QUANTUM LEAP
TV Series 1989. Created by Donald P. Bellisario. Starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
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1862 - 162 years ago
1September 20, 1862 19th Century and earlierEvents

September 20, 1862
Sam Beckett leaps into his great-grandfather during the civil war, helping the underground railroad smuggle a family to freedom.



1945 - 79 years ago
2June 15, 1945 20th Century: 1st HalfEvents

June 15, 1945
After a lightning strike, Sam and Al switch places. Al leaps into ex-POW Captain Tom Jarrett in 1945, and Sam is confined to the Imaging Chamber in 1999, which has been locked by mistake.



1953 - 71 years ago
3April 14, 1953 20th Century: 50sEvents

April 14, 1953
Sam Beckett leaps into Nick Allen, a private detective that looks like Humphrey Bogart, holding a gun over a dead body as the police arrive.



4August 4, 1953 20th Century: 50sEvents

August 4, 1953
Sam Beckett leaps into Navy aviation machinist Charles Lee Mackenzie, returning from being stationed in Japan for 2 years.



5August 8, 1953 20th Century: 50sBirth Dates

August 8, 1953
Sam Beckett born in Elk Ridge, Indiana. As a grown man, Sam Beckett leaps into a bar in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania on the date of his birth at the exact time he was born, encountering people from his past with different names, and Al as the Bartender.



6September 7, 1953 20th Century: 50sEvents

September 7, 1953
Sam Beckett leaps into Doctor William "Billy" Beaumont PhD, a professional "rain maker" whose brother thinks he is a joke.



1954 - 70 years ago
7June 3, 1954 20th Century: 50sEvents

June 3, 1954
Sam Beckett leaps into Phillip, a man who was thought to be dead after three years of being missing. Phillip's wife, Catherine, the heiress to a shipping company, happens to be getting re-married the next day.



8July 3, 1954 20th Century: 50sEvents

July 3, 1954
Sam Beckett leaps into Elvis Presley shortly before being discovered.



9September 4, 1954 20th Century: 50sEvents

September 4, 1954
Sam Beckett leaps into Charlie "Black Magic" Walters, one of the greatest pool players of all time.



10October 3, 1954 20th Century: 50sEvents

October 3, 1954
Sam Beckett leaps into Sam Beiderman, a mental patient undergoing electric shock therapy that brings out the personalities of several people he has leaped into previously.



1955 - 69 years ago
11May 11, 1955 20th Century: 50sEvents

May 11, 1955
Sam Beckett leaps into Clyde, a newly inducted member of the Ku Klux Klan, and must find a way to prevent the lynching of a black community activist.



12July 23, 1955 20th Century: 50sEvents

July 23, 1955
Sam Beckett leaps into Terry Sammis, half of the "Battling Rooskies" tag team wrestling duo, and must find a way to keep his brother from wrestling before he suffers a heart attack.



13August 8, 1955 20th Century: 50sEvents

August 8, 1955
Sam Beckett leaps into a black man named Jesse Tyler in the deep south.



14August 8, 1955 20th Century: 50sEvents

August 8, 1955
Sam Beckett leaps into Sheriff Clayton Fuller, father of Abagail Fuller, a girl accused of killing her husband and daughter.



15November 15, 1955 20th Century: 50sEvents

November 15, 1955
Sam Beckett leaps into a very pregnant teenage girl named Billy Jean, and must find a way to keep her baby instead of giving it up for adoption.



1956 - 68 years ago
16August 5, 1956 20th Century: 50sEvents

August 5, 1956
Sam Beckett leaps into Texas veterinarian Doc Young.



17August 13, 1956 20th Century: 50sEvents

August 13, 1956
Sam Beckett leaps into the pilot of a private jet taking a newly-wed couple through the Bermuda Triangle.



18September 13, 1956 20th Century: 50sEvents

September 13, 1956
Sam Beckett leaps into Air Force test pilot Tom Stratton.



19September 27, 1956 20th Century: 50sEvents

September 27, 1956
Sam Beckett leaps into Nikos Stathatos, a Greek seaman shipwrecked on an uncharted island.



20October 8, 1956 20th Century: 50sEvents

October 8, 1956
Sam Beckett leaps into Arnold Watkins / The Midnight Marauder, encountering Alia, the evil time-traveler who sets wrong what once was right.



21November 2, 1956 20th Century: 50sEvents

November 2, 1956
Sam Beckett leaps into Tallawaga County Prison inmate Chance Terence Cole, working on a chain gang.



1957 - 67 years ago
22March 2, 1957 20th Century: 50sEvents

March 2, 1957
Sam Beckett leaps into archaeologist Dale Conway, who has uncovered the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Ptah-Hotep.



23June 25, 1957 20th Century: 50sEvents

June 25, 1957
Sam leaps into Al as a young navy pilot facing charges of raping and murdering a Commander's wife.



24July 29, 1957 20th Century: 50sEvents

July 29, 1957
Sam Beckett leaps into deep south lawyer Leonard Dancey, and must try a case involving a black woman accused of murdering a prominent white man.



25October 5, 1957 20th Century: 50sEvents

October 5, 1957
One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy.



26October 6, 1957 20th Century: 50sEvents

October 6, 1957
Sam Beckett leaps into actor Kenny Sharp, portraying the television character of Future Boy, and must find a way to prevent his co-star Moe Stein, from being committed to a mental institution because of his "wild" theories about traveling in time.



27November 9, 1957 20th Century: 50sEvents

November 9, 1957
Sam Beckett leaps into small town coroner Melvin, and must determine how a young, orphaned woman from Germany named Hilla died.



28November 28, 1957 20th Century: 50sEvents

November 28, 1957
Sam Beckett leaps into Tyler Means, an old gunfighter who is spending his retirement days acting out scenes from his youth when he supposedly cleaned up the town.



1958 - 66 years ago
29February 25, 1958 20th Century: 50sEvents

February 25, 1958
Sam Beckett leaps into Martin Joseph "Marty" Ellroy, Sr., a bigamist married to two women and two sets of kids that are both starved for his attention.



30May 10, 1958 20th Century: 50sEvents

May 10, 1958
Sam Beckett leaps into New York cab driver Max Greenman, trying to earn his medallion in a high-stakes contest.



31June 7, 1958 20th Century: 50sEvents

June 7, 1958
Sam Beckett leaps into Darlene Monte, beauty contest finalist competing for the title of "Miss Deep South", and must uncover the reason that his pageant roommate disappears before the pageant ends.



32June 18, 1958 20th Century: 50sEvents

June 18, 1958
Sam Beckett leaps into illiterate drifter and multiple murderer Leon Randolph Stiles, currently on the run.



33September 1, 1958 20th Century: 50sEvents

September 1, 1958
Sam Beckett leaps into gang member Shane "Funny Bone" Thomas, and must prevent the stabbing of the gang leaders' girlfriend, who Sam believes does not belong on the open road and must be set free. Sam visits with famous writer Jack Kerouac.



34November 18, 1958 20th Century: 50sEvents

November 18, 1958
Sam Beckett leaps into Victor Panzini, member of a Hungarian family Arial act, and must save his sister from falling to her death when she tries to perform the deadly "triple" trapeze act without a net.



1959 - 65 years ago
35January 6, 1959 20th Century: 50sEvents

January 6, 1959
One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy.



36April 30, 1959 20th Century: 50sEvents

April 30, 1959
Sam Beckett leaps into comedian Davey Parker, performing at the Gold & Sand Casino in Las Vegas.



37September 9, 1959 20th Century: 50sEvents

September 9, 1959
Sam Beckett leaps into radio disc jockey "Howlin' Chick Howell", and must prevent a radio station from being shut down.



38October 21, 1959 20th Century: 50sEvents

October 21, 1959
One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy.



1960 - 64 years ago
39April 4, 1960 20th Century: 60sEvents

April 4, 1960
Sam Beckett leaps into Marilyn Monroe's chauffeur.



40April 27, 1960 20th Century: 60sEvents

April 27, 1960
Sam Beckett leaps into a cop who is on his honeymoon on the train to Niagara Falls.



1961 - 63 years ago
41January 24, 1961 20th Century: 60sEvents

January 24, 1961
Sam Beckett leaps into a chimp in the chimponaut corps, and must get the chimp into the space program.



42June 6, 1961 20th Century: 60sEvents

June 6, 1961
Sam Beckett leaps into a geeky teenager Cameron "Cam" Wilson, and must prevent his sister from marrying an abusive alcoholic.



43August 4, 1961 20th Century: 60sEvents

August 4, 1961
Sam Beckett leaps into Gilbert LaBonte, the head of a New Orleans brothel, and must protect one of the girls who doesn't seem to belong there from vanishing.



44August 6, 1961 20th Century: 60sEvents

August 6, 1961
Sam Beckett leaps into Lester "Doc" Fuller, a former major league pitcher stuck back in the minors again.



45October 16, 1961 20th Century: 60sEvents

October 16, 1961
Sam Beckett leaps into Samantha Stormer, executive secretary at National Motors Corporation.



1962 - 62 years ago
46October 26, 1962 20th Century: 60sEvents

October 26, 1962
Sam Beckett leaps into bomb shelter salesman Eddie Elroy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and must stop the killing of a neighbor during a false air raid alarm which results in the conviction of his brother.



47November 6, 1962 20th Century: 60sEvents

November 6, 1962
Sam Beckett leaps into a Hispanic high school football player Eddie Vega, and must stop his best friend from throwing an important game and ruining his life.



48December 24, 1962 20th Century: 60sEvents

December 24, 1962
Sam Beckett leaps into Reginald Pearson, personal valet to a rich uptown millionaire.



1963 - 61 years ago
49March 11, 1963 20th Century: 60sEvents

March 11, 1963
Sam Beckett leaps into a bouncer named Buster, and must find out why his girlfriend, Bunny, has kidnapped a baby girl.



50March 21, 1963 20th Century: 60sEvents

March 21, 1963
One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy.



51April 7, 1963 20th Century: 60sEvents

April 7, 1963
Sam Beckett leaps into Cheree, member of a teenage singing group called The Dovettes, and must prevent another member, Lynelle Walters from signing her life away to sleazy promoter Bobby Lee.



52April 10, 1963 20th Century: 60sEvents

April 10, 1963
One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy.



53August 19, 1963 20th Century: 60sEvents

August 19, 1963
Sam Beckett leaps into Catholic priest Father Francis Giuseppe "Frank" Pistano at St. Dorothy's church, and must prevent the murder of Father Mack, another priest at the church.



54October 21, 1963 20th Century: 60sEvents

October 21, 1963
One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy.



55November 21, 1963 20th Century: 60sEvents

November 21, 1963
One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy.



56November 22, 1963 20th Century: 60sEvents

November 22, 1963
One of several times that Sam Beckett leaps into Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who supposedly murdered President John F. Kennedy.



1964 - 60 years ago
57February 6, 1964 20th Century: 60sEvents

February 6, 1964
Sam Beckett leaps into blind pianist Andrew Ross, and must save his girlfriend Michelle from her overprotective Mother and a serial strangler.



58June 11, 1964 20th Century: 60sEvents

June 11, 1964
Sam Beckett leaps into Cadet Commander Thomas "Tommy" H. York, a naval cadet who may or not be gay, and must prevent another gay cadet from being killed by a gay-bashing group.



59July 4, 1964 20th Century: 60sEvents

July 4, 1964
Sam Beckett leaps into 13 year-old Butchie Rickett, whose sister constantly torments him, and must find a way to keep his mother from running away from the family and never being heard from again.



60October 4, 1964 20th Century: 60sEvents

October 4, 1964
Sam Beckett leaps into a mentally challenged young man named Jimmy.



61October 31, 1964 20th Century: 60sEvents

October 31, 1964
Sam Beckett leaps into Joshua Rae, a horror novelist surrounded by death and mystery.



1965 - 59 years ago
62June 15, 1965 20th Century: 60sEvents

June 15, 1965
Sam Beckett leaps into high-fashion photographer Karl Granson, and must prevent a model from overdosing.



63August 11, 1965 20th Century: 60sEvents

August 11, 1965
Sam Beckett leaps into Ray Harper, a black man with a white girlfriend trying to protect her from being killed by his angry prejudiced brother during the Watts Riots of 1965.



64November 8, 1965 20th Century: 60sEvents

November 8, 1965
Sam Beckett leaps into Mafia hitman Frankie LaPalma.



1966 - 58 years ago
65March 19, 1966 20th Century: 60sEvents

March 19, 1966
Sam Beckett leaps back into mentally challenged Jimmy, encountering Alia, another time-traveler.



66May 21, 1966 20th Century: 60sEvents

May 21, 1966
Sam Beckett leaps into 79 year-old UFO chaser Maxwell Stoddard about to be committed to a mental hospital.



67June 14, 1966 20th Century: 60sEvents

June 14, 1966
Sam Beckett leaps into Abagail Fuller's soon-to-be husband Will Kinman.



1967 - 57 years ago
68October 19, 1967 20th Century: 60sEvents

October 19, 1967
Sam Beckett leaps into fraternity member "Wild Thing", and must prevent a girl from setting an explosion that kills someone on campus in protest of the Vietnam War.



1968 - 56 years ago
69August 10, 1968 20th Century: 60sEvents

August 10, 1968
Sam Beckett leaps into Ronald Miller, a soldier who has lost both legs in Vietnam.



70October 16, 1968 20th Century: 60sEvents

October 16, 1968
Sam Beckett leaps into Margaret Sanders, a bra-burning mother, and must prevent his daughter from getting killed in a violent protest.



1969 - 55 years ago
71April 1, 1969 20th Century: 60sEvents

April 1, 1969
Sam Beckett leaps into undercover police officer Jake Rawlins, and must prevent a M.I.A. Naval officer's wife from marrying another man until he returns from captivity.



72August 17, 1969 20th Century: 60sEvents

August 17, 1969
Sam Beckett leaps into Deputy Sheriff Archie Necaise as Hurricane Camille hits the Gulf Coast.



73September 9, 1969 20th Century: 60sEvents

September 9, 1969
Sam Beckett leaps into Joe Thurlow, a young man romancing an older woman, while performing a nude version of Hamlet.



74November 25, 1969 20th Century: 60sEvents

November 25, 1969
Sam Beckett leaps into himself as a teenager back in Elk Ridge, Indiana on the family farm.



1970 - 54 years ago
75April 7, 1970 20th Century: 70sEvents

April 7, 1970
Sam Beckett leaps into Herbert "Black Magic" Williams in Vietnam with his brother, Tom.



76November 22, 1970 20th Century: 70sEvents

November 22, 1970
Sam Beckett leaps into Native American George "Togo" Washakie, and must help his grandfather make it to the reservation to die in peace.



1971 - 53 years ago
77February 7, 1971 20th Century: 70sEvents

February 7, 1971
Sam Beckett leaps into parapsychologist Timothy Mintz, and must save a woman from drowning in a lake per a family curse.



78May 12, 1971 20th Century: 70sEvents

May 12, 1971
Sam Beckett leaps into Jesus Ortega, a man strapped to an electric chair for a murder he may not have committed.



79December 22, 1971 20th Century: 70sEvents

December 22, 1971
Sam Beckett leaps into Willie Walters Jr., one of three brothers robbing the town bank in Sam's hometown of Elk Ridge, Indiana.



1972 - 52 years ago
80June 15, 1972 20th Century: 70sEvents

June 15, 1972
Sam Beckett leaps into Dr. Gerald Bryant, an english teacher who is having a fling with a student named Jamie.



81November 6, 1972 20th Century: 70sEvents

November 6, 1972
Sam Beckett leaps into Vietnam veteran Henry Adams who lives in the mountains away from civilization.



1973 - 51 years ago
82September 6, 1973 20th Century: 70sEvents

September 6, 1973
Sam Beckett leaps into F.B.I. Agent Peter Langley, protecting a very annoying yet beautiful woman, and must protect her from being killed by a jealous criminal.



1974 - 50 years ago
83February 2, 1974 20th Century: 70sEvents

February 2, 1974
Sam Beckett leaps into Rabbi David Basch, and must prevent a Jewish family from falling apart when the wife of his brother contemplates having an affair.



84April 12, 1974 20th Century: 70sEvents

April 12, 1974
Sam Beckett leaps into Geoffrey "Tonic" Mole, the lead singer of English heavy metal band King Thunder, previously known as The Dingles, and known for the songs "Rock the Red Head", "Fate's Wide Wheel" and "Hot Spot". Sam must keep himself from being killed by an unknown stalker.



85October 24, 1974 20th Century: 70sEvents

October 24, 1974
Sam Beckett leaps into Kid Cody, a boxer who's contract is owned by a group of nuns.



86November 9, 1974 20th Century: 70sEvents

November 9, 1974
Sam Beckett leaps into The Great Spontini, a traveling amateur magician raising a daughter alone, and must find a way to keep the daughter from being taken by her mother when she returns three years after abandoning the family.



1975 - 49 years ago
87March 10, 1975 20th Century: 70sEvents

March 10, 1975
Sam Beckett leaps into Lord Nigel Corrington, an artist who lives like a vampire.



1976 - 48 years ago
88April 1, 1976 20th Century: 70sEvents

April 1, 1976
Sam Beckett leaps into a boy named Chad whose new little brother will die sometime soon.



89June 18, 1976 20th Century: 70sEvents

June 18, 1976
Sam Beckett leaps into bounty hunter Gordon O'Reilly, taking a difficult woman back to the law, and possibly her death.



1978 - 46 years ago
90July 18, 1978 20th Century: 70sEvents

July 18, 1978
Sam Beckett leaps into Larry Stanton, the lawyer defending Abagail Fuller in her trial for the murder of Leta Aider.



1979 - 45 years ago
91February 28, 1979 20th Century: 70sEvents

February 28, 1979
Sam Beckett leaps into Lt. Jack Stone on February 28, 1979, a homicide detective investigating a horrible murder involving the removal of the victim's heart.



92May 21, 1979 20th Century: 70sEvents

May 21, 1979
Sam Beckett leaps into Ray Hutton, understudy for the lead role in "Man of La Mancha".



93October 6, 1979 20th Century: 70sEvents

October 6, 1979
Sam Beckett leaps into a Chippendale dancer Rod "The Bod", and must ensure a hearing-impaired woman realizes her dream of becoming a dancer instead of becoming a prostitute and dying of AIDS.



1980 - 44 years ago
94June 20, 1980 20th Century: 80sEvents

June 20, 1980
Sam Beckett leaps into Katie, a rape victim, and must convince the community she was in fact raped.



1981 - 43 years ago
95September 30, 1981 20th Century: 80sEvents

September 30, 1981
Sam Beckett leaps into Linda Brookner, mother of a teenager, a preteen and a toddler, and must prevent the kidnapping and disappearance of her son while at the same time managing all the duties of a Mom!



1982 - 42 years ago
96July 27, 1982 20th Century: 80sEvents

July 27, 1982
Sam Beckett leaps into TV reporter Francis "Eddie" Brackett, who after being challenged by a co-worker to do just one real investigative piece, discovers a secret chemical weapons plant hidden inside a local corporation.



1983 - 41 years ago
97June 2, 1983 20th Century: 80sEvents

June 2, 1983
Sam Beckett leaps into Frank Bianca, the most noteworthy hairdresser in Beverly Hills.



1985 - 39 years ago
98February 1, 1985 20th Century: 80sEvents

February 1, 1985
Sam Beckett leaps into television reporter Dylan Powell, and must prevent the psychic helping police search for a serial killer become the next victim.



99February 14, 1985 20th Century: 80sEvents

February 14, 1985
Valentine's Day. Tamlyn Matsuda is killed.



100April 25, 1985 20th Century: 80sEvents

April 25, 1985
Sam Beckett leaps into sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer.



101May 4, 1985 20th Century: 80sEvents

May 4, 1985
Sam Beckett leaps into heart-throb star Kyle Hart, who portrays Dr. Craig Connor on the daytime soap opera Moments to Live.



102November 10, 1985 20th Century: 80sEvents

November 10, 1985
Sam Beckett leaps into lounge lizard Joey DeNardo, who has gone into hiding from the Mafia.



1987 - 37 years ago
103September 16, 1987 20th Century: 80sEvents

September 16, 1987
Sam Beckett and the evil leaper Alia leap into a women's prison, where they are being accused of killing another inmate.



1999 - 25 years ago
104September 18, 1999 20th Century: 90sEvents

September 18, 1999
After a lightning strike, Sam and Al switch places. Al leaps into ex-POW Captain Tom Jarrett in 1945, and Sam is confined to the Imaging Chamber in 1999, which has been locked by mistake.





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