The Packers will play the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game, and while it's certainly a big deal, it's also certainly not the first time the Packers have reached this point in the season. In fact, it's the seventh – well, technically six, with the seventh being the Western Conference Championship ... and that's just in the Super Bowl era ... and not including the Super Bowl I year, which they didn't play in a technical conference championship game. So yes, a lot of asterisks.  

But anyways, we hopped in our time machine and dipped back to times near and far to see what were the big names and big stories being tossed around on screen and in the headlines when the Packers were knocking on the Super Bowl's door. Here's what we found.

Jan. 18, 2015: Packers vs. Seahawks

_{(PHOTO: Packers.com/David Bernacchi)}

What's in the news

• "Birdman" and "Boyhood" were preparing to duke it out for Best Picture.
• The Milwaukee Streetcar was still a matter for debate. The next month, it would be passed, resulting in this potential future bar crawl. 
• Bucks center Larry Sanders got suspended again for drug use. He would be gone from the team the next month.
• Kenosha's own Orson Welles, director of "Citizen Kane," turned 100.

#1 movie at the box office: "American Sniper"

Average cost of a movie ticket: $8.43

#1 TV show of the year: "The Big Bang Theory" and "NCIS" (both behind "Sunday Night Football")

#1 song: "Uptown Funk," Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (the best performing single of 2015)

Packers stats leaders

• Aaron Rodgers threw for 4,381 yards and 38 touchdowns.
• Eddie Lacy ran for 1,139 yards and nine touchdowns.
• Jordy Nelson led the team in receptions, receiving touchdowns and receiving yards.
• Seven Packers – Randall Cobb, John Kuhn, Clay Matthews, Jordy Nelson, Aaron Rodgers, Sam Shields and Josh Sitton – were sent to the Pro Bowl.

Jan. 23, 2011: Packers vs. Bears

_{(PHOTO: Packers.com/Scotty McCreery Facebook)}

What's in the news

• Live on North closed, making room for the now dearly departed Hotel Foster.
• A local ballerina gave the future Oscar-winning "Black Swan" an "eh" review.
• "American Idol" introduced its new Cowell-less lineup of judges: Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler.

#1 movie at the box office: "No Strings Attached"

Average cost of a movie ticket: $7.93

#1 TV show of the year: "American Idol" (the Scotty McCreery season)

#1 song: "Grenade," Bruno Mars

Packers stats leaders

• Aaron Rodgers threw for 3,922 yards and 28 touchdowns.
• Brandon Jackson – no, not James Starks – was the team's leading rusher with 703 yards, while Aaron Rodgers and John Kuhn ran for four touchdowns apiece.
• Greg Jennings led the team with 1,265 yards and 12 touchdowns.
• Six Packers – Greg Jennings, Chad Clifton, Clay Matthews, Charles Woodson, Tramon Williams and Nick Collins – were sent to the Pro Bowl. 

Jan. 20, 2008: Packers vs. Giants

_{(PHOTO: Jim Biever/Packers.com and IMP Awards)}

What's in the news

• OnMilwaukee's Molly Snyder got a colonic, her sh*ttiest article to date – quite literally.
• The new tax incentive for filmmakers to come to Wisconsin went into effect Jan. 1.
• "Body Worlds" arrived in Milwaukee.

#1 movie at the box office: "Cloverfield"

#1 TV show of the year: "American Idol" (the David Cook season)

#1 song: "Low," Flo Rida featuring T-Pain (the best performing single of 2008)

Packers stats leaders

• Brett Favre threw for 4,155 yards and 28 touchdowns.
• Ryan Grant led the team with 956 yards and eight touchdowns.
• Donald Driver led the team in receiving yards with 1,048, while Greg Jennings led the team in receiving touchdowns with 12. 
• Five Packers – Brett Favre, Donald Driver, Chad Clifton, Aaron Kampman and Al Harris – were sent to the Pro Bowl.

Jan. 11, 1998: Packers vs. 49ers

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What's in the news

• OnMilwaukee did not exist yet; it wouldn't launch until September. 
• Chris Farley's autopsy showed he died of an overdose.
• Monica Lewinsky signed an affidavit denying having an affair with President Bill Clinton.
• It was announced John Glenn (then 76 years old) may fly in space again.
• In weird world news, the Little Mermaid got decapitated. 

#1 movie at the box office: "Titanic" (for its fourth weekend in a row)

#1 TV show: "Seinfeld" (the show would end later this year on May 14)

#1 song: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Candle in the Wind 1997," Elton John (Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" was the following week)

Packers stats leaders

• Brett Favre threw for 3,867 yards and 35 touchdowns.
• Dorsey Levens ran for 1,435 yards and seven touchdowns.
• Antonio Freeman led the team in both receiving yards (1,243) and touchdowns (12).
• Four Packers – Brett Favre, Dorsey Levens, Mark Chmura and LeRoy Butler – were sent to the Pro Bowl.

Jan. 12, 1997: Packers vs. Panthers

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What's in the news

• Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final day on "Today."
• Dennis Rodman was suspended indefinitely from the NBA for kicking a cameraman.
• The space shuttle Atlantis launched and docked with the Mir Space Station.

#1 movie at the box office: "The Relic"

Average cost of a movie ticket: $4.59

#1 TV show: "ER"

#1 song: "Un-Break My Heart," Toni Braxton

Packers stats leaders

• Brett Favre threw for 3,899 yards and 39 touchdowns. 
• Edgar Bennett led the team in rushing yards (899), while Dorsey Levens led the team in rushing touchdowns (five).
• Antonio Freeman led the team in receiving yards with 933, while Keith Jackson led the team in receiving touchdowns with ten.
• Four Packers – Brett Favre, Keith Jackson, Reggie White and Ron Woodson – were sent to the Pro Bowl.

Jan. 14, 1996: Packers vs. Cowboys

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What's in the news

• The Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone, went on sale.
• Nobody got elected to the baseball Hall of Fame for the first time in 25 years.
• Jimmy Johnson replaced Don Shula as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
• The Czech Republic applied for European Union membership.
• Nicolas Cage and Mel Gibson were winning awards. No really – for "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Braveheart, respectively.

#1 movie at the box office: "12 Monkeys"

Average cost of a movie ticket: $4.42

#1 TV show: "ER"

#1 song: "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

Packers stats leaders

• Brett Favre threw for 4,413 yards and 38 touchdowns.
• Edgar Bennett led the team in rushing with 1,067 yards, while he tied with Brett Favre and Dorsey Levens for the most rushing touchdowns with three.
• Robert Brooks led the team in both receiving yards (1,497) and receiving touchdowns (13).
• Three Packers – Brett Favre, Mark Chmura and Reggie White – were sent to the Pro Bowl.

Dec. 23, 1967: Packers vs. Rams

_{(PHOTO: Flickr/IMP Awards)}

What's in the news

• Paul McCartney got engaged to Jane Asher on Christmas Day.
  
• "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is released. 
• The Concorde, a supersonic airliner, is unveiled in France. 
• Earlier in the month, the world's first heart transplant takes place in South Africa.
• Evel Knievel attempts to jump 141 feet over the Caesars Palace fountain. He failed. 

#1 movie at the box office: "The Graduate" (on Dec. 24, the highest weekend debut of 1967)

Average cost of a movie ticket: $1.22

#1 TV show: "Bonanza"

#1 song: "Daydream Believer," The Monkees

Packers stats leaders

• Bart Starr threw for 1,823 yards and nine touchdowns.
• Jim Grabowski led the team in rushing with 466 yards, while Elijah Pitts and Donny Anderson scored seven rushing touchdowns apiece.
• Boyd Dowler led the team in receiving yards with 836, while Carroll Dale led the team in receiving touchdowns with five. 
• Willie Davis, Dave Robinson, Bob Jeter, Forrest Gregg, Jerry Kramer, Willie Wood, Herb Adderley, Don Chandler and Boyd Dowler all went to the Pro Bowl.