41 years ago today, October 26, 1985, Marty McFly climbed into a DeLorean in the parking lot of Twin Pines Mall and accidentally traveled 30 years into the past. It was 1:20 in the morning, and Doc Brown was about to demonstrate the time machine he'd spent years building. He had already sent his dog Einstein one minute into the future, proving that his invention actually worked. But when Libyan terrorists suddenly arrived in a Volkswagen van and opened fire, Marty jumped into the DeLorean to escape. He hit 88 miles per hour, the flux capacitor activated, and Marty disappeared in a flash of light, leaving two blazing tire tracks across the parking lot. His destination? November 5, 1955. Back to the Future was released earlier that summer, on July 3, 1985, starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown. Michael J. Fox wasn't even the original Marty. Eric Stoltz had already spent several weeks filming before director Robert Zemeckis decided to recast the role. Fox was still working on Family Ties, so he filmed the television show during the day and Back to the Future at night. The movie became the highest-grossing film of 1985 and went on to become one of the most beloved science-fiction adventures ever made. And to think, it all started with a teenager, a crazy scientist, and a DeLorean that needed just 1.21 gigawatts of electricity. If you could climb into Doc Brown's DeLorean and travel back in time, what year would you visit?