Today, July 13, 1937, the newspaper reports on plans to flood a valley and remarks on the success of the mysterious Soggy Bottom Boys band (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000)

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Today, July 12, 17-year-old Makoto Konno arrives at home from the near future when she tests her new time-traveling powers (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, 2006)

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#OnThisDay, July 11, in 1924, Scottish Olympian Eric Liddell won the gold medal in the 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favored distance, on a Sunday due to his religion (depicted in Chariots of Fire, 1981)

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Today, July 10, Dr. Lawrence Angelo records a final diary entry reflecting on the results of his recent experiments combining psychoactive drugs, virtual reality, and a human test subject (The Lawnmower Man, 1992)

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#OnThisDay, July 9, in 1941, British cryptologists led by Alan Turing broke the Enigma code used by the German army to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern front (depicted in The Imitation Game, 2014)

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Today, July 8, 1944, the British Army deploys their newest, deadliest weapon, the funniest joke in the world (Monty Python's Flying Circus, s01e01 “Whither Canada?” 1969)

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