TODAY IN TIME
Thursday October 17th, 2024
Happy 39th Birthday Baran Kosari!
Baran Kosari, Iranian actress, model and designer, was born on this day in 1985.
Traveled in the film Postchi se bar dar nemizanad (2009)
On this day in 2011,
season 4 of Being Erica
episode 4: Born This Way
was first broadcast.
To understand what is happening to Brent, Dr. Tom sends Erica (Erin Karpluk) back to high school and her dealings with anexchange student named J.C. Paget, who stayed with the Stranges for her two week exchange and who just didn't fit in.
On this day in 2012,
Time Travelers
first opened in theaters.
Prepare for the ultimate travel through time. A new team is assembled combining the best of the best on the planet. But, little do they know that they are being recruited for a special branch of the C.I.A. called Time Travelers. Now, they must take down a renegade who is using time travel to benefit his goal for world domination.
On this day in 1999,
Thrill Seekers
premiered.
A reporter (Casper Van Dien), learning of time travelers visiting 20th century disasters, tries to change the history they know by averting upcoming disasters.
On this day in 1960,
season 1 of Popeye the Sailor
episode 106: Popeye's Tea Party
was first broadcast.
Professor O.G. WottaSnozzle sends Popeye (Jack Mercer) back to the days of the Boston Tea Party.
Tom Poston, American television and film actor and comedian, was born on this day in 1921 (and sadly passed away in 2007.)
Gained the power to slow down time in the film Zotz! (1962)
On this day in 2013,
Haunter
first opened in theaters.
A teenager (Abigail Breslin) is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time.
On this day in 2002,
Timesplitters 2
was released.
In 2401, humanity is at war with relentless aliens, TimeSplitters. Space marines Cortez (Tom Clarke-Hill) and Hart travel through time to stop them.
On this day in 1992,
season 2 of Back to the Future - The Animated Series
episode 4: Marty McFly PFC
was first broadcast.
Verne and Marty (David Kaufmann) head back to 1944, where Verne has the opportunity to meet his dance instructor, Dorothy, when she was a young girl.
On this day in 2016,
season 1 of Travelers
episode 1: Travelers
was first broadcast.
Travelers from our future return to our time to try to correct the terrible problems that face humanity in their own time. Starring Eric McCormack as Grant MacLaren.
On this day in 1999,
season 1 of Sabrina the Animated Series
episode 29: This Is Your Nine Lives
was first broadcast.
Sabrina hates her homemade gift so she time travels to get Salem a unique gift. Featuring Melissa Joan Hart as Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda.
Happy 64th Birthday Jamshied Sharifi!
Jamshied Sharifi, American composer and musician, was born on this day in 1960.
Wrote the score for the time-stopping action film Clockstoppers (2002).
On this day in 1938,
Alf's Button Afloat
first opened in theaters.
Alf (Bud Flanagan) discovers that one of the buttons on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears.
Happy 76th Birthday George Wendt!
George Wendt, American actor and comedian, was born on this day in 1948.
Traveled in the films Somewhere In Time (1980) and Forever Young (1982), and the TV series The Twilight Zone episode "The World Next Door" (1986)
On this day in 1997,
Devil's Advocate
first opened in theaters.
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer (Al Pacino) himself.
On this day in 2016,
season 1 of Timeless
episode 3: Atomic City
was first broadcast.
Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus (Malcolm Barrett) track Flynn to 1962 Rat Pack era Las Vegas where they end up on the run with the era's most infamous mistress.
Happy 40th Birthday Randall Munroe!
Randall Munroe, American cartoonist, author, former NASA roboticist, was born on this day in 1984.
Creator of the romantic, sarcastic, mathematic, linguistic webcomic xkcd.
On this day in 2016,
Travelers
premiered.
Hundreds of years from now, surviving humans assume the lives of 21st centtury people, attempting to save humanity from a terrible future. Starring Eric McCormack as Grant MacLaren.
A. M. Low, English consulting engineer, research physicist and inventor, and author, was born on this day in 1888 (and sadly passed away in 1956.)
Wrote the short story "The Time Traveller" (1934)
On this day in 1981,
season 1 of Ulysses 31
episode 3: The Black Sphere
was first broadcast.
On an isolated asteroid Ulysses (Matt Birman) meets an old, blind, scholar called Heratos and his assistant, a young Zotrian woman named Atena.
Julian May, American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer, died on this day in 2017 (and was born in 1931).
Wrote the novels in the Saga of the Pliocene Exile series: The Many-Colored Land (1981), The Golden Torc (1982), The Non Born King (1983), and The Adversary (1984)
On this day in 2011,
season 2 of Weird or What?
episode 5: Parallel Worlds
was first broadcast.
Weird or What examines the possibility of parallel worlds and speaks to a woman who claims to have encountered shadow people... Hosted by William Shatner.
On this day in 2017,
season 3 of Legends of Tomorrow
episode 2: Freakshow
was first broadcast.
The Legends attempt to fix the anachronism in 1870 that happens to be P.T. Barnum's circus. Starring Victor Garber as Dr. Martin Stein.
Happy 58th Birthday Mark Gatiss!
Mark Gatiss, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist, was born on this day in 1966.
Traveled in the TV series SF: UK episode "Trips Through Time and Space" (2001), Doctor Who episodes "The Lazarus Experiment" (2007), "Victory of the Daleks" (2010), "The Wedding of River Song" and "A Good Man Goes To War" (2011), and the Sherlock episode "The Abominable Bride" (2016), as well as the writer for 9 episodes of the TV series Doctor Who (2005-2017) and the TV movie "An Adventure In Space And Time" (2013), and hosted the TV series "The Real History of Science Fiction" (2014)
On this day in 1981,
season 2 of Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
episode 5: Double Jeopardy
was first broadcast.
The Fonz and the gang, along with the dog Mr. Cool, and a girl from the future, Cupcake (Didi Conn) continue to travel through history in a time machine.
Happy 41st Birthday Felicity Jones!
Felicity Jones, English actress, was born on this day in 1983.
Traveled in theTV series Weirdsister College episodes "The End of Misery's" (2001) and "Shaky Foundations" (2002), and the film The Theory of Everything (2014)
On this day in 1941,
The Devil and Daniel Webster
first opened in theaters.
A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer who makes a compact with Satan for economic success enlists Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold) to extract him from his contract.
On this day in 1961,
season 3 of The Bullwinkle Show
episode 6: Peabody's Improbable History - Daniel Boone
was first broadcast.
Peabody (Bill Scott) and Sherman head back to 1778 and visit Kentucky and that legendary frontiersman, Daniel Boone.
On this day in 1998,
season 3 of Early Edition
episode 4: Lt. Hobson, U.S.N.
was first broadcast.
After saving several enlistees from an explosion, Gary (Kyle Chandler) is mistaken for a Lieutenant and forced to serve in the Navy, which puts his future heroic acts in jeopardy.
On this day in 1998,
season 1 of Histeria!
episode 21: General Sherman's Campsite
was first broadcast.
In this parody of the 1980s CBS kids' show Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Pee-Wee Herman is a gray-suited man-child, General William Sherman who plans to burn Atlanta and turn the tide of The Civil War in favor of the North with the secret word of the day, "Total War". Featuring CCH Pounder as Harriet Tubman.
Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress, was born on this day in 1948 (and sadly passed away in 2018.)
Traveled as Lois Lane in Superman: The Movie (1978), and as Queen Elizabeth I in the TV series Mentors episode, Her Grace Under Pressure" (2001)
Victor Mohica, American actor, died on this day in 2019 (and was born in 1933).
Traveled as Black Cloud in the "modern aircraft carrier thrown back in time to 1941" adventure, The Final Countdown (1980).
On this day in 1993,
season 2 of King Arthur and the Knights of Justice
episode 6: Camelot Park
was first broadcast.
Merlin (Jim Byrnes) remembers too late that it has transported the three attained Keys of Truth through an unspecified time in the twentieth century, which Morgana has told the Warlords.
On this day in 1950,
season 1 of Buck Rogers
episode 21: Episode 21
was first broadcast.
Buck Rogers (Robert Pastene) finds himself in the year 2430. Based in a secret lab in a cave behind Niagara Falls (the city of Niagara was now the capital of the world), Buck battles intergalactic troublemakers.
Happy 62nd Birthday Mike Judge!
Mike Judge, American actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and musician, was born on this day in 1962.
Writer and director of the film Idiocracy (2006), and created and traveled in the TV series Beavis and Butthead episode "Time Machine" (2011).
On this day in 1999,
season 4 of PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
episode 4: Soul Survivor
was first broadcast.
The O.S.I.R. investigates a plane crash and its survivors, who have been in a sort of limbo since their disappearance 10 years ago. Hosted by Dan Ackroyd.
Happy 46th Birthday Erin Karpluk!
Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress, was born on this day in 1978.
Traveled in the TV movie Termination Point (2007), as Erica in the TV series Being Erica (2009-2011), the film short The Portal (2014) and the web series The Riftworld Chronicles (2015)
On this day in 2002,
season 1 of Do Over
episode 5: Take Me Out To The Ball Game
was first broadcast.
Joel (Penn Badgley) is faced with re-living one of the most embarrassing moments of his life: when he made his baseball team lose the game after missing 3 balls.
On this day in 1992,
season 2 of Land of the Lost (1991-1992)
episode 6: Future Boy
was first broadcast.
A boy from the future joins the Porters in and adventure in the Land of the Lost. Starring Jenny Dugan as Annie Porter.
David A. Freedman, Canadian professor and mathematical statistician, died on this day in 2008 (and was born in 1938).
Author of Freedman's paradox (1983), In statistical analysis which describes a problem in model selection whereby predictor variables with no explanatory power can appear artificially important.
On this day in 1981,
season 6 of Super Friends
episode 4: The Warlord's Amulet
was first broadcast.
The Super Friends journey to Japan, Samurai (Jack Angel)'s homeland to battle a Warlord who through a time corridor escapes the 13th century and plans to conquer modern Japan.
On this day in 2004,
season 4 of C.S.I. NY
episode 4: Time's Up
was first broadcast.
The death of a scientist is connected to a time machine he allegedly created. Starring Gary Sinise.
On this day in 1964,
season 2 of The Outer Limits (1963-65)
episode 5: Demon With a Glass Hand
was first broadcast.
Days ago Trent (Robert Culp) awoke with no memory of his past. Since then, sinister men have pursued him constantly. He manages to stay one step ahead of them by following the advice of... his hand!
Lou Scheimer, American producer, died on this day in 2013 (and was born in 1928).
Traveled in the TV series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe "The Time Corridor", "The Time Wheel" and "Time Doesn't Fly" (1993-95), She-Ra Princess of Power episodes "The Time Transformer" and "Brigis" (1987), and Space Sentinels episode "The Time Traveler" (1977)
On this day in 2015,
season 9 of Doctor Who (2005- )
episode 5: The Girl Who Died
was first broadcast.
The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara have 12 hours to turn a peaceful village into strong fighters, ready for the deadly Mire.
On this day in 1992,
season 5 of Garfield and Friends
episode 9: Once Upon A Time Warp
was first broadcast.
Garfield (Lorenzo Music) travels to 1492, 1903, and the future.
On this day in 1977,
season 1 of Logan's Run
episode 5: Man Out of Time
was first broadcast.
A scientist named David Eakins time travels 200 years into the future, where he encounters Logan and plans to change history and prevent the nuclear war. Written by David Gerrold (as Noah Wood)
Fredd Wayne, American actor, was born on this day in 1924 (and sadly passed away in 2018.)
Traveled as Benjamin Franklin in the TV series Bewitched episodes "My Friend Ben" and "Samantha For The Defense" (1966)
On this day in 2008,
season 1 of Time Trackers
episode 9: Newton
was first broadcast.
Slapstick comedy ensues when the crew of the Chronos attempt to assist Sir Isaac Newton in reinventing his theory on gravity. Starring Joe Dekkers-Reihana as Wiremu.
Happy 53rd Birthday Matthew De Abaitua!
Matthew De Abaitua, British writer and presenter, was born on this day in 1971.
Hosted the TV series SF:UK episode "Trips Through Time and Space" (2001)