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Movie events on the 2nd February
James Joyce is born. (Dublin, Ireland) (James Joyce's Women)
Henry L. Parker, his wife and daughter perish in a private airplane crash. His son, Terrence C. Parker, who was at the controls, escaped unhurt. (Newport, Conn.) (Living on Velvet)
Vidkun Quisling, a collaborator with the German occupiers of Norway, is established as prime minister of a puppet government. (Hamsun)
Dr Carl Goerdeler executed for his part in the assassination attempt on Hitler. (Germany) (Valkyrie)
2270km into their motorcycle journey, Ernesto and Alberto catch a duck. (Estacion de Tren de Bariloche, Argentina) (The Motorcycle Diaries)
Walter Mitty is born. (New York City, New York) (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
Major General Idi Amin declares himself President of Uganda and Chief of the Armed Forces. (The Last King of Scotland)
Sex Pistols member Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose. (New York) (Sid and Nancy)
Weatherman Phil Connors kills himself, rescues strangers, steals the groundhog, and eventually seduces his producer boss. (Punxsatawney, PA) (Groundhog Day)
The murder trial begins for Robert Gambini and Stan Rothenstein. (Beechum County, Alabama) (My Cousin Vinny)
Arthur Edens strips unexpectedly at a court hearing. (Michael Clayton)
Using a precursor to the atmospheric processor of his own invention, Peter Weyland is able to generate a localized synthetic atmosphere above the polar ice cap, effectively ending global warming. (Prometheus)
The date of a newspaper with an article titled, Deepwater Mystery (Underwater)
Data is permanently re-activated. (Omicron Theta science colony) (Star Trek: Generations)