The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
Monday 25th December: Maureen Johnson protests at losing her performance space. (East Village, New York City, New York - Rent)
Monday 25th December: Tommy Gunn tells Rocky that he doesn't want to work with him anymore. Rocky reconciles with his son. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rocky V)
Sunday 31st December: The Titanic arrives, finally. (New York - Ghostbusters 2)
A woman changes her name to Annie Auklet. (The Big Year)
After being repaired, Chucky seeks Andy Barclay, who ha been put in a foster home. (Child's Play 2)
Mitch Robbins, Phil Berquist and Ed Furillo run with the bulls. (Pamplona, Spain - City Slickers)
Apes revolt against humans (Conquest of the Planet of the Apes)
Nascar driver Cole Trickle has a near fatal wreck during the Daytona Fircracker 400. (Daytona, Fla - Days of Thunder)
Hateful, loud-mouthed Mona Dearly dies. A lot of people are implicated. (Verplanck - Drowning Mona)
First landing of humans on the moon. (Luna (Earth's Moon) - Forbidden Planet)
Britt Reid tries to help a girl who's being bullied and his father gets mad. (Los Angeles, California - The Green Hornet)
A new generation of Gremlins take control of some media offices. (New York - Gremlins 2: The New Batch)
Angel Myers is born. (Haddonfield, Illinois - Halloween)
Hannibal Lecter becomes the focus of one of the most intensive manhunts after his escape. (Hannibal)
Rubeus Hagrid gets a three-headed dog named Fluffy from an Irish man at a pub. (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
Lyle Spaulding is born. (The Internship)
The Four Seasons are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and perform together for the first time in over 20 years. (Jersey Boys)
Mark Kelly dies. (New York City, New York - Kick-Ass 2)
The entire royal family is wiped out by a freak accident. (England - King Ralph)
The Gulf War begins. (The Kingdom)
FBI Agent Joe Devine produces Steven Schat's film "Arizona" as part of a mob sting operation. (California and Rhode Island - The Last Shot)
Mr. Duvall becomes an educator. (Evanston, Illinois - Mean Girls)
Michael Clayton begins work as a lawyer's lawyer. (Michael Clayton)
Buck Dolby is fired from NASA for using coke. Wayne Beering's career as a veterinarian ends when he performs unnecessary surgeries to maintain a steady supply of canine barbituates. (NASA and Sherman Oaks, California - Middle Men)
Daniel Pearl joins the Wall Street Journal. (A Mighty Heart)
Becky's mom believes that her dream of working on the news is adorable. (Morning Glory)
Rhonda Fisher, sister to future lyricist Sophie Fisher, marries Gary. (Music and Lyrics)
Future Mystery Team members Jason Rogers, Duncan Wheeler, and Charlie Day are born. (Oakdale - Mystery Team)
Another zombie outbreak takes place. It is very similar to the 1968 outbreak, only more gory. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Night of the Living Dead 3D)
Kids who later attend the pre-school where gardener Freddy Krueger works are born. (Springwood, Ohio - A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Angie is born. (Clark County - Pineapple Express)
Angel Dumott Schunard dies of AIDS. (Rent)
Matt Gadman, Curtis Powell, and Amelia Stone are born. (Cleveland, Ohio - The Rocker)
Rocky Balboa returns from Russia and has a street fight with Tommy Gunn. (Rocky V)
Hannibal Lecter kills two police officers during his escape from custody. (Memphis, Tn - The Silence of the Lambs)
Laura Burney fakes her death to escape her obssessive and abusive husband. (Cape Cod - Sleeping with the Enemy)
Dave Stutler is born. (New York City - The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Graboid worms terrorise locals. (Perfection, Nevada - Tremors)
James Cole appears from the future (Twelve Monkeys)
The Iraq War begins. (W.)
January: Peyton Westlake escapes a hospital after having his face burned by acid and starts making masks. (Darkman)
Monday 1st January: After winning the heavyweight title by knocking out Union Cane, Tommy "The Machine" Gunn fights Rocky outside of a bar and loses. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rocky V)
Tuesday 2nd January: Rocky and his son Robert go to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Rocky gives him Marciano's cuff link. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rocky V)
Monday 8th January: Bob Taylor is born. (Pennsylvania - Prisoners)
February: Darkman fights Robert G. Durant and Louis Strack Jr. (Darkman)
Thursday 1st February: The first McDonald's opens in the Soviet Union. (Moscow, Russia - Super Size Me)
Thursday 8th February: Bethany Hamilton is born. (Kauai, Hawaii - Soul Surfer)
Sunday 11th February: Nelson Mandela is released from prison. (Robben Island, South Africa - Invictus)
Wednesday 14th February: Chris Brander sends fellow seventh-grader Jamie Palamino a dozen red roses. (New Jersey - Just Friends)
Sunday 18th February: Westlake enters a store wearing a Robert G. Durant mask and points a gun at a clerk while looking into the security camera and saying Durant's name. (Darkman)
March: Nick O'Leary is born. (Hoboken, New Jersey - Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)
Monday 5th March: Andrew Kilburn born. (Seattle - Untraceable)
April: Cecil Porter is relocated. (Los Angeles, California - Alien Nation)
April: Madonna kicks off Blond Ambition Tour 1990 but fails to realize that the first leg of the tour was during the rainy season in Japan. (Japan - Madonna: Truth or Dare)
April: James Cole taken into psychiatric custody, before disappearing while in heavy restraints. (Baltimore - Twelve Monkeys)
Thursday 12th April: A clinically diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic is interviewed at Baltimore County Hospital and says, "...5 billion people will die from a deadly virus in 1997...The survivors will abandon the surface of the planet...Once again the animals will rule the world..." (Baltimore, Maryland - Twelve Monkeys)
Sunday 15th April: Ava Gardner dies of bronchial pneumonia. (London, England - The Aviator)
May: The night of the prom, Rene and Brodie share a motel room; Brodie asks Rene to sleep under the bed in case his mother walks in. (Mallrats)
Tuesday 1st May: A student writes advice in the book about how basic flattery is the easiest way to get into a girl's pants. (East Great Falls, Michigan - American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Monday 14th May: Commencement address at Emory University. Chris McCandless graduates. (Atlanta, Georgia - Into the Wild)