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In 1938, archeological Professor Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr (Harrison Ford) was recruited once more to beat the Nazi’s to another religious relic, this time the Holy Grail. This adventure reunited him with his estranged father (Sean Connery) and, in an odd turn of events, even gave him a brief encounter with Adolf Hitler (Michael Sheard). (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Flm)
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Once considered an urban legend, on April 26, 2014, an excavation of a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, confirmed that after the home video game crash, Atari had buried over 700,000 game cartridges and consoles back on September 26, 1983. The event was chronicled in the documentary "Atari: Game Over". (Event, Video Game)
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In 1939, a time traveler from an undisclosed time in the 20th Century travelled back to Berlin to try and assassinate Adolf Hitler and prevent World War II. He ran out of time before he could accomplish his goal and history continued on its natural course. ("No Time Like the Past", The Twilight Zone, TV)
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A routine commercial flight was placed in jeopardy when they entered a mysterious air stream that not only increased their speed to an incredible amount, but actually hurled them through time. The first trip took them back to the time of the dinosaurs. The crew managed to recreate the events and once more hurled themselves through time. That time they found themselves in 1939. The runaways of this era were not designed for a plane of their requirements so they once more attemptted to travel in time in hopes of returning to 1961. ("The Odyssey of Flight 33", The Twilight Zone, TV)
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In 1940, Germany attacked Poland but found Poland not easily defeated creating a war between the two countries that lasted 10 years. (The Shape of Things to Come, BK)
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On April 23, 2013, the "Teen Titans" was relaunched as "Teen Titans Go!" In hopes of launching a successful toy line. While the primary voices returned from the previous series, the animation style and storytelling tone was so radically different that it was very controversial, especially to fans of the original series. ("Legendary Sandwich", Teen Titans Go!, TV, Event)
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Around Christmas time 1941, the Doctor (Doctor 11) took care of Madge Arwell and her children in appreciation of her help for him back in 1938. ("The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe", Doctor Who vlm 3, TV)
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On April 22, 1955, the first episode of "X-Minus One" aired on NBC radio stations. The science fiction radio anthology distinguished itself by both the quality of it's productions as well as the caliber of its writers. The premiere episode was Ray Bradbury's "And the Moon Be Still as Bright".
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In 1933, Hitler failed to revitalize Germany’s economy and FDR didn’t succeed in passing the New Deal. These failures lead to world wide economic hardships and 30 years of global warfare. Germany was matched up primarily against Poland while the US was tied up in a war with Japan. (The Shape of Things to Come, Bk)
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On April 21, 1983, the final episode of The Greatest American Hero aired. ("Vanity, Says the Preacher", Greatest American Hero, TV, event)
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After 3 seasons, the last episode of Star Trek: Picard aired on April 20, 2023. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his friends took a final stand to save Earth from a Borg Invasion. Picard travelled to Jupitor to face off with the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) and a Borg assimilated Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) aboard a giant Borg Cube. Walter Koening, who played Chekov in Star Trek the original series, returned to play Anton Chekov who was the President of Earth and an ancestor of his former role. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) was promoted to Admiral and made head of Starfleet Medical. Seven (Jeri Ryan) was promoted to Captain. Tim Russ also reprised his role of Tuvok. John de Lancie also made a surprise appearance as Q. ("The Last Generation", Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek TV Event)
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On April 20, 1966, Roddy McDowall appeared for the first time as the Bookworm. The episode was also noteworthy as it started the motif of a celebrity appearing out a window as Batman was climbing a wall. The first window cameo was Jerry Lewis. ("The Bookworm Turns", Batman, TV, Event)
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April 20th, 1949 in Bristol England, Veronica Cartwright was born. She is a veteran actress of many sci-fi and terror films as well as TV shows including Alien, the X-Files (as the mother of Mulder's half-brother and the cancer man's ex-wife), the Birds, and the Twilight Zone. She is also the older sister of Angela Cartwright of Lost in Space. (Real Life Event)
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On April 20, 2010, the series "Ancient Aliens" premiered on the History Channel. The series focused on ancient alien theory and other things extraterrestrial and paranormal related. It was heavily influenced by the works of Erich von Daniken and Zecharia Sitchin. The series would make Giorgio Tsoukalos a recognizable personality, especially as his hair grew taller each season. ("The Evidence", Ancient Aliens, TV, event)
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At 3:34 in the morning Eastern Time April 19th, 2021, the Ingenuity helicopter probe took it's first flight on Mars. The original flight was planned back on April 11th, but pushed back due to some technical concerns. This is the first controlled flight of its kind on a planet other than Earth. (Real Life Event)
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On April 19, 1987, The Simpsons first appeared as commercial bumpers on The Tracy Ullman Show. It is said that Matt Groening created them on the spot before the pitch meeting over fear of losing control of his Life in Hell characters. It eventually became a half hour cartoon that became the longest running prime time cartoon of all time. ("Good Night", The Tracy Ullman Show, TV, event)
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The Doctor (Doctor 11) and Amy are called back to 1941 to discover Winston Churchill has employed the Daleks to battle on behalf of Brittan. As usual, all is not as it seems. (Victory of the Daleks “Doctor Who” vlm 3 TV
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