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1939: Recognizing the German invasion of Poland and a refusal to withdraw, Britain and France declare war.
1943: Valerie Perrine is born--Galveston, Texas.
1963: Serena Gordon is born--London, England.
1984: A View to a Kill films at the Ascot Race Course--Ascot, Berkshire, England.
2002: The Telegraph announces Revlon's limited edition 007 Colour Collection, a Die Another Day tie-in.
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_76164-Bentley-41-4-Litre-B129JY-1937.html
2006: Wiley publishes The Science of James Bond: From Bullets to Bowler Hats to Boat Jumps, the Real Technology Behind 007's Fabulous Films by Loish H, Grish and Robert Weinberg.
2015: A new poster for Spectre showcases classic Bond elements and The Day of the Dead.
Skyfall Lodge Interior 3 Scenetherapy.com
Skyfall Lodge Exerior Scenetherapy.com
Skyfall Lodge Entrance Hall
Skyfall Lodge Interior 4 Scenetherapy.com Judi Dench, M, Film set
2020: A new trailer for No Time To Die introduces action from the film.
2022: James Bond Movie Trivia Game! 25 Questions Live! Online event.
2022: Last night for Bonking James Bond at Aukland, New Zealand.
1932: Edward James de Souza is born--Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
1966: The Los Angeles Times reports on You Only Live Twice filming in Tokyo and Kobe, Japan.
1977: The Spy Who Loved Me starts its South London theater booking.
1983: Random House publishes an updated version of Steven Jay Rubin's The James Bond Films - A Behind the Scenes History. Includes the latest films Octopussy and Never Say Never Again.
1993: Hervé Villechaize dies at age 50--North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
(Born 23 April 1943--Paris, France.)
Villechaize in 1977
2008: Puffin Books publishes Charlie Higson's Young Bond novel By Royal Command.
2011: India Railways Minister puts some controls on BOND 23 filming.
A crowded passenger train in Patna, capital of the state of Bihar. A terse message from the Congress Party and indications that the Trinamool Congress could be dropped from India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has jolted the maverick West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Image Credit: Reuters
Taryn Simon. Image courtesy Gagosian Gallery
Taryn Simon, Shark Brain Control Device, 1983. From the series Birds of the West Indies, 2013.
Framed archival inkjet print and text. 15 11⁄16 x 10 7⁄16 inches, (39.8 x 26.5 cm).
Image courtesy Gagosian Gallery
Taryn Simon, 1969 Mercury Cougar XR7, 1969. From the series Birds of the West Indies, 2013.
Framed archival inkjet print and text. 15 11⁄16 x 10 7⁄16 inches, (39.8 x 26.5 cm).
Image courtesy Gagosian Gallery
Taryn Simon, Bibi Dahl (Lynn-Holly Johnson), 1981. From the series Birds of the West Indies, 2013.
Framed archival inkjet print and text. 15 11⁄16 x 10 7⁄16 inches, (39.8 x 26.5 cm).
Image courtesy Gagosian Gallery
2018: Smithsonian Snapshot features Bond, James Bond - Ornithologist. A mouthful.
Smithsonian Libraries’ copy of the first edition, Birds of the West Indies.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
2019: Shanghai China enjoys Secret Cinema Casino Royale.
Secret Cinema
2022: Taryn Simon - Birds of the West Indies at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York.
Continues through 23 October.
1939: George Lazenby is born--Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
1966: Mercedes-Benz issues a press release detailing delivery of a white 230 SL to 'Oddjob'.
https://dyler.com/cars/mercedes-benz/230-sl-for-sale/1966/25922/mercedes-benz-230-sl-rhd-cabriolet-roadster-1966-white-for-sale
1979: 007 Contra o Foguete da Morte (OO7: Against the Rocket of Death) released in Brazil.
1984: A View to a Kill films OO7's underwater survival with the Rolls Royce.
(Born 25 February 1913--Oberplanitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany.)
1993: Claude Renoir dies at age 79--Troyes, Aube, France.
(Born 4 December 1913--Paris, France.)
2006: John McLusky dies at age 83--Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.
(Born 20 January 1923--Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland.)
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mclusky_john.htm
UK Comics Wiki
https://ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/John_McLusky_(1923-2006)
2012: Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style finishes its run at the Barbican Centre, London.
Following cities: Dubai, Paris, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Moscow, Rotterdam, Shanghai, Toronto.
Daniel Craig in the forthcoming Spectre. Photograph: Susie Allnutt/Allstar
the MI6 building in Vauxhall Cross, London.
The Quiet American (1958). Photograph: Allstar
The Ipcress File (1965). Photograph: Allstar
2018: Dynamite Comics releases James Bond Origin #1.
Bob Q, artist. Jeff Parker, writer.
https://syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-jeff-parker-on-007s-formative-years-in-dynamites-james-bond-origin
2020: James Bond on Twitter wishes George Lazenby a happy birthday.
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1955: Raymond Benson is born--Midland, Texas.
1971: Diamonds Are Forever last day of filming.
1972: Ian Fleming Publications Ltd is incorporated with an office in London, Greater London.
1976: Naomie Melanie Harris is born--London, England.
1978: Date of the first draft for the "Warhead" script, based on the "James Bond of the Secret Service" screenplay by Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham. Later auctioned by Christie's of London in 2008.
1982: Roger Moore and Maud Adams photographed at Peterborough, England, in promotion of Octopussy.
1994: Putnam and Sons publish the John Gardner Bond novel SeaFire in the US.
2007: Puffin publishes Charlie Higson's Young Bond novel Hurricane Gold.
2019: Caroline International/Loma Vista Recordings releases Iggy Pop's album Free (single: “James Bond”).
2020 : James Bond on Twitter proposes old ways are best... to wish a Happy Birthday to Naomie Harris.
1932: Ian Fleming mildly demands and gets a (clandestine) salary increase from Sir Roderick and Reuters.
1951: Chrissie Hynde is born--Akron, Ohio.
1961: Richard Maibaum and Wolf Mankowitz submit their Dr. No screenplay first draft.
1978 Ebal Comic http://www.bialto.pt/item/235081/ebal---serie-007-james-bond-2--o-satanico-dr-no.html
1989: Licence to Kill released in Australia.
1994: Terence Young dies at age 79--Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
(Born: 20 June 1915-- Shanghai, China.)
2003: Warren Zevon dies at age 56--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 24 January 1947--Chicago, Illinois.)
2012: Press release announces the future Skyfall world premiere (23 October) at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
2021: Documentary Being James Bond with a focus on Daniel Craig comes available first on Apple TV.
1925: Peter Sellers is born--Portsmouth, England.
(He dies 24 July 1980--Middlesex Hospital, London, England.)
1961: Date of the original screen treatment for Dr No wherein a Cuban-financed imposter with a caper targeted the Panama Canal. Plus he had a monkey.
1967: Casino Royale released in Australia.
1983: Octopussy released in Spain.
2006: Full trailer to Casino Royale released.
2015: Sam Smith announces he's written and will sing the title song for Spectre.
2015: Harper publishes Anthony Horowitz's Bond novel Trigger Mortis. Audio book voiced by David Oyelowo.
2020: Heineken Vietnam launches a limited edition James Bond packaging anticipating No Time To Die's 13 November 2020 release. [No rescheduled date for 2021 available at this stime.]
"Open the can to win 007 prizes".
https://thelittlecar.co/db5junior/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DB5-and-DB5-Junior-Driving-3.mp4
2022: Sotheby's Auction Item 24 (an On Her Majesty's Secret Service uncorrected proof copy) closes.
2022: Queen Elizabeth II dies at age 96--Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
(Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor born 21 April 1926--Bruton Street, London, England.)
Reigned as Queen of the United Kingdom 6 February 1952 to 8 September 2022 (70 years and 214 days).
1924: Ian Fleming shoots his first stag at Black Mount, Argyllshire, Scotland.
1935: Topol is born--Tel Aviv, Palestine.
1935: Nadim Joakim Sawalha is born--Madaba, Jordan.
1943: Maud Russell writes about Ian Fleming in her diary.
1951: Steven Jay Ruben is born--Chicago, Illinois.
1959: Éric Serra is born--Paris, France.
1961: Neal Purvis is born--United Kingdom.
1961: James Bond comic strip From A View A Kill ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Began 26 June 1961. 922-987) John McLusky, artist. Henry Gammidge, writer.
Swedish Semic Comic
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1976.php3?s=comics&id=01835
("Fatal Commission" - From A View To A Kill)
Danish 1968 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no43-1978/
"Dødelig opgave" [= Deadly Assignment]
Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no13-1968/
Dødelig mission [Deadly Mission]
(Began 10 January 1966. 1-209) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
Swedish Semic Comic
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1975.php3?s=comics&id=01820
(The Man With The Golden Gun)
Danish 1977 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no40-1977/
+ “The Living Daylights” (1977)
"Hjernevasket" [Brainwashed] + "Spionen fra Øst"
Danish 1976 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no35-1976/
"Manden med den gyldne pistol"
Danish 1968 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no15-1968/
"Manden med den gyldne pistol"
1979: Moonraker released in Spain.
1988: Licence to Kill films Sanchez terminating Krest in the decompression chamber.
2011: Public announcements reveal the Turkish Culture Minister grants permission to film in Istanbul.
2012: Ruth Kempf dies at age 97--Opelousas, Louisiana.
(Born 9 March 1915.)
2019: No Time To Die cast photographed in Italy.
2020: Variety reports on Halle Berry and a Jinx spinoff.
2020: Safin promotes mask keyrings and magnets.
1984: A View to a Kill films James and Stacey uncovering Zorin’s scheme.
1995: Derek Meddings dies at age 64--London, England.
(Born 15 January 1931--Pancras, London, England.)
2013: Bond's Lotus Esprit Turbo sells at London auction for £550,000 ($860,000, or 650,000 euros).
(Born 13 September 1939--Detroit, Michigan.)
Actor Richard Kiel - who played
steel-toothed villain Jaws in two
James Bond films - has died in
California aged 74.
Kiel got his first acting break in the 1950s
Sir Roger said he was "distraught" at co-star Kiel's death, a week after they reunited for a radio show
Kiel, pictured with fellow Bond villains Christopher Lee, Rick Yune and Toby Stephens, was 7ft 2in tall
2022: The West Australian Symphony Orchestra perform The Music of James Bond with George Lazenby Live on Stage at Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Australia.
2022: The Chiswick Book Festival hosts chemist and author Kathryn Harkup speaking to her books Licence to Kill: The Science of 007 and Licence, Death and Tech in the World of 007.
2022: The World's Largest Corn Maze honors James Bond films about 65 miles outside Chicago in Spring Grove, Illinois.
Courtesy of Richardson Adventure Farm
1955: The Sunday Times publishes Ian Fleming's "The Great Riot of Istanbul" about the Istanbul pogroms. His description: "hatred ran through the streets like lava."
1961: Bond comic strip For Your Eyes Only begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Ends 9 December 196. 988-1065) John McLusky, artist. Henry Gammidge, writer.
https://literary007.com/2015/05/02/unused-literary-bond-scenes-that-should-be-filmed-part-002/
Swedish Semic 1986
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1986.php3?s=comics&id=02296
(For Your Eyes Only)
Danish 1966 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-8-1966/
"Fra dødelig synsvinkel"
Danish 1974 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no29-1974/
"Fra en dræbende synsvinkel"
Danish 1967 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/yolt-dk-adsheets-1967/
1978: Moonraker films OO7 arriving at Drax’s chateau at Chateau De Vaux-Le-Vicomte.
1985: Dangereusement votre (Dangerously Yours) released in France.
1989: Hungary lifts border restrictions with Austria, allowing East Germans passage to the West.
1993: Timothy Dalton comments in TV Guide magazine that he'll be in the next Bond film.
2001: In the United States, nineteen terrorists use four hijacked airliners to attack the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and almost the White House itself. Among over 3000 dead from 90 countries are an estimated 400 first responders at the Twin Towers who rushed to help survivors of the initial strikes.
2008: Coca-Cola Zero's latest ad uses music from Jack White and Bond-style images.
2019: Dynamite Entertainment releases Ian Fleming's Live and Let Die in the hardcover graphic novel format.
Kewber Baal, artist. Van Jensen, Ian Fleming, writers. Fay Dalton, cover.
2022: The World’s Largest Corn Maze celebrates the 60th Anniversary of James Bond at Richardson Adventure Farm, Spring Grove, Illinois.
1914: Desmond Llewelyn is born--Newport, Wales.
(He dies 19 December 1999 at age 85--Firle, East Sussex, England.)
1930: Mary Barbara Jefford OBE dies 12 September 2020 at age 90--London, England.
(Born 26 July 1930--Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, England.)
Barbara Jefford in 2000 at Gainsborough Studios, London, where she appeared in the Almeida’s productions of Richard II and Coriolanus. Photograph: Graham Turner/The Guardian
Barbara Jefford as Desdemona with Basil Hoskins as Lodovico in a production of Othello at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1954. Photograph: ANL/Rex/Shutterstock
Barbara Jefford and Peter O’Toole rehearsing a scene for Ride a Cock Horse at the Piccadilly theatre, 1965. Photograph: PA Archive/PA Images
Barbara Jefford, right, as Mrs Higgins, with Tim Pigott-Smith (Henry Higgins) and Michelle Dockery (Eliza Doolittle) in a 2008 Old Vic production of Pygmalion, directed by Peter Hall. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
1940: Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming's memo to Naval Intelligence Director Rear Admiral John Henry Godfrey inspires Operation Ruthless, a pursuit of the Enigma codebooks used by Nazi Germany and its navy.
(He dies 27 January 2010 at age 67--Spain.)
1957: Hans Florian Zimmer is born--Frankfurt, West Germany.
1965: The Los Angeles Times reports contenders for Bond girl roles included Elsa Martinelli and Raquel Welch.
Raquel Welch
(Ends 12 November 1966. 210-263) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://bond-and-beyond.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_12.html
http://bdzoom.com/94191/patrimoine/james-bond-operation-comics-premiere-partie/attachment/bond_james_cs15_s1/
Danish 1968 https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no14-1968/
“The Living Daylights” (1968)
"Spionen fra øst"
1975: ABC-TV premieres Diamonds Are Forever.
1982: Octopussy location filming begins at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
1983: Octopussy released in Barcelona, Spain.
1985: Επιχείρηση Κινούμενος στόχος (Business Moving Target) released in Greece.
2012: Star Cars episode 007 features the James Bond Tomorrow Never Dies BMW 750IL.
2017: The Scottish Sun shares Deborah Moore's insight on her father.
Roger Moore's final diary entries left daughter Deborah in floods of tears when she read them
Credit: Rex Features
In May Sir Roger lost a short battle with cancer at the age of 89
Credit: Getty - Contributor
Deborah told how her father maintained his trademark sense of humour right up to the end
Credit: Rex Features
Sir Roger starred in seven Bond films after taking over from Sean Connery in 1973
Credit: Getty
Roger was surrounded by his family including wife Kiki when he died in his Swiss home
Credit: AFP
Shortly before his death Roger had finished writing a book about ageing
called À Bientôt – French for see you soon
Credit: AFP
Nice. But needs one of these.
2021: Aston Martin with special James Bond livery races at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza.
1916: Roald Dahl is born--Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.
(He dies 23 November 1990 at age 74--Oxford, England.)
Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal (recovering from a stroke, hence the eye patch) in 1965,
with their children Theo, baby Ophelia and Tessa, at their home in Great Missenden.
Dahl's second wife, Felicity, beneath his portrait.
1939: Richard Dawson Kiel is born--Detroit, Michigan.
(He dies 10 September 2014 at age 74--Fresno, California.)
Actor Richard Kiel - who played
steel-toothed villain Jaws in two
James Bond films - has died in
California aged 74.
Kiel got his first acting break in the 1950s
Sir Roger said he was "distraught" at co-star Kiel's death, a week after they reunited for a radio show
Kiel, pictured with fellow Bond villains Christopher Lee, Rick Yune and Toby Stephens, was 7ft 2in tall
1944: Jacqueline Bisset is born--Weybridge, Surrey, England.
1983: Victory Games begins releasing its James Bond 007 role-playing games.
2005: IGN reports speculation of Pierce Brosnan's return in Casino Royale.
2006: Two days of demolition begin at the 007 Soundstage on the way to repair damage from the 31 July fire.
2008: Two minutes of the song "Another Way to Die" air on the Spanish radio show Siglo.
2021: The Drive reports over 30 cars on display with Bond in Motion at the Petersen Automotive Museum, California.
The Petersen Automotive Museum
2024: Roald Dahl Day and Roald Dahl Story Day.
https://www.biblio.com/book/manuscript-first-draft-screenplay-you-only/d/1495982741
2024: Friday.
1967: You Only Live Twice released in The Netherlands.
1967: James Bond 007 - Man lebt nur zweimal released in West Germany.
https://en.todocoleccion.net/cinema-pressbooks/illustrierter-film-kurier-man-lebt-nur-zweimal-guia-cine-original-alemania-james-bond~x154695934#sobre_el_lote
1981: Sólo para sus ojos (Only For Your Eyes) released in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain.
(Catalan title: Només per als teus ulls/Only For Your Eyes.)
https://www.filmonpaper.com/posters/a-view-to-a-kill-one-sheet-usa/
2012: Heineken announces product promotions related to Skyfall.
Nobody Does It Better - Ren Harvieu & BBC Philharmonic (Bond And Beyond, 2012)
2018: Paste magazine reports the Daily Mail reporting on veteran Bond writers brought back to work on BOND 25.
2022: Reports say GoldenEye 007 is coming to Nintendo Switch with Online Multiplayer, Xbox Game Pass Gets Remaster.
GoldenEye 007 Is Coming to Nintendo Switch With Online Multiplayer, Xbox Game Pass Gets Remaster
1957: The Sunday Times publishes "The Diamond Smugglers: The Million Carat Network", starting a series of articles collected in The Diamond Smugglers.
1967: Elät vain kahdesti released in Finland.
1976: The Spy Who Loved Me films underwater in Nassau.
1977: Caterina Murino is born--Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
1980: For Your Eyes Only principal photography starts in Corfu--Villa Sylva, Kanoni, above Corfu Town (doubling for a Spanish villa).
1983: Octopussy released in Gent, Belgium.
And Peru.
2008: Reports say Jack White didn't approve that Coke commercial.
2017: Albert Moses dies at age 69--London, England.
(Born 19 December 1937--Kandy, Sri Lanka.)
2022: CarBuzz reports on a charity auction of Bond cars starting today through 5 October.
1922: Guy Hamilton is born--Paris, France.
(He dies 20 April 2016 at age 93--Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.)
From left, the director Guy Hamilton, Sean Connery and Honor Blackman on the set of
“Goldfinger.” Credit United Artists, via Photofest
Guy Hamilton at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2005.
Credit Jean-Francois Guyot/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
1962: Robert Wade is born--San Diego, California.
1963: The San Francisco Chronicle prints Ian Fleming's article "The Case of the Painfully Pulled Leg."
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/16072/ian-fleming-and-the-case-of-the-painfully-pulled-leg
1981: 007: Sólo para tus ojos (Only For Your Eyes) released in Mexico.
https://librosfugitivos.es/es/superheroes-y-comic-usa/1905300010-cine-comic-1-james-bond-007-solo-para-tus-ojos-ersa-1981-9788428907187.html
1982: Octopussy films the backgammon game between OO7 and Khan.
1987: Tuer n’est pas jouer (Death is not a Game) released in France.
Not to be confused with.
1990: Armchair Detective Library publishes a hardcover version of John Gardner's Licence to Kill novelization.
1991: From Murakami Wolf Swenson, Danjaq and United Artists in cooperation with RLR Associates comes the James Bond Jr. cartoon series beginning with Episode 1 - "The Beginning." Sixty-four episodes follow. It spawns a limited Marvel comic series, paperbacks, video games, action figures.
1997: Terence Cooper dies at age 64--Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
(Born 5 July 1933--Carnmoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.)
in Casino Royale (1967)
2020: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond Reflections of Death.
Writers: Greg Pak, Andy Diggle, Benjamin Percy, Gail Simone, Mark Russell, Vita Ayala & Danny Lore
Artists: Dean Kotz, Luca Casalanguida, Kewber Baal, Eoin Marron, Robert Carey, Jordi Perez
The boot is based off the original Tanicus Danner Boot.
Danner Boots
The limited-edition boot comes in a special all-black box customized for the release.
Danner Boots
2024: Batman Day.
1929: Formula One racing driver Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, OBE is born--West Kensington, London, England.
(He dies 12 April 2020 at age 90--Mayfair, London,England.)
British racing driver Stirling Moss in his vehicle at Silverstone Photo: Getty Images
https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/1948_Maserati_4CLT
1941: Philip Méheux, BSC is born--Kent, South East England.
1951: Ian Fleming writes a letter to journalist-spy Antony Terry.
1964: London premiere of Goldfinger at the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London. Kinematograph Weekly later reports it as chaotic with 5,000 fans creating near-riot conditions drawing police reinforcements. In fact police rescue Honor Blackman from the surging crowds.
1972: ABC-TV airs the first televised Bond film with the network premiere of Goldfinger. Its 49-point share and 31.1 rating remains one of the most-watched television programs ever.
1982: Kingsley Amis reviews John Gardner's For Special Services in the Times Literary Supplement.
1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 2 of 65 - "Earthcracker." [Also "Earth Cracker"; "Earth-Cracker"]
2007: The Irish Examiner reports the Sunday Express reports Bond producers pass on Amy Winehouse
2010: Former Fleming sports car 1962 AC Aceca Coupé goes to auction at Bonhams.
Monica Bellucci … 'Bond is the most amazing man'. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Bellucci and Daniel Craig on the set of Spectre. Photograph: Getty Images.
Daniel Craig and Léa Seydoux on the set of Spectre.
2020: Rosamund Pike says she'd love to return to her Bond film role.
2022: John Higgs in The Spectator proposes James Bond and the Beatles at war for Britain's Soul.
Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr. No (1962).
The agent, a professional killer, represents Death, according to John Higgs,
whereas the Beatles represent Love. [Shutterstock]
2022: The Music of James Bond Without George Lazenby at Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1959: Kevin McClory's partner Ivar Bryce writes a letter to Ian Fleming about his experience on the Queen Mary. Specifically, a screening of the Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest.
1964: Ian Wright reviews Goldfinger in The Guardian.
"You Only Live Twice", Coldplay, 2009. (Recorded live in Norway.)
1981: 007 - Somente Para Seus Olhos released in Brazil.
https://www.facebook.com/JamesBondBrasil/videos/307865546672749/
1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 3 of 65 - "The Chameleon" at Washington, District of Columbia.
2005: Alice Cooper pleads with the Bond producers to cast him as the villain in Casino Royale.
2007: Adobe Flash releases browser game Avenue of Death developed by TAMBA Internet and based on a chapter of Charlie Higson's Young Bond novel Hurricane Gold.
2012: Vanity Fair reports on Harry the Spy and his World War II activities.
2019: Dynamite Comics releases James Bond 007 #11 continuing Goldfinger.
Robert Carey, artist. Greg Pak, writer.
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Khoi Pham
Cover C: Gleb Melnikov
Cover D: Robert Carey
1954: Blanche Ravalec is born--France.
1963: Honor Blackman gives notice she will leave The Avengers, a secret kept until February 1964. Her final episode "Lobster Quadrille" presents a nod to the upcoming Bond role.
1984: A View to a Kill films that bedroom scene with OO7 and May Day.
1987: 007 - Zona pericolo released in Italy.
1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 4 of 65 - "Shifting Sands" in Egypt.
1998: Robbie Williams scores a #1 hit in the UK with "Millennium".
2012: The James Bond 007 fragrance comes available in the United Kingdom.
2017: Bernie Casey dies at age 78--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 8 June 1939--Wyco, West Virginia.)
Music and Fruit (Songs in Eden)
In a Dark Time of Two Moons, 1966
2021: Media reports share a a video from 1995 with Idris Elba praising James Bond and GoldenEye.
2022: Memorial Hall presents Herb Alpert and Lani Hall at Cincinnati, Ohio.