The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
Movie events on the 24th February
The army of Uesgi Kenshin marches on Shinano. Takeda Shige's army camps a Unnodaira in Shinano; Takeda's 15,000 men face down 6,000 Uesugi troops; for three days, neither side moves. (Shinano, Japan) (Samurai Banners)
Wilhelm Grimm is born. (Hanau, Germany) (The Brothers Grimm)
Former President John Quincy Adams begins to argue the Amistad case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Washington, D.C.) (Amistad)
Sidney Poitier is born. (Miami, Florida) (Six Degrees of Separation)
Maj. Gen. Frank Merrill's guerrilla force, nicknamed "Merrill's Marauders," begin a campaign in northern Burma. (Merrill's Marauders)
John Donaghy, father of Amelia Donaghy, born. (Brooklyn, NY) (The Bone Collector)
Nick Dunne and Amy Elliott get engaged. (Gone Girl)
Dodge wakes up with spider bites on his face. On his way to work, a suicidal man lands on his car. (New York, New York) (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World)
Starfleet officer Thomas Harewood accepts John Harrison's offer to save his sick daughter and has to repay him by bombing Section 31. (London, England) (Star Trek Into Darkness)