Ends in 3: Geeky Anniversaries in 2023

Hey, little Ten Toes! Humans (at least those using the decimal system) like to observe anniversaries by the decade. This is a brief list of some of the geeky anniversaries happening this year. It is in no way comprehensive, and we certainly may add to it (and invite you to make suggestions by commenting on the post or on Twitter).

I’m arranging them by the day of the year, rather by the length of the anniversary. While I like pointing out the number of geek-friendly TV favorites which debuted in 1963, for example, I think it’s easier for people to be aware of an anniversary based on the day of the year. I’ll try to highlight the big ones.

Oh, and after internal debate in 2018, I decided not to routinely list the birthdates of living celebrities. Some of them may not like having their ages highlighted in this way.

I’ll call out a few I think could get media coverage, then give you a fuller list:

  • 1 January 1963: Astro Boy debuts (60 years ago)
  • 3 January 1993: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine debuts (30 years ago)
  • 10 January 1983: Fraggle Rock debuts (40 years ago)
  • 12 February 1993: Groundhog Day opens (30 years ago)
  • 22 February 1993: Babylon 5 debuts (30 years ago)
  • 30 March 2013: Orphan Black debuts on BBC America (10 years ago)
  • 7 May 1958: (Horror of) Dracula (the 1st of the Hammer/Christopher Lee/Dracula movies) opens (65 years ago)
  • 7 June 2013: The Purge opens (10 years ago)
  • 12 July 2013: Pacific Rim opens (10 years ago)
  • 14 June 2013: Man of Steel opens (10 years ago)
  • 19 July 2013: The Conjuring opens (10 years ago)
  • 25 June 1903: George Orwell born (120 years ago)
  • 9 July: 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl opens (20 years ago)
  • 19 July 2003: TeenTitans debuts (20 years ago)
  • 12 August 2013: PAW Patrol dbuts (10 years ago)
  • 28 August 1993: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuts in the USA (30 years ago)
  • 1 September 1998: The novel Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone is released in the USA (25 years ago)
  • 10 September 1993: The X-Files debuts (30 years ago)
  • 16 September 1963: The Outer Limits debuts (60 years ago)
  • 24 September 2013: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. debuts (10 years ago)
  • 29 September 1963: My Favorite Martian debuts (60 years ago)
  • 4 October 2013: Gravity opens (10 years ago)
  • 7 October 1998: Charmed debuts (25 years ago)
  • 23 October 1998: Pleasantville opens (25 years ago)
  • 21 November 1973: Westworld opens (50 years ago)
  • 23 November 1963: Doctor Who debuts (60 years ago)
  • 27 November 2013: Frozen opens (10 years ago)
  • 29 November 1898: C.S. Lewis born (125 years ago)
  • 2 December 2013: Rick and Morty debuts (10 years ago)
  • 18 December 2013: Her opens (10 years ago)
  • 26 December 1973: The Exorcist opens (50 years ago)

January

1 January

  • 1818: Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is 1st published (205 years ago)
  • 1963: Atro Boy debuts (60 years ago)

2 January

  • 1978: Blake’s 7 debuts (45 years ago)

3 January

  • 1993: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine debuts (30 years ago)

7 January

  • 1948: Captain Thomas Mantell dies pursing a UFO during the Mantell Incident (75 years ago)

8 January

  • 1908: William Hartnell born (115 years ago)
  • 1923: Larry Storch born (100 years ago)

10 January

  • 1983: Fraggle Rock debuts (40 years ago)

11 January

  • 1923: Jerome Bixby born (100 years ago)

12 January

  • 1933: Island of Lost Souls opens (90 years ago)

14 January

  • 1963: The Magilla Gorilla Show debuts (60 years ago)

18 January

  • 1913: Danny Kaye born (110 years ago)
  • 2013: John Dies at the End opens (10 years ago)

27 January

  • 2003: Miracles series debut (20 years ago)

February

  • 1958: The First of Famous Monsters of Filmland is published (65 years ago)

1 February

  • 1908: George Pal is born (115 years ago)

4 February

  • 1983: Videodrome opens (40 years ago)

12 February

  • 1993: Groundhog Day debuts (30 years ago)

14 February

  • 2003: Daredevil opens (20 years ago)

22 February

  • 1993: Babylon 5 series debut (30 years ago)

26 February

  • 1918: Theodore Sturgeon born (105 years ago)

27 February

  • 1998: Dark City opens (25 years ago)

March

  • 1933: The Loch Ness Monster receive international publicity (90 years ago)
  • 1933: First Doc Savage pulp adventure, The Man of Bronze, is published (90 years ago)

8 March

  • 2013: Oz the Great and Powerful opens (10 years ago)

10 March

  • 1978: The Incredible Hulk debuts (45 years ago)

29 March

  • 2013: The Host opens (10 years ago)

30 March

  • 2013: Orphan Black debuts on BBC America (10 years ago)

April

3 April

  • 1968: Planet of the Apes opens (55 years ago)

5 April

  • 1933: Frank Gorshin is born (90 years ago)

6 April

  • 1968: 2001: A Space Odysssey opens (55 years ago)

7 April

  • 1933: King Kong opens (90 years ago)

9 April

  • 1943: Cabin in the Sky opens (80 years ago)

22 April

  • 1953: Invaders from Mars opens (70 years ago)

26 April

  • 1918: Stafford Repp born (105 years ago)

28 April

  • 1908: Carl Laemmle, Jr. born (115 years ago)

29 April

  • 1908: Jack Williamson born (115 years ago)

May

8 May

  • 1958: (Horror of Dracula) (the 1st of the Hammer/Christopher Lee Dracula movies) opens (65 years ago)

19 May

  • 1958: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman opens (65 years ago)

23 May

  • 2003: Bruce Almighty opens (20 years ago)

25 May

  • 1983: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi opens (40 years ago)

June

  • 1938: Superman 1st comic book appearance (85 years ago)
  • 1938: Superman 1st comic book appearance (85 years ago)

7 June

  • 2013: The Purge opens (10 years ago)

14 June

  • 2013: Man of Steel opens (10 years ago)

11 June

  • 1933: Gene Wilder born (90 years ago)

18 June

  • 1908: Bud Collyer born (115 years ago)

19 June

  • 1963: Jason and the Argonauts opens (60 years ago)

21 June

  • 2013: World War opens (10 years ago)

26 June

  • 1998: Doctor Dolittle debuts (25 years ago)

July

9 July

  • 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl opens (20 years ago)

10 July

  • 1903: John Wyndham born (120 years ago)

12 July

  • 2013: Pacific Rim opens (10 years ago)

13 July

  • Beware the Batman debuts (10 years ago)

19 July

  • 2003: Teen Titans debuts (20 years ago)
  • 2013: The Conjuring (10 years ago)

20 July

  • 1938: Diana Rigg born (85 years ago)

27 July

  • Axe Cop debuts (10 years ago)

August

7 August

  • 1933: Jerry Pournelle born (90 years ago)

11 August

  • 1943: Heaven Can Wait open (80 years ago)

12 August

  • 2013: PAW Patrol debuts (10 years ago)

21 August

  • 1943: The Seventh Victim opens (80 years ago)
  • 1998: Blade opens (25 years ago)

26 August

  • 1953: The War of the Worlds opens (70 years ago)

28 August

  • 1993: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuts in the USA (30 years ago)

September

3 September

  • 1953: Catwomen of the Moon opens (70 years ago)

7 September

  • 1968: The Banana Splits Adventure Hour debuts (55 years ago)

8 September

  • 1973: Star Trek: The Animated Series debuts (50 years ago)

10 September

  • 1993: The X-Files debuts (30 years ago)

12 September

  • 1958: The Blob opens (65 years ago)

16 September

  • 2013: Sleepy Hollow debuts (10 years ago)

17 September

  • 1978: Battlestar Galactica debuts (45 years ago)

24 September

  • 2013: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. debuts (10 years ago)

29 September

  • 1963: My Favorite Martian debuts (60 years ago)

30 September

  • 1953: Donovan’s Brain opens (70 years ago)

October

1 October

  • 1968: Night of the Living Dead opens (55 years ago)

3 October

  • 2013: The Originals series debut (10 years ago)

4 October

  • 2013: Gravity opens (10 years ago)

7 October

  • 1998: Charmed debuts (25 years ago)

8 October

  • 1993: Demolition Man opens (30 years ago)

14 October

  • 2013: The Thundermans series debut (10 years ago)

17 October

  • 1948: Margot Kidder born (75 years ago)

21 October

  • The Dead Zone opens (40 years ago)

23 October

  • 1998: Pleasantville opens (25 years ago)

25 October

  • 1978: Halloween opens (45 years ago)

November

1 November

  • 1923: Gordon R. Dickson born (100 years ago)

4 November

  • 2013: Steven Universe debuts (10 years ago)

13 November

  • 1933: The Invisible Man opens (90 years ago)

21 Novemberr

  • Westworld opens (50 years ago)

23 November

  • 1963: Doctor Who debuts (60 years ago)

27 November

  • 2013: Frozen opens (10 years ago)

29 November

  • 1898: C.S. Lewis born (125 years ago)
  • 1908: Madeleine L’Engle born (105 years ago)

December

2 December

  • 2013: Rick and Morty debuts (10 years ago)

7 December

  • 1923: Ted Knight born (100 years ago)

10 December

  • 1903: Mary Norton born (120 years ago)

16 December

  • 1938: A Christmas Carol (with Reginald Owen) opens (85 years ago)

18 December

  • 2013: Her opens (10 years ago)

26 December

  • 1973: The Exorcist opens (50 years ago)

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