The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie events on the 25th August
Allan Pinkerton is born. (Glasgow, Scotland) (American Outlaws)
Bill Doolin is killed by a posse. (Lawson, Oklahoma) (The Cimarron Kid)
Mr. Powers writes to Huntley Haverstock, saying that he should go to the Van Meer luncheon at the Carlton Hotel in London. (New York, New York) (Foreign Correspondent)
In anticipation of a crippling strike by railroad workers, President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order putting America (Truman)
The 'Jackal' attempts to assassinate Charles De Gaulle (Paris) (The Day of the Jackal)
Eleanor Ann Arroway born to Joanna, who dies in childbirth. (De Pere, Wisconsin) (Contact)
Daily News headline: LENNON KILLER GETS 20-TO-LIFE. (New York City, New York) (The Killing of John Lennon)
Colonel Luis Toro military ID later used by James Bond is signed. (Octopussy)
Truman Capote dies of liver disease. (Los Angeles, California) (Capote)
The Washington Post headline: "Manchurian Global to Supply Private Army for Belorussian War." Date erroneously says August 26, 1996. (The Manchurian Candidate)
John Chambers dies. (Woodland Hills, California) (Argo)
Amy Winehouse's monthly teeth brush. (Disaster Movie)
The court rules that Ted is not a person. (Boston, Massachusetts) (Ted 2)
Weyland Industries launches the Explorers Academy -- an alternative grad school for underprivileged college students interested in the fields of biotech, nanotech, cybernetics and terraforming. Top graduates of the program are offered positions at Weyland Industries. (Prometheus)