Zombies are taking over the world!

How would you fare if the dead began to rise up to attack and devour the living?

Would you break out the blunt objects and fight your way to a safe zone?

Or cower in a corner and wait for the cavalry?

Now more than ever, there are plenty of resources for you to learn how to cope with the stresses of a zombie apocalypse.

Zombies nowadays are big business. The undead have shuffled a long way since they first lurched onto cinema screens in 1932 in the first feature length flick White Zombie.

Over 80 years later, the living dead and the fear they conjure up for audiences has spread over all forms of entertainment; from literature to films, TV, games and even music (most notably, Michael Jackson’s Thriller).

Here is a list of essential reading and viewing that B.O.R.E recommends you familiarise yourself with, just in case you find yourself surrounded by reanimated corpses with empty stomachs…

Literature

Films

TV

Games

 

On this Day…

On this day, March 5th, this happened…

1962 The birthday of twins Charlie and Craig Reid, but you will know them as the crazy singing Scottish singing duo ‘‘the Proclaimers’.

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1963, The Beatles recorded what would be their third single ‘From Me to You’ just five days after John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song.

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1946 Winston Churchill delivered his speech on the divide between Eastern and Western Europe, which is now famously know as the ‘Iron Curtain’ speech.

1975  Also the birthday of the actress Eva Mendes, who rose to fame in the film Training Day back in 2001 but we probably most recognise her from the film Hitch (and for dating Ryan Gosling)

In Iran, today is National Tree Painting Day.

On this Day…

On this day, March 4th, this happened…

1877 The microphone was invented by German born American inventor Emile Berliner.

1950 Walt Disney’s memorable version of Cinderella was released in the cinemas.

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1966 Beatle’s frontman John Lennon caused outrage amogst Christians by saying ‘We’re more popular than Jesus right now.

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1975 Charlie Chaplin was knighted by the Queen.

1986 ‘Today’ newspaper would be the first daily national newspaper to go on sale. However it did not last against it’s competitors and publication of the paper stopped in 1995.

On this Day…

On this day, March 2nd, this happened…

1930 The author of famous books such as Women in Love at the cult Lady Chatterley’s Lover, D.H., Lawrence, died at the age off 44 in the city of Vence in France.

1933 The world premiere of the original version of King Kong had released, a movie which has one of the most memorable scenes of all time.

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1947 The birthday of a man favourited to be the England football’s team next manager, Harry Redknapp.

2004 NASA  revealed that in the past that there was water on Mars in the past, due to evidence discovered by the Mars rover ‘ Opportunity’

2011 A wonderful day for techno-geeks, as Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple Ipad 2.

Photo: Sucello Leilões Virtuais

Photo: Sucello Leilões Virtuais

 

On this Day…

On this day, March 1st, this happened…

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1987 The birthday of rap/popstar Ke$ha, who will be 26 today. She rose to fame with her song ‘Tik Tok’ back in 2009.

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1994 Quite a few musicians birthday on this day’. Today will be a night where Twitter goes mental for sure, for it’s the birthday of the love/hate teen popstar Justin Bieber, who will reach 19.

1998 Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. It is now grossed over billion worldwide, being the second film to do so (the first one being Avatar).

2006 The English version of Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, which was the Jordanhill Railway Station. But it still unreliable for essays kids!

Today is also Beer Day, which celebrates the end of prohibition of beer in Iceland in 1989.

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