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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

"Friends" (1994)

From 3/4/1959 to 9/22/1994 ("Friends") is: 12986 days
From 7/16/1963 to 11/2/1975 is: 4492 days
4492 / 12986 = 0.3459

'34-59'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/

"Friends" (1994)
TV-Series 1994-2004

Release Date: 22 September 1994 (USA)





'1970: 7 & 11'

From 11/21/1973 ("Westworld") to 11/2/1975 is: 711 days

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070909/

Westworld (1973)

Release Date: 21 November 1973 (USA)





That was the day before the U.S. Navy TOPGUN school opened, according to information I found on the internet.

From 7/11/1915 ("The Gunslinger") to 3/2/1969 is: 19593 days

'1959-3'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000989/

Yul Brynner
Date of Birth: 11 July 1915

Westworld (1973) .... The Gunslinger
Futureworld (1976) .... The Gunslinger





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topgun

The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School was established on March 3, 1969 at NAS Miramar, California after a United States Navy study (sometimes referred to as the "Ault Report") directed by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) at less than desired performance of fighter aircraft, aircrews and weapons. The head of the study group, CAPT Frank Ault recommended that a graduate-level school be established to train fleet fighter pilots in air combat tactics to improve the relatively poor air combat performance of Navy aircrews over Vietnam.





From 2/3/1943 ("Lillian") to 6/7/1976 is: 33 years, 125 days
125 / 365 = 0.34 year
From 2/3/1943 ("Lillian") to 6/7/1976 is: 33.34 years

'33-34'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001100/

Blythe Danner
Date of Birth: 3 February 1943

Futureworld (1976) .... Tracy Ballard
The Great Santini (1979) .... Lillian Meechum
"Will & Grace" .... Marilyn Truman (11 episodes, 2001-2006)





From 5/1/1967 to 5/10/1979 ("Apocalypse Now") is: 4392 days
4392 / 2 = 2196 days
From 7/16/1963 to 7/20/1969 (Apollo 11 lunar landing) is: 2196 days

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/releaseinfo

Release dates for
Apocalypse Now (1979)

France 10 May 1979 (Cannes Film Festival)





This actress was 1344 weeks on 7/5/1976. There is a consistent notion about me protecting someone I care a lot about.

From 10/2/1950 ("Lt. Ilia") to 7/5/1976 is: 1344 weeks

'1344'

From 3/3/1959 to 7/16/1963 is 13 days, 4 months, 4 years

'1344'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001422/

Persis Khambatta
Date of Birth: 2 October 1950
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) .... Lt. Ilia





'1970: 7 & 11'

From 10/1/1947 ("Cmdr. Willard Decker") to 10/11/1968 (Apollo 7 launch into orbit) is: 7681 days

7681 * 0.333 = 2557 days

From 7/16/1963 to 7/16/1970 is: 2557 days

'333'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004834/

Stephen Collins (I)
Date of Birth: 1 October 1947
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) .... Cmdr. Willard Decker





From 3/3/1959 to 7/2/1976 is: 6331 days

From 10/11/1968 (Apollo 7 launch into orbit) to 2/10/1986 is: 6331 days

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=36862

Remarks at a State Department Reception Honoring Maureen Reagan

February 10th, 1986

Well, I want to thank Secretary Shultz and Assistant Secretary Keyes for hosting this reception and all of you for coming by this evening. And I can't tell you how much fun it is to spring this little surprise on Maureen. [Laughter] Some of you may think it a little unfair to catch her off guard like this, but I can assure you I'm only returning a favor she's been doing for me all my life. [Laughter] The truth is, Maureen's been surprising me and making me very proud for a very long time.

If you'll just let me tell this one little story. I think all of you know that when a candidate for President gets the required number of votes at a political convention, it's traditional for the press and the cameras to come bursting into his hotel room for pictures of the family celebrating. Well, back in 1980, when we were in that gigantic Renaissance Center in Detroit, I noticed just before the magic moment that everybody in the Reagan clan was there except Maureen. And naturally with only a few minutes to go, I started asking everyone, I'd say, "Where's Maureen, where's Maureen?" And I could already hear some commentators saying, "Oh, yeah, that's this fellow who's just been nominated to run for the most powerful post in the free world. He can't even find his own daughter." [Laughter]

Then, sure enough, it hit me and everyone else in the room. And only a few seconds later, there was confirmation right there on the television set in front of us. Maureen wasn't there because she had duties to perform as an alternate delegate and leader in the California delegation-and one of which, come to think of it, was voting for me. [Laughter] Now, I hadn't been in politics as long as some people, but I did know that that was the wrong moment to start taking anything for granted. So, as I listened to Maureen on television, just this once— [laughter] —I was glad she was on the floor and not with us. [Laughter]

And there's a little sequel to this. Last year I kept seeing in the press all those reports about the U.N. conference wrapping up a decade of women. I think some of you remember that there was a good deal of speculation that the whole conference was going to become politicized, a propaganda exercise on extraneous matters rather than a serious exchange on the issues that uniquely affect women. And there was some talk, too, about how the American delegation, which Maureen was heading, was going to be outsmarted, outmaneuvered, and probably embarrassed by all of this. And, you know, every time I read one of these reports, I got this big Cheshire catlike grin— [laughter] —because I was thinking to myself, somebody out there sure doesn't know my daughter. [Laughter]

Well, those of us here today do know Maureen. At State, you know her by the wonderful job she did do in Nairobi. You know how effectively she worked to get agreement on the consensus document that would make the conference the success that it was and bring the American delegation the credit it deserved. And you know, too, that she'll do a fine job as our Representative to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.

And, of course, for Nancy and me, Maureen is someone we love dearly and yet someone whom we also recognize as the extraordinary individual that she is. And that isn't all that easy. As I said, it's always a little bit of a surprise for a father, just as it was that night in Detroit, to realize that that's your daughter up there on the TV screen, not only a grown woman—and I'm not that old yet— [laughter] —but a leader, a mover, someone who is making the world a whole lot better place to live.

But all these things Maureen is, and that's why Nancy and I and all of you love her for it. So, I want to thank Maureen today as her father for making me so proud of her on this occasion and so many others. But also as her President, I want to thank her on behalf of the American people for distinguished service to her country and the cause of human freedom and dignity.

Note: The President spoke at 6:46 p.m. in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department. The reception, hosted by Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs Alan L. Keyes, was in honor of Maureen Reagan's role as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.





http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087363/quotes

Memorable quotes for
Gremlins (1984)


Kate: Now I have another reason to hate Christmas.

Billy Peltzer: What are you talking about?

Kate: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That's when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7

Launch: October 11, 1968
Landing: October 22, 1968

Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. It was an eleven-day earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-man American space mission.





http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708417/

"Star Trek"

And the Children Shall Lead (1968)
Original Air Date: 11 October 1968 (Season 3, Episode 4)

Craig Hundley ... Tommy Starnes
Brian Tochi ... Ray





From 3/4/1959 to 5/2/1959 ("Ray") is: 59 days

'59'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865058/

Brian Tochi
Date of Birth: 2 May 1959

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) (voice) .... Leonardo

The Omega Man (1971) .... Tommy

"Star Trek" .... Ray (1 episode, 1968) - And the Children Shall Lead (1968) TV Episode .... Ray





From 1/21/1976 to 6/30/1995 ("Apollo 13") is 19 years, 5 months, 9 days

'1959'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/

Apollo 13 (1995)

Release Date: 30 June 1995 (USA)

Tagline: Houston, we have a problem.

Plot Outline: True story of the moon-bound mission that developed severe trouble and the men that rescued it with skill and dedication.





http://imdb.com/title/tt0112384/quotes

Memorable quotes for
Apollo 13 (1995)


Marilyn Lovell: Blanche, Blanche, these nice young men are going to watch the television with you. This is Neil Armstrong, and this is Buzz... Aldrin.

Neil Armstrong: Hi.

Blanche Lovell: Are you boys in the space program too?





'June 7, 1976 to June 9, 1976'

From 6/8/1976 to 5/11/1981 is 59 months, 3 days

'59-3'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639432/

Austin O'Brien
Date of Birth: 11 May 1981
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Whiz Kid





From 7/9/1956 (Hanks) to 4/14/1977 is: 7584 days
7584 / 2 = 3792 days
From 3/3/1959 to 7/20/1969 (Apollo 11 lunar landing) is: 3792 days

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/

Tom Hanks
Date of Birth: 9 July 1956
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Jim Lovell





From 11/19/1954 ("Marilyn Lovell") to 3/3/1959 is 6 days, 14 weeks, 4 years

'6144'

From 3/3/1959 to 7/16/1963 is 6 days, 1 weeks, 4 months, 4 years

'6144'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000599/

Kathleen Quinlan
Date of Birth: 19 November 1954
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Marilyn Lovell





From 4/13/1942 (Sijan) to 3/3/1959 is: 6168 days
From 3/3/1959 to 1/21/1976 is: 6168 days

From 1/22/1968 to 6/7/1976 is: 3059 days

'3-59'

http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SijanLP01a.htm

Lance Peter Sijan
Captain

480TH TFS, 366TH TFW, 7TH AF
United States Air Force
13 April 1942 - 22 January 1968
Milwaukee, Wisconsin





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ray_%28SSN-653%29

USS Ray (SSN-653), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ray, a fish characterized by a flat body, large pectoral fins, and a whiplike tail. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company on 26 March 1963 and her keel was laid down on 4 January 1965. She was launched on 21 June 1966 sponsored by Mrs. Thomas H. Kuchel, and commissioned on 12 April 1967, with Commander Albert L. Kelln in command.

On 20 September 1977, due to a combination of equipment failure and crew inexperience, Ray struck a coral mountain while submerged in the Mediterranean Sea. Her sonar equipment was destroyed and the auxiliary diesel engine was knocked off its mounts. Repairs required a year of work at Charleston Naval Shipyard in South Carolina.





From 2/5/1976 to 9/20/1977 (USS Ray) is: 593 days

From 1/23/1976 to 2/5/1976 is: 13 days





From 3/3/1959 to 7/20/1969 (Apollo 11 lunar landing) is: 3792 days
From 7/20/1969 (Apollo 11 lunar landing) to 12/7/1979 is: 3792 days

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079945/

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Release Date: 7 December 1979 (USA)

Plot Outline: When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it.





From 3/11/1962 ("Neil Armstrong") to 11/1/1975 is 13 years, 33 weeks, 4 days

'1-33-34'

From 11/1/1975 to 11/2/1975 is 1 day

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635139/

Jeffrey Nordling
Date of Birth: 11 March 1962
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV) .... Neil Armstrong





From 12/16/1955 ("Buzz Aldrin") to 3/4/1959 is: 5 days, 167 weeks

'5167'

'5167' >>> 5/1/1967

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075359/

Xander Berkeley
Date of Birth: 16 December 1955
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV) .... Buzz Aldrin





From 2/25/1934 ("Edwin Aldrin, Sr.") to 10/13/1968 (Apollo 7 in-flight) is 33 weeks, 34 years

'33-34'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265637/

Michael Fairman
Date of Birth: 25 February 1934
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV) .... Edwin Aldrin, Sr.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7

Launch: October 11, 1968
Landing: October 22, 1968

Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. It was an eleven-day earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-man American space mission.





From 7/16/1963 to 11/17/1996 ("Apollo 11") is 33 years, 124 days
365 * 0.34 = 124
From 7/16/1963 to 11/17/1996 ("Apollo 11") is 33.34 years

'33-34'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115560/

Apollo 11 (1996) (TV)

Release Date: 17 November 1996 (USA)




From 7/20/1969 (Apollo 11) to 8/13/1982 is 13 years, 3 weeks and 3 days

'1-333'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083929/

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Release Date: 13 August 1982 (USA)


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084434/

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Release Date: 13 August 1982 (USA)


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084503/

Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
Release Date: 13 August 1982 (USA)





From 1/20/1930 (Aldrin) to 3/4/1959 is: 10635 days
10635 * 0.593 = 6306 days
From 3/3/1959 to 6/7/1976 is: 6306 days

'59-3'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004696/

Buzz Aldrin

Date of Birth: 20 January 1930





From 8/5/1930 (Armstrong) to 3/4/1959 is: 10438 days
10438 * 0.3433 = 3583 days
From 3/3/1959 to 12/23/1968 (Apollo 8 at Moon Hawaii-time) is: 3583 days

'34-33'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035842/

Neil Armstrong (I)

Date of Birth: 5 August 1930





From 12/23/1968 (Monday) to 6/7/1976 (Monday) is: 2723 days
From 6/7/1976 (Monday) to 11/21/1983 is: 2723 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_and_the_Ragged_Tiger

Seven and the Ragged Tiger is Duran Duran's third studio album, released globally in November, 1983. It would prove to be the last studio album for the band's original lineup until 2004's Astronaut.

Released 21 November 1983

Track listing

2. "New Moon On Monday" – 4:16





From 6/7/1976 to 11/1/1982 ("Rio") is: 334 weeks

3-3-4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_%28song%29

Single by Duran Duran
from the album Rio

B-side(s) "The Chauffeur"
"Hold Back The Rain"

Released November 1, 1982 (UK)

"Rio" is a hit single from the album Rio by Duran Duran, and one of their most recognizable songs and music videos.


"Ever since, people think we spend all our time riding around in silk suits, on yachts, getting wet." -- Nick Rhodes





http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172531/

Michael Collins (II)
Date of Birth: 31 October 1930

Astronaut.

Crew member on Gemini 10 (1966) and Apollo 11 (1969) missions.

He was the command module pilot for Apollo 11, the mission that landed the first men on the moon (he stayed in orbit around the moon during the landing). Later he was the Director of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Personal Quotes
"I knew I was alone in a way that no Earthling has ever been before" [On his solo flight in the Apollo 11 command module while astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin explored the lunar surface, quoted in Time magazine, 11 December 1972].

"I think a future flight should include a poet, a priest and a philosopher ... we might get a much better idea of what we saw." [9 November 1969]





From 3/25/1920 ("Father Brennan") to 3/3/1959 is: 14222 days
14222 * 0.333 = 4735 days
From 7/16/1963 to 7/2/1976 is: 4735 days

'333'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873743/

Patrick Troughton
Date of Birth: 25 March 1920

The Omen (1976) .... Father Brennan

"Warship" .... Robertson (1 episode, 1977)
- Robertson Crusoe (1977) TV Episode .... Robertson





From 1/21/1976 to 11/25/1986 is: 3961 days

From 11/25/1986 to 9/29/1997 ("Discovery Mars") is: 3961 days

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284310/

Discovery Mars (1997) (V)

Release Date: 29 September 1997 (USA)

Plot Outline: Educational video hosted by Charlie Sheen revealing, "Is there life on Mars?" Authentic never before seen NASA footage supports theories that there is





From 6/7/1976 to 6/13/1988 ("Forever Your Girl") is 6 days, 144 months

'6144'

From 3/3/1959 to 7/16/1963 is 6 days, 1 week, 4 months, 4 years

'6144'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Your_Girl

Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 62 weeks from its release to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting #1. The album became multi-platinum in the spring and summer of 1989 and was eventually certified 7 times Platinum in the US (19.5 million worldwide). It also included four #1 Hot 100 singles - "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract." This ties for second most #1 songs from a single album. "The Way That You Love Me" reached #3 and "Knocked Out" reached #41.





From 6/19/1962 (Abdul) to 1/21/1976 is: 13 years, 216 days
216 / 365 = 0.59 year
From 6/19/1962 (Abdul) to 1/21/1976 is: 13.59 years

1-359

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000716/

Paula Abdul
Date of Birth: 19 June 1962

The Running Man (1987) (choreographer)
Coming to America (1988) (choreographer)
The Doors (1991) (choreographer: Val Kilmer)
"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" .... Herself - Judge / ... (113 episodes, 2002-2007)





From 7/16/1963 to 11/13/1987 ("The Running Man") is: 8886 days

8886 / 2 = 4443 days

'4443'

From 3/3/1959 to 7/16/1963 is: 4 years, 4.43 months

'4443'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/

The Running Man (1987)

Release Date: 13 November 1987 (USA)

Tagline: A game nobody survives. But Schwarzenegger has yet to play.

Plot Outline: A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show.

Arnold Schwarzenegger ... Ben Richards
Maria Conchita Alonso ... Amber Mendez





From 6/29/1957 (Alonso) to 6/7/1976 is: 6918 days

3459 + 3459 = 6918 days

'34-59'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000744/

Maria Conchita Alonso
Date of Birth: 29 June 1957
The Running Man (1987) .... Amber Mendez





http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/

Ghost (1990)

Release Date: 13 July 1990 (USA)

Tagline: A love that will last forever.

Plot Outline: After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his partner enables him to remain on earth as a ghost.

Demi Moore ... Molly Jensen





From 5/17/1987 to 10/5/1990 ("Ghost") is 3 years, 4 months, 18 days
30 * 0.59 = 17.7 days
From 5/17/1987 to 10/5/1990 ("Ghost") is 3 years, 4.59 months

'34-59'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/releaseinfo

Release dates for
Ghost (1990)

UK 5 October 1990