Fanhistory.com:Selected anniversaries/October 2

Warped Space 49 was published in October 1983.
On October 2, 1992, Mighty Ducks was released in theaters in the United States. [1]
By September or October of 1995, the term betareader was being used in the Sliders fan fiction community on their big mailing list and on Usenet. (Wendy Perkins)
By October of 1998, authors like arcturus and FirePhile were posting badfic to alt.tv.x-files.creative. Given the context of the posts, it is relatively safe to assume that the term had been used for some time in that community and that it had gained a certain community cultural acceptance.
On October 2, 2000, Andromeda premiered on television in the United States. [2]
On October 2, 2000, the first Tomb Raider fan fiction appeared on FanFiction.Net. These stories were by Tim Radley. [3]
Lost premiered on television in Canada on October 2, 2004. [4]
On October 2, 2004, Bridget And The Zit by BananaSplit was published on FanFiction.Net. [5] It was the first 8 Simple Rules story published on the site.
On October 2, 2006, the LiveJournal community deg_fanficrants was created for ranting about Dir en grey fan fiction. [6]
On October 2, 2006, the Dexter icon LiveJournal community dexter_icons was created. [7]

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