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1923: John McClusky is born--Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland.
(He dies 5 September 2006 at age 83--Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.)
Above: John McLusky's representation of James Bond 007.
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mclusky_john.htm
UK Comics Wiki
https://ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/John_McLusky_(1923-2006)
1958: Ian Fleming comments on Jamaica.
1964: Goldfinger principal photography begins at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida. Director Hamilton plus Broccoli, Adam, and cinematographer Ted Moore. Only Cec Linder of the main cast is present in Miami. Connery is filming elsewhere in the US.
1980: ITV broadcast of Live and Let Die attracts 23.5 million viewers, a record for the UK.
1983: The New York Times airs producer Broccoli’s concerns for how Never Say Never Again could spoil the Bond character as “a troubled, middle-aged operative” and affect future box office of the franchise. He proposed his target audience (12-22) didn't want character development.
1984: Never Say Never Again released in Denmark.
2000: Vse in še svet (Everything and the World) released in Slovenia.
People inspect a James Bond's 1965 Aston Martin DB5 coupe on
auction at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, Arizona
January 20, 2006. [Reuters]
2020: Land Rover promotes the introduction of its Defender model in No Time To Die.
Daniel Craig is the UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards. - AFP
1922: Aristotle (Telly) Savalas is born--Garden City, Long Island, New York.
(He dies 22 January 1994 at age 72--Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City, California.)
"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend", Telly Savalas
"If", Telly Savalas.
Who Loves Ya, Baby 1976 - Greek Dance
1942: Fleming forms a unit of commandos, known as No. 30 Commando or 30 Assault Unit (30AU), composed of specialist intelligence troops.
1942: Michael Gregg Wilson is born--New York City, New York.
1976: Maiden flight of Air France's Concorde, by the first plane delivered in 1975. The route from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport through Dakar to Rio is the same route used by the arriving Concorde in Moonraker. The two weekly Air France flights from Paris to Rio continued through 1982.
1983: Octopussy filming finishes, for a June release.
1998: Jack Lord dies at age 77--Honolulu, Hawaii.
(Born 30 December 1920--New York City, New York.)
2013: 007:大破天幕杀机 (007: Dàpò tiānmù shājī, or 007: Skyscraper) released in China.
Skyfall is already the biggest grossing film internationally of all time
2019: Nick Finlayson dies at age 63. (Born 31 July 1955.)
1950: Pamela Salem is born--Mumbai, India.
1964: Variety reports Kevin McClory's statements his Bramwell Film Productions Ltd. based in the Bahamas scouted for actresses in Rome.
1977: Bond comic strip Ape of Diamonds finishes its run in The Daily Express.
(Started 5 November 1976. 3313 - 3437) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/aod.php3
Swedish Semic Comic https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1978.php3
("Fatal Command" - Ape Of Diamonds)
Danish 1979 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-no48-1979/
"Dødelig kommando" [=Deadly Command]
1994: Telly Savalas dies at age 72--Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City, California.
(Born 21 January 1922--Garden City, Long Island, New York.)
"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend", Telly Savalas
"If", Telly Savalas.
Who Loves Ya, Baby 1976 - Greek Dance
2000: The World Is Not Enough released in Kuwait.
2008: Bond fans notice the domain name of quantumofsolace.com as registered by Sony Pictures this date, leaking the title ahead of its 24 January press conference and official announcement.
2020: The Independent reports on why Daniel Craig came back for No Time To Die, and why he almost didn't.
1942: Wilhelm Hermann Björn Bogner Jr. is born--Munich, Germany.
1944: Maggie Wright is born--London, England.
1962: Tonight plus two more nights Monty Norman supervises the music for the Dr. No scene at Puss Feller's nightclub. Bond, Leiter, Quarrel, and that photographer in attendance.
1962: David Arnold is born--Luton, England.
1964: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover prepares a document regarding Harry Saltzman's request to use military aircraft (and intent to portray the FBI in a positive light) in the latest Bond film production.
Ian Fleming and Harry Saltzman
1973: Geoffrey Holder and 16 dancers begin rehearsing Baron Samedi’s Dance of Death.
1984: Ποτέ μην ξαναπείς ποτέ (James Bond, praktor 007: Pote min xanapeis pote; translated--Never Ever Again) released in Greece.
2005: Tanya Gold in her piece in The Guardian "The World Has Had Enough" proposes Bond is over.
2013: Film fans in mainland China complain of censor cuts to Skyfall.
Berenice Marlohe stars opposite Daniel Craig in the thriller Skyfall.
2015: OverMental reports the original pitch for a James Bond game became Splinter Cell.
2015: Canada considers their 50-year view on the copyrights to Ian Fleming material and writing new Bond novels.
A man takes photographs beside a display of James Bond books on display at the "For Your Eyes Only, Ian Fleming and James Bond" exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London, Wednesday April 16, 2008. MATT DUNHAM/AP
Tom Hanks
2023: The newly renovated Vesper Bar reopens at the Dorchester Hotel, London, England.
Vesper bar strawberry fizz forever
Vesper Martini
Exterior of The Dorchester hotel
1947: Ian Fleming enjoys a "bachelor sojourn" with Ivar Bryce and John Fox-Strangways at his recently completed Goldeneye estate, Jamaica.
(He dies 7 September 2003 at age 56--Los Angeles, California.)
1960: A series of articles by Ian Fleming on "Thrilling Cities" begins in The Sunday Times.
1971: 007 James Bond Kraliçenin Hizmetinde (007 James Bond at the Service of the Queen) released in Turkey.
1986: A View To a Kill released in New Zealand.
1988: Pierce Brosnan appears in a Bond-inspired Diet Coke® ad (his second).
1998: 007 明日帝國 (007 Míngrì dìguó; 007 Tomorrow Empire) released in Taiwan.
2003: Die Another Day released in Denmark.
2003: Не умирай днес (Do Not Die Today) released in Bulgaria.
2008: BOND 22's title goes public.
Daniel Craig helped launch the new film at Pinewood Studios
Olga Kurylenko and Gemma Arterton star alongside Craig
2012: Omega Seamaster offers a James Bond 50th Anniversary Watch.
A bridge too far? 007 will need more than a pistol to fix this mix-up
2021: Ana de Armas appears on the cover of UK Style magazine as The Bond Girl Everyone's Talking About.
1874: William Somerset Maugham, CH, is born--Paris, France.
(He dies 16 December 1965 at age 91--Nice, France.)
1950: John Terry is born--Florida.
1955: Noël Coward writes a diary entry about his friend Ian Fleming.
1963: James Bond 007 jagt Dr. No (James Bond 007 Chasing Dr. No) released in West Germany.
1981: Alicia Augello Cook (Keyes) is born--Hell's Kitchen, New York City, New York.
1995: GoldenEye films Natalya meeting Xenia Onatopp.
1998: Jean Rougerie dies 25 January 1998 at age 68--Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
(Born 9 March 1929--Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
2013: Skyfall's gross to date ($1.78 billion) exceeds that of Thunderball ($1.037 billion, inflation-adjusted).
2021: Daily Mail repeats unfounded claims by The Sun that No Time To Die will have to reshoot scenes related to product placement and being current.
Oh no! No Time To Die bosses will reportedly have to re-shoot scenes because James Bond's technology is now out-of-date due to delays with the film's release date amid the pandemic
Evolve: The updates will allegedly be made to the 007 franchise in hopes of saving product placement deals from sponsors who are concerned their high-tech items have changed
Automaton: No Time To Die reportedly features a number of sponsored products including gadgets from tech firms and mobile phones provided by Nokia
Expensive taste: Lucrative sponsorships are common practice in the film industry and other rumoured product deals are Omega watches, Adidas footwear and Bollinger champagne
NO TIME TO DIE top 10 product placement brands – JAMES BOND (1:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PtQvWG-rQmY
2023: Dynamite Entertainment releases 007 #6 in stores.
Marco Finnegan, artist. Phillip Kennedy Johnson, writer.
Cover A: Tommy Lee Edwards
Cover B: Rus Wooton
Cover C: Marc Laming
Cover D: Soo Lee
1904: Charles Fraser-Smith is born--Deal, Kent, England.
(He dies 9 November 1992--Bratton Fleming, Devon, England.)
1996: GoldenEye released in Denmark.
2015: International Artists Management announces Brigitte Millar to play a villainous character in BOND 24.
Ben Whishaw playing Q in Skyfall Credit: Rex Features
2019: Michel Legrand dies at age 86--Paris, France.
(Born 24 February 1932--Bécon les Bruyères, France.)
Michel Legrand in 1975. Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images
The famous Legrand Jazz album. Photograph: Sabine Weiss/Columbia Records
Michel Legrand playing at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in the mid-1970s.
Photograph: David Redfern/Redferns
2023: Early release for GoldenEye 007 Coming to Nintendo Switch Online Expansion, in support of global launch 27 January.
2025: Australia Day.
1963: James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (Also: Docteur No; James Bond 007 contre docteur No) released in France.
Boris Grinsson
1965: Alan Cumming is born--Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.
1966: Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is born--Okinawa, Japan.
1979: Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is born--Hammersmith, London, England.
2010: Martin Ryan Grace dies at age 67--Spain.
(Born 12 September 1942--Lisdowney, County Kilkenny, Ireland.)
http://clontubrid.ie/index.php/projects/local-hero/images-of-martins-career/
2023: GoldenEye 007 Comes to Nintendo Switch and Xbox.
Guards confront James Bond in a GoldenEye 007 screenshot
Rare also developed GoldenEye followup Perfect Dark for the N64 in 2000, before Microsoft acquired the company in 2002.
Characters battle in a four-player splitscreen match in GoldenEye 007
Prepare to revisit some '90s splitscreen multiplayer chaos.
Rare GoldenEye 007 – Xbox Game Pass Date Reveal Trailer (0:52)
2023: Ciné-Club Online Discussion: The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) on Zoom.
1965: Dedos de oro (Fingers of Gold) released in Argentina.
1973: The New York Times reports on jumping boats in Live and Let Die.
2000: Lumea nu e suficientă released in Romania.
2008: Quantum of Solace films the interrogation of Mr. White.
2012: BOND 23 films at Smithfield Market, OO7 travels to MI6's "new digs".
(Born 20 November 1930--Bisshops Stortford, Herfordshire, England.)
Bernard Horsfall in The Merry Widow, a 1981 episode of the ITV show, Crown Court.
Photograph: ITV/Rex Features
2016: Last night for the Aston Martin window display at Harrods, London.
1931: Leslie Bricusse is born--Pinner, Harrow, Greater London, England.
(He dies 19 October 2021 at age 90.)
1962: Ursula Andress arrives in Jamaica, stays at the Courtleigh Manor Hotel, Kingston.
1966: The Calgary Herald prints Pearl Sheffy's piece "The Man who got the Bond Going" regarding Harry Saltzman.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BP5kAAAAIBAJ&pg=2849,7473734&dq=harry+saltzman+cuthbert&hl=en
1983: Varley Thomas dies at age 81--Ewell, Surrey, England.
(Born 29 November 1901--Wandsworth, Surrey, England.)
1995: BOND 17 films in Puerto Rico.
1998: Nintendo publishes James Bond 007 single-player game developed by Saffire in Europe.
2007: 皇家赌场 (Royal Casino) released in Beijing, China.
2014: British miniseries Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond starring Dominic Cooper premieres in the US.
1960: Bond comic strip Diamonds Are Forever ends its run in the Daily Express.
(Started 10 August 1959. 340-487) John McLusky, artist. Henry Gammidge, writer.
Swedish Semic Comic 1972 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1972.php3
(Diamond Fever - Diamonds Are Forever)
Danish 1967 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no9-1967/
1971: Reports say American John Gavin is cast as Bond to appear in Diamonds Are Forever.
(Ends 22 May 1977. 1-54) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
http://spyguysandgals.com/sgLookupComicStrip.aspx?id=1020
Swedish Semic Comic 1978 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1978.php3
("Magician + Steel Spy" -
Fear Face & When The Wizard Awakes)
Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007dk-no49-1979/
“Nightbird/When the Wizard Awakes” (1979)
1992: Puffin Books publishes James Bond Jr novelization A View to a Thrill by John Vincent (aka John Peel).
(Born 22 November 1923--Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.)
Guy Doleman in The Prisoner (1967)
2003: 新鐵金剛之不日殺機 (Xīn tiě jīngāng zhī bù rì shājī, New Iron King Kong's Imminent Murder) released in Hong Kong, China.
2011: Press reports suggest Javier Bardem is in BOND 23.
2011: John Barry Prendergast dies at age 77--Oyster Bay, New York.
(Born 3 November 1933--York, North Yorkshire, England.)
John Barry in the recording studio, 1965. Photograph: Dezo Hoffmann / Rex Features
1942: Daniela Bianchi is born--Rome, Lazio, Italy.
1960: The Sunday Times of London prints Ian Fleming's "The Thrilling Cities: Hong Kong."
1963: Dr. No released in the Netherlands.
1964: A 007, dalla Russia con amore (At 007, From Russia With Love) released in Italy.
1970: Minnie Driver is born--Middlesex Hospital, London, England.
1972: Richard Burton in his diary records his feelings on Sean Connery and Diamonds Are Forever.
2003: Die Another Day released in Norway. Filming used several Norway locations, doubling for Iceland and the car chase across the ice.
https://spyvibe.blogspot.com/2014/08/jane-bond-records.html
2019: The London ceremony for the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) presents producer Barbara Broccoli a Casting Society of America (CSA) UK Artios Award for lifetime achievement.
1960: Bond comic strip From Russia with Love begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Ends 21 May 1960. 488-583) John McLusky, artist. Henry Gammidge, writer.
Swedish Semic Comic 1980 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1980.php3
("Agent 007 See Red" - From Russia With Love)
Swedish Semic Comic 1987 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1987.php3
("Agent 007 See Red" - From Russia With Love)
Danish 1966 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-no-5-frwl-1966-eng/
1974: Crazy Magazine features James Bond.
https://museumofuncutfunk.com/2012/03/28/live-and-let-sky-crazy-magazine-2-circa-1974/
1992: This month Marvel Comics releases James Bond Jr #2 "The Eiffel Missile".
Episode 9 of the cartoon features Dr. Derange.
James Bond Jr Issue 2 The Eiffel Missile
http://readallcomics.com/james-bond-jr-002/
https://www.bedetheque.com/BD-James-Bond-Jr-1992-Tome-2-The-Eiffel-Missile-365316.html
1993: This month Dark Horse Comics releases James Bond 007: Serpent's Tooth #3.
Paul Gulacy, artist. Doug Moench, writer.
Gary Caldwell, artist. Don McGregor, write.
2002: Die Another Day films 007 escaping the military medical facility.
2005: Actor Pierce Brosnan posts a letter on his Web site confirming an end to his involvement with Bond, detailing his future projects, and thanking fans for their support through the uncertainty of the previous year.
2011: Rob Hastings in the Independent rolls up the tributes to John Barry.
Getty Images
2012: First official photo of BOND 23 shows scruffy beard growth on OO7 in Shanghai (actually Pinewood Studios).
1930: Raymond John "Ray" Hawkey is born--Plymouth, Devon, England.
(He dies 22 August 2010--Kensington, London, England.)
1973: Live and Let Die films Baron Samedi rising from the dead.
1981: Bond comic strip Doomcrack begins its run in The Sunday Express. (Ends 19 August 1981. 1-174)
Harry North (known for Mad Magazine film parodies), artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
Tamil https://tamilcomicsulagam.blogspot.com/2010/01/
(Started 7 June 1982. 379-552) John McLusky, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
Semic Comic 1983 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1983.php3
1984: Insan gibi yasa (Human-Like Law) released in Turkey. Television title: Asla asla deme (Never Say Never).
1995: Donald Pleasence dies at age 75--Saint-Paul de-Vence, Alps-Maritimes, France.
(Born 5 October 1919--Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.)
Pleasence in London, 1973.
Portrait by Allan Warren
Donald Pleasence in the trailer for
the film Eye of the Devil (1966).
2020: No Time To Die airs a 30-second trailer #2 during Super Bowl LIV.
2025: Groundhog Day in the US. And maybe worldwide at this point. All over again.
1926: Robert Edward McGinnis is born--Cincinnati, Ohio.
1964: Daily Variety reports that actors considered for roles in Goldfinger included Theodore Bikel and Diane Cilento, Connery's wife at the time.
My Fair Lady (1964)
1970: Godfrey Argent photographs Sean Thomas Connery.
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw86017
2005: EON announces Martin Campbell will direct BOND 21, with the title Casino Royale.
2012: BOND 23 filming has Daniel Craig running the streets of London, Tower Hill, on the way to M's hearing.
2016: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond #4 Vargr.
Jason Masters, artist. Warren Ellis, writer.
2020: The Perth Mint announce James Bond coins.
1962: The Sunday Times colour supplement publishes Ian Fleming's short story "The Living Daylights".
The Sunday Times Colour Section magazine - Jean Shrimpton cover (4 February 1962)
http://james-bond-literary.wikia.com/wiki/The_Living_Daylights
1983: Live and Let Die re-released in the Philippines.
1989: 007 리빙 데이라이트 (lee-bing day-ee-lah-ee-teu; 007 Living Daylight) released in the Republic of Korea.
2012: Skyfall delays filming at Vauxhall Bridge due to snow.
2015: Spectre films airplane action at Kartitsch, Austria.
2021: Ralph Fiennes says he wants to continue in the M role.
M (Ralph Fiennes) and James Bond (Daniel Craig) in 'No Time to Die'.
(Credit: Eon/Instagram)
Lashana Lynch and Daniel Craig in a still from No Time To Die. (Eon/Universal)
1920: Rose Alba is born--Cairo, Egypt.
(She dies January 2006 at age 85--London, England.)
(He dies 10 March 2016 at age 95--London, England.)
Mr. Adam’s production design work included the war room in the Stanley Kubrick film “Dr. Strangelove.”
Credit Hawk Films
Ken Adam, left, on the set of “Diamonds Are Forever,” with the actor Sean Connery.
Credit United Artists, via Photofest
Mr. Adam worked on seven films in the James Bond series, the last of which was Moonraker in 1979. Credit Eon Productions
Mr. Adam won an Oscar in 1976 for his work on the film “Barry Lyndon.” Credit Hawk Films
1958: The conversation between Bond and the Governor related in the story "Quantum of Solace" takes place. Bond had been on a mission since 29 January. As confirmed by the John Griswold book, Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies for Ian Fleming's Bond Stories.
1964: Variety reports wrestling champion Togo (Harold Sakata) cast as Oddjob.
1964: Mary Wickham Bond (with husband James ) visits Ian Fleming at Goldeneye.
You Only Live Twice inscription.
Re-release 1973.
2000: 007 ワールド・イズ・ノット・イナフ (Wārudo Izu notto inafu, 007 World Is Not Enough) released in Japan.
2015: Spectre filming at Pinewood Studios pauses due to Daniel Craig's sprained knee during a fight scene.
2020: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond Volume 3 #3.
Eric Gapstur, artist. Vita Ayala & Danny Lore, writers.
Jason Masters, artist. Warren Ellis, writer.
2021: In Parade James Brolin comments on preparing to be 007 in Octopussy.
(Gilles Toucas)
James Brolin Screen Test Fight For Octopussy
James Brolin Screen Test For James Bond
1922: Patrick Macnee is born--Paddington, London, England.
(He dies 25 June 2015 at age 93--Rancho Mirage, California.)
1944: Maud Russell writes in her diary about Ian Fleming.
1952: Succeeding George VI, Elizabeth II begins her reign as Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.
1969: The Australian Women's Weekly reports on George Lazenby returning to see family in Australia.
007 IN ACTION (right). George Lazenby and Catherine von
Schnell [sic] filming "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" in London.
GEORGE LAZENBY, the new James Bond, with his family outside his parents' home at Queanbeyan, N.S.W. From left, George,
his sister, Barbara Varga, parents Mr. and Mrs. George Lazenby, brother-in-law Louis Varga, nephew and niece Louis and Georgina.
2002: Die Another Day films OO7 fighting Zao at the Alvarez Clinic.
2008: Mythbusters airs its James Bond Special Part 2 (Season 6, Episode 4).
Disclaimer: to recreate the QOS explosion from the PTS, reality dictates firing a bullet/tracer at its weakest point, meaning the top cap or gauge if installed. Then the released pressure of the compressed gas (propane, very flammable) engulfs the likely faulty wiring and ignites to generate the explosion they eventually created using explosives to rupture the cylinder wall. RTB
2012: Skyfall reaches #7 on the list of top film box office grosses.
2015: Three days of filming begins at "Bond chapel" (Bacher Kapelle zur Schwarzen Madonna/Bacher Chapel of the Black Madonna) in Austria.
(Born 26 May 1925--Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.)
Alec McCowen in The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1993.
Photo: Marilyn Kingwill Actor Alec McCowen, 91.
2023: Media report Elon Musk makes a confession about the Tesla Cybertruck.
Nic Coury/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images
1952: Anne Rothermore finalizes her divorce and plans a March wedding with Ian Fleming.
1962: The Dr. No film crew arrives at St. Ann's Bay, Ocho Rios, north coast of Jamaica.
1964: From Russia With Love released in Ireland.
1970: John Barry's On Her Majesty's Secret Service soundtrack charts in the US, eventually reaching #103.
1985: Matt Munro dies at age 54--Ealing, London, England.
(Born 1 December 1930--London, England.)
From Russia With Love
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Born Free
2008: BOND 22 films at (the former) Howard Air Force Base, Panama City, substituting for Haiti and Bolivia.
2018: Dynamite Entertainment releases M.
PJ Holden & Dearbhla Kelly, artists. Declan Shalvey, writer.
[img][https://www.dynamite.com/previews/C72513026476301011/JamesBondMOneShotInt4.jpg/img][/img]
(Born 9 May 1936--Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire, England.)
Albert Finney with Diane Cilento in the film Tom Jones, 1963, directed by Tony Richardson.
Photograph: Allstar/Woodfall Film
Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1970 film based on Dickens’s novel.
Photograph: Waterbury/Cinema Center/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
Albert Finney as the detective Hercule Poirot in the film Murder on the Orient Express (1974), directed by Sidney Lumet. Photograph: Allstar/Studiocanal/EMI
2023: The James Bond 007 Museum screens documentary The Other Fellow at Nybro, Sweden.
1962: Dr. No films Honey Ryder emerging from the sea at Laughing Waters, Jamaica. Botticelli's Venus.
2002: Media reports say Madonna will sing the title theme of BOND 20, which does not yet have a title.
2008: Quantum of Solace films OO7 refusing to stay at the Bolivian Hotel.
2015: Spectre films at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
2017: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond Felix Leiter #2.
Aaron Campbell, artist. James Robinson, writer.
2018: Anthony Horowitz announces the title of his second James Bond novel as Forever and a Day. To be published 31 May 2018, it will include original Fleming material.
2023: Burt Bacharach dies at age 94--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 12 May 1928--Kansas City, Missouri.)
A young Burt Bacharach, wearing a striped sports jacket and a tie and smiling broadly.
Burt Bacharach in 1965. His effervescent compositions defined sophisticated hedonism for a generation of young people amid the tumult of the 1960s. Credit...Val Wilmer/Redferns, via
Mr. Bacharach with Hal David, his most frequent collaborator, and Dionne Warwick, the pair’s definitive interpreter. Together they turned out a steady stream of pop hits. Credit...Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images
Accepting the Academy Award for the score of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” in 1970. Mr. Bacharach also won the Oscar for best song that year, for the film’s “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head.”Credit...Associated Press
Promises, Promises” team, from left: the actor Jerry Orbach, who won the Tony for his role; the actress Jill O’Hara; the director Robert Moore; the playwright Neil Simon, who adapted the musical from Billy Wilder’s 1960 film “The Apartment”; the producer David Merrick; and the actor Edward Winter. Credit...Bob Wands/Associated Press
Mr. Bacharach married the actress Angie Dickinson in 1965; they divorced in 1981. At the time of their marriage, he was not just a composer but a debonair, glamorous star in his own right. Credit...Associated Press
Mr. Bacharach spent the 1950s accompanying famous performers, including the German actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, pictured with him in 1960. Credit...Werner Kreusch/Associated Press
Mr. Bacharach accompanied the singer-songwriter Elvis Costello at Radio City Music Hall in New York in 1998. Credit...James Estrin/The New York Times
Mr. Bacharach in 2007. “Most composers sit in a room by themselves and nobody knows what they look like,” he wrote in his autobiography. “I get to make a direct connection with people.” Credit...Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
1962: The Sunday Times publishes Ian Fleming's story "The Living Daylights", causing a conflict with The Daily Express.
1978: D'Artagnan Extracolor publishes #396 Otra vez Scaramanga (Scaramanga Again), using the strips from artist Yaroslav Horak and writer Jim Lawrence.
1983: Bond comic strip Flittermouse begins its run in The Daily Express. (Ends 20 May 1983. 553-624)
John McLusky, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
Swedish Semic Comic 1984 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1984.php3
[The Ruler of Vampires]
https://www.comics.org/issue/73111/cover/4/
Norwegian 1984 https://www.comics.org/issue/369589/
[Rulers of Vampires]
Swedish Semic 1993 https://www.comics.org/issue/74014/#496710
[Ruler of Vampires]
1995: BOND 17 films interiors for the Janus Satellite Control Center.
Title Music
Full Play
2006: Casino Royale films the pre-title sequence and Bond's first two kills.
2012: Skyfall films OO7 and M escaping to the Scottish highlands in the Aston Martin DB5.
2020: No Time To Die 30 second TV trailer airs during the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony.
1941: Michael David Apted is born--Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England.
(He dies 7 January 2021 at age 79--Los Angeles, California.)
Michael Apted Photograph: Vince Bucci/Getty Images
Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner’s Daughter Photograph: Cinetext Bildarchiv/Allstar/UNIVERSAL
1962: Bond comic strip Thunderball in The Daily Express (started 11 December 1961; 1066-1128 ) suddenly ends midstream, due to a dispute over Fleming's arrangement to premiere his short story "The Living Daylights" in the competition--The Sunday Times. Later resolved, and comics resume in 1964's Daily Express with On Her Majesty's Secret Service. John McLusky, illustrator. Henry Gammidge, writer.
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https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/tb.php3
Danish 1966 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-6-eng/
James Bond Agent 007 no. 6: “Thunderball” (1966)
1988: Kevin McClory in Variety announces an animated series James Bond vs. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. as a Dutch production.
1995: GoldenEye starts filming its Q scenes.
2013: BAFTAs awarded to BOND 23 for Best British Film, Best Original Music. Nominations included Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Roger Deakins.
2015: Daniel Craig returns to Spectre filming after a knee injury.
2022: The wedding ring of Teresa di Vicenzo goes to auction at Sotheby's.
In 'On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,' James Bond (George Lazenby) cuts the cake with the Countess (Diana Rigg) who wears the 'All the Time in the World' wedding band. Photo via
The ‘All the Time in the World’ wedding band designed by Charles de Temple for Diana Rigg to wear after she marries James Bond in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.’ Photo Sotheby’s
In ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ starring James Bond (George Lazenby) slides the Charles de Temple wedding band the finger of his bride Tracy Draco (Diana Rigg).
At the 1964 premiere of Goldfinger Bond girl Honor Blackman wore a gold accessory by Charles de Temple that covered her pinky finger. Photo Getty
2023: Peter Harrington Rare Books seeks 450K for the ultimate Bond collection.
James Bond sale Peter Harrington Rare Books
Items from the collection include a first draft of the 1962 film ‘Dr. No’.
1961: Carey Lowell is born--Huntington, New York.
1962: Sheryl Suzanne Crow is born--Kennett, Missouri.
1966: Thunderball general release in Ireland.
1987: The Prince and Princess of Wales visit the Pinewood set of The Living Daylights.
2015: EON releases the first official photo of BOND 24.
2020: No Time To Die reveals more character posters.
Fan Art Assembly
Halle Berry in Die Another Day James Bond 007
1936: Joe Don Baker is born--Groesbeck, Texas.
1942: Maud Solveig Christina Wikström (Maud Adams) is born--Luleå, Norrbottens län, Sweden.
1967: Altinparmak (Goldfinger) released in Turkey.
1987: The Living Daylights production films the scene in Gibraltar wherein OO7 witnesses the death of OO4.
1997: BOND 18 make-up and lighting tests for Jonathan Pryce.
2005: Composer John Barry receives the BAFTA Fellowship award at The Orange British Academy Film Awards, Odeon Leicester Square, London.
2013: Skyfall released on DVD and Bluray in the US.
Fleming The Man Who Would Be Bond | DVD Preview (2:33)
Fleming Favourite Scene Ian and Ann (2:41)
2015: A fire at Pierce Brosnan's five-mansion estate in Malibu destroys his Aston Martin Vanquish.
2020: Bonhams auctions a pair of silver napkin rings.
1916: Joseph Fürst is born--Vienna, Austria.
(He dies 29 November 2005 at age 89--Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUv2arY95lc
1965: The Michigan Daily reviews the latest Bond film Goldfinger.
1970: On Her Majesty's Secret Service released in Ireland.
1987: It's a wrap for the filming of The Living Daylights.
1995: BOND 17 filming of the Monaco-Monte Carlo scenes take place in England.
2002: Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson receive a special award from the London Film Critics' Circle recognizing the 40th anniversary of the James Bond films.
2017: Special effects company for BOND 25 readies a Bell UH-1D helicopter for transport from Germany to UK.
Bob Q, artist. Jeff Parker, writer.
2020: BOND 25 planned release date in Germany and Portugal.
(Later shifted to April 2020. Then April 2021. Latest October 2021.)
UK 31 March 2020 (London) (premiere)
Germany 2 April 2020
Spain 2 April 2020
UK 2 April 2020
Greece 2 April 2020
Netherlands 2 April 2020
Saudi Arabia 2 April 2020
Finland 3 April 2020
Ireland 3 April 2020
India 3 April 2020
Norway 3 April 2020
Poland 3 April 2020
Sweden 3 April 2020
Turkey 3 April 2020
1927: Lois Maxwell is born--Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
(She dies 29 September 2007--Fremantle, Australia.)
Lois Hooker in the Life Magazine photo, upper left. Norma Jean, front and center.
1952: In part in reaction to his recent marriage, Ian Fleming begins writing Casino Royale at Goldeneye.
1956: Ian Fleming writes to publisher Michael Howard.
1964: James Bond 007 - Liebesgrüße aus Moskau (James Bond 007 - Greetings from Moscow) released in West Germany.
1973: Live and Let Die films the last scene with OO7 and Solitaire on the train.
1975: Lourdes Faberes is born--Manila, Philippines.
1989: James Bond dies at age 89--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Born 4 January 1900--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)
James Bond, in 1974. Photo taken at the ANSP
by Jerry Freilich. (Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
Cover of the first edition of “Birds of the West Indies”,
featuring the Jamaican tody (Todus todus).
Map of the Caribbean Islands, showing
the West Indies avifaunal region, encompassed by
Bond’s Line. (Source: Bond, 1993.)
Male (top) and female (bottom) of the
Red-Billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus). (Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
The Jamaican Tody, Todus todus.
(Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
The Jamaican poorwill, Siphonorhis americana.
(Source: Rothschild, 1907.)
The Jamaican blackbird, Nesopsar nigerrimus.
(Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
The sad flycatcher, Myiarchus barbirostris.
(Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
The Jamaican crow, Corvus jamaicensis.
(Source: Internet Bird Collection, IBC155934.
Courtesy of Ken Simonite.)
2015: Louis Jourdan dies at age 93--Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California.
(Born 19 June 1921--Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.)
Louis Jourdan and Leslie Caron in Gigi, 1958. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
2020: BOND 25 planned release date in the UK, US, and Turkey. (Later shifted to April 2020. And November 2020. And April 2021. And October 2021.)
2025: Valentine's Day in many places.
His Funny Valentine (3:26)
My Bloody Valentine - We Have All The Time In The World (3:17)