The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Tuesday 18th May: On his 1st wedding anniversary, Louis Jeffries is hit by a car and dies. In Heaven he opts to be reborn as someone else, but is not given his Memory-Forgetting Tranquilizer (or whatever it's called). (Chances Are)
Tuesday 25th May: Life magazine headline: "CASSIUS CLAY Taunting the Defeated Sonny Liston in the First Round." (New York City, New York - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
June: Class of '65 graduates. (Smallville - Superman III)
Monday 7th June: The Five Heartbeats meet their future manager, Jimmy Potter after an unsuccessful appearance at Little G's Monthly Talent Show. (New York, New York - The Five Heartbeats)
Sunday 25th July: Bob Dylan performs for the first time with electric instruments. (I'm Not There.)
Sunday 8th August: A nineteen-year-old is sacrificed. (Gatlin, Nebraska - Children of the Corn)
Tuesday 17th August: Col. Jonathan Davis orders repairs stop on Wind Machine Rig # 35. (Cadence)
Wednesday 18th August: A nineteen-year-old is sacrificed. (Gatlin, Nebraska - Children of the Corn)
Friday 20th August: Sandra Dee ends her contract with Universal. (Beyond the Sea)
Saturday 28th August: A letter from Sam Shakusky of Billingsley Boys' Home to Suzy Bishop of Summer's End, New Penzance Island enters into the care of the postal service. (Chesterfield Station - Moonrise Kingdom)
Monday 30th August: Colonel William E. Kurte writes a letter of appreciation to Benjamin L. Willard. (Apocalypse Now)
September: Athena notices that Frank Walker is paying a specific kind of attention to her. (Tomorowland - Tomorrowland)
Thursday 2nd September: Sam Shukusky steals a miniature canoe, some fishing tackle, ten pounds of sundries, two bedrolls, & an air rifle, and runs away from his Khaki Scout Troop, leaving a letter of resignation for his Scout Master Randall Ward. (Black Beacon Sound, New Penzance Island - Moonrise Kingdom)
Friday 3rd September: Alex Furlong is born. (New York City - Freejack)
Friday 3rd September: Sam Shakusky, recently escaped from his Khaki Scout troop, meets up with Suzy Bishop and her cat to run away together. (New Penzance Island - Moonrise Kingdom)
Saturday 4th September: Khaki Scout Troop 55 find run-aways Sam Shakusky and Suzy Bishop in the woods. Sam shoots a scout named Deluca in both arms with a stolen air rifle and Suzy stabs a scout named Redford in the back with lefty scissors. A scout nicknamed Lazy-Eye accidentally shoots the troop dog in the neck with a bow and arrow. (New Penzance Island - Moonrise Kingdom)
Sunday 5th September: A ferocious storm strikes Black Beacon Sound from the east. (Black Beacon Sound - Moonrise Kingdom)
Thursday 9th September: A nineteen-year-old is sacrificed. (Gatlin, Nebraska - Children of the Corn)
Friday 17th September: A nineteen-year-old is sacrificed. (Gatlin, Nebraska - Children of the Corn)
Sunday 19th September: James Bond recognises NATO pilot Francois Derval in a photograph. (Whitehall, London - Thunderball)
Thursday 30th September: Journalist, Guy Hamilton with the help of photographer, Billy Kwan cover the overthrow of President Sukarno. (Jakarta, Indonesia - The Year of Living Dangerously)
October: Athena is confused by her feelings toward Frank Walker. (Tomorrowland - Tomorrowland)
Sunday 10th October: Reconstruction of Black Beacon Sound after a particularly ferocious storm continues ahead of schedule. (New Penzance Island - Moonrise Kingdom)
Tuesday 12th October: Nicky Donatelli is born. (Punisher: War Zone)
Monday 18th October: A nineteen-year-old is born. (Gatlin, Nebraska - Children of the Corn)
Saturday 23rd October: Gertrude Baniszweski brands Syliva Likens' stomach (Indianapolis - An American Crime)
Tuesday 26th October: Sylvia Likens dies after being tortured by Gertrude Baniszweski. (Indanapolis - An American Crime)
Friday 5th November: "Maverick" Mitchell's father is shot down while flying a Navy F4 Phantom. (Top Gun)
Sunday 14th November: Parts of the 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry, the 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry, and the 1st Battalion 5th Cavalry of the United States Army land at LZ Xray. (Ia Drang Valley,Plei Mei, South Vietnam - We Were Soldiers)
Wednesday 17th November: A battalion from the 1st Cavalry Division is ambushed by the 8th Battalion of the North Vietnamese 66th Regiment. (Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam - We Were Soldiers)
December: Dr. Robert Morgan inherits the world when a plague makes him "The Last Man On Earth". (The Last Man on Earth)
Saturday 18th December: A nineteen-year-old is sacrificed. (Gatlin, Nebraska - Children of the Corn)
Friday 31st December: Deena Jones & the Dreams make their Las Vegas debut. (Las Vegas, Nevada - Dreamgirls)
Friday 31st December: Terry "Toad" Fields is declared missing in action after a booby-trapped latrine explodes. (nr An Loc, Vietnam - More American Graffiti)
Ray Finkle is born. (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
United Underworld, The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler, and Catwoman plot to take over the world, but are stopped by Batman and Robin. (Gotham City - Batman)
Dahlia is sent by Arab League to Beirut University. (Beirut, Lebanon - Black Sunday)
Jenny Del Mar, the second daughter and final child of Ennis and Alma Del Mar, is born. (Riverton, Wyoming. - Brokeback Mountain)
Bethany Sloane allows neighbour Bryan Johnson to urinate on her hand. (Dogma)
A medical team is shrunk down and injected into a dying man, to save his life. (L.A., Ca. - Fantastic Voyage)
Stacy Hamilton is born. (Ridgemont, CA - Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Freddy is arrested for the murders of 20 children; Kathryn Krueger is put into foster care, then later adoption. (Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare)
Jibby Newsome is born. (The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard)
Lenny Feder, Eric Lamonsoff, Kurt McKenzie, Marcus Higgins, and Rob Hilliard are born. (New England - Grown Ups)
Lightning Bikes is established. (Grown Ups 2)
Tirler says about sloths, "A good-natured smile is forever on its lips." (Life of Pi)
Maurice Pitka, future love guru, is born. (America - The Love Guru)
Mitch & Mickey perform 'A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow' on TV's 'Lee Aikman's Folk Hour'. (A Mighty Wind)
Lars Olfen, aged 16, meets country music mogul Irving Steinbloom outside a Folksmen concert, and is given a free ticket. (A Mighty Wind)
Lloyd Workman is born. (RoboCop)
Robert Fishman is born. (Cleveland, Ohio - The Rocker)
Xavier Chavez is born. (Saw II)
A man who one day dresses up as a rooster is born. (Seattle, Washington - Say Anything...)
Andy Dufresne escapes Shawshank Prison. (The Shawshank Redemption)
McFelty's bar is founded. (Boston, Massachusetts - Ted 2)
License plate number AF-5468 expires. (Newt, Texas - Texas Chainsaw 3D)
Most of the Earth's population wiped out by a plague, after three decades of global warfare. (Things To Come)
Marti DiBergi attends his first Spinal Tap concert at the Electric Banana. (Greenwich Village, New York - This is Spinal Tap)
Nuclear war between USA and Cuba; a time machine arrives to witness an air-raid. (The Time Machine)
George W Bush is arrested at college. (W.)