Days of Our Lives Mystery Cache

Date or dates may refer to:

1. Calendar date, a day on a calendar
   1. Date (metadata), a representation term or class associated with a data element
   2. date (Unix), a Unix command for displaying the current time and date
   3. DATE (command), command on DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems for displaying the current date
   4. Radiometric dating is a family of techniques used to determine of the approximate period of origin of an object, e.g. 'to carbon-date an artifact'
2. Date (fruit), the fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera
3. Dating, a form of courtship which may include any social activity undertaken by, typically, two persons with the aim of assessing each other's suitability as a partner. 

What was accomplished on these dates? 

Jan 17, Feb 5, March 7, March 3, April 16, May 15, May 16, Jul 18, Jul 30, Jul 31, Aug 9, Oct 3, Nov 1, Oct 2

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