(Although I was proud of how well my first crack at this timeline did I know that I can do better)

November 2, 1957: Actor James "Jimmy" Stewart announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for Governor in the upcoming 1958 California Gubernatorial election.
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Reagan: "So tell me about that first moment you decided to enter politics"
Stewart: "Well Ron there really wasn't one singular moment I decided to run. I had just seen all of the terrible things going on in America in the decade beforehand and eventually realized that I couldn't just be a bystander anymore"
(Interview between host Ronald Reagan and former President James Stewart on "Inside the Actor's Studio" (1989))
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"Christopher Nolan announces that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will play the Caped Crusader in planned Batman reboot"- "People Magazine" (May, 2004)
 
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