"The Sixth Sense" turns 25 and more: The biggest pop culture anniversaries to look out for in 2024
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A new year means new anniversaries to look forward to, and 2024 promises many.
In addition to being a leap year, this year features several major pop culture events — related to film, television, music, entertainment and more — to reminisce on. Take for example M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 hit film “The Sixth Sense,” which will celebrate turning 25 in August.
The psychological thriller was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture, best director, best original screenplay, best supporting actor for Haley Joel Osment (who, at 11 years of age, became a household name following his acclaimed performance) and best supporting actress for Toni Collette. “The Sixth Sense” was the second-highest-grossing film of 1999, behind George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” which will also turn 25 in May.
Other notable anniversaries include the 25th anniversary of Woodstock '99, arguably the most infamous festivals in music history; the 10th anniversary of Ellen DeGeneres’ viral Oscars selfie, featuring several big names in Hollywood; and the 30th anniversary of “Forrest Gump.”
Here’s a growing list of all the major pop culture anniversaries to look forward to:
01 January
Jan. 10: “The Sopranos” made its debut 25 years ago
Jan. 11: 25 years after Jon Stewart took over “The Daily Show”
Jan. 15: “Varsity Blues” turns 25
Jan. 22: “Broad City” made its debut 10 years ago
Jan. 23: “The Butterfly Effect” turns 20
Jan. 27: Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” turns 40
Jan. 29: “Sleeping Beauty” turns 65
Jan. 29: "Dr. Strangelove" turns 60
Jan. 29: “She’s All That” turns 25
Jan. 31: “Family Guy” made its debut 25 years ago
02 February
Feb. 1: 20 years after Justin Timberlake accidentally ripped off a piece of Janet Jackson's costume, exposing her right breast, during their performance at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show
Feb. 2: 10 years after Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death
Feb. 4: Facebook (now known as Meta) turns 20
Feb 7 – Feb 23: 10 years after Sochi Winter Olympics
Feb. 8: 20 years after Beyoncé won five Grammy awards for her debut solo album, “Dangerously In Love”
Feb. 10: “The Fly II” turns 35
Feb. 12: “Creature from the Black Lagoon” turns 70
Feb. 13: 20 years after Barbie and Ken split up. Barbie left him for an Australian surfer named Blaine.
Feb. 17: “Footloose” turns 40
Feb. 17: “Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure” turns 35
Feb 17: 10 years after Jimmy Fallon took over “The Tonight Show”
Feb. 19: “Office Space” turns 25
Feb. 22: “It Happened One Night” turns 90
Feb. 24: 25 years after Lauryn Hill took home five Grammy awards for her solo studio album “The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill”
03 March
March 2: 10 years after Ellen DeGeneres’ iconic Oscars selfie went viral
March 3: “Lean on Me” turns 35
March 3: “Stagecoach” turns 85
March 5: “Cruel Intentions” turns 25
March 9: “Splash” turns 40
March 9: Barbie turns a very stylish 65
March 11: 10 years after Obama appeared on Zach Galifianakis' talk show "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis"
March 18: 15 years after Natasha Richardson’s death
March 21: “Divergent” turns 10
March 23: “Police Academy” turns 40
March 28: “Futurama” made its debut 25 years ago
March 29: “Some Like It Hot” turns 65
March 31: “10 Things I Hate About You” turns 25
March 31: “The Sugarland Express” turns 50
March 31: “The Matrix” turns 25
March 31: 10 years after “How I Met Your Mother” aired its series finale
March 31: 30 years after Madonna dropped 14 f-bombs on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman"
04 April
April 1: 20 years after Google launched Gmail — as a limited beta release. Many people thought the announcement was a joke because it was made on April Fools' Day.
April 4: “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” turns 10
April 5: 30 years after Kurt Cobain’s death
April 13: 10 years after King Joffrey's death on “Game of Thrones," aka The Purple Wedding
April 26: “Seven Samurai” turns 70
April 30: “Mean Girls” turns 20
05 May
May 4: 15 years after Dom DeLuise’s death
May 4: “Sixteen Candles” turns 40
May 5: 10 years after Solange and Jay-Z fought in an elevator following a Met Gala after party
May 6: Prince Archie of Sussex turns 5
May 6: 20 years after “Friends” aired its series finale. The finale was watched by 52.5 million American viewers making it the most watched episode of the 2000s
May 7: “The Mummy” turns 25
May 14: Wham!’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” turns 40
May 16: “Godzilla” turns 10
May 19: “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” turns 25
May 19: “Shrek 2” turns 15
May 23: “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” turns 40
May 24: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” turns 35
May 25: “Alien” turns 45
May 26: 30 years after Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley
May 30: Disney’s “Maleficent” turns 10
06 June
June 1: Jhumpa Lahiri’s debut collection of short stories “Interpreter of Maladies” turns 25
June 1: “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” turns 40
June 2: “Dead Poets Society” turns 35
June 4: “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” turns 20
June 6: “The Fault in our Stars” turns 10
June 8: “Gremlins” turns 40
June 8: “Ghostbusters” turns 40
June 9: “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” turns 35
June 10: “Speed” turns 30
June 11: “Napoleon Dynamite” turns 20
June 15: “The Lion King” turns 30
June 16: “Ghostbusters II” turns 35
June 17: “Wolf” turns 30
June 21: “Toy Story 4” turns 5
June 22: “The Karate Kid” turns 40
June 23: “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” turns 35
June 23: “Batman” turns 35
June 25: Prince’s sixth studio album "Purple Rain" turns 40
June 25: 15 years after Michael Jackson’s death
June 25: 15 years after Farrah Fawcett’s death
June 25: “The Notebook” turns 20
June 29: “Bachelor Party” turns 40
June 30: “The Karate Kid Part III” turns 35
June 30: “Spider-Man 2” turns 20
June 30: 30 years after Tonya Harding was banned for life from the United States Figure Skating Association. She was also stripped of her 1994 U.S. Champion title.
June 30: 10 years after the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
07 July
July 6: “Forrest Gump” turns 30
July 9: “American Pie” turns 25
July 12: “I Love the '90s” made its debut 20 years ago
July 13: “Dracula” turns 45
July 13: “The Muppets Take Manhattan” turns 40
July 14: “When Harry Met Sally…” turns 35
July 14: “The Blair Witch Project” turns 25
July 16: “Eyes Wide Shut” turns 25
July 18: “Entourage” made its debut 20 years ago
July 20: “The NeverEnding Story” turns 40
July 22 – July 25: 25 years after the notorious Woodstock '99 disaster. The festival was marred by poor venue facilities, riots, vandalism, assault, rape, death, destruction and corporate greed, making it one of the most infamous festivals in music history
July 27: “Purple Rain” (film) turns 40
July 28: “Turner & Hooch” turns 35
July 28: “Deep Blue Sea” turns 25
July 29: “The Mask” turns 30
July 29: 10 years after Nathan Fielder opened up Dumb Starbucks as a bit for his hit reality comedy series “Nathan for You”
08 August
Aug. 1: “Guardians of the Galaxy” turns 10. It was the biggest film of 2014.
Aug. 6: “The Sixth Sense” turns 25
Aug. 11: 10 years after Robin Williams’ death
Aug. 12 — Aug. 14: 30 years after Woodstock ’94
Aug. 13: “Alien vs. Predator” turns 20
Aug. 15: “The Giver” turns 10
Aug. 15 — Aug. 18: Woodstock turns 55
Aug. 16: “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” made its debut 25 years ago
Aug. 19: Nicki Minaj’s music video for “Anaconda” turns 10. It was one of the most talked-about videos of 2014.
Aug. 22: “If I Stay” turns 10
Aug. 25: “The Wizard of Oz” turns 85
Aug. 25: “My So-Called Life” made its debut 30 years ago
Aug. 25: 40 years after Truman Capote’s death
Aug. 31: 10 years after hundreds of celebrity nudes were leaked on 4chan.
09 September
Sept. 1: “Rear Window” turns 70
Sept. 4: 10 years after Joan Rivers’ death
Sept. 9: U2’s “Songs of Innocence” (album) turns 10
Sept. 15: “American Beauty” turns 25
Sept. 19: “The Maze Runner” turns 10
Sept. 21: 20 years after the original Star Wars Trilogy was released on DVD for the very first time
Sept. 22: “Friends” made its debut 30 years ago
Sept. 22: “Lost” made its debut 20 years ago
Sept. 23: “The Shawshank Redemption” turns 30
Sept. 30: “The River Wild” turns 30
10 October
Oct. 1: “Shark Tale” turns 20
Oct. 2: 10 years after “Real Housewives Of New Jersey” stars Teresa Giudice and her husband, Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, were sentenced to prison for conspiracy, bankruptcy fraud And tax offenses
Oct. 3: “Gone Girl” turns 10
Oct. 3: “Desperate Housewives” made its debut 20 years ago
Oct. 5: 25 years after “Dogma” screening spurred Catholic protests
Oct. 11: “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” turns 50
Oct. 11: “Black Christmas” turns 50
Oct. 13: “Look Who's Talking” turns 35
Oct. 14: “New Nightmare” turns 30
Oct. 14: “Pulp Fiction” turns 30
Oct. 15: “Fight Club” turns 25
Oct. 16: 10 years after comedian Hannibal Buress bluntly called Bill Cosby a rapist. The Cosby scandal took off shortly afterwards.
Oct. 20: 15 years after Jay-Z and Alicia Keys released “Empire State of Mind.” It was the No. 1 song in 2009.
Oct. 26: “The Terminator” turns 40
Oct. 27: “Godzilla” turns 70
Oct. 27: 10 years after Taylor Swift dropped her album “1989.” It was the biggest-selling album of 2014
Oct. 29: “Saw” turns 20
11 November
Nov. 11: “The Santa Clause” turns 30
Nov 11: 10 years after Kim Kardashian bared her butt on the cover of PAPER Magazine's 2014 winter issue
Nov. 12: “Finding Neverland” turns 20
Nov. 16: “A Nightmare on Elm Street” turns 40
Nov. 17: “The Little Mermaid” turns 35
Nov. 19: “Sleepy Hollow” turns 25
Nov. 18: “Star Trek Generations” turns 30
Nov. 18: “Miracle on 34th Street” turns 30
Nov. 21: “Supergirl” turns 40
Nov. 21: “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” turns 10
Nov. 21: Nintendo DS turns 20
Nov. 22: “Back to the Future Part II” turns 35
Nov. 23: World of Warcraft turns 20
Nov. 23: 15 years after Susan Boyle released her debut album “I Dreamed A Dream.” It dominated the Billboard top 200 for almost an entire month in 2009.
Nov. 24: “End of Days” turns 25
Nov. 28: “Meet Me in St. Louis” turns 80
12 December
Dec. 1: “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation” turns 35
Dec. 3: “Jersey Shore” made its debut 15 years ago
Dec. 7: “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” turns 45
Dec. 10: “The Green Mile” turns 25
Dec. 11: “A Single Man” turns 15
Dec 11: 15 years after Tiger Woods announced his “indefinite break” from golf following cheating scandal
Dec. 15: “Young Frankenstein” turns 50
Dec. 15: “Gone With the Wind” turns 85
Dec. 16: “The Towering Inferno” turns 50
Dec. 16: “Dumb and Dumber” turns 30
Dec. 17: 10 years after Stephen Collins admits on tape to sex abuse charges
Dec. 18: 10 years after “The Colbert Report” came to an end. Host Stephen Colbert left to take over for David Letterman on “The Late Show.”
Dec. 18: “Avatar” turns 15
Dec. 20: “The Godfather Part II” turns 50
Dec. 20: 15 years after Brittany Murphy’s death
Dec. 21: “Tillie's Punctured Romance” turns 110
Dec. 22: “Man on the Moon” turns 25
Dec. 23: 15 years after Amy Winehouse was charged with assault for reportedly lashing out at a theatre manager and disrupting a performance of Cinderella at Milton Keynes theatre
Dec. 25: “Sherlock Holmes” turns 15
Dec. 31: 25 years after the Y2K panic