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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

50 Years Ago Today (September 3, 1976): NASA's Viking 2 lander touches down on the surface of Mars and becomes the first human spacecraft to send back color, close-up photographs of the Martian landscape. Viking 2 will eventually transmit a grand total of 52,663 images back to Earth. #NASA #Mars

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

80 years ago today on August 19, 1946, the first Boomer President was born. A new generation would assume leadership of America on January 20, 1993, and leading the vanguard of the Baby Boom Presidents was William Jefferson Clinton of Arkansas. Bill Clinton is 80. We got old, yo. #BillClinton

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

50 Years Ago Today (July 27, 1976): John Lennon is officially granted permanent residency in the United States after a prolonged legal battle against the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He will spend the rest of his life as an American and proud New Yorker. #JohnLennon #History

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Don't try to be a great ape, just be an ape....and let the Sacred Scrolls make their own judgments." #StarTrek #PlanetOfTheApes #SciFi #Mashup

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Since Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, every single President has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover. #USHistory #Presidents #History

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Sneak preview footage from Doomsday has just hit the Internet, and it's even wilder than you were ever guessing! ETA: Biz Markie died five years ago this week, and this was posted by a website in July 2021 in his memory. #DoctorDoom #AvengersDoomsday #BizMarkie #Doomsday

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We don't deserve him, but today he turns 100. A century of one of the funniest people in the history of popular entertainment. Happy 100th Birthday to the one and only and very much not 2,000 years old (but that's still unconfirmed) Mel Brooks. Maybe ya hoid of him. #MelBrooks #100thBirthday

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Born 100 Years Ago Today (June 1, 1926). The photo on the right was photographer George Barris' final image of Marilyn, taken just three weeks before her shocking death in the summer of 1962. The 20th century gave the world icons, and then there's Norma Jean Baker.| #MarilynMonroe #100thBirthday

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

60 Years Ago Today (May 24, 1966). Star Trek, having just recently been greenlit by NBC for a fall 1966 premiere, officially begins production as a weekly series. "The Corbomite Maneuver," the first episode produced after the two series pilots, commences filming. #StarTrek #60thAnniversary

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

25 Years Ago Tonight (May 23, 2001): A crew finally returns home. Star Trek: Voyager ends a seven-year, 172-episode run with the titular starship making it back home to Earth. "Set a course....for home." #StarTrek #Voyager #25thAnniversary #Finale

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

60 Years Ago Today (May 16, 1966): One of the seminal albums of the 20th century first hit record shops. It helped change popular music. Paul McCartney heard Pet Sounds and was inspired to up his own game. Brian Wilson was a genius. #PetSounds #60thAnniversary #TheBeachBoys #MusicHistory

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

57 Years Ago Today (May 11, 1969): Monty Python is formally founded. The new comedy troupe comes together less than five months before the first episode of its new series airs on BBC1. Comedy is about to change, and with it the world. #MontyPython #Comedy #Anniversary #History

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

SPLASHDOWN!!!! Welcome home, Artemis II and Integrity!! #ArtemisII #Integrity #NASA #Moon

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

For the first time in my lifetime we're going back to the Moon! #Artemis2 #NASA #Moon #Space

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

40 Years Ago Today (March 25, 1986). Starting that night we couldn't always see DeForest Kelley for the trees. #PerfectStrangers #40thAnniversary #TV #40YearsOld

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

50 years ago today on March 22, 1976, filming began on a movie that would change the way we watch movies. A young actor named Mark Hamill stepped onto the sands of Tunisia to film the first scene. The rest is history from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. #StarWars #50thAnniversary

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

100 years ago today Robert Goddard launched mankind's first successful liquid-fueled rocket. The Space Age as well as the Arms Race owe their thanks to Goddard's monumental achievement of March 16, 1926. #History #Science

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

25 years ago today and on the last lap of the Daytona 500 we lost Dale Earnhardt. One of the greatest talents in auto racing left us at the age of only 49. Rest well, Intimidator. You were and remain a legend. Thanks for the entertainment. #DaleEarnhardt #25thAnniversary #NASCAR

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

40 Years Ago This Morning (January 28, 1986). Seven brave souls slipped the surly bonds of Earth, and the world was changed. #Challenger #40thAnniversary #SpaceShuttle #NASA

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A new chapter in the Star Trek mythology begins tonight. Starfleet Academy's first episode has dropped! #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Christopher Pike (still wearing his Commander's rank braids) takes command of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 from his friend, Captain Robert April, the two men captured together for posterity in an image taken in the year 2250. #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Happy 100th Birthday to one of the giants of 20th century comedy, the irrepressible and irreplaceable Dick Van Dyke. The worlds of television, film, comedy and music would not be the same without him. We love you, Dick! Even the bad accents! #DickVanDyke #100thBirthday

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

60 years ago today. "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown." #CharlieBrown #Christmas #ACharlieBrownChristmas #60thAnniversary

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

"Few will have the greatness to bend #history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped." 100th Anniversary 🇺🇸 #RobertFKennedy, #RFK, was #BOTD 20 Novem

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Released 48 years ago today on November 16, 1977. The greatest UFO movie ever made, and one of Steven Spielberg's greatest masterpieces. #CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind #UFO #StevenSpielberg #MovieHistory

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Born 100 years ago today. On October 23, 1925, the greatest talent to ever sit behind a talk show desk anywhere on this planet was born in Corning, Iowa. Happy Centennial, Johnny Carson. We still miss you. #JohnnyCarson #100thBirthday #100YearsAgoToday #Centennial #TheTonightShow #Legend #TV

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

50 Years Ago Tonight (October 11, 1975): NBC's Saturday Night premieres in the 11:30PM time slot formerly held by weekend reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The first host is George Carlin. In 1977 the official name will be changed to Saturday Night Live. #SNL #50thAnniversary

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

50 Years Ago Today (September 19, 1975). The lunacy checks in for the first time. Fawlty Towers premieres on BBC Two, and English hotels are never again the same. #FawltyTowers #BBC #50thAnniversary

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

RIP Robert Redford. Sundance has ridden into the sunset. "You just keep thinkin', Butch. That's what you're good at." #RobertRedford #RIP #NowIsAHelluvaTimeToTellMe #Sundance

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thirty years ago today on September 12, 1995, the greatest actor to ever take on the role of Sherlock Holmes left us. Jeremy Brett was Conan Doyle's whimsy made flesh. #SherlockHolmes #PBS #Detective #ArthurConanDoyle #JeremyBrett

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Here's a comparison of the Gorn bodysuit, worn by the actors/stuntmen playing the Gorn in #StarTrekSNW's "Terrarium" and #StarTrekTOS' "Arena". I like how the hands, legs, knees and feet are very similar to the original (the Gorn on #StarTrekENT was three-fingered, for example).

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

59 years ago tomorrow on September 8, 1966, the final frontier opened up before us, and the possibilities became endless. #StarTrek #StarTrekDay

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

We get some really good shots of the Stamets-type shuttle Archimedes (NCC-1701/8) in #StarTrekSNW's "Terrarium". I believe this is also the first time that the shuttle's name at the front of the shuttle is legible on the show.

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

100 Years Ago Today (September 6, 1925): The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian, premieres at the Astor Theatre in New York City. One of the greatest films in the annals of silent cinema is first seen by audiences. #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #Movie #100thAnniversary #SilentFilms

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

40 Years Ago Today (September 1, 1985): Dr. Robert Ballard discovers the wreck of RMS Titanic after 73 years unseen by human eyes. #Titanic #40thAnniversary

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The Sickbay biobed readout in Strange New Worlds versus a Sickbay biobed readout in TOS, in the chronology just six or seven years apart. #StarTrek #TheOriginalSeries #StrangeNewWorlds #GraphicDesign

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Released 50 years ago today on August 25, 1975. Bruce's best album. Bruce's best song. Born in the U.S.A. is outstanding, but it's not Born to Run. #BornToRun #50thAnniversary #BruceSpringsteen #RockAndRoll

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

From this week's episode of Strange New Worlds, the official in-universe length and mass of the Enterprise 1701. 442 meters long, 190,000 metric tons, carrying 203 officers and noncommissioned personnel (the exact same crew complement the Enterprise 1701 had in "The Cage(TOS)"). #StarTrek

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

80 Years Ago Today (August 15, 1945): V-J Day. World War II is effectively over, the official Japanese surrender being just eighteen short days away. #WorldWarII #VJDay #80thAnniversary #History

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1945 HITS ARCHIVE: It’s Been A Long Long Time - Bing Crosby & Les Paul (a #1 record)

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

80 Years Ago Today (August 6, 1945): Hiroshima. The Atomic Age begins, and the world begins its delicate dance on the knife's edge of nuclear destruction. Over the next forty years the world's nuclear arsenals grow to some 60,000 weapons. #Hiroshima #Hiroshima80 #NuclearWeapons #AtomicBomb

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TrekCore.com 🖖 @trekcore.com · 26/07/2025

The Academy itself is aboard the USS Athena, a new massive ship that serves as home base of the series #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

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TrekCore.com 🖖 @trekcore.com · 26/07/2025

The bridge of the USS Athena, the setting for #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

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TrekCore.com 🖖 @trekcore.com · 26/07/2025

Paul Giamatti's villain character Nus Braka is half-Klingon, half-Tellarite! #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

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Eddie Johns @cooleddie74.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

"Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn't reached the Moon? And that we hadn't gone on to Mars, and then to the nearest star? RISK. RISK IS OUR BUSINESS. That's what this starship is all about. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABOARD HER." #Apollo11 #MoonLanding #Anniversary #StarTrek #Exploration

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