The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1907
An infant mysteriously dies, prompting rumours of a witch. (Burketsville) (The Blair Witch Project)
Bill Miner, "The Gentlemen Bandit", escapes from prison and disappears. (The Grey Fox)
George Bailey is born. (Bedford Falls, New York) (It's a Wonderful Life)
Clive Candy shoots a crocodile. (Bengal) (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp)
Amanda Krueger is born. (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors)
Curley McClain kills Jud Fry. (Oklahoma Territory) (Oklahoma)
Philip 'Cockeye' Stein and Patsy Goldberg born. (New York) (Once Upon a Time in America)
The Overlook Hotel is built. (The Shining)
Police Department of New York City Twenty-Third Precinct is erected. (New York City) (Weekend at Bernie's II)
Wednesday 22nd May: Laurence Olivier is born. (Dorking, England) (Darlings of the Gods)
Thursday 20th June: Elijah P. Rogers is born. (New York City, New York) (Kick-Ass 2)
Thursday 28th November: Louis B. Mayer opens a small movie theater. (Haverhill, Massachusetts) (The Aviator)
Wednesday 25th December: Cab Calloway is born. (Rochester, New York) (The Cotton Club)
Tuesday 31st December: Times Square Ball is dropped for the first time. (New York City) (New Year's Eve)