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TODAY IN TIME

Saturday August 8th, 2026

Sylvia Sidney, American actress of stage, screen, and film, was born on this day in 1910 (and sadly passed away in 1999.)

Traveled in the TV series Tales of Tomorrow episode "Time To Go" (1952)

Happy 64th Birthday Ralph Rieckermann!

Ralph Rieckermann, German film composer, was born on this day in 1962.

Created the soundtrack for the video One Hundred Million BC (2008)

On this day in 2011,
season of xkcd A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
episode 935: Babe Ruth & The Tardis
was first broadcast.

Another time travel adventure in xkcd, created by Randall Munroe.

On this day in 2010,
season 1 of Dragon Ball Z Kai
episode 67: One More Time Machine?! Bulma Unveils a Mystery
was first broadcast.

While Kami considers merging with Piccolo, Trunks and the others discover a second time machine. Created by Akira Toriyama.

Happy 95th Birthday Sir Roger Penrose!

Sir Roger Penrose, English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science, was born on this day in 1931.

Co-creator of the Penrose Triangle (1958) and Penrose Steps (1959) illusions.

Ginny Tyler, American actress, was born on this day in 1925 (and sadly passed away in 2012.)

Traveled as Sally in the Davey and Goliath episode "The Time Machine" (1960), and as Sue Richards in the Fantastic Four episode "The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom" (1978)

Malcolm Keen, English actor, was born on this day in 1887 (and sadly passed away in 1970.)

Traveled as Marley's Ghost in the TV series Fireside Theater episode "A Christmas Carol" (1951) and as Ebeneezer Scrooge in the Kraft Theater episode "A Christmas Carol" (1952)

Susan Sheridan, British actress and voice actress, died on this day in 2015 (and was born in 1947).

Traveled as Trilliam in the radio series The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy (1978), in the video Rumic World: Fire Tripper (1986), and in the the TV series Moomin episode "The Time Travel Machine" (1991)

On this day in 2002,
"Time and Again"
was released.

Short story published in Revolution SF on this date, written by Betsy Gallup.

Fay Wray, Canadian / American actress, died on this day in 2004 (and was born in 1907).

Traveled in the film When Knights Were Bold (1936)

Happy 93rd Birthday Yosuke Kondo!

Yosuke Kondo, actor, was born on this day in 1933.

Traveled as the UFO in the film Age of the Great Dinosaurs (1979)

Happy 50th Birthday Tawny Cypress!

Tawny Cypress, American actress, was born on this day in 1976.

Traveled as J.D. on the unaired Time Tunnel reboot TV movie (2006).

Gene Deitch, American illustrator, animator and film director, was born on this day in 1924 (and sadly passed away in 2020.)

Created, and directed the TV series Tom Terrific (1957-1961, and directed the Popeye cartoon "Astro Nut" (1960)

On this day in 1947,
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
first opened in theaters.

In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted... and forms a unique relationship with the ghost (Rex Harrison).

Happy 77th Birthday Keith Carradine!

Keith Carradine, American actor, singer and songwriter, was born on this day in 1949.

Traveled in the film Idaho Transfer (1973)

On this day in 2020,
season 2 of The Umbrella Academy
episode 9: 743
was first broadcast.

As the Fives plot against each other, one of the siblings makes a big sacrifice to help Vanya. Plus, Lila learns the truth about her parents.

Sir Nevill Francis Mott, English Nobel prize-winning physicist, died on this day in 1996 (and was born in 1905).

Co-author (with Werner Heisenberg) of the Mott problem -- a paradox that illustrates some of the difficulties of understanding the nature of wave function collapse and measurement in quantum mechanics.

Terry Nation, Welsh television writer and novelist,, was born on this day in 1930 (and sadly passed away in 1997.)

Wrote 62 episodes of the Doctor Who TV series (1963-1979), and created the timeless villains The Daleks. Wrote the Out Of The Unknown episode "The Fox and the Forest" (1965); created the TV series Blake 7 and wrote the episode "Time Squad" (1978)

On this day in 1999,
season 1 of Back to Sherwood
episode 5: Brenan's Assassin
was first broadcast.

Continuing adventures of a teen descendent of Robin Hood who regularly travels back in time to help in the fight against her ancestor's enemies. Starring Aimee Castle as Robyn Hood.

Happy 85th Birthday Earl Boen!

Earl Boen, American actor and voice actor, was born on this day in 1941.

Traveled in the TV series Voyagers! episodes "Agents of Satan" (1982) and "The Trial of Phineas Bogg" (1983) as Dr. Peter Silberman in the films The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), Terminator 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996), and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Happy 89th Birthday Dustin Hoffman!

Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director, was born on this day in 1937.

Traveled in the TV movie The Star Wagon (1966), the sci-fi thriller film Sphere (1998), and introduced the fantasy drama, The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)

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On this day in 1992,
season 1 of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992)
episode 7: Stand Up Guy
was first broadcast.

Bill (Evan Richards) and Ted (Christopher Kennedy) travel to Bern, Switzerland in 1916, to meet Einstein (whom they've never heard of) to help them with their math homework. Featuring Lisa Wilcox as Missy Preston.

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On this day in 1964,
season 1 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 37: The Reign Of Terror - A Land Of Fear (Part 1 of 6)
was first broadcast.

The TARDIS lands during the French Revolution, where Ian, Barbara, and Susan (Carole Ann Ford) become caught up in the politics of the day.

Happy 91st Birthday Donald P. Bellisario!

Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer and screenwriter, was born on this day in 1935.

Created and sometimes wrote episodes for the TV series Magnum, P.I., Airwolf, Quantum Leap, JAG, and NCIS. He has often included military veterans as characters.

On this day in 2021,
season 6 of Legends of Tomorrow
episode 11: Final Frame
was first broadcast.

When the Legends track down another alien pod, they find a device that transports them to a cosmic bowling alley; Nate plans a romantic date for him and Zari (Tala Ashe), but nothing goes as planned.

On this day in 2014,
"1:40 AM"
was released.

Short story published in Daily Science Fiction on this date, written by Eliza Victoria.

Henry Crocker Marriott Watson, Tasmanian writer, died on this day in 1901 (and was born in 1839).

Author of the novels Erchomenon; or, The Republic of Materialism (1879) and The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, or The Witch's Cavern (1890)

On this day in 2014,
Stand By Me Doraemon
first opened in theaters.

What will happen to Nobita's life after Doraemon leaves?

Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English novelist and journalist, was born on this day in 1856 (and sadly passed away in 1934.)

Author of the novels Tourmalin's Time Cheques (1891) and The Brass Bottle (1900)

On this day in 2004,
season 1 of The 4400
episode 5: White Light
was first broadcast.

Baldwin's son Kyle has been kidnapped by agent Lytell for interrogation. Just when Tom and Diana are making plans to take him back, Maia has a premonition about Kyle being the answer to everything.

On this day in 1936,
season 1 of Undersea Kingdom
episode 11: Flaming Death
was first broadcast.

Crash Corrigan (Ray Corrigan), Diana, a go-getting reporter, and Billy ride Prof. Norton's rocket submarine, find Atlantis and are caught in a war between peaceful and war-monging Atlanteans.

On this day in 2015,
Soldiers of the Damned
first opened in theaters.

Major Kurt Fleischer, war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, is ordered to escort a female scientist into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic.

Happy 73rd Birthday Don Most!

Don Most, American actor, was born on this day in 1953.

Traveled in 24 episodes of the animated series Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980-81), and visited by Mork in the live action Happy Days episode, Mork Returns (1979)

MOVIE MONTAGES

Travel through time in the world of pop culture...

TAGLINE TRIVIA

Which title below delivers this tagline?

Your future is in his hands.

King MonsteråÊ

The Terminator

The Lost World

They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night one of us went off.

Terra Nova

Dark City

1408

Sometimes it's best to let time have its way

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Timeserver

5ive Days To Midnight

The live-action motion picture.

One Magic Christmas

Masters Of The Universe

Time and Again

What If Today Was The Only Day Of The Rest of Your Life?

Before I Fall

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

The Adjustment Bureau

Live every day like it's your last.

Project Almanac

The Deaths of Ian Stone

If Only

When she was Jan she was very very good, but when she was bad she was... Maxie.

Maxie

Titanic: Adventure Out of Time

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

Can T.J.'s leap into the past change his future?

Six-String Samurai

Brother Future

Assassin of the Tsar

Knowing is Everything...

Hercules in New York

Project Almanac

Knowing

What you saw before was beyond imagination... Now within the universe of possibilities, lies another reality, where time and space converge.

Southland Tales

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Cube 2: Hypercube

The people aboard flight 35 are about to land 1,000 years from where they planned to.

The Lost World

Millennium

Time After Time

A film ahead of its time!

Highlander II: The Quickening

Time Trackers

Frenchman's Farm

Susan Has The Key To An Awesome Adventure...

Doctor Strange

Time at the Top

The Philadelphia Experiment

The secret to the future lies... beneath the Bermuda Triangle

House II: The Second Story

Peggy Sue Got Married

Time Under Fire

It Takes a Cop From The Future To Fight An Enemy From The Past

Time After Time

Eureka

2001: A Space Odyssey

Get ready to take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history... of history.

Trancers 3

Contact

Les Visiteurs

What if you could see the impact of your beliefs? One man will.

Time Changer

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Star Trek: First Contact

The rules have been reset.

Terminator: Genisys

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Termination Point

Your Fate Has Been Adjusted.

The Adjustment Bureau

End Of Time

Alice Through The Looking Glass

Caught in a world where they don't belong... they have one chance to escape!

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Time Changer

Escape to Witch Mountain

Out of Bodies. Out of Time.

Army of Darkness

Xchange

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

An explosive sci-fi adventure!

Paycheck

Prisoners of the Lost Universe

Being Erica

Time waits for no one.

Primer

Time Chasers

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Sometimes to be normal, you have to be a little different

Timecop

Almost Normal

Gargoyles

Live forever or die trying.

Now and Before

Timeless

In Time

They couldn't believe their eyes! They couldn't escape the terror! And neither will you!

Grand Tour: Disaster In Time

Timeless

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms

It's not where you're going. It's who you are when you get there.

Being Erica

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Timemaster

It's not your imagination.

Alien vs. Ninja

Premonition

Siyama

Sometimes it is hard to come back.

The I Inside

1408

2001: A Space Odyssey

The Future Cop Is Back

Star Trek: First Contact

One Touch of Venus

Trancers II

Trapped in a future they didn't create. Fighting an enemy they cannot stop.

The Langoliers

A.P.E.X.

Nautilus

What if you found the one you were meant for... but you lived 2 years apart?

Dustclouds

Subconscious

The Lake House

Will time and space be on her side?

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms

The Quiet Earth

Travelers

When you fight the past, the past fights back.

11.22.63

Frenchman's Farm

Nemesis 2: Nebula

He went back in time to save his parents' love story.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Back to the Future

Action Replayy

What If You Could Reach Back In Time? What If You Could Change The Past?

Frequency

Frequency

Detention

We all dream about what we will be in 15 years.

Travelers

Deuxieme Vie

Extreme Movie

Back to the past... to save the future

Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road

Waxwork 2: Lost in Time

Men in Black 3

Time travel ain't what it used to be.

Fetching Cody

Durango Kids

Sleeper

Brace yourself amigos for a most triumphant video!

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

A Thousand Kisses Deep

Army of Frankensteins

When an 11th century knight and his loyal servant try to go back in time, only one thing will stand in their way. The 20th century.

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Les Visiteurs

Get Ready, The Fourth Reich Is Here.

The Philadelphia Experiment

Iron Sky

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Charles Lattimer journeyed across time and found his one true love. But will he leave behind everything he's known to be with her forever?

For All Time

Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers

The sin of the past is the tragedy of the present.

Bertud ng putik

Time of the Apes

Encino Man

Adventure, Comedy, Romance. He was full of it.

Idiocracy

Adventures of Baron Munchausen

From Time to Time

20th Century Fox Wants You To... Go Ape

Timesweep

Planet of the Apes

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3

Only the universe could hold adventure this big!

Yestermessenger

Masters Of The Universe

The Matrix

A secret from the past that could destroy the future

The Hunt For the Hidden Relic

Star Trek: First Contact

Time Tracers

Terror has a new name.

Black Knight

Easton's Article

The Jacket

Kiss Your Nerves Good-Bye!

Evil Dead II

The Forgotten

High Spirits

The Future Awaits

Yellow Submarine

The Time Machine

If Only

Sometimes, we do miss the things we never had.

Timeless

The Philadelphia Experiment

Ten O'Clock

2 Terrifying. 2 Frightening. 2 Much!

Jumanji

NBC Special Treat

Evil Dead II

The Machines Will Rise

The I Inside

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Peggy Sue Got Married

Backward in time to solve an ancient mystery... and create some new ones.

The Forgotten

The Anubis Gates

Repeat Performance

If they lived in the same century they'd be perfect for each other.

Counter Clockwise

Biggles: Adventures in Time

Kate & Leopold

His story began when it all ended.

The Outer Limits (1963-65)

The Terminator

The I Inside

A deadly mission from the future on route to the present.

Total Reality

A Kid in Aladdin's Palace

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

This is your brain on anime.

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Tales That Witness Madness

Paprika

If you always want what you can't have, what do you want when you can have anything?

The Matrix

Timeless

Primer

Anywhere Is Possible.

Jumper

Slaughterhouse-Five

Wil

This Diwali, forget the present... and change the past!

Mine Games

Action Replayy

Morlock Night

They traveled back where 23rd century man had never gone before. To a mad, crazy, outrageous time. 1986.

Timeline

Donnie Darko

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Life is a mystery.

Terror from the Year 5000!

Hindsight

The Tunnel

Every kid needs a giant robot

Alcatraz

The Undead

Megas XLR

At the end of reality, dreams begin.

Escape in Time

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Cyborg 2087

It came from the future to hunt humans.

Dark City

Taken

Future War

We've been expecting you.

Blast From The Past

Second Time Lucky

Millennium

Rudy struck out two summers in a row... this will be his year to score!

The Thirteenth Floor

The Lost World

Meatballs III: Summer Job

Which universe would you choose?

Boris and Natasha

Ghost Warrior

Dimensions

The Battle for the Future has begun.

Mr. Nobody

Star Pilot

Trancers

Time Will Tell!

Bernard and the Genie

Time Changer

A.J.'s Time Travelers

Cool it, friend, it's 2000 Years Later and look what's happening here!

2000 Years Later

Tuesday

The Lost World

100 Years Ago, He Was A Legend... Today, He's A Living Hell

The Forbidden Kingdom

Ghost Warrior

The Fountain

The terror returns... with a vengeance

Back to the Future Part II

Primeval: New World

Amityville 1992: It's About Time

What if you'd never said "I do" ?

Hindsight

In Time

The Spirit of '76

Wish for a dinosaur and watch all your dreams come true.

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Galaxy Quest

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Enjoy your stay.

1408

In Time

Time of the Apes

They can't get off this crazy ride!

The Lost Saucer

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

The Matrix

I love her. She's married. I built a time machine.

FlashForward

Juko's Time Machine

1

Sound the trumpets, Raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile

100 Million BC

A Christmas Carol

Army of Darkness

A Line, A Loop, A Tangle of Threads

Slaughterhouse-Five

Dimensions

Lost

You Can't Go Forward Until You've Gone Back.

The Fountain

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

The Matrix

This Christmas, chivalry makes a comeback.

Three Days

Escape in Time

Kate & Leopold

The hunt for the "Brain" is on!

Time Runner

A Man Called Nereus

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

From Out of the Depths of the Fifth Dimension - The Most Amazing Spy Thriller of All Time - as the law and a time machine battle evil in a desperate race to save a city from Atomic Destruction!

The Island At The Top Of The World

Back to the Future

Dimension 5

The search for the lost city.

The Adjustment Bureau

Time Freak

Magna Aura

Hold onto yours

Warlock

The Time Trap Series: Time Trap

Last Breath

How far would you go for love?

Fetching Cody

Mannequin

Night of Dark Shadows

I was 27 years old the first time I died.

The Futurist

Field of Dreams

The Jacket

The anti-war satire of epic proportions.

The Science Of Sleep

Catch-22

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

A journey beyond time. A battle beyond imagination.

Regular Show - The Movie

Flashback

The Swordsman

Making history fun, and making fun of history.

Minority Report

Time Squad

The Terminator

Three families. Four generations. Fifty years of secrets.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

The Others

Taken

Time will tear them part.

Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

Tempest

Timestorm

It's time for an anti-movie.

The Philadelphia Experiment

2000 Years Later

Time Masters

Aladdin's Lamp comes of age in a hip Christmas fantasy for all ages!

Superman

Wait a Minute

Bernard and the Genie

Thrown Forward Into An Adventure In Time

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

Time Warp

The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone

Free your mind

The Matrix

Phil of the Future

Time Changer

Most Amazing Picture Ever Made

All Over Again

Galaxy Quest

The Lost World

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