The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie events on the 18th July
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and 272 of his troops are killed in an assault on Fort Wagner. (Fort Wagner, Charleston, South Carolina) (Glory)
The date on the flyer for the Wild West Show that Cogburn sent to Ross. (True Grit)
Nelson Mandela is born. (Mvezo, South Africa) (Invictus)
The Prisoners of War Committee sends a letter to Clive Candy indicating that Oberst Kretschmar Schuldorff has been located. (Victoria Hotel, Northumberland, London, UK) (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp)
Public Enemy Number One, Sonny "Dinkie" Black, leader of the notorious Purple Gang, is gunned down by Federal Agents outside the Bijou Vaudeville Theater on Washington Street. (Milwaukee, WI) (Public Hero #1)
There is a military uprising led by the Fascist General Francisco Franco against the democratically elected government of Spain. (Spain) (Land and Freedom)
Verna Carson is born. (Newt, Texas) (Texas Chainsaw 3D)
Verna Carson is born. (Newt, Texas) (Texas Chainsaw 3D)
Klaatu arrives on Earth with Gort and a cautionary message to halt experiments with violence, atomic energy, and space travel. (Washington DC) (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Dick Eklund vs. Sugar Ray Leonard at the Hynes Auditiorium (Boston, Massachusetts) (The Fighter)
The magazine Out-Takes reports that two 23 year olds, Banky Edwards and Holden McNeil, are enjoying success with their first comic, 37, currently being sold only at Comic Toast in Eden Prairie Mall and Comicology. (Chasing Amy)
Infant Sorrow concert at the Greek Theatre. (Los Angeles, CA) (Get Him to the Greek)
April O'Neil video records mutant turtles named Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. (New York City, New York) (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Dr. Martin Harris takes a photograph with his wife on their honeymoon. (Paris, France) (Unknown)
Aaron Green brings Aldous Snow to the Greek Theatre and reconciles with his girlfriend. (Los Angeles, CA) (Get Him to the Greek)
Amy writes a diary entry about how the recession has affected her and Nick. (Gone Girl)
Data from Office of Public Health Awareness propogation projection studies says that Simian Flu has spread to 8.7 million people. (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)