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[edit] Selected anniversaries for August
- "The MTV Music TV Cable Network debuts on the air at Midnight, August 1st." [1]
- Linda Deneroff and Cynthia Levine published the adult, heterosexual Star Wars stories, “Slow Boat to Bespin, 1 and 2" in the multimedia zine Guardian #3. (ksboyd@sfu.ca ) These stories would be part of the focus of an issue over what Star Wars fans could and could not publish when in August 1981, Maureen Garrett, Director of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, sent Guardian and several other fanzines a letter. The letter asserted Lucasfilms Ltd. owned all the characters in the Star Wars universe. The letter also stated that Lucasfilms Ltd. was going to insist on no pornography because they didn't want their image darkened. The letter also alluded to the threat of possible litigation if this problem was not corrected. (ksboyd@sfu.ca, Langley )
- During August 1988, there was the Roy Dotrice Reunion 2, held in Lincoln, United Kingdom.
- On August 1, 2000, the mailing list FilesLyricWheel was created. [2]
- On August 1, 2000, the mailing list hogwartshpworld was created. [3]
- On August 1, 2000, the mailing list KiSS_girltalk was created. [4]
- On August 1, 2000, the mailing list VincentsChamber was created. [5]
- On August 1, 2001, the mailing list Gilmore_Girls_fan_fiction was founded. [6] It was created for the posting of Gilmore Girls fan fiction.
- On August 1, 2002, the LiveJournal community happydementor was created. [7]
- On August 1, 2003, the AFI LiveJournal community _afi_ was created. [8]
- August/September 2004: first ci_slash summer exchange.
- GCFanFics.com opened August 1, 2004.
- On August 1, 2004, the Sara/Greg LiveJournal community sarangreg was created. [9]
- On August 1, 2005, the Weeds mailing list Sho-WEEDS was created. [10]
- On June 2, 2003, the Quantum Leap LiveJournal community quantumleap100 was created. As of February 17, 2007, it had been last updated on August 1, 2004 and had 29 members. [11]
Recent days: July 31 – July 30 – July 29
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- On August 2, 2000, the mailing list XFilesNC17ff was created. [12]
- On August 2, 2001, FanFic.Net added forums.
- On August 2, 2002, the LiveJournal community chuunin was created. This community remains the largest general-discussion Naruto forum on LiveJournal.
- On August 2, 2004, the LiveJournal community huff_fics was founded. [13]
Recent days: August 1 – July 31 – July 20
- On August 3, 2001, the Xena mailing list dedicated_to_xena_the_warrior_princess was founded. [14]
- August 3, 2005: A spin-off Canadian Idol LiveJournal community, ci2_nostalgia, was created.
Recent days: August 2 – August 1 – July 31
- On August 4, 1990, Beauty and the Beast last aired on CBS with the last of three previously unaired episodes.
- On August 4, 2004, Shipper's Manifesto was created.
- On August 4, 2005, the LiveJournal community dbzyaoi_love was created. [15]
- On August 4, 2005, the CSI RPG, fan fiction mailing list CSI_Las_Vegas_AND_Miami was founded. [16]
Recent days: August 3 – August 2 – August 1
- On August 5, 1999, the SapphicSlayer mailing list was founded. [17] This mailing list was for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer f/f fan fiction. The membership would top over 900 people.
- On August 5, 2001, the Andromeda mailing list bekees was created. [18]
- On August 5, 2006, Naruto movie 3: Gekijyouban Naruto daikoufun! Mikazuki shima no animal panic dattebayo! was released in Japan. [19]
Recent days: August 4 – August 3 – August 2
- On August 6, 2001, the LiveJournal community sirius_black was created. [20]
- On August 6, 2001, the Transformers mailing list tmuk-toc was created. [21]
- The Yuffentimn community [22] on LiveJournal is started on August 6, 2004 by Kitpersona.
- On August 6, 2005, the LiveJournal community xf_jag_rpg was created. [23]
- On August 6, 2005, Naruto Movie 2: Gekijyouban Naruto daigekitotsu! Maboroshi no chiteiiseki dattebayo! was released in Japan. [24]
- On August 6, 2006, Angstslashhope brings Super-wiki [25] online, providing fan-edited content on the characters, the production staff and crew, the fiction, episode transcripts, facts and trivia.
Recent days: August 5 – August 5 – August 3
- On August 7, 2002, the Psychic_Serpent mailing list was founded. This mailing list was dedicated to the posting of and discussion of fan fiction by Barb. The list saw its volume peak in June of 2003.
- On August 7, 2004, the Andromeda-Web was opened. [26]
- On August 7, 2005, Weeds premiered on Showtime in the United States. [27]
- On August 7, 2005, the Weeds LiveJournal community weeds_sho was created. [28]
Recent days: August 6 – August 5 – August 4
- On August 8, 1986, The Transformers: The Movie premiered in movie theaters in the United States. [29]
- Hawk's X-Men Archive closed on August 8, 1996. [30]
- On August 8, 1998, the Due South mailing list serge was created. [31]
- On August 8, 2002, the IdolStar_JustinGuarini mailing list was created and dedicated to Justin Guarini. [32]
- On August 8, 2005, the LiveJournal community 15lovefiction was created. It was dedicated to 15Love fan fiction. [33]
- On August 8, 2006, the GreatestJournal community hero_apps was created. [34]
Recent days: August 7 – August 6 – August 5
- On August 9, 1989, The Transformers: The Movie premiered in movie theaters in Japan. [35]
- On August 9, 2002, the LiveJournal community alohamora was created. [36]
- On August 9, 2003, the Harry/Luna LiveJournal community harryxluna was created. [37]
Recent days: August 8 – August 7 – August 6
- On August 10, 2000, STorylocator was founded. [38]
- The story of Heidi8 and Cassandra Claire's involvement begins around August 10, 2000. [39][40][41][42][43]
- On August 10, 2002, the mailing list SPHDR was created. [44]
- On August 10, 2002, the mailing list JanewayChakotay_Romance was created. [45]
- August 10, 2004, MagicalTheory closes to new submissions due to overwhelming volume. DracoAndGinny.com, just moved to its own server space instead of shared hosting, soon replaces it as the main Draco/Ginny archive.
- On August 10, 2005, the Kingdom Hearts MySpace group kindomcom was created. [46]
Recent days: August 9 – August 8 – August 7
- On August 11, 2000, SDDI, a Duo mailing list, was founded. [47]
- On August 11, 2006, the Pern LiveJournal community meta_of_pern was created. [48]
Recent days: August 10 – August 9 – August 8
- Eve Unplugged by Steven Han was published on August 12, 1994. This was another early, influential piece of X-Files fan fiction.
- On August 12, 2002, the LiveJournal community, badfic, was founded. The purpose of the community was to mock badfic and share horror stories from reading in the field. Members were also allowed to write their own badfic as a medium of discussing other badfic.
- On August 12, 2002, the LiveJournal community anarchy99 was created. [49] It was dedicated to anything related to the actor Marton Csokas who was in XXX, Xena, Lord of the Rings and Rain.
- On August 12, 2004, the LiveJournal community xf_lyric_wheel was created. [50]
Recent days: August 11 – August 10 – August 9
- On August 13, 1997, Sakura Lemon Fan-Fiction Archive founded.
- On August 13, 2000, MediaMiner.Org is an automated multifandom fan fiction archive. It was founded on August 13, 2000.
Recent days: August 12 – August 11 – August 10
- On August 13, 2003, the LiveJournal community sn100 was created by michellek. [51] This community provides a prompt to inspire the creation of drabbles (short fics with a strict count of 100 words), initially weekly, latterly fortnightly. The first challenge posted was 'The West Wing titles', and the first responses were posted on August 14, 2003: '20 Hours in LA' by tangleofthorns, aka Luna, 'Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc' by mandysbitch, 'The Portland Trip' by Meadowlion, 'A Proportional Response' by warlordkittens, and 'Isaac and Ishmael' by tangleofthorns/Luna.
- On August 14, 2004, after the closure of fanfictionlog, LPFiction.Com was created as an archive to host Linkin Park fan fiction. (Herongale)
- On August 14, 2006, The FIA Forums [52] open with a monumental amount of posts and registrations. As of March 14, 2007, there are 507 members and over 19,000 posts.
Recent days: August 13 – August 12 – August 11
- On August 15, 1995, Anipike was born.
- On August 15, 2002, the LiveJournal community rocketshippers was created. [53]
- August 15, 2004: Record for most stories posted in one day at ci_slash.
- On August 15, 2005, the CSI LiveJournal community csi_fictalk was created. [54]
- On August 15, 2006, Dirge of Cerberus was released in North America.
Recent days: August 14 – August 13 – August 12
- On August 16, 2002, the American Idol mailing list AmericanIdolFanFic was created. [55]
- Discworld Convention 2002 was held from August 16 to August 19, 2002. [56]
- The CSI fan fiction archive, CSI Forensics opened on August 16, 2004.
- On August 16, 2006 Loneheart finishes Gadget In Chains. It is the longest Rescue Ranger fan-fiction up to that time. Revolving around the interplay between the spirits of good and evil it involves one of the most harrowing and engrossing plots recorded in the fandom.
- On August 16, topazlily's DMCA counter-claim was accepted by LiveJournal. [57]
Recent days: August 15 – August 14 – August 13
- On August 17, 2000, the mailing list hogwart4smagic was created. [58]
- On August 17, 2001, the Vampire Chronicles LiveJournal community vampchronicles was created. [59]
- Discworld Convention 2002 was held from August 16 to August 19, 2002. [60]
- On August 17, 2004, the Janeway/Chakotay LiveJournal community janewaychakotay was created. [61]
- On August 17, 2005, the Bleach mailing list Bleach_Realm was created. [62]
Recent days: August 16 – August 15 – August 14
- On August 18, 1981, Blake's 7 first aired in Spanish on television in Spain. (Juan Pedro Esteve Garcia, [63])
- Discworld Convention 2002 was held from August 16 to August 19, 2002. [64]
- On August 18, 2004, the Westlife LiveJournal community westlife_slash was created. [65]
- On August 18, 2004, the LiveJournal community xf_challenge was created. [66]
- On August 18, 2005, the video game Naruto: Uzumaki ninden was released in Japan. [67]
- On August 18, 2006, the LiveJournal community blade_fic was created. [68]
Recent days: August 17 – August 16 – August 15
- On August 19, 1998, the mailing list msrfanfic was created. [69]
- On August 19, 1999, The Slayer's Fanfic Archive received a cease and desist notice from Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- Discworld Convention 2002 was held from August 16 to August 19, 2002. [70]
- On August 19, 2006, the Weeds MySpace group weedsfans was created. As of July 27, 2007, it 21 had members. [71]
Recent days: August 18 – August 17 – August 16
- On August 20, 1998, the mailing list clevergrrl-fic was created. [72]
- On August 20, 1999, the mailing list xfc-no_ATXC was created. [73]
- On August 20, 2003, the LiveJournal community potfics was created. [74]
- On August 20, 2004, the Lazytown LiveJournal community lazytown was created. [75]
- On August 20, 2004, The Libertines LiveJournal community thelibs_daily was created. [76]
- On August 20, 2005, the XxxHOLiC movie A Midsummer Night's Dream opened in Japan.
- On August 20, 2006, Sirea [77] posted her essay supporting Baralai/Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2 on the Ship Manifesto LiveJournal community.
Recent days: August 19 – August 18 – August 17
- Linda Deneroff and Cynthia Levine published the adult, heterosexual Star Wars stories, “Slow Boat to Bespin, 1 and 2" in the multimedia zine Guardian #3. (ksboyd@sfu.ca ) These stories would be part of the focus of an issue over what Star Wars fans could and could not publish when in August 1981, Maureen Garrett, Director of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, sent Guardian and several other fanzines a letter. The letter asserted Lucasfilms Ltd. owned all the characters in the Star Wars universe. The letter also stated that Lucasfilms Ltd. was going to insist on no pornography because they didn't want their image darkened. The letter also alluded to the threat of possible litigation if this problem was not corrected. (ksboyd@sfu.ca, Langley )
- On August 21, 2004, the CSI LiveJournal community cs_flashfiction was created. [78]
Recent days: August 20 – August 19 – August 18
- Linda Deneroff and Cynthia Levine published the adult, heterosexual Star Wars stories, “Slow Boat to Bespin, 1 and 2" in the multimedia zine Guardian #3. (ksboyd@sfu.ca ) These stories would be part of the focus of an issue over what Star Wars fans could and could not publish when in August 1981, Maureen Garrett, Director of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, sent Guardian and several other fanzines a letter. The letter asserted Lucasfilms Ltd. owned all the characters in the Star Wars universe. The letter also stated that Lucasfilms Ltd. was going to insist on no pornography because they didn't want their image darkened. The letter also alluded to the threat of possible litigation if this problem was not corrected. (ksboyd@sfu.ca, Langley )
- FFML (FanFic Mailing list) was created in August of 1995
- In August 1994, Cliff Chen posted one of the first X-Files fan fiction stories to the Internet. It was a Doctor Who, Anne Rice, X-Files crossover. The story was titled "Birds of a Feather."
- In August of 1996, Alt.startrek.creative was kicked off their host, token.net because of the bandwith usage.
- FanDomination.Net was founded by Laura and Jim Partin in August of 2002.
- Between August and October 1996, Alternative (alt) fan fiction became a standard in the Xena fandom.
- Between August and October 1996, Dax opened her fan fiction archive "Obsessions" which contains alt stories and quickly becomes a favorite site of Xena fans. ( Lunacy )
- In August 2001, Kangeiko posted "Two Loveable Young Women." [79]
- In August 2001, Telanu began writing her Tea series. [80]
- On August 22, 2002, the DeadJournal community stargatesg1 was created. [81]
- Fanfic archive A Teaspoon and an Open Mind [82] opened in August 2003.
- In August of 2005, Jim Partin took over sole control of FanDomination.Net.
- On August 22, 2006, the LiveJournal community diexshinyaxkao was created. [83] It was for the DiexShinyaxKaoru threesome of members from Dir en grey.
Recent days: August 21 – August 20 – August 19
- A Moment In Time 1997 was a convention held August 23 - 24, 1997, at Sacha's Hotel, Manchester, England.
- On August 23, 2002, The Bloody Awful Sandlot, a Buffy: The Vampire Slayer fan fiction archive, was founded.
Recent days: August 22 – August 21 – August 20
- Linda Deneroff and Cynthia Levine published the adult, heterosexual Star Wars stories, “Slow Boat to Bespin, 1 and 2" in the multimedia zine Guardian #3. (ksboyd@sfu.ca ) These stories would be part of the focus of an issue over what Star Wars fans could and could not publish when in August 1981, Maureen Garrett, Director of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, sent Guardian and several other fanzines a letter. The letter asserted Lucasfilms Ltd. owned all the characters in the Star Wars universe. The letter also stated that Lucasfilms Ltd. was going to insist on no pornography because they didn't want their image darkened. The letter also alluded to the threat of possible litigation if this problem was not corrected. (ksboyd@sfu.ca, Langley )
- In August 1994, Cliff Chen posted one of the first X-Files fan fiction stories to the Internet. It was a Doctor Who, Anne Rice, X-Files crossover. The story was titled "Birds of a Feather."
- FFML (FanFic Mailing list) was created in August of 1995
- In August of 1996, Alt.startrek.creative was kicked off their host, token.netbecause of the bandwith usage.
- Between August and October 1996, Alternative (alt) fan fiction became a standard in the Xena fandom.
- Between August and October 1996, Dax opened her fan fiction archive "Obsessions" which contains alt stories and quickly becomes a favorite site of Xena fans. ( Lunacy )
- A Moment In Time 1997 was a convention held August 23 - 24, 1997, at Sacha's Hotel, Manchester, England.
- On August 24, 1998, the Xena mailing list The Joxer Fan Fiction Guild was created.[84]
- On August 24, 1999, San Francisco Chronicle ran an article about on-line fandom.
- In August 2001, Kangeiko posted "Two Loveable Young Women." [85]
- In August 2001, Telanu began writing her Tea series. [86]
- FanDomination.Net was founded by Laura and Jim Partin in August of 2002.
- Fanfic archive A Teaspoon and an Open Mind [87] opened in August 2003.
- On August 24, 2004, the LiveJournal community scullyreyes_luv was created. [88]
- In August of 2005, Jim Partin took over sole control of FanDomination.Net.
Recent days: August 23 – August 22 – August 21
- Linda Deneroff and Cynthia Levine published the adult, heterosexual Star Wars stories, “Slow Boat to Bespin, 1 and 2" in the multimedia zine Guardian #3. (ksboyd@sfu.ca ) These stories would be part of the focus of an issue over what Star Wars fans could and could not publish when in August 1981, Maureen Garrett, Director of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, sent Guardian and several other fanzines a letter. The letter asserted Lucasfilms Ltd. owned all the characters in the Star Wars universe. The letter also stated that Lucasfilms Ltd. was going to insist on no pornography because they didn't want their image darkened. The letter also alluded to the threat of possible litigation if this problem was not corrected. (ksboyd@sfu.ca, Langley )
- In August, 1994, Cliff Chen posted one of the first X-Files fan fiction stories to the Internet. It was a Doctor Who, Anne Rice, X-Files crossover. The story was titled "Birds of a Feather."
- FFML (FanFic Mailing list) was created in August of 1995
- In August of 1996, Alt.startrek.creative was kicked off their host, token.netbecause of the bandwith usage.
- Between August and October 1996, Alternative (alt) fan fiction became a standard in the Xena fandom.
- Between August and October 1996, Dax opened her fan fiction archive "Obsessions" which contains alt stories and quickly becomes a favorite site of Xena fans. ( Lunacy )
- On August 25, 1999, the mailing list xfc-atxc was created.[89]
- In August 2001, Kangeiko posted "Two Loveable Young Women." [90]
- In August 2001, Telanu began writing her Tea series. [91]
- On August 25, 2001, the mailing list Haunted_House_Archive was created. [92]
- On August 25, 2001 the first The Fast and the Furious story was posted to FanFiction.net. It was Love Will Find A Way by FredsWildChild. [93]
- FanDomination.Net was founded by Laura and Jim Partin in August of 2002.
- Fanfic archive A Teaspoon and an Open Mind [94] opened in August 2003.
- On August 25, 2003, the Inuyasha fan fiction LiveJournal community inuyasha_fanfic was created. [95]
- In August of 2005, Jim Partin took over sole control of FanDomination.Net.
Recent days: August 24 – August 23 – August 22
- Linda Deneroff and Cynthia Levine published the adult, heterosexual Star Wars stories, “Slow Boat to Bespin, 1 and 2" in the multimedia zine Guardian #3. (ksboyd@sfu.ca ) These stories would be part of the focus of an issue over what Star Wars fans could and could not publish when in August 1981, Maureen Garrett, Director of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, sent Guardian and several other fanzines a letter. The letter asserted Lucasfilms Ltd. owned all the characters in the Star Wars universe. The letter also stated that Lucasfilms Ltd. was going to insist on no pornography because they didn't want their image darkened. The letter also alluded to the threat of possible litigation if this problem was not corrected. (ksboyd@sfu.ca, Langley )
- On August 26, 1991, The Simpsons premiered on television in Finland. [96]
- In August, Cliff Chen posted one of the first X-Files fan fiction stories to the Internet in 1994. It was a Doctor Who, Anne Rice, X-Files crossover. The story was titled "Birds of a Feather."
- FFML (FanFic Mailing list) was created in August of 1995
- In August of 1996, Alt.startrek.creative was kicked off their host, token.netbecause of the bandwith usage.
- Between August and October 1996, Alternative (alt) fan fiction became a standard in the Xena fandom.
- Between August and October 1996, Dax opened her fan fiction archive "Obsessions" which contains alt stories and quickly becomes a favorite site of Xena fans. ( Lunacy )
- In August 2001, Kangeiko posted "Two Loveable Young Women." [97]
- In August 2001, Telanu began writing her Tea series. [98]
- FanDomination.Net was founded by Laura and Jim Partin in August of 2002.
- On August 26, 2002, Dragon Ball Z premiered on television in Denmark. [99]
- Fanfic archive A Teaspoon and an Open Mind