TODAY IN TIME
Monday August 24th, 2026
E. G. Marshall, American actor, died on this day in 1998 (and was born in 1914).
Traveled in the TV series Kraft Theatre episode "Rip Van Winkle" (1953)
On this day in 1968,
season 6 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 3: The Dominators (Part 3 of 5)
was first broadcast.
Zoe and Cully are captured by the Dominators and put to work alongside the survey team while the Doctor, and Jamie (Frazer Hines) decide to return to the island to help.
Hal Smith, American actor and voice actor, was born on this day in 1916 (and sadly passed away in 1994.)
Traveled in the Davey and Goliath episode "The Time Machine", the film The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962), DuckTales TV episodes "Master of the Djinni", "Time Teasers", "Duck to the Future" (1987), This Is America, Charlie Brown TV episodes "Birth of the Constitution" (1988) and "The Smithsonian and the Presidency" (1989)
Kenny Baker, English actor and musician, was born on this day in 1934 (and sadly passed away in 2016.)
Traveled as Fidgit in Time Bandits (1981)
On this day in 1981,
season 2 of Into the Labyrinth
episode 4: Cave of Diamonds
was first broadcast.
Helen, Terry and Phil arrive once again in the mystical Far East, where they meet a holy man named Kadru. The man quickly reveals his true colours as a servant of Belor (Pamela Salem), and tries to steal the fragment of Nidas from Helen's necklace.
On this day in 2013,
season 1 of Jacob's Ladder
episode 2: Gideon Warrior By Faith
was first broadcast.
Youth are transported back to Biblical times, to experience stories firsthand: An angel has told Gideon he will free God's people from the Midianites.
Julie Harris, American stage, screen, and television actress, died on this day in 2013 (and was born in 1937).
Traveled in the TV series Journey To The Unknown episode "Poor Butterfly" (1969)
Happy 77th Birthday Joe Regalbuto!
Joe Regalbuto, American actor and director, was born on this day in 1949.
Traveled as Kalnik in the three-part finale of the TV series Mork and Mindy (1982), and directed the Wizards of Waverly Place episode "First KIss" (2007)
Preston Foster, American stage and film actor, and vocalist, was born on this day in 1900 (and sadly passed away in 1970.)
Traveled as Dr. Erik von Steiner in the film, The Time Travelers (1964)
On this day in 2012,
season 1 of Gravity Falls
episode 9: The Time Traveler's Pig
was first broadcast.
Dipper uses time traveler Blendin Blandin's time machine to undo ruining his attempt to impress Wendy at a fair, but accidentally changes history for the worse, especially for Mabel (Kristin Schaal).
On this day in 2011,
season 1 of Steins;Gate
episode 21: Paradox Meltdown
was first broadcast.
With his new discovery in mind, Okabe (Mamoru Miyano) continues his attempts to protect Mayuri while also trying to avoid Kurisu's potential impending fate.
Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist, was born on this day in 1872 (and sadly passed away in 1956.)
Author of the short story "Enoch Soames: A Memory of the Eighteen-Nineties" in 1916
On this day in 1977,
season 1 of Tales of the Unexpected
episode 8: No Way Out
was first broadcast.
Ex-Navy officer John Kelty (Bill Bixby) unwittingly pilots his boat through a time warp in the Bermuda Triangle and travels forward 25 years.
On this day in 2001,
season 1 of Invader ZIM
episode 8: Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy
was first broadcast.
ZIM (Richard Steven Horvitz) uses a time machine to 'attack' Dib throughout the past with the most vile of all weapons, rubber piggys.
Ruth Park, New Zealand-born Australian author, was born on this day in 1917 (and sadly passed away in 2010.)
Wrote the novel Playing Beatie Bow (1980)
On this day in 2010,
Sabotaged
was released.
Jonah and Katherine go on yet another mission to return a missing kid named Andrea(really Virginia Dare) to her time in the Roanoke Colony... Written by Margaret Peterson Haddix.




















