Notices by Today On Screen (todayonscreen@xoxo.zone), page 2

Today, September 5, in 1965, a ferocious and well-documented storm strikes Black Beacon Sound from the east (Moonrise Kingdom, 2012)

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Today, September 3, is Bob and Linda's wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary, Bob and Linda! (Bob's Burgers, 2011)

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Today, August 30, 2024, the crew of Deep Space Nine travel back in time to San Francisco, to the start of the Bell Riots, a turning point in human history (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Past Tense: Part I, 1995)

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Today, August 21, Mei gets lost trying to bring fresh corn to her mother, who is in the hospital. With forest spirit Totoro’s help, her older sister Satsuki finds her, and they ride the Catbus to deliver the corn (My Neighbor Totoro, 1988)

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Today, August 17, in 2277, Vault 101 opens and the Lone Wanderer enters the Capital Wasteland (Fallout 3, 2008)

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Today, August 10, in 1988, the front page story of the New York Times is about 11-year-old hacker Dade “Zero Cool” Murphy, who brought down 1,507 computer systems, causing a 7-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange (Hackers, 1995)

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#OnThisDay, August 8, in 1974, US President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announced his resignation from the office of the President effective noon the next day (depicted in Frost/Nixon, 2008)

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Today, August 4, teenager Mark is stuck in a time loop, reliving the same day
over and over again (The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, 2021)

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Today, July 27, in 2052, the United Nations is disbanded (Fallout 3, 2008)

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Today, July 26, the Arawashi Space Probe returns to an Earth orbit after
visiting planetoid Matokawa. It will soon prove to be vulnerable to attack by an
AI (Summer Wars, 2009)

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Today, July 25, Skynet becomes self-aware and launches nuclear missiles to
eliminate its enemy, humanity, an event known as Judgment Day (Terminator 3:
Rise of the Machines, 2003)

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Today, July 16, 1988, a massive explosion engulfs Tokyo, destroying the city.
World War III begins 9 hours later (Akira, 1988)

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Today, July 12, 17-year-old Makoto Konno arrives at home from the near future when she tests her new time-traveling powers (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, 2006)

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Today, June 29, after Amity’s mayor ignores evidence of an attack by an unusually large shark so that he can keep the local beach open for the busy tourist season, the shark strikes again, killing a young boy, Alex Kinter (Jaws, 1975)

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#OnThisDay, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag designed by Vietnam veteran and drag queen Gilbert Baker made its debut as a symbol of gay pride at the Gay Freedom Day Parade (depicted in Milk, 2008)

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Today, June 16, is the date of Jesse and Céline's chance meeting; they agree to meet up again six months from now (Before Sunrise, 1995)

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Today, June 15, 1773, Irish rake and fortune-hunter Redmond Barry marries the wealthy countess of Lyndon, after which he assumes the style and title of Barry Lyndon (Barry Lyndon, 1975)

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Today, April 2, in 1944, a man with amnesia checks into a hotel under the name “John Brown”. Psychoanalyst Dr. Constance Petersen follows to help recover his memory (Spellbound, 1945, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

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Today, June 8, NYC taxi driver Travis Bickle writes in his journal that his life has taken a turn. Soon after, he buys an illegal gun (Taxi Driver, 1976)

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#OnThisDay, June 6, 1944, "Operation Overlord", the battle known as D-Day, began when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50 mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region (depicted in Saving Private Ryan, 1998)

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