fake_data = [('note name 1', 5, '11/21/13'), ('note name 2', 3, '11/22/13'), ('note name 1', 1, '11/24/13')]
the_dict = {}
 
for item in fake_data: # for each note
	if item[0] in the_dict: #do we already have an entry in our dictionary for this note name?
		the_dict[item[0]].append(item) #we do, add this new occurence onto our list of notes
	else:
		the_dict[item[0]] = [item] #we don't have anything in our dict for this note, so start a new list
 
print(len(the_dict['note name 1']))

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