The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie events on the 11th April
David Zeisberger is born. (Zauchental, Moravia, near Ostrava (Czech Republic)) (The Moravian Massacre)
John Merrick, the Elephant Man, dies. (London) (The Elephant Man)
Metropolitan Press headline: "BUTCHER LINKED TO MISSING PERSONS." (The Midnight Meat Train)
The Morning Leader headline: "GERMANY'S NEWEST WEAPON." (Sri Lanka) (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
Scott Joplin dies. (Scott Joplin)
Dorothy Parker resigns as drama critic for "The New Yorker". (Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle)
Richard Kuklinski is born. (Jersey City, NJ) (The Iceman)
The capital is abandoned by civilians by this time. (Oslo, Norway) (Foreign Correspondent)
US President Harry S Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of command of the US forces in Korea. (MacArthur)
Apollo 13 is successfully launched. (Cape Canaveral, Florida) (Apollo 13)
President Idi Amin is overthrown. (Uganda) (The Last King of Scotland)
Socialite Joanne Herring convinces congressman Charlie Wilson to help the Afghani people against the Soviets and meet with the Pakistani president. (Houston, Texas) (Charlie Wilson's War)
Francis Dolarhyde kidnaps Freddy Lounds. (Chicago, IL) (Red Dragon)
Machine-gunned bodies of 17 British sailors are recovered by Vietnamese Government. Ballistic reports show that the ammunition used is the same as that used by the Chinese military. (Vietnam) (Tomorrow Never Dies)
Machine-gunned bodies of 17 British sailors are recovered by Vietnamese Government. Ballistic reports show that the ammunition used is the same as that used by the Chinese military. (Vietnam) (Tomorrow Never Dies)
The Carver Global Satellite Network is launched, but a curious power outage interrupts Elliot Carver's inaugural broadcast in mid-speech. (Hamburg, Germany) (Tomorrow Never Dies)
On the fourth night, Abby is accidentally injured when she, Mike, and Vanessa are bonding with the animatronics (Five Nights at Freddy's)
Maersk Alabama arrives. (Mombasa, Kenya) (Captain Phillips)
Ambivalent aliens land off the coast of Los Angeles to engage in war with humans for the water on our planet. United States Marines engage the enemy and destroy their ability to provide air support to their troops on the ground. (Los Angeles, California) (Battle: Los Angeles)
Olive lies to Rhiannon about losing her virginity. (Ojai, California) (Easy A)