The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
Evertone forgets Samantha Baker's birthday because her sister is getting married the day after. After giving her panties away, she gets them back from the her "crush" Jake Ryan and also kisses him. (Illinois - Sixteen Candles)
Joan Berkman has an affair with Otto's father. (New York City - The Squid and the Whale)
Garfield H.S. had 63 students pass the A.P. Calculus Exam. (East Los Angeles, CA - Stand and Deliver)
Brennan's parents get a divorce. (Sacramento, CA - Step Brothers)
Alvin Straight's wife dies. (The Straight Story)
Matt Franklin graduates from Shermer High School and goes to MIT. (Take Me Home Tonight)
Martin Asher kills John Fredericks and takes his identity. (Taking Lives)
In its mission to kill Sarah Connor, the T-800 Terminator kills 17 police officers. (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
The first T-800 Terminator arrives from the future to kill Sarah Conner; Kyle Reese follows him to help Sarah. (The Terminator)
Donny Berger has sex with his teacher Ms. McGarricle. (That's My Boy)
Vincent kills someone for the last time until years later. (True Romance)
Dale is born. (West Virginia - Tucker & Dale Vs Evil)
Troy is born. (West Caanan, Texas - Varsity Blues)
British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 70s rocker Brian Slade. (Velvet Goldmine)
Happy Days is cancelled. (The Wedding Singer)
Young Samuel Lapp witnesses a murder. He goes back to Amish country with Detective John Book, who decides to protect him and his mother Rachel. (Pennsylvania - Witness)
Randy 'The Ram' Robinson has his bicep torn open in a wrestling match with a piece of 2x4 wood. (The Wrestler)
Popular televangelist minister, Bob Bell, and his organization, “The Human Majority,” champion a strong anti-mutant movement. Among their principles is the belief that disease is God’s curse for mutant integration. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Friday 6th January: Dan White is released from prison on parole. (Soledad, California - Milk)
Sunday 8th January: Mary Mattock is evaluated. (Kings Park Psychiatric Center, Kings Park, NY - Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet)
Tuesday 10th January: Pee-wee Herman tries to hitchhike his way to Texas. He's picked up by an escaped convict named Mickey. (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Wednesday 11th January: In the dead of night, the ghost of Large Marge drops off a hitchhiking Pee-wee Herman at a truck stop diner where he meets the waitress Simone. (Cabazon, California - Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Thursday 12th January: After being chased by a waitress's jealous boyfriend from Cabazon, California to San Antonio, Texas, Pee-wee Herman ends up in at the Alamo, where he learns that his trip to Texas to find his stolen bike has been all for naught. (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Tuesday 24th January: Rick Masters is seen having lunch. (Los Angeles, California - To Live and Die in LA)
Thursday 23rd February: Mary Ann Boyd's passport expires. (Argo)
Thursday 23rd February: Timothy Harris' passport expires. (Argo)
Friday 16th March: John Reilly's bloated body is found face up in a tenement building right next to the bottle of boiler gin that killed him. (New York City - Sleepers)
Saturday 24th March: John Bender, Claire Standish, Allison Reynolds, Brian Johnson and Andrew Clark become friends after a day in detention. (The Breakfast Club)
April: Frank Walker is exiled from Tomorrowland. (Tomorrowland - Tomorrowland)
Wednesday 4th April: Winston Smith begins keeping a diary, charting his rebellion against Big Brother. (1984)
Tuesday 10th April: Robert Baker's passport expires. (Argo)
May: Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to stop his father from dying from lung cancer. His father instead dies in a motorcycle crash. (Ghost Rider)
May: Bennett Marco graduates from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. (Charleston, South Carolina - The Manchurian Candidate)
Wednesday 2nd May: A doctor writes a letter to Barton Blaze saying that cancer has spread in his body. (Ghost Rider)
Saturday 5th May: Mike McEwan's passport expires. (Argo)
Saturday 12th May: Winston Smith writes in his diary: "Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.". (1984)
Saturday 12th May: Kyle Reese holds an officer at gunpoint to find out what year it is. (Los Angeles, California - The Terminator)
Monday 14th May: Mark Zuckerberg is born. (White Plains, New York - The Social Network)
Saturday 19th May: Fai Li is born. (China - Contagion)
Saturday 19th May: Sarah Connor submits her time card at Big Jeff's Burgers. (Los Angeles, California - The Terminator)
Monday 21st May: Maximilien Dion is born. (Iowa - Source Code)
Tuesday 22nd May: Dustin Moskovitz is born. (Washington D.C. - The Social Network)
Saturday 26th May: Jenna Rink turns 10. (13 Going On 30)
June: Danny McGrath graduates from Knibb High School. (Billy Madison)
June: The U.S. Secret Service has a tail on Rick Masters. (Los Angeles, California - To Live and Die in LA)
Friday 22nd June: Twins Jerry and Ethan Shaw born. (USA - Eagle Eye)
Tuesday 3rd July: A chemical spill at Uneeda Medical Supply results in the re-animation of corpses into flesh-eating zombies. (The Return of the Living Dead)
Wednesday 4th July: An army missile kills everyone in the city. The rain later brings the dead back to life again. (Louisville, Kentucky - The Return of the Living Dead)
Thursday 5th July: The passports of Sean Bissett and Rachel Dewart expire. (Argo)
Saturday 7th July: The events of Friday the 13th Part 2 begin. (Friday the 13th Part 2)
Sunday 8th July: The events of Friday the 13th Part 2 begin. (Friday the 13th Part 2)
Sunday 8th July: A barbecue doesn't take place. (Louisville, Kentucky - The Return of the Living Dead)
Monday 9th July: The events of Friday the 13th Part 3 begin. (Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D)
Wednesday 11th July: The events of Friday the 13th Part 3 finish. (Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D)
Wednesday 11th July: The events of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter begin. (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter)
Friday 13th July: The events of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter finish. (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter)
Saturday 21st July: Edward Nashton was born (Gotham, US - The Batman)
Sunday 29th July: Chris Cole is featured on the cover of Metalgo Issue No. 21. (Rock Star)
Friday 10th August: Marcy Franklin receives a prescription of Butesin for 2nd degree burns. (New York - After Hours)
Saturday 25th August: Truman Capote dies of liver disease. (Los Angeles, California - Capote)