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1917: Major Valentine Fleming is killed during World War I shelling on the Western Front at Gillemont Farm area, Picardy, France. Eulogized by close friend Winston Churchill. A fellow officer calls him "absolutely our best officer".
Major Valentine Fleming, Illustrated London News, 9 June 1917, p. 684., via wikimedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_Fleming
1927: David Hedison is born--Providence, Rhode Island.
(He dies 18 July 2019 at age 92--Los Angeles, California.)
Luella -The Saint: Season 2, Episode 19 (1964)
1936: Anthony Zerbe is born--Long Beach, California.
1941: Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming discusses Operation Goldeneye with other Allied intelligence organizations at Lisbon, Portugal.
1963: Richard Maibaum provides his 54 page Goldfinger screen treatment.
1977: Roger Moore and Barbara Bach promote The Spy Who Loved Me at the Cannes Film Festival.
1983: Bond comic strip Flittermouse ends its run in The Daily Express
(Began 9 February 1983. 553-624) John McLusky, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=870828
Swedish Semic Comic 1984
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1984.php3
https://www.comics.org/issue/73111/cover/4/
Swedish Semic 1993 https://www.comics.org/issue/74014/#496710
Operation Xanadu; Vampyrernas härskare
Norwegian 1984 https://www.comics.org/issue/369589/
1998: Wolf Mankowitz dies at age 73--County Cork, Ireland.
(Born 7 November 1924--Bethnal Green, London, England.)
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2018: Poster designer Bill Gold dies at age 97--Greenwich, Connecticut.
(Born 3 January 1921--New York City, New York.)
Courtesy of Bill Gold
Bill Gold, designer. Brian Bysouth, artist.
Concept art by Boris Vallejo, as commissioned by Bill Gold.
1940: Aodogán Ronan O'Rahilly is born--Dublin, Ireland.
(He dies 20 April 2020 at age 79-- County Louth, Ireland.)
Ronan O’Rahilly, third from left, with former Caroline DJs Tony Blackburn, Tom Lodge, Johnnie Walker, Mike Ahern and Mark Sloane, on a visit to the Radio Caroline ship
at Canary Wharf, London, in 1997.
Photograph: Glen Copus/Evening Standard/Rex/Shutterstock
1960: Comic strip From Russia with Love begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Finishes 1 February 1960. 488-583) John McLusky, artist. Henry Gammidge, writer.
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Swedish Semic Comic 1980 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1980.php3?s=comics&id=02192
- From Russia With Love)
Danish 1966 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-no-5-frwl-1966-eng/
1981: Jonathan Cape publishes John Gardner's first Bond novel Licence Renewed.
Trevor Scobie, cover artist.
1997: Tomorrow Never Dies films the shower scene with Bond and Wai Lin.
2009: Daniel Craig offers the opinion he'd like Moneypenny and Q to return.
2012: Activision releases a trailer for their 007 Legends.
1959: Chris Blackwell forms Island Records in Jamaica.
1970: 007 여왕폐하 대작전 (Yuh hwang-pae-ha-dae-jak-jun; 007 Her Majesty the Great Queen) released in the Republic of Korea.
1977: Bond comic strip When the Wizard Awakes ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Started 30 January 1977. 1-54) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
Swedish Semic Comic 1978
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1978.php3?s=comics&id=02165
("Magician + Steel Spy" - Fear Face & When The Wizard Awakes)
Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007dk-no49-1979/
1985: US premiere of A View to a Kill--Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California. Stuntman B.J. Worth descends by parachute to City Hall. San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein in attendance.
San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
B.J. Worth skydives to City Hall.
2015: BOND 24 films at Covent Garden, London, England.
2024: Dynamite Entertainment release James Bond 007 #5of "Your Cold, Cold Heart".
Rapha Lobosco, artist. Garth Ennis, writer.
1960: Comic strip Dr. No begins its run in The Daily Express. (Finishes 1 October 1960. 584-697)
John McLusky, artist. Peter O'Donnell, writer.
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https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?Piece=1507554&GSub=191645
Swedish Semic Comic 1973 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1973.php3?s=comics&id=01777
Danish 1964 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007dk-no-4-1964/
1963: From Russia With Love films Bond and Tatiana Romanova's train escape.
1983: Comic strip Polestar begins its run in The Daily Express. (Ends 15 July 1983, mid-way through the story. Complete versions eventually published in non-UK media. 625-719) John McLusky, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Polestar-by-James-Duncan-Lawrence-Yaroslav-Horak-John-McLusky-Ian-Fleming/9781845767174
Swedish Semic Comic https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1982.php3?s=comics&id=02218
(Project Polestar - The Paradise Plot [Part 2])
1988: Putnam releases the John Gardner Bond novel Scorpius in the United States.
https://www.thebookbond.com/2012/04/catching-scorpius-in-1988.html
2016: The Spy Who Loved Me re-released in Barcelona, Spain.
2017: Newsarama reports on the Dynamite Entertainment future release of James Bond - Moneypenny.
https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-roger-moore-snap-story.html
(Overall Arts Peace)
1931: Michael Lonsdale is born--Paris, France.
1939: Ian Fleming is introduced to Admiral John Godfrey.
1944: Patti Labelle is born--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1949: Roger Deakins is born--Torquay, Devon, England.
1965: Thunderball films OO7's mission brief by M.
1985: A View to a Kill gets general release in the United States.
1985: The San Francisco Chronicle prints Herb Caen's review of A View to a Kill.
2008: BBC's Radio 4 airs its first Bond radio drama: Dr. No starring Toby Stephens as OO7. David Suchet. Dramatized by Hugh Whitemore.
2015: Spectre films at Westminster Bridge, Big Ben, and Whitehall Road in London, England.
2016: Burt Kwouk OBE dies at age 85--Hampstead, London.
(Born 18 July 1930--Warrington, Cheshire, England.)
Burt Kwouk, right, was a regular co-star with Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther films,
including Return of the Pink Panther, 1975. Photograph: SNAP/Rex/Shutterstock
2017: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond - Service Special.
Antonio Fuso, artist. Kieron Gillen, writer.
2022: HarperCollins publish Anthony Horowitz's third Bond novel With a Mind to Kill.
2023: Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) dies at age 83--Küsnacht, Switzerland.
(Born 26 November 1939--Brownsville, Tennessee.)
1917: The Times publishes the Winston Churchill-penned obituary for his close friend--"Valentine Fleming. An Appreciation"--who died 20 May in military action in France.
1921: Harold Lane (Hal) David is born--Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
(He dies 1 September 2012 at age 91--West Hollywood, California.)
The songwriter worked with
Burt Bacharach on dozens of
classic songs, including
Oscar winner "Raindrops
Keep Fallin' on My Head,"
"(They Long to Be) Close to
You" and Dionne Warwick's
"I Say a Little Prayer."
1985: Title song "A View to a Kill" tops out at number two in the UK Singles Chart.
2011: A press release and publicity event involving the Royal Marines Display Team anticipate the Hodder & Stoughton release of Jeffery Deaver's Bond novel Carte Blanche the next day.
2018: Bond at Bletchley Park, once the central site for British codebreakers during World War II, hosts Illustrations and Inspirations which highlights a Fleming connection. Runs through October.
2 / 4 — Paul Wright, ‘James - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (2018), oil on linen.
Inspired by the novel by Ian Fleming.
3 / 4 — David Storey, ‘Bond Arriving at the Devil’s Own Stone Circle’ (2018),
oil on canvas. Inspired by a passage from ‘Trigger Mortis’ where Bond discovers
Pussy Galore being painted gold.
4 / 4 — Alan Fears, ‘From Breakfast with Love’ (2018). Inspired by the scene
in ‘Trigger Mortis’, by Anthony Horowitz, where Bond and Pussy Galore share
an awkward breakfast in Bond’s flat.
1909: Richard Maibaum is born--New York City, New York.
(He dies 4 January 1991 at age 81--Santa Monica, California.)
1925: Alec McCowen is born--Royal Tunbridge Wells, Wells, England.
(He dies at 6 February 2017 at age 91--London, England.)
Alec McCowen in The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1993.
Photo: Marilyn Kingwill Actor Alec McCowen, 91.
1944: Bisera Vukotić (Бисера Вукотић, later Olga Bisera) is born--Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
1965: Thunderball films Q issuing gadgets to OO7.
1968: Charles K Feldman dies at age 63--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 25 April 1905--New York City, New York.)
2011: Hodder & Stoughton publish Jeffery Deaver's Bond novel Carte Blanche.
http://www.jamesbondwatchphotos.com/category/literary-2/jeffery-deaver/carte-blanche-2011/
(Born 1962--New Zealand.)
2020: MANOFMANY showcases the Triumph Scrambler 1200 from No Time To Die.
Triumph Scrambler 1200 Bond Edition
The Aston Martin V12 Speedster can accelerate from 0 to 62mph in 3.5 seconds.
Photo: Aston Martin
2022: Anthony Horowitz talks to Matt Stadlen about his new Bond novel With a Mind to Kill. Available online.
2022: Christie’s in Hong Kong auctions Picasso’s 1969 musketeer painting, Buste d’homme dans un cadre, from the estate of Sir Sean Connery.
1922: Christopher Frank Carandini Lee is born--Belgravia, London, England.
(He dies 7 June 2015 at age 93--Chelsea, London.)
Christopher Lee, pictured in 1959, studied method acting at Rank’s ‘charm school’, but recognised theatre was not his strength and never went near the stage again.
Photograph: Everett/Rex Shutterstock
Christopher Lee in Horror of Dracula (1958). He later regretted taking on so many of the
vampire’s increasingly absurd adventures.
Photograph: Everett/Rex Shutterstock
Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973).
Photograph: Everett/Rex Shutterstock
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, with Christopher Lee as the wizard Saruman.
Photograph: Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images
1964: Από τη Ρωσία με αγάπη (From Russia With Love; also James Bond, praktor 007 se pagida, or James Bond 007 is paging) released in Greece.
1967: Comic strip Octopussy ends its run in The Daily Express. (Started 14 November 1966. 264-428)
Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/op.php3
Spanish 1989 https://en.todocoleccion.net/comics/james-bond-numero-04-octopussy~x116600976
Swedish Semic Comic 1986 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1986.php3?s=comics&id=02296
(Octopussy - Part 1) | (Octopussy - Part 2)
Danish 1977 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no42-1977/
1971: Diamonds Are Forever films OO7 and Tiffany Case's confronting Blofeld on an oil rig.
1974: Sébastien Foucan is born--Paris, France.
2008: A press party on the HMS Exeter anticipates the release of the Sebastian Faulks Bond novel Devil May Care. Includes delivery of copies on the Thames by speedboat and two Lynx helicopters.
2011: Janet McLuckie Brown dies at age 87--Hove, East Sussex, England.
(Born 14 December 1923--Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.)
"The Iron Lady!"
This Is Your Life
2020: Sources like Jaggy Bunnet, Scotland's Motor Rally magazine, give detail for the Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation cars.
2023: Shag's "Bambi & Thumper" Print Release Party at The Shag store in Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1908: Ian Lancaster Fleming is born--Mayfair, London, England.
(He dies 12 August 1964 at age 56--Canterbury, Kent, England.)
Arae et Foci
[Bleuchamp family motto, hearth and home]
1929: Shane Rimmer is born--Toronto, Canada.
(He dies dies 29 March 2019 at age 89--Barnet Hospital, Barnet, England.)
Shane Rimmer, who has died aged 89, pictured here during
a stint in ITV’s Coronation Street during the 1980s.
Photograph: ITV/REX/Shutterstock
Scott, Lady Penelope and Virgil in Thunderbirds
Photograph: ITV / Rex Features
Shane Rimmer with James Bond actor Roger Moore on the set of 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me.
Photograph: Danjaq/Eon/Ua/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
1941: Ian Fleming celebrates his 32nd birthday in New York City then travels by train with Sir Godfrey to Washington DC to discuss the need for a unified US secret service.
1944: Gladys Knight is born--Oglethorpe, Georgia.
1959: Ernest Cunio sends Ivar Bryce a memorandum detailing thoughts for a Bond movie plot discussed with Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory.
1976: A Daily Variety article gives detail to McClory’s lawsuit describing a late 1950s agreement with Fleming toward filming James Bond of the Secret Service and sequels. And the 1965 agreement with Broccoli, Saltzman, and Danjaq that Thunderball film and TV rights belong to McClory as of 1 January.
The Devil May Care - Sal James Bond Video
Dirk van Braeckel and Kate
Devil May Care Book
2015: Orion Publishing announces Anthony Horowitz's next Bond title Trigger Mortis to be available September.
‘The most famous Bond girl of all’ ... Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore in the 1964 film of Goldfinger.
Photograph: Allstar/United Artists
The cover for the new novel, due this September.
Photograph: PR
2021: Jonathan Cape announces a third Anthony Horowitz Bond novel to be published in the May 2022.
1920: Clifton James is born--Spokane, Washington.
(He dies 15 April 2017 at age 96--Gladstone, Oregon.)
2017: Clifton James dies at age 96--Gladstone, Oregon.
(Born 29 May 1920--Spokane, Washington.)
SUBMITTED PHOTO - In the photo circa 1980, Clifton James enjoys
the Clackamas River with his family near High Rocks in Gladstone.
SUBMITTED PHOTO - Clifton James as Sheriff JW Pepper plays opposite
Roger Moore as James Bond in 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun.
SUBMITTED PHOTO - Staff Sgt. Clifton James of Gladstone
served in the U.S. Army for 42 months during World War II.
Superman II : Zod Gang vs. Police Officer
1962: Soviet Party's official newspaper Izvestiya denounces the film Dr No. Three pages worth.
1963: Dr. No released in New York City, New York. (That's after the 8 May 1963 release in Denver, Colorado.)
1964: Goldfinger films at the Auric Stud stud farm.
1967: Comic strip The Hildebrand Rarity begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Finishes 16 December 1967. 429-602) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://spyguysandgals.com/sgLookupComicStrip.aspx?id=997
Hindi https://www.comicsroyale.com/foreign-reprints#/star-comics/
Swedish Semic Comic 1977 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1977.php3?s=comics&id=01952
[Ubåt Saknas, translates as Missing Submarine]
Swedish 1986 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1986.php3?s=comics&id=02296
(The Hildebrand Rarity - Part 1) | (The Hildebrand Rarity - Part 1)
Danish 1969 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no17-1969/
Titan, 2004
1989: A kém, aki szeretett engem released in Hungary.
2008: Penguin Books publishes Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories.
2018: Daniel Craig films a Heineken commercial in Cardona, Spain.
Spectre Live Debut photo by David Brendan Hall
Dispossessed, taken host
My hunger burns a bullet hole
A spectre of my mortal soul
These rumors and suspicion
Anger is a poison
The only truth that I could see
Is when you put your lips to me
Future's tricked by the past
Spectre, how he laughs
Fear puts a spell on us
Always second-guessing love
My hunger burns a bullet hole
A spectre of my mortal soul
The only truth that I can see
Spectre has come for me
Songwriters:
Philip James Selway / Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood / Edward John O'brien /
Thomas Edward Yorke / Colin Charles Greenwood
2021: Royal Albert Hall re-opens. Anticipating a 150th-anniversary event 19 July (delayed from 29 March) and with composer David Arnold performing.
1929: Michael Andreas Mellinger is born--Kochel, Bavaria, Germany.
(He dies 17 March 2004--London, England.)
1963: Bosley Crowther's review of Dr. No goes to print in The New York Times.
(The Screen: 'Dr. No,' Mystery Spoof; Film Is First Made of Ian Fleming Novels Sean Connery Stars as James Bond.)
2015: Julie Harris dies at age 94--London, England.
(Born 26 March 1921--London, England.)
Julie Harris’s costumes for The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
Harris during her years at the Rank studio
Help! (1965): costume design for Ahme
Credit: Julie Harris
Harris on location for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Harris designs for the schoolgirls in A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Credit: Julie Harris
Harris designs for Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy (1972)
Credit: Julie Harris
2017: Molly Peters dies at age 75--Taunton, Somerset, England.
(Born 15 March 1942--Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk, England.)
Daniel Craig as 007: ‘A lot of people who want to become Bond get weeded out very early,
as they are psychopath.’ Photograph: EON Productions/PA
Sian Cain | @siancain | Thu 30 May 2019 13.55 EDT
2021: Bruun Rasmussen auctions a bottle of fine Bollinger champagne. James Bond edition.
2024: National Mint Julep Day in the United States.
https://www.diffordsguide.com/on-this-day/may/30
1907: Robert Peter Fleming is born--Mayfair, London, England.
(He dies 18 August 1971 at age 64--Black Mount, Scotland.)
Peter Fleming OBE DL
1927: Joe Robinson is born--Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
(He dies 3 July 2017 at age 90--Brighton, East Sussex, England.)
Joe Robinson as Thor in Thor and the Amazon Women
James Bond Fights Peter Franks - Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - James Bond (2:51)
1956: Ian Fleming begins an exchange of letters with arms expert Geoffrey Boothroyd.
Boothroyd even did duty as Armorer for S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel universe.
1963: From Russia With Love films the meeting of Bond and Kerim Bey.
1991: Putnam publishes John Gardner's eleventh Bond novel The Man From Barbarossa in the US.
2015: Spectre films near Trafalgar Square, The Mall and Whitehall.
2018: Jonathan Cape publishes Anthony Horowitz’s second James Bond novel Forever and a Day.
2018: Michael Ford dies at age 89--Godstone, Surrey, England.
(Born 11 June 1928--England.)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge at the Baftas, 12 May 2019.
‘Bond needs to be true to his character’ … Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Photograph: James Veysey/Bafta/Rex/Shutterstock
2023: American Classic Toy re-issues the James Bond 007 Secret Agent Attaché Case.
This Month:
1962: Argosy magazine publishes the Fleming short story "Berlin Escape" (aka "The Living Daylights").
https://illustrated007.blogspot.com/2013/01/ian-fleming-bibliography.html
1942: Tom Mankiewicz is born--Los Angeles California.
(He dies 31 July 2010 at age 68--Los Angeles, California.)
Roger Moore with Jane Seymour as Solitaire in Live and Let Die (1973), Moore’s first appearance as 007, with screenwriting by Mankiewicz, below
Photograph: Allstar; Al Seib/Photoshot
Tom Mankiewicz
1963: 医者はいらない (Isha wa iranai, or We Don't Want Doctors!) released in Japan. (Title improved later.)
1973: Apple Records releases the "Live and Let Die" single performed by Paul McCartney and Wings .
(Began 16 January 1976. 3061-3178) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://jamesbondlexicon.tumblr.com/post/622448664957321216/007-timeline-hot-shot-original-comicstrip-in
Swedish Semic Comic 1977 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1977.php3?s=comics&id=01952
Danish 1978 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no46-1978/
"Dødsstrålen" [= The Death Ray]
1988: Hodder & Stoughton publish John Gardner's seventh Bond novel Scorpius. Earlier Putnam.
1994: Dark Horse Comics releases James Bond 007 Shattered Helix #1 (of 2).
Simon Jowett, writer. David Jackson, artist. David Lloyd, cover.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/sh1_review.php3
Issue #2
2001: Praeger releases The Politics of James Bond: From Fleming's Novels to the Big Screen, by Jeremy Black.
(UK release 5 January 2006 by Puffin.)
https://www.youngbond.com/blood-fever/
2015: On Twitter, Anthony Horowitz confirms Bond will drive a Bentley in his new novel.
2021: The National Wax Museum re-opens.
1944: Marvin Hamlisch is born--New York City, New York.
(He dies 6 August 2012 at age 68--Westwood, Los Angeles, California.)
Marvin Hamlisch
A rehearsal of “A Chorus Line,” with music by Marvin Hamlisch, from 1975.
Credit Martha Swope
Mr. Hamlisch with Barbra Streisand.
Credit Alex J. Berliner/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, via Associated Press
A scene from the final performance of the Broadway musical "A Chorus Line" in 1990.
Marvin Hamlisch won a Tony Award for his score to the show.
Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Marvin Hamlisch, right, at the piano with the lyricist Howard Ashman in 1986.
Credit Nancy Kaye/Associated Press
"Nobody Does It Better", Live Instrumental
"Bond 77"
1965: Thunderball films the death of Largo (Stage E, Pinewood Studios).
1967: "Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond" airs on NBC television in the US.
1976: Bond comic strip Nightbird begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Ends 4 November 1976. 3179-3312) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007dk-no49-1979/
1994: Agent Fred Spektor gives Pierce Brosnan notice with "Hello Mr. Bond, you've got the part."
1995: GoldenEye's final filming is a close-up of OO7 at the controls of the tank.
2006: Casino Royale films Bond and Mr. White ending the film at Lake Como, Italy.
2011: Skyfall's UK release date moves from late 2011 or early 2012 to 26 October 2012.
2020: Auto Freak says No Time To Die is bringing back another James Bond favourite.