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1940: Gloria Paul is born--London, England.
1960: Ian Fleming's series of "Thrilling Cities" articles in The Sunday Times ends by covering Chicago and New York.
1962: Dr. No films OO7 in his flat.
1963: The Daily Express story "Wanted - A Girl for OO7" prompts 200 to try out for the role of Tatiana Romanova at Pinewood.
1965: Τζέημς Μποντ, πράκτωρ 007: Εναντίων Χρυσοδάκτυλου (James Bond, praktor 007 enantion Hrysodaktylou, or James Bond Agent 007 Ancient Chrysodactylos, or Goldfinger) released in Greece.
1973: James Bond comic strip The League of Vampires ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Started 25 October 1972. 2066–2172) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/tlov.php3
Swedish Semic Comic 1982 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1982.php3
https://www.popoptiq.com/the-league-of-vampires/
Danish 1975 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no32-1975/
1987: Stephanie Sigman is born--Obregon, Sonora, Mexico.
2003: La morte può attendere (Death Can Wait) released in Italy.
2010: Martin Benson dies at age 91-- Markyate, Hetfordshire, England.
(Born 10 August 1918--London, England.)
2020: Schiffer Publishing Ltd releases Real James Bond: A True Story of Identity Theft, Avian Intrigue and Ian Fleming by Jim Wright.
2004: Dana Broccoli dies at age 82--Los Angeles, California. (Born 29 March 1922--New York City, New York.)
2016: Spectre is the fastest-selling DVD/Blu-ray of 2016 to this point.
1910: David Niven is born--Belgravia, London, England.
(He dies 29 July 1983 at age 73--Château-d'Œx, Switzerland.)
On the set of The Sea Wolves.
1946: Lana Wood is born--Santa Monica, California.
1960: Ian Fleming receives notice by cable that Kevin McClory is arriving that night in Jamaica, there to discuss the film project.
1969: Javier Bardem is born--Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
1973: Bond comic strip Die with My Boots On begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Finishes 18 June 1973. 2173–2256) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/dwmbo.php3
Swedish Semic Comic 1982 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_covers/x1982_2.jpg.pagespeed.ic.SOnYIp3wvf.webp
Danish 1974 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-30-1974/
James Bond Agent 007 no. 30: “Die With My Boots On” (1974)
1992: Marvel Comics publishes James Bond Jr #3 "Earthcracker", representing episode 2 of the cartoon series.
John M. Burns, artist. Simon Jowett, writer.
John Watkiss, artist. Das Petrou, writer.
2003: Hodder & Stoughton releases the novelization for Die Another Day by Raymond Benson in hardcover.
Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/dad-benson-dk-2003/
2010: Bright Lights Film Journal publishes Robert von Dassanowsk's "Casino Royale at 33: The Postmodern Epic in Spite of Itself".
2017: Dynamite Entertainment publishes James Bond #1 Black Box Part One, combining influences from the films and Bond's inner psychology from the novels. Rapha Lobosco, artist. Benjamin Percy, writer.
1945: Trumpeter Derek Roy Watkins is born--Reading, England.
(He dies 22 March 2013 at age 68--Surrey, England.)
1964: The Daily Express serializes You Only Live Twice starting this date.
https://illustrated007.blogspot.com/2016/12/daily-express-artwork-for-you-only-live.html
1973: Live and Let Die films the final scenes for OO7.
1992: Animated series James Bond Jr. (his nephew!) airs its 65th and final episode "Thor's Thunder". Finally.
(First episode "The Beginning" aired 30 September 1991.)
(Born 16 April 1939--Hampstead, London, England.)
2003: Hodder & Stoughton publish the Die Another Day novelization in hardcover.
(Cancelled for budget and scheduling reasons.)
2011: The Daily Telegraph prints the Jeremy Duns piece "Casino Royale: discovering the lost script".
2012: BOND 23 prepares second unit filming of the pre-title action in Turkey.
2020: Britain's Royal Mint reveals a seven-kilogram gold coin celebrating the new James Bond film.
1949: Gloria Hendry is born--Winter Haven, Florida.
1963: Ian Fleming writes editor Michael Howard with a brilliant notion.
2005: Puffin publishes Charlie Higson's first novel in the Young Bond series--SilverFin--in the UK.
2016: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond #5 Vargr comic, in print and digital.
2020: Concerns arise for the coronavirus as related to the release of No Time To Die.
2008: Quantum of Solace films Camille going after General Medrano.
2015: A statement issued by MGM and the Broccolis declares a James Bond musical is not being pursued--contradicting Merry Saltzman, daughter of Harry.
2019: Announced date for Cary Joji Fukunaga to begin filming BOND 25 at Pinewood Studios. Subject to change.
2020: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond Volume 3 #4 with a Limited Virgin cover by Afua Richardson.
1962: Films the first scene with OO7 and the "Bond--James Bond” line.
1962: Simon Abkarian is born--Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France.
1966: BOAC Boeing 707 Flight 911 from Tokyo crashes into Mount Fuji 25 minutes after takeoff. No survivors.
1982: La espía que me amó (Catalan: L'espia que em va estimar, The Spy That Loved Me) re-released in Spain.
1990: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (later Spymaker: ...) starring Jason Connery airs on TNT.
2002: BOND 20 films Gustav Graves directing the fury of Icarus at OO7.
1984: Sir Richard Joseph Hughes CBE is born 5 March 1906--Prahran, Melbourne, Australia.
(He dies at age 77--Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.)
1920: Lewis Gilbert is born--London, England. (He dies 23 February 2018 at age 97--Monaco.)
1979: Moonraker films space station exteriors.
1988: During Operation Flavius, British SAS kill three members of the Irish Republican Army in Gibraltar.
1998: Tomorrow Never Dies released in Thailand.
1952: William Boyd CBE FRSL is born--Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana.
1970: Rachel Hannah Weisz is born--London, England.
1974: Tobias Menzies is born--London, England.
2000: Charles Gray dies at age 71--Brompton, London, England.
(Born 29 August 1920--Bournemouth, Dorset, England.)
2020: Gavin Robertson's "Bond - An Unauthorized Parody" ends its run at the Bakehouse Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia. 7:30 p.m. show time.
1947: Carole Bayer Sager is born--New York City, New York.
2003: ダイ・アナザー・デイ released in Japan.
2011: Daniel Craig appears in a charity video celebrating the centenary of International Women's Day.
(Born 3 January 1926--Holloway, London.)
1915: Ruth Kempf is born. (She dies 9 September 2012 at age 97--Opelousas, Lousiana.)
1964: Goldfinger films Sean Connery's first scene--the pre-credit sequence.
1999: Roger Moore receives appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
2015: Spectre announces Stephanie Sigman's casting.
2020: Billie Eilish and and brother Finneas kick off their Where Do We Go? World Arena Tour in Miami, Florida.
1921: Cec Linder is born--Timmins, Ontario, Canada. (He dies 10 April 1992 at age 71--Toronto, Canada.)
The Saint, "The Persistent Parasites" (Roger Moore, Jan Holden, Cec Linder)
1953: Paul Haggis is born--London, Ontario, Canada.
1995: GoldenEye films Onatopp’s death.
2016: Klaus Hugo (Ken) Adam dies at age 95--London, England. (Born 5 February 1921--Berlin, Germany.)
1925: Peter Roger Hunt is born--London, England.
(He dies 14 August 2002 at age 77--Santa Monica, California.)
1965: 鐵金剛大戰 金手指 (Tiě jīngāng dàz hàn jīn shǒuzhǐ, or Iron King versus Golden Finger) released in Hong Kong.
2002: BOND 20 films the love scene with Bond and Miranda at the Ice Palace.
1923: Vladek Sheybal is born--Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland. (He dies 16 October 1992 at age 69--London, England.)
2002: The producers announce the name of BOND 20 to be Die Another Day.
2012: Local residents of Hankley Common near Elstead in Surrey, England, report a huge (Scottish?) manor-type structure being built there.
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2015: National Assembly for Wales rejects a request to film BOND 24 scenes in Senedd Chamber, Cardiff Bay, Wales.
1960: Ian Fleming dines with US Senator John F. Kennedy, shares advice to oust Cuban President Fidel Castro.
1979: The Man With the Golden Gun re-released in the Philippines.
2015: Sir Roger Moore, Daniel Craig, Michael G. Wilson, Sam Mendes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris(!), Rory Kinnear appear in a skit for Comic Relief.
Producers on the new James Bond movie have had their efforts to
clean up the Italian city praised by locals, but Welsh National
Assembly denies 007 permission to shoot at Cardiff HQ
Ben Child | Fri 13 Mar 2015 05.35 EDT
Photograph: AGF s.r.l./REX[/center]
Ahead of James Bond’s arrival in Rome to shoot new instalment Spectre, some locals openly questioned whether the eternal city was in any state to receive the dapper British spy. But a month into the shoot, and despite misgivings over increased traffic from some Romans, director Sam Mendes’ team has won praise for helping to clean up rubbish-strewn, graffiti-plagued areas as part of the filming process, reports the Telegraph.
Producers are said to have worked with city council workers on the clean-up project, while their introduction of private security firms has helped rid the city of much-detested unlicensed parking attendants in the touristy Trastavere district near the River Tiber. Location fees have brought an estimated €1m into public coffers and news website Linkiesta last week summed up the positive reaction to the arrival of 007 production company Eon with the header “The mayor of Rome is Bond. James Bond”.
The picture is a far cry from the one painted last month by campaigners writing on the Basta Cartelloni blog, who suggested prior to Bond’s arrival that the state of the city was likely to shame Romans. They published photographs showing the 15th-century Ponte Sisto pedestrian bridge appearing dirty and adorned with graffiti and garbage, with the nearby Tiber Farnesina street (where a car chase was due to take place) appearing to be in a similar state.
Meanwhile, the makers of Spectre have received a less cheery welcome in Cardiff, where producers have been refused permission to shoot in the main building of the Welsh Assembly, known as the Senedd, reports the BBC.
A spokesperson for the Assembly said in a statement: “The Senedd’s Siambr [chamber] is the home of Welsh democracy and seat of government for Wales. Some media activity is allowed in the Siambr when it relates to the work of the assembly or reflects the Siambr’s status as the focal point of Welsh civic life. It is not a drama studio.
“Decisions on requests from the creative industries to use the assembly’s estate are made on a case by case basis, and we are proud to have collaborated with many television and film companies on drama productions such as Sherlock and Dr Who. The request by James Bond to use the Siambr was turned down and they were offered alternative locations on the estate which they subsequently declined.”
It is not known why Bond would have wanted to shoot in the chamber. Producers have been filming the 24th official 007 movie in London, Rome and the Austrian Alps over the past month. Daniel Craig returns for his fourth turn as Bond in Spectre, which also stars Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci. The film is expected to hit UK cinemas on 23 October and will debut in the US on 6 November.
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Ibrahim Moustafa cover
Christian Ward cover
1953: Ian and Anne Fleming depart Jamaica for London via Montego Bay, Nassau, then New York City. They leave behind Mr. and Mrs. Guy Charteris, plus Lucian Freud who establishes his moment of "Goldeneye folklore".
1962: Dr. No films Bond and Honey meeting Dr. No at his lair.
1995: GoldenEye films the first scenes featuring 006.
1998: トゥモロー・ネバー・ダイ (Tomorrow Never Die) released in Japan.
2020: BBC airs radio drama The Man with the Golden Gun with Toby Stephens' ninth time as OO7.
1924: Walter Gotell is born--Bonn, Germany. (He dies 5 May 1997 at age 73--London, England.)
1942: Molly Peters is born--Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk, England. (She dies 30 May 2017 at age 75.)
1944: Fleming associate Maud Russell writes about him in her diary entry.
1964: The Observer publishes Maurice Richardson's piece "Bondo-san and Tiger Tanaka".
1997: Tomorrow Never Dies films ahead of principal photography. Actors on hand include Gerard Butler.
2002: A BOND 20 press release from the producers announces: "We are thrilled that Madonna, who is recognized as the world's most exciting songwriter and performer, has agreed to compose and sing the song for the first James Bond movie of the new millennium."
2015: The BOND 24 film crew remains past this scheduled date to continue filming the car chase in Rome.
2017: A competition to design the 27th letter of the English language, inspired by Ian Fleming, starts this date and runs through 25 April.
2020: Kitzbühel Austria hosts its tenth James Bond Themed ‘Fireball’ event, ending today.
1959: Ludger Pistor is born--Recklinghausen, Germany.
1961: A Thunderball serialisation begins in The Daily Express. Raymond Hawkey, illustrator. Robert Hawkey later designs the 1963 Pan paperback edition of Ian Fleming's Thunderball, setting a photographic style.
2018: BBC News reports and speculates on BOND 25.
2020: Last day for special deals on Bond films via Microsoft. From £2.49.
1925: Gabriele Ferzetti is born--Rome, Lazio, Italy. (He dies 2 December 2015 at age 90--Rome, Lazio, Italy.)
(She dies 8 June 2018--London, England.)
1961: Life Magazine presents US President John F. Kennedy's list of his ten favorite books.
From Russia With Love places 9 out of 10.
1975: El hombre con el revolver de oro released in Uruguay.
2015: Spectre teaser poster takes inspiration from Live and Let Die.
2020: Royal Mail releases ten new stamps celebrating James Bond films each decade, including No Time To Die.
1952: Ian Fleming shows the finished Casino Royale manuscript to ex-girlfriend Clare Blanchard.
1963: On Her Majesty's Secret Service starts as a serial in the Daily Express. Robb, illustrator.
1965: Thunderball films OO7 beating Largo at the card table.
1963: Richard Maibaum completes the From Russia With Love screenplay.
1968: Colonel Sun by Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis) starts as a serial in the Daily Express. Robb, illustrator.
2012: Ian Fleming Publications confirms there will be no novelization of Skyfall.
2020: Nokia announces its new 5G device, to be featured in the now delayed No Time To Die.
Nokia aparece en No time to die
1935: Burt Metcalfe is born--Saskatchewan, Canada.
1936: Ursula Andress is born--Ostermundigen, Switzerland.
1958: Dr. No begins as a serial in the Daily Express, with an illustration by Robb. (Ends 1 April 1958.)
1962: Sports Illustrated prints Ian Fleming's article "The Guns of James Bond".
1918: James Duncan (Jim) Lawrence dies 19 March 1994 at age 75--Summit, New Jersey.
(Born 22 October 1918--Detroit, Michigan.)
https://www.markcarlson-ghost.com/index.php/2019/09/12/friday-foster/
2001: The BBC reports a High Court jury awards Monty Norman £30,000 libel damages for a Sunday Times article stating he didn't write the James Bond theme.
2015: BOND 24 films the helicopter sequence at Zócalo main city square, Mexico City, Mexico.
1942: Signed "F", Ian Fleming presents a paper to Admiral John Henry Godfrey recognizing successful efforts by Germans to send advance Commando forces that seized "documents, equipment, and ciphers" before they could be destroyed. He suggests a similar effort by the Allies. And later in civilian life collects important manuscripts for posterity.
1965: The Goldfinger soundtrack reaches #1 on the Billboard 200 charts, remaining at the top through 3 April. The LP was released in October 1964.
2002: BOND 20 films Jinx threatened by lasers.
2013: Danny Boyle declares to the press he won't direct the next Bond film based on concerns for creative control--and since he's already done a mini-Bond film for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
2018: Daniel Craig's 2014 Aston Martin Centenary Edition Vanquish, numbered 007, goes to auction for charity at Christie’s in New York.
1946: Timothy Peter Dalton is born--Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales. [Or maybe 1944.]
1963: The Sydney Morning Herald publishes an interview with Sean Connery.
1995: GoldeneEye films OO7 in peril by the thighs of Xenia.
2001: The Guardian (quoting The Sun) says Whitney Houston could be the next Bond Girl for Pierce Brosnan.
2014: The London Film Museum welcomes Bond In Motion.
Skyfall's Honda CRF250R
Quantum of Solace's Montesa Cota 4RT
2018: Dynamite Entertainment publishes James Bond: The Body #3 (Part Three: The Gut).
Rapha Lobosco, illustrator. Ales Kot, writer. Luca Casalanguida, cover illustrator.
1945: Ian Fleming returns to England from Jamaica and finds Ann Charteris in better health.
1959: Maurice Richardson reviews Ian Fleming's latest Bond novel Goldfinger.
1962: Dr. No films OO7 receiving a Geiger counter from London.
1963: Illustrator Robb's work for the Daily Express serialization of On Her Majesty's Secret Service reportedly using Roger Moore as a photo reference.
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1971: Will Yun Lee is born--Arlington, Virginia.
2013: Trumpeter Derek Roy Watkins dies--Surrey, England. (Born 2 March 1945--Reading, England.)
Scott Walker, "The Experience of Love", Soundtrack version
Scott Walker, "The Experience of Love", GoldenEye end titles
Scott Walker cover, "The Look of Love"
1911: Charles Joseph Russhon is born--New York City, New York.
(He dies 26 June 1982 at age 71--Manhattan, New York City, New York.)
1950: Corinne Cléry is born--Paris, France.
1954: US publisher Macmillan releases 4,000 copies of Casino Royale to poor sales.
1964: Peter Lorre dies at age 59--Los Angeles, California. (Born 26 June 1904--Ružomberok, Slovakia.)
2020: Guns from a collection connected to Ian Fleming and James Bond are stolen.
1952: Ian Lancaster Fleming and Anne Geraldine Charteris are married--Port Smith, Jamaica.
1961: In a court hearing, Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham pursue action to halt publication of Thunderball due to Ian Fleming's use of screenplay material they contributed to.
2008: Quantum of Solace films at the European Southern Observatory 'Residencia', Atacama Desert, Chile.
2013: The Jameson Empire awards honor Skyfall Director Sam Mendes for Best Director, Best Film, plus the Empire Inspiration award. (Danny Boyle is recognized for Outstanding Contribution.)
1956: Raymond Chandler reviews the fourth Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever in The Sunday Times.
1964: Reuters circulates a feature on the upcoming Bond film Goldfinger.
Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore) meets Sean Connery (James Bond) during a press conference
at Pinewood Studios for the third Bond film, Goldfinger - UK - 25 March 1964[/img]
2002: BOND 20 films Gustav Graves chasing Bond with the wrath of Icarus.
2008: An auction of typist Jean Frampton's letters and notes draws comparisons to the fictional Miss Moneypenny.
2012: BOND 23 filming at Surrey, England (as "Scotland"), comes to an explosive end.
March 26th
1956: Jonathan Cape publishes Ian's Fleming's fourth Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever.
Pat Marriott, cover design.
1959: Raymond Thornton Chandler dies at age 70--La Jolla, California.
(Born 23 July 1888--Chicago, Illinois.)
1962: Dr. No films OO7 and Honey with Dr. No in the reactor room.
1964: Jonathan Cape publishes Ian Fleming's eleventh Bond novel You Only Live Twice.
The last published in his life. Richard Chopping cover.
1973: Sir Noël Peirce Coward dies at age 73--Blue Harbour, Jamaica.
(Born 16 December 1899--Middlesex, England.)
Statue of Noel Coward on the grounds of Firefly, his former home, Jamaica
Arnie Weissmann, photographer
2015: BOND 24 films helicopter action in Mexico City, Mexico.
2020: Photographer Terry O'Neill's display Bond: Photographed would have run from today through 30 March. Cancelled due to the gale of the world.
1935: Julian Glover is born--London, England.
1944: Society hostess Maud Russell writes about young Ian Fleming in her diary.
1961: Jonathan Cape publishes Ian Fleming's eighth Bond novel Thunderball. Richard Chopping cover.
2002: Billy Wilder dies at age 95--Beverly Hills, California. (Born 22 June 1906--Sucha Beskidzka, Poland.)
2011: Judi Dench confirms her return as M and filming to start in November.
2015: Spectre teaser trailer is released.
2020: Original date for the Decca Records release of the No Time to Die score by Hans Zimmer.