Dates in Movies
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When you absolutely, positively got to know every #OnThisDay in movie history, accept no substitutes. There may be spoilers!
Jul 23rd - Cassie Thomas attends Alexander Monroe's bachelor party. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Promising Young Woman (2020)

Jul 23rd - A group of children at Space Camp, were allowed to sit in a shuttle during routine test. Jinx the robot takes Max's "I wish I was in space" a bit too literally, forcing control to launch the shuttle. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ SpaceCamp (1986)

Jul 23rd 1968 - Nicholas Easter (John Cusack), a reluctant juror on the case against Vicksburg Firearms, was born. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Runaway Jury (2003)

Jul 22nd 2009 - Senator McLaughlin is caught killing an undocumented immigrant on video. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Machete (2010)

Jul 22nd 1998 - Thomas Anderson's (aka Neo) file was last updated, shown during the interrogation scene. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ The Matrix (1999)

Jul 22nd - Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L Jackson) goes on trial for murdering the 2 men who viciously attacked his 10 year old daughter. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ A Time to Kill (1996)

Jul 22nd 1964 - After a recoding session, the legendary Miles Davis went to a local jazz club, and played on stage with the owner Daniel. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Collateral (2004)

Jul 21st 2001 - Astronauts found April's talking cat, Darwin, on the surface of the moon. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ April and the Extraordinary World (2015)

Jul 21st 1984 - Edward Nashton, aka The Riddler was born. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ The Batman (2022)

Jul 21st 1961 - Mercury-Redstone 4 aka "Liberty Bell 7", piloted by Virgil "Gus" Grissom, returned to earth. The hatch blew open, and filled with water, resulting the in the craft being too heavy to rescue. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Depicted in The Right Stuff (1983)

Jul 21st 1952 - Brian Jonathan Greene born was born. Piiparinen and Rauno believe he died in a wolf pit they built to protect the reindeer, until he starts breathing again ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Jul 20th 1990 - Harleen Quinzel, aka #HarleyQuinn, (Margot Robbie) was born. Happy birthday Harley! ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Suicide Squad (2016)

Jul 20th 1973 - Perhaps the greatest martial artist ever, Bruce Lee (Portrayed by Jason Scott Lee) died of cerebral edema on this day. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Depicted in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

Jul 20th 1969 - Communication wasn't lost with Apollo 11 when it landed on the moon in 1969. Mission control cut the feed as the crew discovered pulsating lights under the moon's surface. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Moonfall (2022)

Jul 20th 1969 - Astronaut Jim Lovell hosted party where friends and family watched Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. Afterward, Lovell told his wife Marilyn that he intends to walk on its surface too. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Depicted in Apollo 13 (1995)

Jul 20th 1969 - Apollo 11, lead by Commander Neil Armstrong, landed on the moon. Their secret mission was to investigate an alien crash landing ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Jul 20th 1969 - Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) became the first man to walk on the moon. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ First Man (2018)

Jul 19th 2021 - Billionaire Nicolas Cage superfan, Javi (Pedro Pascal), convinces the actual Nicolas Cage (working undercover for the CIA) that taking LSD together will help them write the worlds greatest movie. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

Jul 19th 2019 - Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) discovers "the lottery" is used to harvest organs, along with a file labelled Jordan Two Delta. That evening, Jordan Two Delta (Scarlett Johansson) wins the lottery. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ The Island (2005)

Jul 19th 1985 - Lebanese terrorists hijack American Travelways Airlines Flight 282, flying from Cairo to New York City via Athens and Rome. ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ The Delta Force (1986)
