movies): Groundhog Day opens
February 22 (TV): Babylon 5 series debuts
March 26 (TV): Vampire Hunter D  (anime)
May 21 (movies): Carnosaur opens
June 18 (movies): Last Action Hero opens
June 23 (movies): Coneheads opens
July (comics): Speedy (Green Arrow’s teen sidekick) reinvents himself and makes his first comic book appearance as Arsenal in The New Titans
July 2 (deaths): Fred Gwynne (actor) (The Munsters)
August 7 (TV): The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. debuts
August 13 (movies): Heart and Souls opens in theaters
August 14 (deaths): Royal Cole (screenwriter)
August 28 (TV): Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuts in the US
September 3 (movie): Time Runner opens in Hungary
September 4 (deaths): Hervé Villechaize dies (actor)
September 10 (TV): The X-Files debuts
September 12 (movies): The Bride With White Hair / Bai fa mo nu zhuan opens at the Toronto Film Festival
September 12 (TV): 2 Stupid Dogs debuts
September 12 (TV): Double Dragon (TV series) debuts
September 20 (deaths): Zita Johann (actor)
September 29 (deaths): Gordon Douglas (director)
October 8 (movies): Demolition Man opens
October 25 (deaths): Vincent Price (actor)
October 31 (deaths): River Phoenix (actor)
November 19 (movies): Addams Family Values opens
November 21 (deaths): Bill Bixby (actor)
December 6 (deaths): Don Ameche dies (actor)
December 11 (TV movies): Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) TV debut
December 18 (deaths): Sam Wanamaker (actor, director)
December 26 (deaths): Jeff Morrow (actor)
December 29 (movies): Ghost in the Machine opens

1994

1994: (fictional) From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction. Man’s civilization is cast in ruin. (Thundarr the Barbarian) (TV series)

January 1 (deaths): Cesar Romero (Batman)
January 28 (deaths): Hal Smith (actor, voice artist)
February 3 (deaths): Caroll Borland (actor)
February 6 (deaths): Jack Kirby (comics)
February 9 (movies): Cyborg Cop US video premier
February 23 (births): Dakota Fanning (actor)
March 4 (deaths): John Candy (actor)
March 5 (TV): Weird Science (TV series) debuts on the USA Network
April 19 (deaths): Michael Carreras (producer)
May 4 (births): Alexander Gould (voice artist, actor) (Finding Nemo)
May 11 (movies): The Crow (movie) opens in US theaters
July 1 (movies): The Shadow (movie) opens in theaters
July 8 (cryptozoology): The article “For China’s Mr. Hu, A Hairy ‘Wild Man’ Is a Beast of Burden” appears on the front page of The Wall Street Journal
July 15 (movies): Angels in the outfield opens
July 29 (movies): The Mask  opens
August 11 (deaths): Peter Cushing (actor)
August 24 (fictional): Walt Lloyd is born  (character: Lost)
September 11 (deaths): Jessica Tandy (actor)
September 16 (movies): Timecop (movie) opens
September 23 (deaths): Robert Bloch (author)
September 24 (TV): Iron Man (TV series) debuts (animated TV series
September 24 (TV): The Marvel Action Hour (births): The Fantastic Four (animated TV series)
September 25 (movies): Cyborg 3: The Recycler US release
September 28 (movies): Ed Wood opens
October 13 (deaths): Karl Edward Wagner (author)
October 30 (TV): Without Warning (TV movie) TV debut (TV movies)
November 6 (TV): Earth 2 debuts (TV series)
November 11 (movies): The Santa Clause opens
November 18 (movies): Star Trek: Generations opens
November 19 (TV): Spider-Man (1994 animated series) debuts (animated TV series)

1995

January 5 (movies): Twelve Monkeys opens
January 10 (deaths): Roy Ashton (special effects artist)
January 13 (movies): Demon Knight opens
January 16 (TV): Star Trek: Voyager debuts
January 16 (TV): Hercules: The Legendary Journeys debuts
February 23 (movies): Carnosaur 2 opens
March 1 (internet): SCIFI.com launches
March 29 (movies): Ghost in the Shell / Kôkaku kidôtai U.S. release (anime)
March 31 (movies): Tank Girl opens
April 16 (deaths): Cy Endfield (director)
May 6 (TV movies): Freaky Friday (1995) first airs on TV (TV Movies)
May 12 (deaths): Arthur Lubin (director)
May 26 (movies): Casper  opens
June 10 (deaths): Bruno Lawrence (actor)
June 14 (deaths): Roger Zelazny dies (author)
June 16 (movies): Batman Forever opens
June 30 (movies): Judge Dredd opens i
July 17 (births): Javin Reid (actor)
July 28 (movies): Waterworld opens
August 2 (deaths): Al Adamson (director)
August 4 (movies): Virtuosity opens
August 18 (movies): Mortal Kombat opens
August 22 (TV): Black Scorpion TV debut (TV Movies)
August 25 (movies): Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde opens
August 25 (movies): Lord of Illusions opens
August 25 (movies): Nadja New York City premiere
August 30 (movies): Magic in the Water opens
September 22 (TV): American Gothic debuts
September 24 (TV): Space: Above and Beyond debuts
October 21 (deaths): Abel Salazar (actor)
October 25 (births): Conchita Campbell (actor)
October 27 (TV): Goosebumps (TV series) debuts
October 27 (movies): Vampire in Brooklyn opens
November 14 (deaths): Jack Finney (author)
November 14 (movies): Castle Freak video premier
November 16 (births): Noah Gray-Cabey (actor)
November 17 (movies): GoldenEye opens (James Bond)
November 22 (movies): Toy Story opens
December 3 (TV movies): The Haunting of Helen Walker debuts on CBS
December 22 (movies): Dracula: Dead and Loving It opens

1996

undated (literature): Blue Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
January 8 (TV): Detective Conan debuts in Japan
January 9 (TV): 3rd Rock from the Sun debuts
January 29 (videogames): Duke Nukem 3D
February 2 (deaths): Gene Kelly (actor)
March 2 (deaths): Lyle Talbot (actor) (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
March 2 (TV): Space Cases debuts
March 9 (deaths): George Burns
March 18 (births): Madeline Carroll (actor)
April 14 (births): Abigail Breslin (actor)
April 21 (TV): Poltergeist: The Legacy debuts
April 28 (TV): Dexter’s Laboratory debuts
May 3 (movies): Barb Wire
May 20 (deaths): Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who)
May 31 (movies): The Arrival
June 28 (movies): The Nutty Professor (Eddie Murphy)
July 3 (movies): Independence Day
July 17 (movies): Multiplicity
August (literature): A Game of Thorns (George R.R. Martin)
August 9 (movies): Escape from L.A.
August 23 (movies): Solo
August 23 (movies): The Island of Dr. Moreau (Marlon Brando)
August 27 (TV): Homeboys in Outer Space debuts
September 3 (TV): The Burning Zone debuts
September 6 (TV): Superman: The Animated Series debuts
November 22 (deaths): Mark Lenard (Star Trek)
December 20 (deaths): Carl Sagan (science)
December 30 (deaths): Lew Ayres (actors)

1997

February 6 (deaths): Harry J. Essex (author)
February 13 (movies): The Borrowers (movie) opens
February 16 (TV movies): Asteroid debuts
February 21 (movies): Lost Highway opens
March 1 (TV): Crime Traveller debuts on BBC (TV series)
March 10 (TV): Buffy the Vampire Slayer debuts (TV series)
March 21 (movies): Liar, Liar opens
April 18 (TV): Lexx debuts (TV series)
April 23 (deaths): Thomas Carr (director)
May 6: Téa Leoni weds David Duchovny
May 9 (movies): Nowhere is released
May 13 (TV): Homeboys in Outer Space series finale
May 16 (TV): Spawn series debut (TV series)
May 25 (TV): Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction series debut (TV series)
June 20 (movies): Batman & Robin opens
June 27 (movies): Face/Off opens
June 30 (literature): Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first Harry Potter book, is first published in the UK
July 2 (movies): Men in Black  opens
July 9 (deaths): Carol Forman (actor) (Superman)
July 11 (movies): Contact opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
July 11 (movies): A Simple Wish opens
July 24 (deaths): Brian Glover (actor)
August 1, 1997 (literature): Battlestar Galactica: Armageddon is published
August 1, 1997 (movies): Spawn (movie) opens
(fictional) August, 7, 1997: The events of The Martian Death March take place (The Martian Death March episode of X Minus One) (radio)
August 15 (movies): Steel opens
August 24 (movies): Doomsday Rock opens
September 1 (TV):101 Dalmations: The Series debuts (TV series)
September 13 (TV): The New Batman Adventures debuts (TV series)
September 19 (TV): The Visitor (TV series) debuts (TV series)
September 22 (TV): Timecop debuts (TV series)
September 29 (movies): Cloned opens in theaters
September 30 (TV): Night Man debuts (TV series)
October 16 (fictional): (fictional) The Jupiter II is launched (Lost in Space)
October 17 (movies): The Devil’s Advocate opens
October 24 (deaths): Don Messick (voice artist)
October 28 (TV movies): House of Frankenstein
October 31 (movies): An American Werewolf in Paris opens in UK theaters
November 1 (TV): Sleepwalkers debuts on NBC
November 7 (movies): Starship Troopers opens
November 12 (movies): Spacejacked opens
November 17 (deaths): H. B. Fyfe (author)
November 26 (movies): Alien Resurrection opens
November 26 (movies): Flubber opens
December 23 (deaths): Stanley Cortez dies (cinematographer)
December 25 (moives): An American Werewolf in Paris opens in US theaters

1998

January 20 (TV movies): Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County debuts on UPN
January 20 (movies): The Prophecy II opens
January 30 (deaths): Ferdy Mayne (actor)
February 7 (TV): The Silver Surfer debuts (animated TV series)
February 13 (movies): Sphere opens
February 21 (movies): Falling Fire opens
February 21 (deaths): John Nicolella (director)
February 27 (movies): Dark City opens
February 27 (deaths): J.T. Walsh (actor)
March 17 (fictional): The Change disables many forms of human technology (Emberverse book series)
March 20 (deaths): Beverley Cross (actor)
April 3 (movies): Lost in Space opens
April 9 (births): Elle Fanning (actor)
April 26 (TV movies): Merlin
April 28 (deaths): Jerome Bixby dies (screenwriter, author)
May 8 (movies): Deep Impact opens
May 11 (deaths): Gene Fowler Jr. dies (director, editor)
May 19 (movies):Godzilla (1998 movie) opens in U.S. theaters
May 26 (TV movies): Nick Fury: Agent of Shield debuts
June 7 (TV): Brimstone debuts (TV series)
June 26 (movies): Doctor Dolittle (1998 movie) opens
July 22 (deaths): Astronaut Alan Shepard
July 24 (movies): Disturbing Behavior opens
August 5 (movies): Halloween H20: 20 Years Later opens
August 18 (movies): A Very Unlucky Leprechaun opens
August 21 (movies): Blade opens
September 1 (literarure): The novel Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone is released in the US
September 5 (TV): The Crow: Stairway to Heaven series debut (TV series)
September 11 (movies): Cube U.S. limited release
September 12 (TV): Godzilla: The Series series debut on Fox (TV series)
September 12 (TV): Young Hercules series debut on Fox Kids
September 12 (TV): Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (animated TV series)
October 3 (deaths): Roddy McDowall (actor)
October 7 (TV): Charmed debuts on the WB (TV series)
October 7 (TV): 7 Days debuts (TV series)
October 11 (deaths): Richard Denning (actor)
October 15 (TV): Nightworld: 30 Years to Life debuts on UPN (TV series)
October 22 (TV movies): Chameleon TV premier (TV movies)
October 23 (movies): Pleasantville opens in
October 23 (movies): Soldier opens in
November 3 Bob Kane dies (comics) (Batman)
November 4 (movies): Gods and Monsters opens
November 16 (TV): Goosebumps finale (TV series)
November 19 (videogames): Half-Life is released
November 23 (movies): Scrooged opens
December 11 (movies): Star Trek: Insurrection opens
December 11 (movies): Jack Frost  opens

1999

January 5 (TV): Total Recall 2070 debuts on Canadian TV (TV series)
January 10 (TV): Batman Beyond debuts (TV series)
January 15 (movies): Virus opens
February 18 (TV movie): Last Man on Planet Earth debuts on UPN
February 27 (TV movie): The Turn of the Screw TV
February 28 (TV movie): Alice in Wonderland debuts on NBC
March 7 (deaths): Stanley Kubrick (director)
March 7 (TV): Total Recall 2070 US debut (TV series)
March 16 (movies): From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money opens
March 19 (TV): The Premiere episode of Farscape debuts: it is the series debut as well (TV series)
March 31 (momvies): The Matrix opens
April 4 (deaths): Bob Peck (actor)
April 4 (deaths): Faith Domergue (actor)
April 3 (deaths): Howard R. Cohen (screenwriter)
April 23 (movies): eXistenZ opens
April 30 (movies): Idle Hands opens
May 7 (movies): The Mummy (1999 film) opens
May 10 (deaths): Shel Silverstein dies (author)
May 17 (TV): Spawn series finale (TV series)
May 19 (movies): Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace opens
June 7 (TV): Brimstone debuts (TV series)
June 8 (TV): Total Recall 2070 series finale (TV series)
June 11 (deaths): DeForest Kelley (actor)
June 18 (movies): Tarzan  opens
July 14 (movies): Muppets from Space opens in theaters
July 23 (movies): Inspector Gadget  opens
July 30 (TV): The Jeremiah Crichton episode of Farscape first airs
August 6 (movies): The Sixth Sense opens in U.S. theaters
August 6 (movies): The Iron Giant opens
August 6 (movies): Mystery Men opens
August 27 (movies): The Astronaut’s Wife opens
September 10 (movies): Stigmata opens
September 10 (movies): Stir of Echoes opens
September 13 (fictional): Earth’s moon leaves its orbit, taking with it the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha (Space:1999) (TV series)
September 25 (TV): Relic Hunter debuts (TV series)
October 2 (TV): Spider-Man Unlimited debuts(animated TV series)
October 5 (TV): Angel debuts (TV series)
October 6 (TV): Roswell debuts (TV series)
October 9 (TV): BeastMaster debuts (TV series)
October 19 (movies): Modern Vampires U.S. video premier
October 29 (movies): House on Haunted Hill opens in U.S. theaters
October 30 (TV): Avengers (TV series) debuts (animated TV series)
November 1 (TV): Mortal Kombat: Conquest debuts (TV series)
November 6 (movies): Beowulf (1999 film) video premier
November 11 (deaths): Mary Kay Bergman (voice artist)
November 15 (deaths): Gene Levitt (producer)
November 24 (movies): End of Days opens
December 17 (movies): Bicentennial Man opens in US theatres (Movies)
December 21 (TV): Batman Beyond: The Movie TV premier
December 23 (movies): Galaxy Quest opens in Canadian theaters
December 25 (movies): Galaxy Quest opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
December 27 (deaths): Michael McDowell (screenwriter)
December 31 (movies): Predators from Beyond Neptune US release

2009

January 4 (births): Rhiannon Leigh Wryn  (actor) (The Last Mimzy)
January 5 (UFOs): A huge UFO is observed over Illinois. Witnesses
include police officers from four different departments. The 911 calls are recorded, and one police officer takes a Polaroid photograph
January 17 (TV): Gormenghast debuts on BBC (miniseries)
January 18 (movies): From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter U.S. video premiere
January 22 (TV): Cleopatra 2525 debuts (TV series)
February 5 (TV): The Others (TV series) debuts on NBC (TV series)
February 15 (TV): The Strangerers debuts (UK)
February 27 (TV): The 10th Kingdom debuts on NBC (miniseries)
April 9 (TV): Angels in the Infield debuts on ABC (TV movie)
April 30 (TV): Arabian Nights debuts on ABC (TV movie)
May 12 (movies): Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 opens in U.S. and Canadian theaters
May 13 (TV): The Pretender series finale (TV series)
May 14 (TV): The Ethaniel’s Story episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts (TV series)
May 20 (deaths): Edward Bernds (director)
May 21 (TV): The The Mission episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts
(TV series)
May 25 (deaths): Nicholas Clay (actor)
May 28 (TV): The The Hunter episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts
(TV series)
June 4 (TV): The The Long Drop episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts (TV series)
June 11 (TV): The Watery Grave episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts (TV series)
June 9 (TV): The Invisible Man (2000 TV series) debuts on (The Sci Fi Channel) (TV series)
June 14 (movies): Deep Core Australian video premier (movies)
June 14 (movies): The Crow: Salvation debuts
June 16 (movies): Titan A.E. opens in theaters
June 18 (TV): The Never Go Home episode of Code Name: Eternity
debuts (TV series)
June 25 (TV): The Tawrens episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts
(TV series)
July 1 (TV): Dark Knight (TV series) debuts (TV series)
July 2 (TV): The Making Love episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts
(TV series)
July 7 (movies): Scary Movie opens in theaters (Movies)
July 9 (TV): The Death Trap episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts
(TV series)
July 14 (movies): X-Men opens in theaters
July 16 (TV): The Bounty Hunter episode of Code Name: Eternity
debuts (TV series)
July 24 (TV): Mysterious Ways series debut (TV series)
July 30 (TV): The Thief episode of Code Name: Eternity debuts (TV
series)
August 11 (deaths): Eddie Powell (actor)
August 14 (TV): The Darkling U.S. TV premier (TV movie)
August 17 (deaths): Emil Petaja (author)
August 26 (TV): Witchblade (movie) U.S. TV premier (TV movie)
September 1 (movies): Highlander: Endgame opens in theaters
September 2 (deaths): Curt Siodmak (screenwriter)
September 20 (TV): Static Shock premiers on The WB Network
(animated series)
September 28 (movies): Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust U.S. release
(anime)
October 2 (TV): Buzz Lightyear of Star Command debuts (TV series)
October 3 (TV): Andromeda (TV series) debuts (TV series)
October 3 (TV): Dark Angel premiers on FOX (TV series)
October 27 (movies): The Little Vampire opens in US theaters
November 4 (TV): X-Men: Evolution debuts (animated TV series)
November 6 (movies): Red Planet (2000 film) U.S. premier event
November 6 (deaths): L. Sprague de Camp (author)
November 17 (movies): The 6th Day opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
December 15 (movies): Dude, Where’s My Car? opens in theaters
December 22 (movies): Dracula 2000 opens in theatres (Movie)

2001

January 5 (TV): Black Scorpion (TV series)
January 27 (TV): The Zeta Project debuts on The WB Network
(animated series)
February 12 (deaths): Ralph Smart (screenwriter)
February 23 (movies): Monkeybone opens in theaters Movie)
March 17 (TV): Snow White ABC TV debut (TV movie)
March 22 (deaths): William Hanna (director, producer)
April 2 (TV): The Big O U.S. release (TV series) (anime)
April 17 (TV): All Souls debuts on UPN (TV series)
April 19 (movies): The Attic Expeditions opens in Los Angeles
April 22 (fictional): Shawn Farrell is abducted (The 4400)
May 4 (movies): The Mummy Returns opens
May 11 (deaths): Douglas Adams dies (screenwriter, author)
May 13 (deaths): Jason Miller (actor)
May 16 (movies): Shrek opens
June 8 (movies): Atlantis: The Lost Empire opens
June 15 (TV): Lara Croft: Tomb Raider opens (Movies)
July (literature): American Gods by Neil Gaiman
July 11 (movies): Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within opens
July 12 (TV): Night Visions debuts (TV series)
July 18 (movies): Jurassic Park III opens
July 19 (movies): The Breed opens
July 27 (movies): Planet of the Apes opens
July 27 (movies: Spirited Away / Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi opens in Japan (anime)
August 5 (TV): The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells debuts on The
Hallmark Channel (miniseries)
August 10 (TV): The Others (2001 movie) opens
August 24 (TV): Grim & Evil debuts on the Cartoon Network
(animated TV series)
August 25 (deaths): Aaliyah (singer, actor)
September 26 (TV): Star Trek: Enterprise debuts (TV series)
September 29 (TV): The Mummy: The Animated Series debuts (animated TV series)
September 30 (TV): Alias debuts (TV series)
October 6 (TV): Mutant X debuts (TV series)
October 7 (TV): Earth vs. the Spider debuts (TV movie)
October 14 (TV): How to Make a Monster debuts (TV movie)
October 16 (TV): Smallville premieres (TV series)
October 19 (movies): From Hell opens
October 26 (movies): Thir13en Ghosts opens
November 2 (movies): Monsters Inc. opens
November 6 (movies): Raptor US DVD debut (Movies)
November 16 (movies): Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opens in U.S. theaters
November 17 (TV): Justice League debuts (TV series)
December 14 (movies): Vanilla Sky opens in theaters (Movie)
December 18 (TV): Batman Beyond series final airs (TV series)
December 19 (movies): The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring opens in theaters

2002

January 20 (TV): The 5th Quadrant debuts (Canadian TV)
February 6 (TV): 2030 CE debuts on YTV (Canadian TV)
February 11 (movies): Uzumaki (movie) opens in Japanese theaters
February 22 (movies): Queen of the Damned opens
March 3 (TV): Jeremiah premiers on Showtime (TV series)
March 8 (movies): The Time Machine (2002 movie) opens
March 22 (movies): Blade II opens
March 27 (deaths): Dudley Moore (actor)
March 29 (movies): Clockstoppers opens
April 7 (deaths): John Agar (actor)
April 10 (fictional):  Jordan Collier is abducted (The 4400)
April 20 (movies): Spirited Away / Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
opens in U.S. theaters (anime)
May 1 (TV): Wolf Lake series finale (TV series)
May 3 (movies): Spider-Man opens
May 14 (TV): Mysterious Ways series finale (TV series)
May 16 (movies): Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
opens
June 16 (TV): The Dead Zone (TV series) debuts with the episode
Wheel of Fortune (TV series)
June 21 (movies): Minority Report opens
June 23 (TV): The What it Seems episode of The Dead Zone debuts on
the USA Network (TV series)
June 30 (TV): The Quality of Life episode of The Dead Zone debuts
on the USA Network (TV series)
July 3 (movies): Men in Black II opens
July 6 (deaths): John Frankenheimer (director)
July 7 (TV): The Enigma episode of The Dead Zone debuts on the USA
Network (TV series)
July 12 (movies): Reign of Fire opens
July 14 (TV): The Unreasonable Doubt episode of The Dead Zone
debuts on the USA Network (TV series)
July 17 (movies): Eight Legged Freaks opens
July 21 (TV): The The House episode of The Dead Zone debuts on the
USA Network (TV series)
July 27 (TV): Shadow Realm debuts (TV movie)
July 28 (TV): The Enemy Mind episode of The Dead Zone debuts on
the USA Network (TV series)
July 31 (deaths): Poul Anderson (author)
August 4 (TV): The Netherworld episode of The Dead Zone debuts on
the USA Network (TV series)
August 10 (TV): The Zeta Project series finale airs (animated TV series)
August 11 (TV): The the Siege episode of The Dead Zone debuts on
the USA Network (TV series)
August 18 (TV): The Here There Be Monsters episode of The Dead
Zone debuts on the USA Network (TV series)
August 25 (TV): The Dinner with Dana episode of The Dead Zone
debuts on the USA Network (TV series)
August 26 (movies): Wolfhound DVD debuts
August 30 (deaths): J. Lee Thompson (director)
August 31 (TV): Inuyasha U.S. debut (TV series)
September 8 (TV): The Shaman episode of The Dead Zone debuts on
the USA Network (TV series)
September 8 (TV): The Destiny episode of The Dead Zone debuts on
the USA Network (TV series)
September 20 (TV): Firefly debuts on FOX (TV series)
September 21 (deaths): Robert L. Forward (author)
September 24 (TV): Haunted debuts (TV series)
October 5 (TV): Strange Days at Blake Holsey High series debut (TV
series)
October 9 (TV): Birds of Prey debuts (TV series)
October 11 (movies): Tuck Everlasting opens i
October 16 (cryptozoology): The Associated Press headline reads
“Southwest Alaskans say bird is the size of a small plane” during a Thunderbird flap
October 18 (movies): Infested (2002 film) premiers at Hamptons
International Film Festival
October 18 (movies): Hansel & Gretel opens
October 25 (movies): Ghost Ship opens
November 1 (movies): The Santa Clause 2 opens
November 5 (TV): Haunted final episode airs (TV series)
November 16 (TV movies): Sabretooth
November 17 (movies): 2001: A Space Travesty US video premier
November 27 (movies): Solaris opens
November 27 (movies): They opens
December 3 (deaths): Glenn Quinn (actor) (Angel)
December 6 (movies): Euqilibrium opens in US limited release
December 8 (TV movies): Snow Queen TV debut
December 13 (movies): Star Trek: Nemesis opens in U.S. theaters
December 18 (movies): The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers opens
in U.S. theaters
December 22 (deaths): Kenneth Tobey (actor)

2003

January 1 (TV movies): Night of the Snakehead Fish
January 4 (movies): Dragon Fighter U.S. video release (Movies)
January 10 (movies): WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 New York City
premiere (anime)
January 14 (deaths): John Mantley (screenwriter)
January 15 (movies): Rats opens
January 18 (deaths): Virginia Heinlein (wife of Robert A. Heinlein)
January 20 (movies): Phoenix Point premiers at the Slamdance Film
Festival
January 24 (movies): Darkness Falls opens
January 27 (TV): Miracles series debut (episode: The Ferguson Syndrome) on ABC
January 28 (movies): Subterano U.S. DVD premier
January 31 (movies): Final Destination 2 opens
February 4 (movies): Dragon Ball Z 7: Battle Limit!! Three Great Super Saiyans U.S. DVD premiere (anime)
February 14 (movies): Daredevil opens
February 26 (movies): Equilibrium opens
March 2 (deaths): Fred Freiberger (screenwriter)
March 14 (movies): Willard opens in U.S. theaters
March 16 (TV): Children of Dune premiers on the Sci Fi Channel (miniseries)
March 18 (TV movies): Bloodthirst: Legend of the Chupacabras
March 21 (movies): Dreamcatcher opens
March 28 (movies): The Core opens
April 1 (TV movies): Threshold (TV movie)
April 11 (movies): House of 1000 Corpses opens
April 14 (movies): Mimic: Sentinel opens at Philadelphia International Film Festival
April 15 (movies): DarkWolf opens in US theatres
May 2 (movies): X2 opens
May 5 (movies): The Matrix Reloaded opens
May 23 (movies): Bruce Almighty opens
May 30 (movies): Bhoot opens
June 3 (movies): The Animatrix is released on U.S. DVD
June 20 (movies): Hulk opens
June 28 (movies): Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl Disneyland premier event
July 2 (movies): Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines opens
July 8 (TV): Alienated debuts (Canadian TV)
July 9 (movies): Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl opens
July 11 (movies): The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen opens
July 11 (TV): Spider-Man: The New Animated Series debuts (Animated
TV series)
July 19 (TV): Teen Titans debuts (animated TV series)
July 25 (movies): Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life opens
August 1 (TV): The It Came from Next Door / Pest Control episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot debuts (TV series)
August 6 (movies): Freaky Friday opens
August 6 (literature): Eragon is published
August 8 (TV): The Raggedy Android / Class Action episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot debuts (TV series)
August 15 (TV): The Attack of the 5 1/2 Ft. Geek / Doom with a View episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot debuts (TV series)
August 22 (TV): The Ear No Evil / Unlicensed Flying Object episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot debuts (TV series)
August 29 (movies): Jeepers Creepers II opens
September 14 (TV): Carnivàle premiers on HBO (TV series)
October 29 (deaths): Hal Clement (author)
October 30 (TV): Tru Calling debuts (TV series)
November 12 (deaths): Jonathon Brandis (actor)
November 15 (movies): Terrarium U.S. DVD premier (Movies)
November 23 (deaths): Jack Pollexfen (screenwriter, producer)
November 26 (movies): Timeline (2003 film) opens
November 26 (movies): The Haunted Mansion opens
November 29 (TV movies): Epoch Evolution Sci Fi Channel
December 17 (movies): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King opens in U.S. theaters
December 18 (deaths): Charles Berlitz (author)
December 25 (movies): Paycheck opens

2004

March 6 (movies): Ghost in the Shell 2 / Inosensu (TV): Kôkaku
kidôtai opens in Japan (anime)
March 6 (deaths): Frances Dee (actor)
March 8 (deaths): Robert Pastorelli (actor)
March 12 (movies): The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra U.S. limited release
March 16 (TV): Century City debuts (TV series)
March 26 (movies): Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed opens
April 2 (movies): Hellboy opens
April 9 (movies): Ella Enchanted opens
April 16 (movies): The Punisher opens
May 22 (TV): Static Shock series finale (animated series)
May 31 (movies): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban opens in
U.K. theaters
June 2 (TV): The Collector debuts (Canadian TV series)
June 4 (movies): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban opens in
U.S. theaters
June 12 (TV): Post Impact U.S. TV premier (movie)
June 13 (deaths): Robert Lees (screenwriter)
June 20 (TV movies): ‘Salem’s Lot debuts (TV movie)
June 27 (deaths): Hugh B. (Barnett) Cave (author)
June 27 (movies): Night Watch: Nochnoi Dozor opens in Russian
theaters
June 30 (movies): Spider-Man 2 opens
July 11 (TV): The 4400 premiers on USA Network (TV series)
July 11 (fictional): The 4400 people who have disappeared at
various times are returned (The 4400 TV series)
July 16 (movies): I, Robot (Movie) opens
July 19 (movies): Catwoman premieres
July 19 (deaths): Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. (director)
July 23 (movies): Catwoman opens wide in US theatres
July 28 (deaths): Jackson Beck (actor)
July 30 (movies): The Manchurian Candidate  opens
August 8 (deaths): Fay Wray (actor)
August 13 (movies): AVP: Alien vs. Predator opens
August 21 (UFOs): UFOs are reported over Tinley Park, Illinois
August 22 (deaths): Daniel Petrie (director)
September 10 (movies): Resident Evil: Apocalypse opens
September 17 (movies): Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow opens
September 17 (movies): Ghost in the Shell 2 U.S. limited release
(anime)
September 18 (TV): Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! debuts
(animated TV series)
September 22 (TV): Lost debuts (TV series)
September 24 (TV): The Forgotten opens (Movies)
October 3 (deaths): Janet Leigh (actor)
October 10 (deaths): Christopher Reeve (actor)
October 17 (TV): Hex debuts (TV series)
October 22 (movies): The Grudge opens in US theaters
October 22 (deaths): Katherine Victor (actor)
November 5 (movies): The Incredibles is released in the U.S.A.
November 13 (deaths): Harry Lampert (comics artist)
December 3 (movies): After the Apocalypse
December 5 (TV): The Librarian: Quest for the Spear debuts (TV
movie)
December 8 (TV): Blade: Trinity opens in theaters
December 18 (movies): Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys opens

2005

January 3 (TV): Medium premiers (TV series)
January 14 (movies): Elektra opens in U.S. theaters
January 19 (TV): Point Pleasant debuts on Fox (TV series)
January 25 (movies): MirrorMask opens at the Sundance Film
Festival
February 4 (deaths): Ossie Davis (actor)
February 18 (movies): Constantine opens
February 20 (TV): Robot Chicken debuts on Cartoon Network
February 26 (deaths): Jack Clayton  (director)
March 4 (movies): The Jacket opens
March 17 (movies): V for Vendetta opens in U.S. theaters
March 17 (deaths): Andre Norton (author)
March 26 (TV): Doctor Who returns to British television screens
for the first time since the made for TV movie that aired in 1996.
April 2 (TV): The End of the World episode of Doctor Who debuts in
the UK (TV series)
April 9 (TV movies): The Snake King video premier (TV movie)
April 9 (TV): The Unquiet Dead episode of Doctor Who debuts in the
UK (TV series)
April 13 (TV): Revelations (miniseries) debuts (miniseries)
April 15 (movies): The Amityville Horror opens
April 16 (TV): Charlie Jade  debuts (TV series)
April 19 (videogames): Psychonauts is released
April 21 (movies): Man-Thing opens
April 24 (TV movies): Locusts TV debut (TV movie)
April 26 (cryptozoology): Lake Tahoe’s Tessie is seen by Ron
Talmadge and Beth Douglas
April 28 (movies): The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy opens
May 19 (TV): Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith opens
May 26 (deaths): Eddie Albert (actor)
June (cryptozoology): A lake monster in Snaasa Lake in Norway is
photographed on a cell phone: the picture is published in
2007
June 13 (deaths): Lane Smith (actor)
June 15 (movies): Batman Begins opens
June 19 (TV): 12 Oz. Mouse debuts (TV series)
June 29 (movies): War of the Worlds opens
July 8 (movies): Fantastic Four opens
July 14 (TV movies): Attack of the Sabretooth TV debut (TV movie)
July 15 (movies): Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opens
July 19 (TV): Cleopatra 2525 U.S. DVD release (TV series)
July 20 (deaths): James Doohan (actor)
July 20 (TV): Criss Angel Mindfreak debuts (TV series)
July 23 (movies): Fullmetal Alchemist (TV): The Conqueror of
Shamballa / Gekijyouban hagane no renkinjutsushi – Shanbara wo iku mono opens in Japan (anime)
July 29 (movies): Stealth opens
August 5 (movies): 2046 opens in limited release in U.S. theaters
August 6 (UFOs): Space shuttle mission STS 114 Discovery photographs what some believe is a UFO
August 12 (movies): The Skeleton Key opens
August 12 (movies): Spirit Trap opens
September 5 (TV): Supernova (2005 miniseries) TV premier
September 9 (movies): The Exorcism of Emily Rose opens
September 13 (TV): Supernatural premiers on the WB (TV series)
September 14 (deaths): Robert Wise (director)
September 16 (movies): Just Like Heaven opens
September 16 (TV): Threshold debuts on CBS (TV series)
September 21 (TV): Invasion debuts on ABC (TV series)
September 23 (movies): Corpse Bride opens (Movies)
September 23 (TV): Ghost Whisperer debuts on CBS (TV series)
September 29 (TV): The Night Stalker premieres (TV series)
September 30 (movies): Serenity opens in U.S. theaters
October 14 (movies): The Fog opens
October 21 (movies): Doom opens
October 25 (movies): Dead Men Walking
October 28 (movies): MirrorMask opens in theaters
November 1 (paranormal): The President’s Vampire is published
November 1 (deaths): Michael Piller dies (producer, screenwriter)
November 4 (movies): Chicken Little opens
November 11 (movies): Zathura: A Space Adventure opens
November 18 (movies): Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opens in U.S. theaters
November 30 (deaths): Jean Parker (actor)
December 2 (movies): Æon Flux opens in
December 9 (movies): The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe opens
December 10 (deaths): Richard Pryor (actor)
December 14 (movies): King Kong (2005 movie) opens

2009

Monday, January 2 (paranormal books): Ghosts: Another Summer in the Old Town by Randy Cribbs is published in paperback by OCRS
Monday, January 2, 8:00 PM (TV): The Day of the Dark Knight episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold debuts on the Cartoon Network  (TV series)
Monday, January 2, 9:00 PM (TV): The Vegas episode of Stargate Atlantis debuts on the Sci Fi Channel  (TV series)
Monday, January 2, 9:00 PM (TV): The Dooku Captured episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts on the Cartoon Network
Monday, January 2, 10:00 PM (TV): The Village of Sleepy Hollow episode of Most Haunted USA debuts on the Travel Channel (paranormal TV series)
Monday, January 2, 10:00 PM (TV): The Revelations, Part 1 episode of Sanctuary debuts on the Sci Fi Channel (TV series)
Tuesday, January 3, 9:00 AM (TV): The Camping It Up episode of Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl debuts on the Cartoon Network (TV series)
January 3, 9:00 PM (TV): The Genjutsu or Reality episode of
Naruto has its Cartoon Network debut  (TV series)
January 4, 9:00 PM (TV): Nostradamus: 2012 debuts on the History Channel as part of Armageddon Week (paranormal)
January 4, 11:00 PM (TV): A new episode of Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network (TV series)
January 5 (literature): Black Magic Woman (the first book in the Quincey Morris book series by Justin Gustainis is published in paperback by Solaris
January 5 (literature): Hellforged (the fifth book in the Soul Drinkers book series) by Ben Counter is published in paperback by Black Library
January 5 (literature): One More Bite (the fifth book in the Jaz Parks book series by Jennifer Rardin is published in paperback and for the Kindle by Orbit
January 5 (literature): War Machine by Andy Remic is published in paperback by Solaris
January 5 (literatuure): You Might Sleep… by Nick Mamatas is published in paperback by Wildside Press
January 6, 8:00 PM (TV): Star Trek 25th Anniversary debuts on
the Biography Channel  (documentaries)
January 6, 8:00 PM (TV): The Dora Saves Three Kings Day
episode of Dora the Explorer debuts on Nickelodeon (TV series)
January 6, 10:00 PM (TV): The Swamp Creature / Monterey
Monster (series debut) of Lost Tapes debuts on Animal Planet
(paranormal TV series)
Wednesday, January 7 (literature): Death in Delhi by Gary Gygax is
published in paperback by Paizo
Wednesday, January 7, 8:00 PM (TV): The Meet the Mastermind
episode (series debut) of 13 – Fear is Real debuts on the CW (TV series)
Wednesday, January 7, 8:00 PM (TV): The Don’t Stop the Knight
episode of Knight Rider debuts on NBC  (TV series)
Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 PM (TV): The The Ghost Child of
Peru episode of Ghost Hunters International debuts on the Sci Fi
Channel  (paranormal TV series)
Thursday, January 8 (literature): Honor of the Clan (the fourth book in the Legacy of the Aldenata book series by John Ringo and Julie Cochrane is published in hardback by Baen ISBN 978-1416555919
Thursday, January 8 (literature): Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles de Lint is published in paperback by Puffin ISBN 978-0142413012
January 9-January 11 (conventions): Sac-anime is held in Sacramento, California
Friday, January 9 (literature): Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell is published in hardback by Random House ISBN 978-1846075636
Friday, January 9 (literature): Doctor Who: The Story of Martha by
Dan Abnett is published in hardback by Random House ISBN 978-
1846075612
January 9 (movies): The Unborn opens
Friday, January 9, 8:00 PM (TV): The Enter the Outsiders! episode (guest hero: Wildcat) of Batman: The Brave and the Bold debuts on the Cartoon Network  (TV series)
Friday, January 9, 8:00 PM (TV): The Life on the Line episode of Ghost Whisperer debuts on CBS  (TV series)
Friday, January 9, 9:00 PM (TV): The The Gungan General
episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts on the Cartoon Network  (TV series)
January 9, 9:00 PM (TV): The Enemy at the Gate episode of Stargate Atlantis (series finale) debuts on the Sci Fi Channel (TV series)
January 9, 10:00 PM (TV): The New London Ledge Light House
episode of Most Haunted USA debuts on the Travel Channel (paranormal TV series)
January 9, 10:00 PM (TV): The Revelations, Part 2 episode of
Sanctuary debuts on the Sci Fi Channel  (TV series)
Saturday, January 10, 9:00 AM (TV): The Up Close and
Personable episode of Pokemon (TV): Diamond and Pearl debuts on the Cartoon Network  (TV series)
Saturday, January 10, 9:00 PM (TV): The Supposed Sealed Ability episode of Naruto has its Cartoon Network debut (TV series)
Sunday, January 11, 11:00 PM (TV): The PS: Yes, In that Way episode of Robot Chicken debuts on Cartoon Network (TV series)
Monday, January 12 (TV): The It Happened One Night episode (third
season opener) of Kyle XY on ABC Family  (TV series)
Tuesday, January 13 (deaths): Patrick McGoohan (actor)
Wednesday, January 14 (deaths): Ricardo Montalban (actor) (Star Trek), (Planet of the Apes)
Wednesday, January 14 (comics): President-elect Barack Obama is significant character in Marvel’s The Amazing Spider-Man
Wednesday, January 14, 8:00 PM (TV): The The Accused episode(series debut) of 13 – Fear is Real debuts on the CW (TV series)
Wednesday, January 14, 8:00 PM (TV): The Day Turns into Knight episode of Knight Rider debuts on NBC  (TV series)
Wednesday, January 14, 9:00 PM (TV): The City of the Damned
episode of Ghost Hunters International debuts on the Sci Fi Channel  (paranormal TV series)
Wednesday, January 14, 10:00 PM (TV): The Oklahoma Octopus /
Chupacabra of Lost Tapes debuts on Animal Planet (paranormal TV series)
Thursday, January 15 (games): Adventures in Hyboria for the Conan
role-playing game is published in paperback by Mongoose ISBN 978-
1905850525
Thursday, January 15 (comics): Army of Darkness / Xena Warrior
Princess Volume 1: Why Not? by John Layman, Brandon Jerwa,
Miguel Montenegro, and Fabiano Neves is published in paperback by
Dynamite Entertainment ISBN 978-1606900086
Thursday, January 15 (literature): Daemons Are Forever (the second book in the Secret Histories book series by Simon R. Green is published in paperback by Gollancz ISBN 978-0575084834
Thursday January 15, 8:00 PM (TV): The Legion episode of Smallville debuts on the CW  (TV series)
Thursday January 15, 9:00 PM (TV): The Family Remains episode of Supernatural debuts on the CW  (TV series)
Friday, January 16, 8:00 PM (TV): The Dawn of the Dead Man
episode (guest hero: Deadman) of Batman (TV): The Brave and
the Bold debuts on the Cartoon Network  (TV series)
Friday, January 16, 8:00 PM (TV): The This Joint’s Haunted
episode of Ghost Whisperer debuts on CBS  (TV series)
Friday, January 16, 9:00 PM (TV): The Jedi Crash, Part 1
episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts on the Cartoon Network  (TV series)
Friday, January 16, 10:00 PM (TV): The Fort Delaware episode of Most Haunted USA debuts on the Travel Channel (paranormal TV series)
Friday, January 16, 10:00 PM (TV): The Sometimes a Great
Notion episode (season 4.5 opener) of Battlestar Galactica debuts on the Sci Fi Channel  (TV series)
Saturday, January 17, 9:00 PM (TV): The In Over Our Heads
episode of H20 debuts on Nickelodeon Official Nickelodeon Site TV
series
Saturday, January 17, 9:00 PM (TV movies): The Immortal Voyage of
Captain Drake debuts on the Sci Fi Channel (TV movie)
Sunday, January 18 (deaths): Bob May (actor) (Lost in Space)
Sunday, January 18, 11:00 PM (TV): The Love, Maurice episode of Robot Chicken debuts on Cartoon Network (TV series)
Monday, January 19 (literature): Danger in the Dark by L. Ron Hubbard is published in paperback by Galaxy Press  ISBN 978-1592123674 (short story collection)
Monday, January 19, 8:00 PM (TV): Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!, a 10th anniversary special (and the first new show of The Powerpuff Girls since 2005, has its American broadcast debut on the Cartoon
Network  (TV series
Monday, January 19, 9:00 PM (TV): The Psychic Friend episode
of Kyle XY on ABC Family  (TV series)
Tuesday, January 20, 9:00 PM (TV): The Bound episode of Fringe debuts on Fox  (TV series)
Tuesday, January 20, 10:00 PM (TV): The Devil Dragon / Bigfoot of Lost Tapes debuts on Animal Planet (paranormal TV series)
Wednesday, January 21, 8:00 PM (TV): The Knight to King’s Pawn episode of Knight Rider debuts on NBC  (TV series)
Wednesday, January 21, 8:00 PM (TV): Lost: Destiny Calls, a recap of the first four seasons, debuts on ABC (TV series)
Wednesday, January 21, 9:00 PM (TV): The A Call for Help episode of Ghost Hunters International debuts on the Sci Fi Channel  (paranormal TV series)
Wednesday, January 21, 9:00 PM (TV): The Because You Left episode of Lost (fifth season opener) debuts on ABC (TV series)
Wednesday, January 21, 10:00 PM (TV): The The Lie episode of
Lost debuts on ABC  (TV series)
Thursday January 22, 8:00 PM (TV): The Bulletproof episode of
Smallville debuts on the CW  (TV series)
Thursday January 22, 9:00 PM (TV): The Criss Angel Is a Douche Bag episode of Supernatural debuts on the CW  (TV series)
Friday, January 23 (movies): Inkheart opens
Friday, January 23 (movies): Underworld: Rise of the Lycans opens
Friday January 23, 8:00 PM (TV): The Body of Water episode of Ghost Whisperer debuts on the CW  (TV series)
Friday, January 23, 8:00 PM (TV): series debut of Wolverine and the X-Men on Nickelodeon  (TV series)
Friday, January 23, 10:00 PM (TV): The The Disquiet That Follows My Soul episode of Battlestar Galactica debuts on the Sci Fi Channel  (TV series)
Sunday, January 24, 9:00 AM (TV): The One Team, Two Team, Red
Team, Blue Team episode of Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl debuts on the Cartoon Network  (TV series)
Sunday, January 25 (literature): Stargate Atlantis: Nightfall by
James Swallow is published in paperback by Fandemonium Books ISBN
978-1905586141 (Stargate novels)
Sunday, January 25, 9:00 PM (TV): The Last Templar (part 1) debuts on NBC  (miniseries)
Sunday, January 25, 9:00 PM (TV movies): Planet Raptor has its American debut on the Sci Fi Channel
Sunday, January 25, 9:00 PM (TV): The Chimdale episode of
American Dad debuts on Fox  (TV series)
Sunday, January 25, 10:00 PM (TV): Afro Samurai: Resurrection debuts on Spike  (anime)
Sunday, January 25, 11:00 PM (TV): The Two Weeks Without Food
episode of Robot Chicken debuts on the Cartoon Network (TV series)
Monday, January 26, 9:00 PM (TV): The Last Templar (part 2)
debuts on NBC  (miniseries)
Monday, January 26, 9:00 PM (TV): The Electric Kiss episode of Kyle XY debuts on ABC Family  (TV series)
Monday, January 26, 10:00 PM (TV): The Lady Vampire episode of Paranormal State debuts on A&E  (paranormal TV series)
Monday, January 26, 10:00 PM (TV): The Room and Board episode of paranormal State debuts on A&E  (paranormal TV series)
Monday, January 26, 11:00 PM (TV): The Bonds episode of Mobile Suit Gundam has its Sci Fi Channel debut as part of Ani-Monday (TV series)
Monday, January 26, 11:00 PM (TV): The Blade of Revolution episode of Mobile Suit Gundam has its Sci Fi Channel debut as part of Ani-Monday  (TV series)
Wednesday, January 28 (comics): Groo: Hell on Earth by Sergio
Aragones is published in paperback by Dark Horse ISBN 978-
1593079994
Wednesday, January 28, 8:00 PM (TV): The Exit Light, Enter Knight episode of Knight Rider debuts on NBC  (TV series)
Wednesday, January 28, 9:00 PM (TV): The Restless Souls of Sweden episode of Ghost Hunters International debuts on the Sci Fi Channel  (paranormal TV series)
Wednesday, January 28, 9:00 PM (TV): The Jughead episodeLost debuts on ABC  (TV series)
Wednesday, January 28, 10:00 PM (TV): The UFO Storm episode of UFO Hunters debuts on the History Channel  (paranormal TV series)
Wednesday, January 28, 10:02 PM (TV): The Look at the Lawmen
episode of Life on Mars debuts on ABC  (TV series)
Thursday, January 29 (literature): The Maze of the Enchanter(volume 4  in The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith) by Clark Ashton
Smith is published in hardback by Night Shade Books ISBN 978-
1597800310 (short story collection)
January 30 (movies): The Uninvited (2009 movie) opens
Friday, January 30, 8:00 PM (TV): Atom and Aquaman team up
with Batman against Chemo in Journey to the Center of the Bat!
episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold debuts on the
Cartoon Network  (TV series)
Friday, January 30, 9:00 PM (TV): The Trespass episode of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts on the Cartoon Network (TV series)
Friday, January 30, 10:00 PM (TV): The The Oath episode of
Battlestar Galactica debuts on the Sci Fi Channel (TV series)
Sunday, January 31, 9:00 AM (TV): The A Lean Mean Team Rocket
Machine episode of Pokemon (TV): Diamond and Pearl debuts on the
Cartoon Network  (TV series)
Saturday, January 31, 9:00 PM (TV): The Fish Fever episode of
H20 debuts on Nickelodeon Official Nickelodeon Site (TV series)
Saturday, January 31, 9:00 PM (TV movies): Wyvern debuts on the Sci Fi Channel
Saturday, January 31, 9:00 PM (TV): The The Enemy / Ninja
Dropouts episode of Naruto has its Cartoon Network debut Official
Site (TV series)
Sunday, February 1 (literature): Beginning (the second book in the Laurian book series) by Danny Birt is published in paperback by Ancient Tome Press ISBN 978-0982135259
Sunday, February 1 (literature): Necrophenia by Robert Rankin is published in paperback by Gollancz ISBN 978-0575082403
Sunday, February 1 literature): Pride (the third book in the Werecats
book series) by Rachel Vincent is published in paperback by Mira
ISBN 978-0778326496
Sunday, February 1, 11:00 PM (TV): The But Not in That Way
episode of Robot Chicken debuts on the Cartoon Network (TV series)
Monday, February 2, 9:00 PM (TV): The In the Company of Men
episode of Kyle XY debuts on ABC Family  (TV series)
Monday, February 2, 11:00 PM (TV): The Road to Ruin episode of Mobile Suit Gundam has its Sci Fi Channel debut as part of Ani-Monday Ani-Monday  (TV series)
Monday, February 2, 11:00 PM (TV): The Trans-Am episode of
Mobile Suit Gundam has its Sci Fi Channel debut as part of Ani-Monday Ani-Monday  (TV series)
Monday, February 3, 12:00 AM (TV): The The World Stands Still
episode of Mobile Suit Gundam has its Sci Fi Channel debut as part
of Ani-Monday Ani-Monday  (TV series)
Monday, February 3 (literature): Bone Crossed (the fourth book in the
Mercy Thompson book series) by Patricia Briggs is published in
hardback by Ace ISBN 978-0441016761
Wednesday, February 4, 8:00 PM (TV): The Fight Knight episode
of Knight Rider debuts on NBC  (TV series)
Wednesday, February 4, 9:00 PM (TV): The Buried Alive episode of Ghost Hunters International debuts on the Sci Fi Channel(paranormal TV series)
Wednesday, February 4, 9:00 PM (TV): The The Little Prince
episode of Lost debuts on ABC  (TV series)
Wednesday, February 4, 10:00 PM (TV): The Giant UFOs episode of UFO Hunters debuts on the History Channel
(paranormal TV series)
Wednesday, February 4, 10 (TV):02 PM (TV): The The Dark Side of
the Mook episode of Life on Mars debuts on ABC  (TV series)
Friday, February 6 (movies): Coraline (movie) opens in theaters
Friday, February 6 (movies): The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past opens in theaters
Friday, February 6 (movies): Push opens
Friday, February 13 (movies): Friday the 13th (2009 movie) opens in theaters
Friday, February 13, 8:00 PM (TV): The return of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Fox  (TV series)
Friday, February 13, 9:00 PM (TV): series debut of Dollhouse on Fox  (TV series)
Tuesday, February 24 (literature): White Witch, Black Curse (the seventh book in the The Hollows book series’) by Kim Harrison is published in hardback by Eos ISBN 978-0061138010
Saturday, February 28 (conventions): Le Festival d’Esprits (TV):
Louisiana’s First Ever paranormal Convention opens
March 6 (movies): Watchmen opens
March 13 (movies): Race to Witch Mountain opens
March 17, 9:00 PM (TV): The return of Reaper on the CW (TV series)
March 27 (movies): Monsters vs. Aliens opens in theaters (animated movies)
April 3 (movies): Dragonball  opens in theaters
April 7 (literature): Turn Coat (the eleventh book in the Dresden Files book series) by Jim Butcher is published in hardback by Roc ISBN
978-0451462565
April 28 (literature): Relentless (the fifth book in the Lost Fleet book
series) by Jack Campbell is published in paperback by Ace ISBN
978-0441017089
April 30-May 3 (conventions): The World Horror Convention is held in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 1 (movies): X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens in US theatres
May 5 (literature): Dead and Gone (the ninth book in the Susie Stackhouse book series, the basis for True Blood) by Charlaine Harris is published in hardback by Ace ISBN 978-0441017157
May 8 (TV): Star Trek opens in US theatres
May 13 (literature): Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen is published in paperback by Quirk ISBN 978-1594743344
May 15 (movies): Angels & Demons opens in US theatres
May 22 (movies): Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the
Smithsonian opens in US theatres
May 22 (movies): Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins opens
June 9 (fictional): Terrorists set off an electromagnetic
pulse, disrupting much of American society (Dark Angel TV series)
June 12 (movies): Nowhereland opens
June 19 (movies): The Haunting in Connecticut opens in US theatres
June 26 (movies): Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is
scheduled to open in US theatres
July 17 (movies): Land of the Lost opens in theaters
July 24 (movies): Planet 51 opens in theaters (animated movie)
August 6-August 10 (conventions): The 67th World Science Fiction Convention /is held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (conventions)
September 25 (movies): The Surrogates (movie) opens
October 29-November 1 (conventions): The World Fantasy Convention is held in San Jose, California
December 18 (movies): Avatar  opens in theaters

2010

Wednesday, March 10 (movies): Legend of the Red Reaper
Wednesday, March 10 (TV): 11:00 AM, Cartoon Network a new episode of Chowder
Wednesday, March 10 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, new episode of Human Target
Wednesday, March 10 (TV): 8:00 PM, VH1, new episode of VH1 Classic One Hit Wonders
Wednesday, March 10 (TV): 9:00 PM, Fox, a new episode of American Idol
Wednesday, March 10 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode of Ghost Hunters
Wednesday, March 10 (TV): 10:00 PM, USA, Ally Sheedy recurs as Mr. Yang on a new episode of Psych
Thursday, March 11 (TV): 8:00 PM, CBS, a new episode (Knights of the Round Table) of Survivor
Thursday, March 11 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new results show of American Idol
Thursday, March 11 (TV): 10:00 PM, FX, a new episode (Job Offer) of Archer
Thursday, March 11 (TV): 10:00 PM, CBS, a new episode (Code Red) of The Mentalist
Friday, March 12 (movies): SXSW film festival kicks off in Austin, TX (http://www.sxsw.com/home)
Friday, March 12 (TV): 8:00 PM, CBS, a new episode (Old Sins Cast Long Shadows) of Ghost Whisperer
Friday, March 12 (TV): 8:30 PM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (Above and Beyond) of Ben 10: Alien Force
Friday, March 12 (TV): 9:00 PM, CBS, a new episode of Medium (Allison Rolen Got Married)
Friday, March 12 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode (The Imperfections of Memory) of Caprica ” target=”new”>Tivo link
Friday, March 12 (TV): 10:00 PM, Starz, a new episode (Mark of the Brotherhood) of Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Friday, March 12 (TV): 10:00 PM, CBS, what may be the last episode (Cause and Effect) of NUMB3RS
Saturday, March 13 (TV): 7:00 AM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (Try for the Family Stone) of Pokemon: DP Galactic Battle
Saturday, March 13 (TV) 9:00 PM, BBC America, a new to BBCA episode (A Spiritual Leader Promises Peace) of Survivors
Saturday, March 13 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, Roger Corman brings us Dinoshark
Sunday, March 14 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Postcards from the Wedge) of The Simpsons
Sunday, March 14 (TV): 9:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Go Stewie Go) of Family Guy
Monday, March 15 (TV): 8:00 PM, NBC, a new episode (Chuck vs. the Tic Tac) of Chuck
Monday, March 15 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Black Hole) of House
Monday, March 15 (TV): 9:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (3:00 AM – 4:00 AM) of 24
Tuesday, March 16 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Rolling Stones night) of American Idol
Tuesday, March 16 (TV): 8:00 PM, ABC, a new (recap) episode (What Did You See?) of Flashforward
Tuesday, March 16 (TV): 9:00 PM, ABC, a new episode (Recon) of Lost
Tuesday, March 16 (TV): 10:00 PM, History, a new episode (Take Me to Your Leader) of Life After People
Tuesday, March 16 (videogames): God of War III is released for the PS3
Wednesday, March 17 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Baptiste) of Human Target
Wednesday, March 17 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode (Shamrock Spirits) of Ghost Hunters
Wednesday, March 17 (TV): 10:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode (Ghosts of Masada; the Leprechaun) of Destination Truth
Thursday, March 18 (TV): 8:00 PM, ABC, a new episode (Revelation Zero) of Flashforward
Friday, March 19 (movies): Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Friday, March 19 (movies): Repo Men
Monday, March 22 (TV): 8:00 PM, NBC, a new episode (Chuck versus the Final Exam) episode of Chuck
Monday, March 22 (TV): 9:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8: 4:00 AM – 5:00 AM) of 24
Monday, March 22 (TV): 9:31 PM, NBC, a new episode (The Pants Alternative) episode of The Big Bang Theory.
Monday, March 22 (TV): 11:00 PM, Syfy, a new to Syfy episode (The Monster’s Afterimage) of Naoki Urasawa’s Monster
Monday, March 22 (TV): 11:00 PM, Syfy, a new to Syfy episode (Contact) of Naoki Urasawa’s Monster
Tuesday, March 23 (TV): 9:00 PM, ABC, a new episode (Ab Aeterno) of Lost
Wednesday, March 24 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Corner Man) of Human Target
Wednesday, March 24 (TV):9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode of (Phantoms of Jersey) Ghost Hunters
Wednesday, March 24 (TV):10:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode (Ghosts of the Great Wall; Israeli mermaid) of Destination Truth
Thursday, March 25 (conventions): World Horror Convention kicks off in Brighton, England (http://www.whc2010.org/)
Thursday, March 25 (TV): 8:00 PM, ABC, a new episode (Blowback) of Flashforward
Friday, March 26 (movies): Hot Tub Time Machine
Friday, March 26 (movies): How to Train Your Dragon
Saturday, March 27 (TV): 9:00 PM, Dark Relic, set in 1099, debuts on Syfy
Monday, March 29 (TV): 8:00 PM, NBC, a new episode of Chuck (Chuck Versus the American Hero)
Monday, March 29 (TV): 9:00 PM, Fox, a new episode of 24 (Day 8: 5:00 AM – 6:00 AM)
Tuesday, March 30 (TV): 9:00 PM, ABC, a new episode of Lost (The Package)
Tuesday, March 30 (TV): 9:00 PM, a new to BBC America episode of Survivors (Greater Love)
Wednesday, March 31 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Tanarak) of Human Target
Thursday, April 1 (TV): 8:00 PM, ABC, a new episode (Better Angels) of Flash Forward
Thursday, April 1 (TV): 8:00 PM, CW, a new episode (There Goes the Neighborhood) of The Vampire Diaries
Thursday, April 1 (TV): 9:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Peter) of Fringe
Thursday, April 1 (TV): 9:00 PM, CBS, a new episode (The Red Box) of The Mentalist
Thursday, April 1 (TV): 9:00 PM, CW, a new episode (Dark Side of the Moon) of Supernatural
Friday, April 2 (movies): Clash of the Titans
Friday, April 2 (movies): Furry Vengeance (Brendan Fraser versus animals)
Friday, April 2 (TV): 7:30 PM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (The Power of SHAZAM!) of Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Friday, April 2 (TV): 8:00 PM, CBS, a new episode (On Thin Ice) of Ghost Whisperer
Friday, April 2 (TV): 8:00 PM, CW, a new episode (Escape) of Smallville
Friday, April 2 (TV): 9:00 PM, CBS, a new episode (There Will Be Blood…Type A) of Medium
Friday, April 2 (TV): 9:00 PM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (Bounty Hunters) of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Friday, April 2 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode (Space) of Stargate: Universe
Friday, April 2 (TV): 10:00 PM, a new to Syfy episode (The Curse of Cornelius Sigan) of Merlin
Friday, April 2 (TV): 10:00 PM, Starz, a new episode (Old Wounds) of Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Friday, April 2 (TV): 11:00 PM, Travel Channel, a new episode (Castle Fraser) of Most Haunted
Saturday, April 3 (tech): The iPad is released
Saturday, April 3 (TV): 6:30 AM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (Loser’s Circle) of Chaotic
Saturday, April 3 (TV): 7:00 AM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (The Needs of the Three) of Pokemon
Saturday, April 3 (TV): 7:30 AM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (A Whale of a Ride, Part 1) of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunday, April 4 (TV): 8:00 PM, Discovery, a new episode (Birds) of Life
Sunday, April 4 (TV): 8:00 PM, Discovery, a new episode (Creatures of the Deep) of Life
Monday, April 5 (TV): 12:00 AM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (Juggalo) of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Monday, April 5 (TV): 8:00 PM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (Slumber Party Panic / Trouble in Lumpy Space) of Adventure Time with Finn and Jake
Monday, April 5 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, two new hours (Day 8 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM) of 24
Monday, April 5 (TV): 8:00 PM, NBC, a new episode of Chuck (Chuck Versus the Other Guy)
April 9 (conventions): FilKONtario #20 opens in Mississuaga, Ontario (filksongs)
Friday, April 9 (TV): 7:30 PM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (Chill of the Night) of Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Monday, April 12 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM) of 24
April 16 (movies): Kick-*ss
April 17 (TV): in a new to BBC America episode, Matt Smith debuts as Dr. Who
Monday, April 19 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM) of 24
Wednesday, April 21 (UFOs): “Shirel” sees lights in the sky for at least half an hour over Howard Springs, Australia
Friday, April 23 (UFOs): three separate sightings in the same part of Australia
Friday, April 23 (movies): The Losers
Saturday, April 24 (UFOs): Sighting at Coolalinga, Australia
Sunday, April 25 (UFOs): Sighting at Acacia Hills, Australia
Monday, April 26 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM) of 24
Tuesday, April 27 (UFOs): Sighting at Howard Springs, Australia
April 30 (movies): A Nightmare on Elm Street (Jackie Earle Hayley as Freddie)
Monday, May 3 (TV): 12:00 AM, Cartoon Network, the 100th episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force (named simply 100)
Monday, May 3 (TV), 7:30 AM, Cartoon Network, a new episode (Operation Old School) of The Amazing Spiez!
Monday, May 3 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (The Choice) of House
Monday, May 3 (TV): 9:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM) of 24
Monday, May 3 (TV): 9:00 PM, CBS, a new episode (The Spaghetti Catalyst) of The Big Bang Theory
Monday, May 3 (TV): 10:00 PM, ABC, a new episode (Food to Die For) of Castle
Monday, May 3 (TV): 11:00 PM, a new to Syfy episode (That Night) of Monster
Monday, May 3 (TV): 11:30 PM, a new to Syfy episode (I Hate This Job) of Monster
Friday, May 7 (movies): Iron Man 2
Monday, May 10 (TV), 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Baggage) of House
Monday, May 10 (TV): 9:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM) of 24
Monday, May 10 (TV): 9:31 PM, CBS, a new episode (The Plimpton Simulation) of The Big Bang Theory
Monday, May 10 (TV): 10:02 PM, ABC, a new episode (Overkill) of Castle
Monday, May 10 (TV): 11:00 PM, a new to Syfy episode (The Man Who Saw the Devil) of Monster
Monday, May 10 (TV): 11:30 PM, a new to Syfy episode (The Man Who Knew Too Much) of Monster
Friday, May 14 (movies): Robin Hood (Ridley Scott directs Russell Crowe)
Monday, May 17 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM) of 24
Friday, May 21 (movies): Shrek Forever After
Monday, May 24 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM) of 24
Monday, May 24 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Day 8 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM) of 24 (series finale…movie expected to follow)
Monday, May 24 (TV): 10:00 PM, TNT, a new episode (I Killed Kristin) of Saving Grace starts the new season
Thursday, May 27 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, So You Think You Can Dance season debut
Friday, May 28 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Saint Sarah) of Past Life
Monday, May 31 (TV): 9:00 PM, TLC, a new episode (Governor, Giant Lisa & Good-Bye Mama) kicks off a new season of Cake Boss
Monday, May 31 (TV): 10:00 PM, TNT, a new episode (So Help You God) of Saving Grace
Wednesday, June 2 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode (The New Class) kicks off the new season of Ghost Hunters Academy
Friday, June 4 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Gone Daddy Gone) of Past Life
Monday, June 7 (TV): 10:00 PM, TNT, a new episode (Loose Men in Tight Jeans) of Saving Grace
Wednesday, June 9 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode (Crazy for Power) of Ghost Hunters Academy
Friday, June 11 (TV): 8:00 PM, Fox, a new episode (Running on Empty) of Past Life
June 13 (TV): True Blood season debut
Monday, June 14 (TV): 10:00 PM, TNT, a new episode (You Think I’m Gonna Eat My Gun?) of Saving Grace
Tuesday, June 15 (TV): 9:00 PM, G4, series debut of It’s Effin’ Science
Wednesday, June 16 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode (Dissenssion in the Ranks) of Ghost Hunters Academy
Friday, June 18 (movies): Jonah Hex opens
Friday, June 18 (movies): Toy Story 3 opens
Monday, June 21 (TV): 9:00 PM, TNT, a new episode (I Need You to Call Earl/I’m Gonna Need a Big Night Light) of Saving Grace
Wednesday, June 23 (movies): Knight and Day opens
Wednesday, June 23 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode of Ghost Hunters Academy
June 24 (awards): The annual Saturn awards are announced
Wednesday, June 30 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode of Ghost Hunters Academy
July 2 (movies): The Last Airbender…directed by M. Night Shyamalan
July 2 (movies): (USA) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Wednesday, July 7 (TV): 9:00 PM, Syfy, a new episode of Ghost Hunters Academy
July 9 (movies): Despicable Me, with the voice of Steve Carrell
July 9 (movies): Predators: a sequel, with Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, and Topher Grace
July 16 (movies); Inception: directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, and Ken Watanabe
July 16 (movies): The Sorceror’s Apprentice with Nicolas Cage opens
July 22 (UFOs): 41st Annual International UFO Symposium begins
July 23 (movies): Salt with Angelina Jolie opens
July 26 (TV): The It Girl episode of Warren the Ape debuts on MTV
July 30 (movies): Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore…with Bette Midler
July 16 (movies): The Sorcerer’s Apprentice…Nicolas Cage
August 13 (movies): Scott Pilgrim vs. The World opens
August 13 (movies): Tales from Earthsea opens
August 20 (movies): The Expendables…Stallone, Stratham, and Jet Li
August 20 (movies): Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
August 20 (movies): Vampires Suck with Ken Jeong
August 20, 10:00 PM (TV): Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town series debut
August 21, 9:00 PM (TV): Colin Ferguson stars in Lake Placid 3 on Syfy
August 27 (movies): Piranha 3-D…with Richard Dreyfuss
August 27 (movies): The Last Exorcism
September 6, 8:15 PM (TV): Regular Show series debut on the Cartoon Network
September 6, 8:30 PM (TV): Mad series debut on the Cartoon Network
September 7 (videogames): Batman: The Brave and the Bold is released
September 9, 9:00 PM (TV): Nikita series debut on the CW
September 9, 10:00 PM (TV): Beast Legends series debut on Syfy
September 20, 9:00 PM (TV): The Event series debut
September 24 (movies): Legend of the Guardians…Zack Snyder directs the animovie based on the Kathryn Lasky books
September 28 , 8:00 PM (TV): No Ordinary Family series debut
October 1 (movies): Let Me In, Ameremake of Let the Right One In, directed by Matt Reeves and featuring Richard Jenkins
October 1 (movies): Your Highness, fantasy-comedy with Danny McBride, James Franco, Zooey Deschanel…and dragons
October 6 (TV): Ugly Americans second season debut
October 8 (movies): My Soul to Keep
October 8 (movies): The Zookeeper starring Kevin James and talking animals
October 10 (TV): Transformers Prime series debut
October 15 (movies): Jack*ss 3-D…yep, Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O
October 22 (movies): Paranormal Activity 2…directed by Tod Williams
November 1 (cons): 4-day passes go on sale for Comic-Con
November 10 (TV): Psych season debut
November 11 (TV): Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness series debut
November 11 (TV): Burn Notice season debut
November 19 (movies): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow: Part 1 opens in the US
November 24 (movies): Tangled, Disney’s new take on Rapunzel, opens
December 1 (TV): Howl series debut
Decenber 3 (movies): The Warrior’s Way
December 10 (movies): The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader opens
December 10 (TV): the Icarus episode of Smallville debuts
December 15 (movies): Spark Riders opens
December 15, 2010 (TV): The Polarizing Express episode of Psych debuts
December 17 (movies): Tron: Legacy opens
December 17 (movies): Yogi Bear Dan Aykroyd voices Yogi, Justin Timberlake voices Boo-Boo
December 22, 2010 (TV): The Yin 3 in 2D episode of Psych debuts
December 22 (movies): Gulliver’s Travels (Jack Black)

2011

Undated (TV): New ThunderCats anime-style series on Cartoon Network
Undated (movies): Red Sonja
Undated (movies): The Cabin in the Woods opens
Undated (movies): Lowell Park opens (time travel to meet Ronald Reagan)
2011 undated (movies): Vampires of Hollywood opens
2011 undated (movies): <a href=”May 13, 2011 (movies): Priest opens”>Into the Darkness opens in limited release
2011 undated (movies): Hallows opens
2011 undated (movies): Fate opens
2011 undated (TV): From Beyond debuts (reality paranormal)

January 2011 (TV): Supernatural: The Animation
January 2, 2011 (deaths): Anne Francis (Forbidden Planet)
January 2, 2011 (deaths): Pete Postlethwaite (Inception)
January 4, 2011,6:00 PM (TV): Caprica (Blowback)
January 4, 2011, 7:00 PM (TV): Caprica (Dirteaters)
January 4, 2011, 8:00 PM (TV): Caprica (The Heavens Will Rise)
January 4, 2011, 9:00 PM (TV): Caprica (Here Be Dragons)
January 4, 2011, 10:00 PM (TV): Caprica (Apotheosis)
January 6, 2011 (TV): The Big Bang Theory (The Bus Pants Utilization)
January 7, 2011 (movies): Season of the Witch opens (Nicolas Cage)
January 9, 2011 (TV): The Cape debuts (episodes: Pilot, Tarot)
January 16, 2011 (TV): The Cape (episode: Kozmo)
January 14, 2011 (movies): The Green Hornet opens (Seth Rogen)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 5:30 AM Pacific (movies): Oscar nominations are announced
January 27, 2011, 10:00 PM (TV): Archer season debut (episode: Swiss Miss) on Fox
January 28, 2011 (movies): The Rite opens
January 28, 2011 (TV): The Big Bang Theory (The Love Car Displacement)
February 3, 2011, 10:00 PM (TV): new Archer episode
February 3, 2011 (TV): The Big Bang Theory (The Thespian Catalyst)
February 5, 2011 (TV): Power Rangers Samurai debuts
February 6, 2011 (TV): Super Bowl episode of Glee
February 11, 2011 (movie): Gnomeo and Juliet opens
February 14, 2011 (TV): Watson the Supercomputer competes on Jeopardy against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter article
February 18, 2011 (movies): Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son opens
February 18, 2011 (movies): I Am Number Four opens
Sunday, February 27, 2011 (movies): Oscars
February 25, 2011 (movies): Drive Angry 3D opens
March 4, 2011 (movies): The Adjustment Bureau opens
March 4, 2011 (movies): Beastly opens (Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Dakota Fanning in a Beauty and the Beast reimagining)
March 4, 2011 (movies): Rango opens
March 11, 2011 (movies): Battle: Los Angeles opens
March 11, 2011 (movies): Mars Needs Moms! opens
March 11, 2011 (movies): Red Riding Hood opens
March 17, 2011, 7:00 PM (TV): Destination Truth (season debut) on Syfy
March 18, 2011 (movies): Paul opens
March 18, 2011 (movies): Limitless
March 25, 2011 (movies): Sucker Punch opens
March 27, 2011 (videogames): Nintendo 3DS is released in the USA
April 1, 2011 (movies): Hop opens
April 1, 2011 (movies): Source Code
April 1, 2011 (movies): Super opens in limited release (Rainn Wilson)
April 1-3, 2011 (cons): WonderCon in San Francisco
April 8, 2011 (movies): Rio opens
April 15, 2011 (movies): Scream 4 opens
April 17, 2011, 9:00 PM, HBO (TV): Game of Thrones series debut
April 23, 2011, 9:00 PM (TV): New season of Doctor Who on BBC America
April 8, 2011 (movies): Your Highness opens
April 29, 2011 (movies): Dylan Dog: Dead of Night opens
May 3, 2011 (videogames): Duke Nukem Forever is released in the US
May 6, 2011 (movies): Thor opens
May 13, 2011 (movies): Priest opens
May 20, 2011 (movies): Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow)
May 26, 2011 (movies): Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom opens
June 3, 2011 (movies): X-Men: First Class opens
June 10, 2011 (movies): Super 8 opens (J. J. Abrams)
June 17, 2011 (movies):  Green Lantern (Ryan Reynolds, Tim Robbins)
June 23, 2011 (web): Pottermore is announced
June 28, 2011 (movies): Transformers: Dark of the Moon opens
July 8, 2011, 10:00 PM (TV): A new 10-parter of Torchwood on the BBC and Starz
July 8, 2011 (movies): Zookeeper opens
July 15, 2011 (movies): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
July 15, 2011 (movies): Winnie the Pooh opens
July 22, 2011 (movies): The First Avenger: Captain America with Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan (how did they not pin down the fourth of July for this one?)
April 28, 2011 (conventions): The World Horror Convention is held in Austin, Texas
July 29, 2011 (movies): Cowboys and Aliens opens
July 29, 2011 (movies) (USA): The Smurfs movie.  Voices include Alan Cummings, George Lopez, and Jonathan Winters: Neil Patrick Harris
August 5, 2011 (movies): Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a Planet of the Apes prequel starring James Franco, opens
August 12, 2011 (movies): Final Destination 5
August 19, 2011 (movies): Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D
August 19, 2011 (movies): New Conan the Barbarian opens
August 31, 2011 (web): Pottermore opens to 1 million people
September 2, 2011 (movies): Apollo 18 opens
September 9, 2011 (movies): The Apparition opens
September 23, 2011 (movies): Welcome to Purgatory opens
September 23, 2011 (movies): Underworld 4 opens
September 30, 2011 (movies): The Haunting of Pearson Place opens
October (web): Pottermore opens for everyone
October 2, 2011 (movies): The Wishing Box opens
October 13, 2011 (movies): Duel of Legends opens
October 14, 2011 (movies): Prequel to John Carpenter’s version of The Thing
October 21, 2011 (movies): Contagion opens
November, 2011 (TV): Green Lantern: The Animated Series debuts
November, 2011 (movies): Frankenweenie opens
November 4, 2011 (movies): Puss in Boots opens
November 11, 2011 (movies): Arthur Christmas opens
November 11, 2011 (movies): Immortals opens
November 18, 2011 (movies) (USA): Happy Feet 2 opens: voice include Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elijah Wood, and Sofia Vergara
November 18, 2011 (movies): Real Steel opens
November 18, 2011 (movies): The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (part 1) opens
December 16, 2011 (movies): Mission:Impossible IV opens
December 16, 2011 (movies): Sherlock Homes 2 opens
December 23, 2011 (movies): The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn opens

2012

January 6, 2012 (movies): The Devil InsideJanuary 20, 2012 (movies): Underworld: AwakeningJanuary 22, 2012: (deaths): Dick Tufeld (actor) (Lost in Space)
January 24, 2012 (deaths): James Farentino (actor)
February 3, 2012 (movies): Chronicle
February 3, 2012 (movies): The Woman in Black
February 10, 2012 (movies): Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
February 12, 2012 (deaths): Whitney Houston
February 17, 2012 (movies): Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
February 29 , 2012 (deaths): Davy Jones (The Monkees)
March 2, 2012 (movies): The Lorax
March 3, 2012 (deaths): Ralph McQuarrie (Star Wars)
March 9, 2012 (movies): John Carter
March 23, 2012 (movies): The Hunger Games
March 30, 2012 (movies): Wrath of the Titans
March 30, 2012 (movies): Mirror Mirror
April 13, 2012 (deaths): Jonathan Frid (Dark Shadows)
April 13, 2012 (movies): The Three Stooges
April 18, 2012 (deaths): Dick Clark (producer)
May 4, 2012 (movies): The Avengers opens
May 11, 2012 (movies): Dark Shadows (Tim Burton directs Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer in this adaptation of the 1960s TV show)
May 11, 2012 (movies): The Dictator (Sacha Baron Cohen)
May 18, 2012 (movies): Battleship
May 25, 2012 (movies): Men in Black III opens (Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Rip Torn are all on board)
June 1, 2012 (movies): Rock of Ages (Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin in a musical)
June 1, 2012 (movies): Snow White and the Hunstman (Kristen Stewart and Thor’s Chris Hemsworth…and a who’s who of character actors as the dwarves start a planned trilogy)
June 2, 2012 (deaths): Richard Dawson (actor)
June 8, 2012 (movies): Madagascar 3
June 8, 2012 (movies): Prometheus (Ridley Scott directs)
June 16, 2012 (deaths): Susan Tyrrell (actor)
June 19, 2012 (deaths): Richard Lynch (actor)
June 22, 2012 (movies): Pixar’s Brave opens
June 22, 2012 (movies): Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
June 26, 2012 (deaths): Nora Ephron (screenwriter)
June 29, 2012 (movies): Ted (Seth McFarlane directs Mila Kunis from his own screenplay about a man and his ((living)) teddy bear)
July 3, 2012 (movies): The Amazing Spider-Man opens (directed by Mark Webb…no snickering, you!)
July 3, 2012 (deaths): Andy Griffith (actor)
July 8, 2012 (deaths): Ernest Borgnine (actor)
July 13, 2012 (movies): Ice Age: Continental Drift (animated sequel)
July 20, 2012 (movies): The Dark Knight Rises opens
July 24, 2012 (death): Sherman Helmsley (actor)
July 27, 2012 (deaths): Norm Alden (actor)
August 3, 2012 (movies): Total Recall (Colin Farrell in the second big screen take on PKD’s We Can Remember it for You Wholesale)
August 10, 2012 (movies): The Bourne Legacy (Jeremy Renner)
August 10, 2012 (deaths): Carlos Rambaldi (special effects)
August 14, 2012 (deaths): Ron Palillo (actor)
August 15, 2012 (movies): The Odd Life of Timothy Green
August 16, 2012 (deaths): William Windom (actor) (Star Trek)
August 17, 2012 (movies): The Expendables 2
August 17, 2012 (movies): ParaNorman
August 19, 2012 (deaths): Tony Scott (director)
August 20, 2012 (deaths): Phyllis Diller
August 23, 2012 (deaths): Jerry Nelson (The Muppets)
August 31, 2012 (movies): The Possession
September 3, 2012 (deaths): Michael Clarke Duncan (actor)
September 14, 2012 (movies): Resident Evil: Retribution
September 27, 2012 (deaths): Herbert Lom (actor)
September 28, 2012 (movies): Hotel Transylvania (animation with Adam Sandler as the voice of Dracula)
September 28, 2012 (movies): Looper
October 12, 2012 (movies): Sinister
October 19, 2012 (movies): Paranormal Activity 4
October 30, 2012 (movies): George Lucas and Disney announce the sale of Star Wars to the latter for four billion dollars
November 2, 2012 (movies): Wreck-It Ralph
November 9, 2012 (movies): Skyfall
November 16, 2012 (movies): The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
November 21, 2012 (movies): Life of Pi
November 21, 2012 (movies): Rise of the Guardians
November 23, 2012 (deaths): Larry Hagman (actor)
December 14, 2012 (movies): The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
December 26, 2012 (deaths): Gerry Anderson (producers)

2013

Undated (TV): Seth MacFarlane’s new version of the Flintstones
Undated (movies): New Fantastic Four (with a new cast…Bruce Willis as The Thing?)
Undated (movies): Office Paranormal opens
Undated (movies): Mortal Kombat
Undated (movies): Battle Angel (directed by James Cameron)
Undated (movies): Cleopatra (based on Stacy Schiff’s novel…starring Angelina Jolie?)
Undated (movies): Independence Day 2
Undated (movies): BioShock
Undated (movies): The Hardy Men (based on The Hardy Boys)
Undated (movies): Warcraft
Undated (movies): Austin Powers 4
Undated (movies): Aquaman
Undated (movies): Wonder Woman
Undated (movies): The Hobbit, Part 2
Undated (movies): Justice League: Mortal
Undated (movies): Robocop
Undated (movies): The Karate Kid 2
Undated (movies): Akira, part 1 (live action based on anime)
Undated (movies): Maximum Ride
Undated (movies): The Flash
Undated (movies): Maleficent (the evil character in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty)
Undated (movies): At the Mountains of Madness (based on H.P. Lovecraft…with Johnny Depp?)
Undated (movies): Fantastic Four
Undated (movies): Oz: The Great and Powerful
Undated (movies): Where’s Waldo?
Undated (movies): Vampire Academy
Undated (movies): I Am Legend prequel
Undated (movies): Despicable Me 2
Undated (movies): The Birds
Undated (movies): Wicked
Undated (movies): Splinter Cell
Undated (movies): Escape from New York
Undated (movies): Genghis Kahn (directed by John Milius)
Undated (movies): Army of the Dead
Undated (movies): The Raven
Undated (movies): Poltergeist
Undated (movies): Black Hole (a mutating STD…directed by David Fincher)
Undated (movies): Monsterpocalypse (directed by Tim Burton)
Undated (movies): The Witchblade
Undated (movies): 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo (directed by David Fincher)
Undated (movies): Fantastic Voyage
Undated (movies): Monster Hunter
Undated (movies): Dead Space
Undated (movies): The Passage
Undated (movies): MacGyver
Undated (movies): How to Train Your Dragon 2
Undated (movies): The Illustrated Man
Undated (movies): Mai, the Psychic Girl (directed by Tim Burton)
Undated (movies): Last Man Standing
Undated (movies): Hyperion
Undated (movies): Real Genius
Undated (movies): The Forever War (directed by Ridley Scott)
Undated (movies): Teen Titans
Undated (movies): Forbidden Planet
Undated (movies): Paranorman
Undated (movies): Ion
Undated (movies): Flowers for Algernon
Undated (movies): Green Lantern 2
Undated (movies): Tarzan (directed by Stephen Sommers)
Undated (movies): Harold and the Purple Crayon
Undated (movies): Dan Dare
Undated (movies): Emily the Strange
Undated (movies): The Toxic Avenger
Undated (movies): The Sword of Shannara
Undated (movies): Brave New World: Revolution
Undated (movies): Bugs Bunny
Undated (movies): Elfquest
Undated (movies): The Phantom Tollbooth
Undated (movies): Dilbert
Undated (movies): The Outer Limits
Undated (movies): The Martian Chronicles
Undated (movies): A Wrinkle in Time
Undated (movies): The Last Day on Earth
Undated (movies): Bizarro Superman
Undated (movies): Popeye
Undated (movies): Killer Pizza
Undated (movies): Frankenstein
Undated (movies): Alien Legion
Undated (movies): Mighty Mouse
Undated (movies): Monster Zoo
Undated (movies): World War X
Undated (movies): Metal Men
Undated (movies): Larklight
Undated (movies): Have Space Suit, Will Travel
2013 undated (movies): Kungfused opens

January 31, 2013 (movies): My Dog the Space Traveler
February 1, 2013 (movies): Return to Devils Peak: the Ascent II
March 1, 2013 (movies): Elysium (Neill Blomkamp directs Matt Damon, Jodie Foster)
March 8, 2013 (movies): Oz: The Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi directs James Franco, Mila Kunis)
March 29, 2013 (movies): The Host (Andrew Niccol directs from Stephenie Meyer’s book)
May 3, 2013 (movies): Iron Man 3
May 17, 2013 (movies): The Dark Tower (Stephen King adaptation, directed by Ron Howard and starring Javier Bardem)
May 24, 2013 (movies): The Fast and the Furious 6
June, 2013 (movies): Mortal Combat
June 7, 2013 (movies): Turbo (animation with Ryan Reynolds as a fast snail)
June 21, 2013 (movies): Monsters University (Monsters Inc. sequel with John Goodman, Billy Crystal)
June 28, 2013 (movies): R.I.P.D. opens (Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds)
July 3, 2013 (movies): Despicable Me 2
July 12, 2013 (movies): Pacific Rim (Guillermo del Toro directs humans in mechs fighting an alien attack)
July 26, 2013 (movies): Thor sequel
November 27, 2013 (movies): Untitled Pixar project
December 13, 2013 (movies): The Hobbit: There and Back Again opens

2014

Undated (movies): Deadpool
Undated (movies): Avatar 2
Undated (movies): Kill Bill:Vol 3
Undated (movies): Terminator 5

March 21, 2014 (movies): Mr. Peabody and Sherman
May 2, 2014 (movies): The Amazing Spider-Man 2
June 20, 2014 (movies): How to Train Your Dragon 2
Summer 2014 (movies): The Untitled Pixar Movie That Takes You Inside the Mind from director Pete Docter

2015

Undated (movies): Wonder Woman
Undated (movies): Bad Boys 3
Undated (movies): I, Robot 2
Undated (movies): Toy Story 4
Undated (movies): The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Undated (movies): 3rd Tintin movie
Undated (movies): Angry Birds
Undated (movies): Hunger Games 3
Undated (movies): Ivan the Fool
Undated (movies): Divergent
Undated (movies): Faster, Pussycat Kill Kill Quentin Tarantino directs this presumed remake
Undated (movies): Trollhunters Guillermo del Toro directs this remake
Undated (movies): Time Bandits remake
Undated (movies): Travis McGee Leonardo DiCaprio plays the fictional detective
Undated (movies): Myth Directed by James Cameron
Undated (movies): The Mighty Cop suspects superhero
Undated (movies): The Many Deaths of Barnaby James
Undated (movies): Star Blazers Presumably based on the animated series
Undated (movies): Bride of Frankenstein Remake?
Undated (movies): Hot Wheels Based on the toys
Undated (movies): Lidsville Presumably based on the Sid & Marty Krofft show, this one says it is animated

May 15, 2015 (movies): Batman reboot
December (movies): Avatar 3

2016

Undated (movies): Battle Angel

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(fictional): The events of Zardoz take place

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