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1962: Ralph Fiennes is born--Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
1964: Bosley Crowther reviews Goldfinger in The New York Times.
1965: Thunderball released in the US.
https://illustrated007.blogspot.com/2014/01/us-thunderball-posters.html
1967: Casino Royale released in Spain, Finland, and France.
1967: James Bond 007 - Casino Royale released in Italy.
1971: Diamantes para la eternidad (Diamonds for Eternity) released in Spain. (Diamants per a l'eternitat, Catalan title.)
1982: Octopussy films OO7 hunted and hissing off.
1983: Jamais plus Jamais; Never Again Never) released in Belgium.
1995: GoldenEye released in Luxembourg and Malaysia.
2006: Casino Royale released in Panama.
2014: Richard Graydon dies at age 92--England.
(Born 12 May 1922--London, England.)
Richard Graydon at home in Surrey in 2000 Photo: REX FEATURES
Graydon on top of a cable-car above Rio de Janeiro in Moonraker (REX FEATURES)
Thunderball
Moonraker
Octopussy
2021: MI6 share their Christmas Card in The Times.
The MI6 Christmas card parodies the James Bond opening sequence
2023: Ian Fleming Publications shares Season's Greetings.
1944: Ian Fleming arrives in Colombo, Ceylon, and strikes up a friendship with Wren Clare Blanshard.
1964: Variety reports Goldfinger breaking US records in New York at the DeMille and Coronet theaters. The New York Times says as a result, the Coronet plans midnight screenings. The DeMille says it will run the film 24 hours through year's end to meet demand.
1970: Anatole Taubman is born--Zurich, Switzerland.
1971: Diamonds Are Forever released in Australia and the Netherlands.
Disclaimer: not this one.
1983: 내버 새이 내버 어개인 (Nay-buh say-ee nay-buh uh-gay-een) released in the Republic of Korea.
1997: 007 - Il domani non muore mai released in Italy.
1999: 007, el mundo no basta released in Argentina.
2013: Ian Fleming Publications unveils its new logo.
2020: The Hollywood Reporter reports on a Star Trek episode inspired by Bond.
Paramount Pictures/Photofest
DS9 Garak the wingman (Our Man Bashir)
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepSpaceNine/comments/qe6qan/our_man_bashir/
2022: Ian Fleming Publications sends Season's Greetings.
1931: Nora Noel Jill Bennett is born--Penang, Malaysia.
(She dies 4 October 1990 at age 58--Kensington, London, England.)
Jill Bennett in trailer for The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
1941: Michael Billington is born--Blackburn, Lancashire, England.
(He dies 3 June 2005 at age 63--Margate, Kent, England.)
1971: James Bond comic Starfire comic finishes its run in Daily Express.
(Started 30 August 1971. 1709–1809) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
http://spyguysandgals.com/sgLookupComicStrip.aspx?id=1005
Not Found:
Swedish Semic Comic 1989 #6 - Stjärnornas Herre (Starfire)
Danish 1973 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no26-1973/
"Stjernernes herre" [Star Lord]
1969: Gene Siskel"s "Bond and de Sade" reviews On Her Majesty's Secret Service in the Chicago Tribune
1971: Diamanten zijn eeuwig (Diamonds Are Eternal, Flemish title) released in Belgium.
1982: Octopussy films Gobinda arming the bomb.
1983: ネバーセイ・ネバーアゲイン (Nebāsei nebāagein) released in Japan.
1997: Tomorrow Never Dies released in Singapore.
1999: The World Is Not Enough released in Cyprus, Ecuador, Peru, plus Trinidad and Tobago.
1999: 007 - O Mundo Não é o Bastante released in Brazil.
2019: yahoo!movies reports on Empire Magazine's interview with Daniel Craig and why he returned for No Time To Die.
James Bond (Daniel Craig) prepares to shoot in NO TIME TO DIE,
a DANJAQ and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film.
(Credit: Nicola Dove. © 2019 DANJAQ, LLC AND MGM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)
1964: Goldfinger US premiere--Hollywood, California.
(That's after the New York City premiere, and before the 9 January US general release.)
1965: Pallosalama (Fireball; Åskbollen, The Thunderbolt, Swedish title) released in Finland.
1969: 鐵金剛勇破雪山堡 (Tiě jīngāng yǒng pò xuěshān bǎo; Iron King Kong Breaks Through the Snow Mountain Fort) released in Hong Kong.
1971: Los diamantes son eternos (Diamonds Are Eternal) released in Colombia.
1995: GoldenEye released in Panama.
1999: The World Is Not Enough released in Colombia and Panama.
1999: Само един свят не стига (Only One World Is Not Enough) released in Bulgaria.
2001: Russia DVD premiere for From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice.
2002: Die Another Day released in Bolivia and Jamaica.
2006: Casino Royale released in Bolivia.
2015: Radiohead releases their unused Bond theme for Spectre.
2022: The Cubby Broccoli Cinema and IMAX Theatre at the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, England, remain closed for renovations and the Christmas holiday.
2024: BBC2 airs documentary From Roger Moore With Love at 9PM local.
From Roger Moore With Love (2024) | Official Trailer (3:08)
1943: Ian Fleming's mistress--society hostess Maud Russell--records in her diary details of war planning, influenza.
Maud Russell, a fashionable society hostess who met Fleming in 1931 when he was just 23
Credit: Cecil Beaton courtesy of Emily Russell
Ian Fleming in his Naval Uniform during the war
Credit: Courtesy of Emily Russell/A Constant Heart
1964: Agent 007 contra Goldfinger released in Denmark.
1971: Diamanter varer evig released in Norway.
http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/daf-dk-souvenir-programme-1971/
1983: Aldri si aldri (Never Say Never) released in Norway.
Not to be confused with.
1995: GoldenEye released in Australia, Norway, and New Zealand.
1997: Tomorrow Never Dies released in Australia and New Zealand.
1997: 007: Igavene homne (007: Eternal Tomorrow) released in Estonia.
1997: Yarin Asla Ölmez released in Turkey.
2024: Boxing Day in the Commonwealth.
2024: The Junkanoo street parade in the Bahamas resumes tonight through New Year's Day January 1, 2025, and the summer festival happens every Saturday through July and August.
Junkanoo Carnival Crowd parade
Junkanoo Carnival Man jumping open legs
Junkanoo Carnival Man in traditional costume
Junkanoo Carnival Dancing with confetti
1960: Maryam d'Abo is born--London, England.
1972: Live and Let Die films 007 surveilling his hotel room for bugging devices. Also the last day of filming in Jamaica includes Ross Kananga at Jamaica Swamp Safari, Falmouth.
Later video marketing.
Not to be confused with.
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1981: Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael dies at age 82--Rancho Mirage, California.
(Born 22 November 1899--Bloomington, Indiana.)
Hoagy Carmichael.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
"Stardust", Hoagy Carmichael.
To Have and Have Not, "Am I Blue", Hoagy Carmichael, 1944.
To Have and Have Not, "Georgia", Hoagy Carmichael, 1944.
2019: The New Year Honours List recognizes Samuel Alexander Mendes to become a Knight Bachelor, Order of the British Empire, for services to Drama.
The riband and badge of the
"Companions of Honour"
1956: Fleming writes a letter to Wren Howard questioning his own "enthusiasm for Bond and his unlikely adventures."
1971: Comic strip Trouble Spot begins its run in the Daily Express.
(Ends 10 June 1972. 1810–1951) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/comic_ts_review.php3
http://venusianfrogbroth.blogspot.com/2016/07/trouble-spot-by-lawrence-and-horak.html
Swedish Semic Comic 1973 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1973.php3
(Fatal Message -Trouble Spot)
Swedish Semic Comic 1979 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1979.php3
(Fatal Message -Trouble Spot)
Swedish Semic Comic 1989 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1989.php3
(Trouble Spot)
Danish 1974 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no27-1974/
“Trouble Spot” (1974)
"Dræbende budskab"
[= Lethal Message]
1991: Cassandra Harris (Sandra Colleen Waites) dies at age 43--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 15 December 1948--Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.)
2002: BBC airs James Bond - A BAFTA Tribute celebrating 40 years of the film series.
2015: Big Comics Special Edition reprints Takao Saito's manga 007 series for 女王陛下の007 (Jo'ō Heika no Zero Zero Sebun/Her Majesty's Secret Service) and 黄金の銃を持つ男 (Ōgon no Jū o Motsu Otoko/The Man with the Golden Gun). Serialized monthly in Shogakukan's Boy's Life magazine December 1964 to August 1967.
黄金の銃を持つ男
1981 reprint.
Sean Connery, December 1971. Photograph: Don Morley/The Guardian
Sean Connery as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Photograph: Allstar/UNITED ARTISTS
2022: TechiAzi reports on Monica Bellucci's two Bond auditions prior to Spectre.
1959: A letter from Ian Fleming to friend and partner Ivar Bryce considers possibilities. Including diminishing Kevin McClory's involvement in the Bond film project.
1965: Thunderball released in the UK--premiere at the London Pavilion and Rialto theaters. At the Pavilion, includes a midnight gala benefiting the British Rheumatism & Arthritis Association.
1965: Τζέημς Μποντ, πράκτωρ 007: Επιχείρηση Κεραυνός (James Bond, Agent 007: Enterprise Thunderbolt) released in Greece.
1971: Gyémántok az örökkévalóságnak (Diamonds For Eternity) released in Hungary.
1995: GoldenEye released in Austria.
2016: South China Morning Post reports on 2D game I Expect You To Die from Schell Games.
A still from I Expect You to Die. The James Bond theme is evident.
I Expect You To Die - Launch Trailer (1:07)
A still from the game I Expect You To Die.
I Expect You To Die VR FULL WALKTHROUGH [NO COMMENTARY] 1080P 60FPS (1:11:17)
2020: CineFix offers YouTube watchalong of GoldenEye with Martin Campbell and Famke Janssen in attendance.
1865: Joseph Rudyard Kipling is born--Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India.
(He dies 18 January 1936 at age 70--Middlesex Hospital, London, England.)
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2569/2569-h/2569-h.htm#link2H_4_0009
1920: John Joseph Patrick Ryan (Jack Lord) is born--New York City, New York.
(He dies 21 January 1998 at age 77--Honolulu, Hawaii.)
1965: Thunderball premieres in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (UK general release follows 13 March 1966.)
1970: The San Francisco Examiner reports John Gavin and Burt Reynolds tested for the Bond role.
Concept art
1983:
Later video marketing.
1998: The New Year Honours List recognizes Roger Moore to become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his UNICEF work.
Grand Cross's star of the
Order of the British Empire
2012: Skyfall reaches £100 million ($161.6 million) in the UK (a first for a film there), plus the landmark $1 billion point for worldwide box-office.
2016: Game over--shutdown of the Glu Mobile servers brings an end to James Bond: World of Espionage.
2023: New Year's Honours announced for 2024 include Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey named by His Majesty King Charles the Third for Order of the Companions of Honour.
1945: Barbara Carrera is born--Bluefields, Nicaragua.
1961: The Susan Barnes Sunday Express interview "Women and Me — by the Screen's James Bond" ends talking to violence towards women with Barnes abruptly exiting actor Sean Connery's apartment.
1963: Deed of Assignment executed this date states Ian Fleming, Ivar Bryce, and publisher Jonathan Cape assign rights to Kevin McClory for "all the copyright in the film scripts and the exclusive right to re-produce any part of the novel Thunderball in films and for the purpose of making such films to make scripts." And specifically from Fleming, "the exclusive right to the character James Bond as a character in any such scripts or film of Thunderball."
1994: Chivers North America publishes a large print version of John Gardner's Bond novel Never Send Flowers.
2002: 007 어나더데이 (007 Uh-nah-duh-day-ee; 007 Another Day) released in the Republic of Korea.
2008: Donald Edwin Westlake dies at age 75--San Tancho, Mexico.
(Born 12 July 1933--Brooklyn, New York, New York.)
Don (center) doing the interrogating.
New York City, 1959
Ancram, New York – Winter, 2001
Credit: David Jennings for The New York Times
Cover art by Paul Mann
2011: Reports say Craig almost quit the Bond role after Quantum of Solace.
2020: CinemaBlend reports why Steven Soderbergh turned down directing a Bond movie.
Daniel Craig in No Time to Die
2024: Bond-related New Year's Eve celebrations abound.
Manai Australia
Casino Royale NYE Party! 🎉
https://www.instagram.com/mums_of_the_shire/p/DDq5mjSuxtQ/?locale=it_IT&img_index=1
London, United Kingdom
Secret Agents Party - James Bond theme - Views over London
The Secret Agents party. NEW YEARS EVE 2024/25 STUNNING ROOFTOP VENUE Views of 20 miles over London and Fireworks Dress up and party like its NYE
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/London/Secret-London-Location/Secret-Agents-Party---James-Bond-theme---Views-over-London/37128592/
Kington Langley, United Kingdom
007 NYE
https://allevents.in/chippenham/new-years-eve-party-james-bond-theme/200027067237800
Ledbury, United Kingdom
*** SOLD OUT ***Team Oak’s NEW YEARS EVE PARTY with James Bond themed Casino & Disco until 1:00am
https://theoakinnstaplow.co.uk/event/team-oaks-new-years-eve-party-with-james-bond-themed-casino-disco-until-100am/
New Year's Eve Bond Marathon Idea
https://www.reddit.com/r/JamesBond/comments/18nzzti/new_years_eve_bond_marathon_idea/
Clifton, Virginia
007 New Year’s Eve
https://www.fxva.com/event/007-new-year’s-eve/43110/
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ring In 2025 In Casino Royale Fashion!
https://www.visitlauderdale.com/event/007-nye/43096/
Mineral Wells, Texas
Mineral Wells’ New Year’s Eve Gala – Casino Royale
Ring in the New Year in style at Mineral Wells’ New Year’s Eve Gala Casino Royale at The Crazy Water Hotel presented by Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce, Crazy Water and Clear Fork Bank- Mineral Wells Office! Enjoy a night of excitement featuring a live concert by The Tejas Brothers.[/b]
https://visitmineralwells.org/event/mineral-wells-new-years-eve-gala-casino-royale/
Peoria, Arizona
Step into the world of 007 this New Year’s Eve at Arizona Broadway Theatre! 🎭
Dress to kill as your favorite Secret Agent, Bond Girl, or Bond Villain and prepare for an unforgettable night filled with sophistication, suspense, and celebration.
https://www.instagram.com/arizonabroadway/p/DC2vd5_SoUL/
Kirkland, Washington
A James Bond New Year's Eve Soirée
https://www.facebook.com/events/8544-122nd-ave-ne-kirkland-wa-united-states-washington-98033/a-james-bond-new-years-eve-soirée/480517815022772/
2034: With the end of the 70th year following author Ian Fleming's death, in theory his books and stories enter the public domain. (Though remedied by Danjaq LLC's registered trademarks for James Bond and 007.)
January 1st
1925: Zena Marshall is born--Nairobi, Kenya.
(She dies 10 July 2009 at age 84--London, England.)
Marshall with Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr No (1962)
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/UNITED ARTISTS
1937: Suzy Kendall is born--Belper, Derbyshire, England.
1941: Simón Andreu is born--Sa Pobla, Balearic Islands, Spain.
1961: Ian Fleming returns to his Goldeneye estate and begins writing the ninth Bond novel. In failing health, he uses a screenplay from a 1958 project as its basis.
1962: The Dr. No production hands out a draft shooting schedule to the crew.
1965: Agente 007 - Missione Goldfinger (Agent 007 - Goldfinger Mission) released in Italy.
Not to be confused with.
1968: Dr. No re-release in the UK.
Strange Tales Vol 1 #164
Captain America Vol 1 #401 (second appearance)
1972: Diamenty sa wieczne (Diamonds Are Eternal) released in Poland.
1977: Dr. No re-release in the UK.
1981: For Your Eyes Only films at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from today through February. Delivery of snow is needed for the street scenes.
1992: This month Marvel Comics publishes James Bond Jr #1 "The Beginning", sourced from the first episode of the cartoon series with Scumlord and Jaws.
Mario Capaldi, artist. T. Pederson; F. Moss and Cal Hamilton, writers (adaptation).
Colin Fawcett, ink. Mario Capaldi and Colin Fawcett, cover.
Gary Caldwell. artist. Don McGregor, writer. Christopher Moeller, cover.
https://www.comicsroyale.com/dark-horse/ahm32p61rdhoqun5o2e7zkzfkgx9t3
https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-23008-BD-James-Bond-007-The-Quasimodo-Gambit-Dark-Horse-1995.html
Claude St. Aubin, pencils. Rick Magyar, ink. Don McGregor, writer. Brian Stelfreeze, cover.
https://steemit.com/comics/@cryplectibles/adapted-into-comic-books-goldeneye-from-1996
1997: This month Playboy magazine publishes an abridged version of the Raymond Benson short story "Blast From the Past". The complete story is later included in The Union Trilogy anthology.
2000: 縱橫天下 (Zònghéng tiānxià; Across the World) released in Taiwan.
(Born 13 October 1923--London, England.)
2003: Πέθανε μια άλλη μέρα (He Died Another Day) released in Greece.
2025: The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry continues its 007 Science exhibition, schedule extended through April.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRCV781Q-kcKzFd3ZyG8b_abuhi8oIrglB3Nw&s
1937: Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby is born in Erdington, Birmingham, England.
1964: In the Daily Express, Fleming proposes to interviewer John Creusemann that "Bond is Scottish. On both sides."
1975: Roger Moore is photographed at London's Gerrick Club with wife Luisa and co-star Susanna York from their film Heaven Save Us From Our Friends.
1991: Untitled screenplay for a third Dalton mission dated this day. Credited to William Osborne, William Davies, Al Ruggerio, Michael G. Wilson. OO7 investigates a stolen British stealth fighter traveling to Vancouver, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, China, Libya.
2003: Die Another Day released in New Zealand.
2003: Dnes neumírej (Today Do Not Die) released in the Czech Republic.
2003: The New York Times publishes Seoul Journal's article "The Power of Film: A Bond That Unites Koreans".
(Born 2 April 1925--Carlisle, Cumberland, England.)
Credit HarperCollins, about 2004
The first Flashman novel.
2022: A lost Aston Martin DB5 is reportedly found at an undisclosed Middle East location.
2022: TV24 airs Mythbusters Series 5 Episode 27: James Bond Special, Part 1. Early morning.
1922: Dana Natol (later Dana Wilson Broccoli) is born--New York City, New York.
(She dies 29 February 2004 at age 82--Los Angeles, California.)
(He dies 8 March 2016 at age 90--Colesshill, Oxfordshire, England.)
George Martin with the Beatles at Abbey Road. Photograph: BBC/ Apple Corps Ltd/BBC
1962: In a letter to Geoffrey Boothroyd, Ian Fleming sends greetings. "I feel safe in wishing you a Prosperous New Year, and if the tax man becomes too difficult, I suggest you shoot him."
1971: The Palm Beach Post reports American John Gavin may be the next actor in the Bond role.
1972: 007 - Os Diamantes São Eternos released in Brazil.
1988: Joie Chitwood dies at age 75--Tampa, Florida.
(Born 14 April 1912--Denison, Texas.)
Joie Chitwood
Live and Let Die 1973, Charlie Dart Scene 1040p (2:39)
2003: "Two Koreas Blast New James Bond Film", so reports Associated Press and multiple news outlets.
2008: Quantum of Solace main unit filming kicks off at Pinewood (originally scheduled for 10 December 2007).
2016: The Independent reports that Christoph Waltz is signed for two more Bond films. As long as Craig returns.
Christoph Waltz makes his debut as Franz Oberhauser ( Spectre )
1900: Ornithologist James Bond is born--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(He dies 14 February 1989 at age 89--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)
http://jamesbondradio.com/talking-ornithology-and-espionage-with-the-real-james-bond-author-jim-wright/
1962: Michael France is born--St. Petersburg, Florida.
(He dies 12 April 2013 at age 51--St. Pete Beach, Florida.)
1973: Live and Let Die films OO7 meeting Solitaire at the Fillet of Soul.
1984: The Hollywood Reporter reports David Bowie was considered for the Max Zorin role that eventually went to Christopher Walken.
1990: John Cleese spoofs James Bond in a Schweppes soft drinks commercial.
(Born 26 May 1909--New York City, New York.)
1996: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd release the John Gardner novelization of Goldeneye.
1996: Zlaté oko (The Golden Eye) released in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
2000: The World Is Not enough released in the Philippines.
2004: Jeff Nuttall dies at age 70--Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.
(Born 8 July 1933--Clitheroe, Lancashire, England.)
2013: Activision and Steam remove online copies and pages for Quantum of Solace, Blood Stone, 007 Legends.
2021: Victoria Leigh Blum (Tanya Roberts) dies at age 65--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 15 October 1955-- The Bronx, New York City, New York.)
AP
2025: Emilio Echevarría dies at age 80--Mexico City, Mexico.
(Born in Mexico City, Mexico.)
Emilio Echevarría, the Mexican actor who played the hitman known as “El Chivo” (The Goat) in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s 2000 film Amores perros and also appeared in Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también (2001) and Iñárritu’s Babel (2006), died Saturday, January 4. He was 80.
1945: Roger Spottiswoode is born--Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
1970: 007 - A Serviço Secreto de Sua Majestade (007 - To Her Majesty's Secret Service) released in Brazil.
1984: Sir Richard Joseph Hughes CBE dies at age 77--Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
(Born 5 March 1906--Prahran, Melbourne, Australia.)
Richard Hughes worked directly to Ian Fleming, his boss at the Sunday Times.
Hughes and Fleming during a tour of Southern Japan in 1959. They became good friends, and Fleming drew on Hughes’ character, writing him into his last James Bond book, as Dikko Henderson, head of Australian security in Japan. (Pictured in Japan in 1962.)
Richard Hughes in Laos in 1959 when he had his curious meeting
with the Blind Bonze of Luang Prabang.
https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/richard-hughes
You Only Live twice (Dikko Henderson) | The Honourable Schoolboy (Old Craw)
2006: Player One publishes a mobile game based on Charlie Higson's Young Bond novel SilverFin.
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/SilverFin_(mobile_game)
2010: Reports say Sam Mendes is connected with BOND 23. (MGM at the time denies he's signed as director. EON later confirms he was hired as a consultant until MGM worked out its financial issues.)
2015: Spectre films at Lake Altaussee, Austria.
2022: China mines James Bond to mock privacy concerns in a short film.
2023: From Saratoga with Love - Celebrates 60 years of James Bond with car exhibit at the Saratoga Automotive Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York.
The "Bond in Motion" exhibit at the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs, NY features 25 vehicles used in the iconic and longest running franchise in movie history. The exhibit runs through November 2023. Zach Skowronek | Photos provided by Saratoga Automobile Museum
The "Bond in Motion" exhibit at the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs, NY features 25 vehicles used in the iconic and longest running franchise in movie history. The exhibit runs through November 2023. Zach Skowronek | Photos provided by Saratoga Automobile Museum
The "Bond in Motion" exhibit at the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs, NY features 25 vehicles used in the iconic and longest running franchise in movie history. The exhibit runs through November 2023. Zach Skowronek | Photos provided by Saratoga Automobile Museum
2025: National Bird Day in the US.
1955: Rowan Atkinson is born--Consett, County Durham, England.
1966: Operación Trueno (Operation Thunder) released in Colombia.
Not to be confused with
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3834/pg3834.html
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t4th8r737&view=1up&seq=88
1998: Sutra ne umire nikad (Tomorrow Is Not Dying Never) released in Serbia.
2012: Robert Wentworth John (Bob) Holness dies at age 83--Pinner, England.
(Born 12 November 1928-- Vryheid, South Africa.)
Bob Holness in the Blockbusters studio in 1987.
He always made a point of sympathising with contestants who lost.
Photograph: ITV/Rex
Architecture, Facade, City, Landmark, Dome, Palace, Column, Dome, Classical architecture, Byzantine architecture,
Andrew Hendry
Grass, Plain, Tree, Land lot, Grassland, Garden, Lawn, Park, Golf course, Finial,
Denis Jones / Evening Standard
Danjaq LLC/United Artists Corp.
2016: Dynamite Entertainment publishes James Bond #3 comic, continuing VARGR.
Jason Masters, artist. Warren Ellis, writer.
2022: Ultimate Classic Rock Radio reports that Variety reports on multiple endings considered by the filmmakers of No Time To Die.
1924: Albert Geoffrey Bayldon is born--Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
(He dies 10 May 2017 at age 93--Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.)
Geoffrey Bayldon in 2009
1964: Laurence Harvey states he's been asked by Kevin McClory to play Bond in a film version of Thunderball. And he'd like that a lot.
1974: Richard Maibaum finishes the first draft of the screenplay for The Man with the Golden Gun.
1981: 문 레이커 (Moon-ray-ee-kuh) released in South Korea.
January 1985.
1993: Fantail publish James Bond Jr. paperback Live and Let's Dance by John Peel, writing as John Vincent.
2000: Ο κόσμος δεν είναι αρκετός (James Bond, praktor 007 - O kosmos den einai arketos) released in Greece.
2012: Shooting resumes for Skyfall with the funeral scene following the explosion at MI6 Headquarters. On location at the Old Royal Navy College in Greenwich, Michael G. Wilson on hand for his cameo.
2015: Spectre cast members Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista pose on Gaislachkogl's peak, Sölden, Austria prior to filming there.
(Born 1 January 1972--Vietnam.)
2020: Reports say Hans Zimmer will compose the soundtrack to No Time To Die.
New Bond project ... Hans Zimmer. Photograph: Matt Alexander/PA
2020: Michael Apted dies at age 79--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 10 February 1941--Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, South East England.)
Michael Apted Photograph: Vince Bucci/Getty Images
Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner’s Daughter Photograph: Cinetext Bildarchiv/Allstar/UNIVERSAL
1920: Douglas Wilmer is born--Brentford, London, England.
(He dies 31 March 2016 at age 96--Ipswich, Suffolk, England.)
1937: Dame Shirley Bassey is born--Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales.
1962: Ian Fleming begins writing On Her Majesty's Secret Service at Goldeneye.
1966: Bond comic strip You Only Live Twice ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Began 17 May 1965. 275-475) John McLusky, artist. Henry Gammidge, writer.
312
330
374
381
382, 383, 384
390
422, 423, 424, 425
Swedish Semic Comic 1989 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1989.php3
(You Only Live Twice - Part 1) | (You Only Live Twice - Part 2)
Swedish Semic Comic 1976 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1976.php3
(You Only Live Twice - "Devil Garden")
Swedish Semic Comic 1967
(Devil's Garden - You Only Live Twice!)
Danish http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no12-1967/
"Djævelens urtegård ..."
The Devil's Garden"
Danish http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no39-1977/
"Djævelens urtegård ..." "The Devil's garden"
1971: 007 카지노 로얄 (Kah-gee-no low-yal; Casino Royale) released in the Republic of Korea.
1992: Anthony Dawson dies at age 75--Sussex, England.
(Born 18 October 1916--Edinburgh, Scotland.)
Dawson as Professor Dent in the James Bond film Dr. No
2006: Media report director Quentin Tarantino is furious with James Bond producers. Or at least unhappy.
1943: Scott Walker is born--Hamilton, Ohio.
(He dies 22 March 2019 at age 76--London, England.)
Scott Walker with the Scottish pop singer Lulu during an awards ceremony in the late 1960s. Evoking the blue-eyed soul of the Righteous Brothers, his group, the Walker Brothers, had several hits, two of which rose to No. 1 on the British charts.
Credit Ballard/Hulton Archive
Mr. Walker performing on television in an undated photo. After leaving the Walker Brothers in 1967, he began a solo career that became a rejection of his rock-star phase, eventually retreating into the studio to create avant-garde music that was hard to categorize.
Credit David Redfern/Redferns Scott Walker, "The Experience of Love", Soundtrack version
Scott Walker, "The Experience of Love", GoldenEye end titles
Scott Walker cover, "The Look of Love"
1965: Goldfinger general release in the US.
1972: The RMS Queen Elizabeth catches fire and sinks in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, ending plans to use it as "the Floating College".
1998: Jonathan B. Dinerstein in The Harvard Crimson proposes "When Bond Flicks Are Formulaic, Everyone Loses."
2000: The World Is Not Enough released in Egypt.
2003: Die Another Day released in the Netherlands.
2012: Producers announce Thomas Newman will score Skyfall.
2019: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond 007 #3.
Marc Laming, artist. Greg Pak, writer.
1908: Bernard Lee is born--Brentford, Middlesex, England.
(He dies 16 January 1981 at age 73--Hampstead, London, England.)
1966: Bond comic strip The Man with the Golden Gun begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Ends 9 September 1966. 1-209) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence writer.
They go on to adapt five more Fleming titles, plus Colonel Sun and 20 original Bond adventures.
Swedish Semic Comic 1987 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1987.php3
(The Man With The Golden Gun - Part 1) | (The Man With The Golden Gun - Part 2)
Swedish Semic Comic 1968 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1968.php3
(The Man With The Golden Gun)
Danish 1977 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no40-1977/
“The Man with the Golden Gun” (pt. 1) + “The Living Daylights” (1977)
"Hjernevasket" [Brainwashed] + "Spionen fra Øst" [The Spy from the East]
Danish 1976 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no35-1976/
"Manden med den gyldne pistol"
Danish 1968 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no15-1968/
Manden med den gyldne pistol
1977: ABC-TV premiere of The Man With the Golden Gun.
2003: 007 - Um Novo Dia Para Morrer (007 - A New Day to Die) released in Brazil.
2013: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces Skyfall's 5 Oscar nominations, includes Best Song.
2015: Spectre completes filming at the 3S Cable Car and ICE Q Restaurant at Sölden, Austria.
1966: Principle photography begins for Casino Royale.
1978: D'Artagnan Extracolor publishes the James Bond comic Convención en Bahía Sangrienta (Convention in Bloody Bay, or The Man With the Golden Gun) in Argentina. Yoroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
1990: The Hollywood Walk of Fame honors Albert R. Broccoli with a star.
2000: Chapter III Records releases a second soundtrack album for Tomorrow Never Dies.
2012: MGM and EON Productions announce the 9 November 2012 release date for BOND 23. Sam Mendes directing. John Logan assisting with the script.
2015: Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg dies at age 83--Rocca di Papa, Italy.
(Born 29 September 1931-- Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden.)
Anita Ekberg in Back from Eternity (1956) Photo: Allstar Picture Library
Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vita (Kobal Collection)
Anita Ekberg with her first husband Anthony Steel (REX)
Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain (Alamy)
Anita Ekberg in 2010 (AFP)
Culture officials fear damage to Quattro Fontane fountains
2017: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond Hammerhead #4.
Luca Casalanguida, artist. Andy Diggle, writer.
Aaron Campbell, artist. James Robinson, writer.
2021: Last day for Bollinger Champagne Brut Special Cuvée 007 Limited Edition offer.
1937: Shirley Eaton is born--Edgware, Middlesex, England.
1996: Επιχείρηση Χρυσά Μάτια (Epiheirisi Hrysa Matia, Enterprise Golden Eyes) released in Greece.
2002: BBC News reports "Pierce Brosnan agrees to a fifth 007 film".
Bond is to drive an Aston Martin
again in the new film
Sean Connery starred in
many classic Bond films
Halle Berry is tipped for an
Oscar for Monsters Ball
2011: Ian Fleming International Airport (formerly Boscobel Aerodrome) in Jamaica, a $300 million renovation, is officially re-opened by Prime Minister Bruce Golding plus Lucy Fleming, Fleming's niece. A 10 minute drive from Golden Eye (sic) Resort.
2022: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond - Himeros #4.
Giorgio Pontrelli, artist. Rodney Barnes, writer.
1925: Count Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees is born--Cairo, Egypt.
(He dies 23 June 2012 at age 87--Stornoway, Scotland.)
1944: Maud Russell writes in her diary about Ian Fleming.
1965: Variety reports Elsa Martinelli was considered for a role.
1972: 007: Los diamantes son eternos (007 - The Diamonds Are Eternal) released in Mexico.
1977: The Spy Who Loved Me sinks the Atlantis model near Goulding Cay, Nassau, the Bahamas.
2000: Jeden svet nestací (One World Is Not Enough) released in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Video marketing.
2012: Journalists post an image of Daniel Craig at the Four Seasons Hotel, Canary Wharf, (doubling for Shanghai) on the web--the first leak of Skyfall filming.
2020: Producers confirm Hans Zimmer is scoring No Time To Die, and the departure of Dan Romer over creative differences.
Hans Zimmer to score the latest Bond instalment No Time To Die. Picture: Getty / YouTube / Eon Productions
2021: Electric Dreams adds the Scalextric C4202 - James Bond Aston Martin DB5 ‘No Time To Die’ model slot car to their catalog.
1947: Stuart Baird is born--Uxbridge, Middlesex, England.
1956: Ian Fleming starts his novel From Russia With Love at Goldeneye.
1962: EON's crew arrives in Jamaica, to start filming 2 days later. Monty Norman and wife--actress-singer Diana Coupland--also arrive on island this date.
1964: The Los Angeles Times reports Guy Hamilton is hired to direct the next Bond film Dr. Goldfinger. [sic]
1965: Jonathan Cape publishes Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Volume 3.
1972: Diamonds Are Forever released in Ireland.
1974: ABC-TV network premiere of From Russia with Love.
1985: A View to a Kill completes principal photography with OO7 and May Day at the mine.
2000: 007 - Il mondo non basta released in Italy.
2000: Dünya Yetmez (World Not Enough) released in Turkey.
2020: The No Time To Die film production announces (American) brother-sister team Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell as creators of the title theme.
2022: Actor Toshiaki Karasawa donates his white Toyota 2000GT to the Toyota Automobile Museum.
Actor Toshiaki Karasawa poses for a photo with a Toyota 2000GT he donated to the Toyota Automobile Museum. (Provided by the museum)
1913: Aston Martin Ltd. is incorporated.
http://cdn.astonmartin.com/magazine/issue-21/archive/am20/feature-timeline.html
1931: Derek Meddings is born--Pancras, London, England.
(He dies 10 September 1995 at age 64--London, England.)
THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WIZARD – Derek Meddings and the Behind the Scenes Art of Explosions (5:07)
1964: Goldfinger films the aerial view of the Fountainbleu Hotel, Miami.
1968: The last original Man from U.N.C.L.E. episodes airs.
1976: Bond comic strip The Torch-Time Affair ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Started 15 October 1975. 2984-3060) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
Swedish Semic Comic 1977 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1977.php3
[And Simple, Aculpulco!]
Danish 1979 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no47-1979/
"En enkelt Acapulco" [One-way to Acapulco]
1998: El mañana nunca muere (The Tomorrow Never Die) released in Argentina.
2020: GQ associates James Bond with Dry January.
Halle Berry in Die Another Day ( Image: 20th Century Fox)
2021: The Daily Record reports on shenanigans at the Skyfall lodge.
Daniel Craig as James Bond in Glen Etive where his childhood home is located in Skyfall
(Image: 2012 Danjaq, LLC)
Piles of rubbish left behind by campers around Glen Etive
(Image: Mark Shone / SWNS.COM)
Empty booze bottles and cannisters were dumped (Image: Mark Shone / SWNS.COM)
2023: Aston Martin celebrates its 110th anniversary.
Two Aston Martin cars
Aston Martin described the cars as ‘iconic and innovative’ (Aston Martin/PA)
1946: Kabir Bedi is born--Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan).
1949: Caroline Munro is born--Windsor, Berkshire, England.
1962: Fifth draft of the screenplay complete, Dr. No filming begins on location in Jamaica. Exteriors of Crab Key and Kingston, in the vicinity of the Fleming Goldeneye estate (and he was a frequent visitor with guests). Scenes filmed at Oracabessa, the Palisadoes strip, plus Port Royal in St. Andrew.
1966: The Los Angeles Times reports director Terence Young saying he intends to divert from Bond films.
1970: In geheime dienst van Hare Majesteit (In Secret Service of Her Majesty. Flemish title) released in Belgium.
(Began 21 August 1970. 1394–1519) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
Danish http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no23-1972/
(Ends 17 January 1976. 3061-3178) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, artist.
[The Ray of Death]
Danish 1978 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no46-1978/
James Bond Agent 007 no. 46: “Hot-Shot” (1978)
1981: Bernard Lee dies at age 73--Hampstead, London, England.
(Born 10 January 1908--Brentford, Middlesex, England.)
1995: First day of GoldenEye filming at EON Studios with OO7 and Zukovsky.
1998: 007 - O Amanhã Nunca Morre (Tomorrow Never Dies) released in Brazil.
https://uml.lodz.pl/kalendarz/wydarzenie/letni-kinematograf-rozrywkowy-jutro-nie-umiera-nigdy-id3656/2017/08/1/
2003: Otro día para morir (Another Day to Die) released in Argentina.
2011: National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, New Forest in England, launches the Bond In Motion exhibition to celebrate 50 years of Bond films.
Lotus Esprit became a submarine in The Spy Who Loved Me
Aston Martin DB5, the most iconic of all Bond cars
Aston Martin DBS was rolled at Millbrook in Bedfordshire
Wallis WA Autogyro, A.K.A. "Little Nellie"
AMC Hornet which performed a barrel roll in The Man With The Golden Gun
Citroen 2CV from For Your Eyes Only
Ken Wallis and the WA-116 autogyro he flew in You Only Life Twice [sic]
Destroyed Aston Martin DBS from Casino Royale
The World is Not Enough's BMW Z8
Hovercraft as featured in Die Another Day
2015: Spectre completes the three-day build of a wooden structure to be filmed at Obertilliach, Austria.
Bob Q, artist. Jeff Parker, writer.
1962: The Gleaner reports that filming of Dr. No started the 16th at Palisadoes airport. Also noted are local casting, includes the beautiful 1961 Miss Jamaica: Marguerite LeWars.
1998: 007 네버 다이 (007 Nay-buh dah-ee) released in the Republic of Korea.
2003: Baska Gün Öl (Die Another Day) released in Turkey.
2011: Title and cover art for Jeffrey Deaver's Bond novel revealed at The InterContinental, Dubai.
Jeffery Deaver was accompanied by "Bond girl" model Chesca Miles at the launch
The author arrived at the launch event in a Bentley,
which is the car of choice for his 21st Century Bond
2014: Writer John Logan talks to IGN about Bond 24 and Bond 25.
2018: Dynamite's James Bond: The Body #1 goes on sale.
Luca Casalanguida, artist. Ales Kot, writer.
2024: Dynamite Entertainment marks ten years of publishing James Bond comics with James Bond - 007 Vol. 2 #1, and its part one of story "Your Cold, Cold Heart".
https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/06/exclusive-dynamite-preview-james-bond-007-1/
1936: Joseph Rudyard Kipling dies at age 70--Middlesex Hospital, London, England.
(Born 30 December 1865--Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India.)
Complete story linked here.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2569/2569-h/2569-h.htm#link2H_4_0009
1940: A memorandum notes Commander Ian Fleming considering misdirection involving U-boats.
1969: David Michael Bautista is born--Washington, District of Columbia.
1971: Bond comic strip Fear Face begins its comic strip run in the Daily Express.
(Ends 20 April 1971. 1520–1596) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://spyguysandgals.com/sgLookupComicStrip.aspx?id=1003
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Fear_Face
Swedish Semic Comic 1978 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1978.php3
("Magician + Steel Spy" - Fear Face & When The Wizard Awakes)
Swedish Semic Comic 1972 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1972.php3
(Steel Spy - Fear Face)
Danish 1973 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no25-1973/
"Stålspionen" [The Steel Spy]
1984: Mai dire mai (Never Say Never) released in Italy.
1997: Tomorrow Never Dies second unit filming begins, handled by Vic Armstrong, involves pre-titles action at the Peyresourde Airport, French Pyrenees.
(Born 29 September 1933--London, England.)
2015: June Randall dies at age 87--England.
(Born 26 June 1927--London, England.)
Halle Berry as Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson Credit: Film still
1922: Ken Graham Hughes is born--Liverpool, England.
(He dies 28 April 2001 at age 79--Los Angeles, California.)
Casino Royale, 1967
Sextette, 1978
1941: Putter Smith is born--Bell, California.
1960: Jack Whittingham reports to Ivar Bryce the progress he's making with Kevin McClory on a Thunderball screenplay.
1981: The For Your Eyes Only production crew at Meteora, Greece, feels of the wrath of monks who place laundry and other eyesores on their dwellings to disrupt filming. A show of displeasure, potentially over to small a stipend paid to them by the producers. Filming continues nonetheless.
1995: GoldenEye films Valentin.
2000: Radioactive/MCA releases the soundtrack for The World Is Not Enough by David Arnold in Japan. 68 minutes in length.
2015: To capitalize on Fleming and Bond material becoming public domain in Canada, Independent Toronto publisher ChiZine Publications announces Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond. An anthology of short stories, available only in Canada.
2018: Manchester University Press publish The Playboy and James Bond: 007, Ian Fleming, and Playboy Magazine by Claire Hines.