The first film of the franchise &#39;Dr No&#39; released on October 5, 1962. Albert R Broccoli&#39;s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have declared it the Global James Bond Day, a day-long series of events for Bond fans around the world. <img alt="Daniel Craig" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/Daniel1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 610px; " /> Daniel Craig. Pic/Santa Banta The celebrations come ahead of the release of the 23rd James Bond franchise &#39;Skyfall&#39;, which hits theatres on October 26 in the UK, November 2 in India and November 9 in the US. &quot;We are absolutely thrilled to be celebrating James Bond&#39;s golden anniversary on film with this special day of events for Bond fans around the world,&quot; Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, producers of &#39;Skyfall&#39;, said in a joint statement. A new feature documentary titled &#39;Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007&#39; on the three men- Bond producers Albert R Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and author Ian Fleming, will be also be unveiled. The other worldwide events celebrating Bond&#39;s golden anniversary include a global online and live auction charity event of 50 lots and the proceeds from them will go to 12 charitable institutions. The auction is organised by Christie&#39;s in London. There will also be a retrospective of Bond films at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a Music of Bond night in Los Angeles hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and an exhibition, &#39;Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style&#39;, at the Toronto International Film Festival.u00a0

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 'James Bond' film franchise, the makers have decided to celebrate October 5 this year as the Global James Bond Day. 

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