The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1964
John Milner killed by a drunk driver. (American Graffiti)
Donald "Boon" Schoenstein and his girlfriend Katy marry. (Animal House)
Goldfinger released in the cinema. (Catch Me If You Can)
Linda Barrett is born. (Ridgemont, CA) (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra fights King Ghidorah (Japan) (Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster)
Godzilla kills Mothra and Mothra's kids defeat Godzilla (Japan) (Godzilla vs. Mothra)
Auric Goldfinger initiates "Operation: Grand Slam," in which he plans to explode a nuclear device inside the gold depository. The bomb is disarmed by an MI-6 agent with 007 left on the clock. (Fort Knox, Kentucky) (Goldfinger)
Denise Waverly meets and falls in love with Jay Phillips, who produces her song "God Give Me Strength". The song flops but Denise and Jay get married. (New York) (Grace of My Heart)
Jasmine Hillard's future boyfriend is born. (Grown Ups)
Gil James dies. (New York City, New York) (Kick-Ass 2)
FBI agents Alan Ward and Rupert Anderson investigate the murders of three civil rights workers. (Jessup County, Mississippi) (Mississippi Burning)
Frank Bailey, Lester Cowans, Floyd Swilley, Clinton Pell, Wesley Cooke, and Clayton Townley are sentenced to years of imprisonment for violation of Civil Rights laws. Sherriff Ray Stuckey is acquitted. The mayor hangs himself. (Jessup County, Mississippi) (Mississippi Burning)
The human race dies out, as the fall-out from a nuclear holocaust ultimately reaches Australia. (On the Beach)
Michael Pearson is born. (Phantasm)
A picture is taken of Brad Wilson. (Smallville) (Superman III)
Eleven-year-old John Francis Walker, known to most as "Frank" attends the 1964 World's Fair and is transported to Tomorrowland. (Flushing Meadows, New York City, New York) (Tomorrowland)
A car is made and later used for when Frankie gets his first dick according to Ed. (Vulgar)
Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan exchange correspondence. (Walk the Line)
January: Almas Beers becomes pregnant by Ennis Del Mar. (Riverton, Wyoming.) (Brokeback Mountain)
January: The CIA fully cooperates with JFK assassination investigators. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
January: Shozo Hirono's parole is revoked and he's sentenced to seven years and four months. With Hirono, Akira Takeda, Shoichi Eda, Masakishi Makihara and Yoshio Yamamori all serving prison sentences, the Hiroshima/Kobe yakuza feud comes to its fruitless end after 17 deaths, 26 injuries and over 1500 arrests. Gangland violence soon disappears beneath an increasingly stable public order. (Hiroshima, Japan) (The Yakuza Papers 4: Police Tactics)
Wednesday 1st January: Christine "Christy" Boos is born. (Gatlin, Nebraska) (Children of the Corn)
Wednesday 1st January: Charlotte and Kate Flax get drunk on wine and go to a local convent. While Charlotte loses her virginity in the belltower, Kate almost drowns in a nearby river. (Massachusetts) (Mermaids)
Friday 10th January: Introducing... The Beatles is released in the US. (United States) (The Killing of John Lennon)
Wednesday 15th January: John Lennon is shown a newspaper with the headline "Beatle John Lennon Secretly Married". (Paris, France) (In His Life: The John Lennon Story)
Monday 20th January: Jack Ruby is convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to death. (Dallas, Texas) (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Wednesday 22nd January: Jack Ruby is admitted to Parkland hospital after prison medical staff diagnoses him with pneumonia. Cancer is discovered in his liver, lungs, and brain. He dies in operating room #5 - the same operating room in which Oswald had died two months prior. (Dallas, Texas) (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Wednesday 22nd January: Jack Ruby is admitted to Parkland hospital after prison medical staff diagnoses him with pneumonia. Cancer is discovered in his liver, lungs, and brain. (Dallas, Texas) (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Friday 24th January: At 2300 hours, Company A has the responsibility of manning that sector of the perimeter assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group. (Apocalypse Now)
Friday 24th January: Jack Ruby dies in operating room #5 - the same operating room in which Oswald had died two months prior. (Dallas, Texas) (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
February: Erik Lehnsherr's trial takes place the week after his arrest. He alludes to Kennedy's assassin not being him and not being a man. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Tuesday 4th February: Erik Lehnsherr is arrested for taking part in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. (Dallas, Texas) (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Wednesday 5th February: The Warren Commission releases a report on the apprehension of Magneto in New York. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Sunday 9th February: The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. (I Wanna Hold Your Hand)
Sunday 9th February: Tony Smerko is almost struck by lightning when he attempts to sabotage the transmitter on top of the CBS auditorium. (New York) (I Wanna Hold Your Hand)
Sunday 9th February: The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show. (In His Life: The John Lennon Story)
Sunday 9th February: Comedian Buddy Young Jr unfortunately makes his Ed Sullivan Show debut following The Beatles. (Mr. Saturday Night)
Sunday 23rd February: Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully born. (The X-Files Movie)
Sunday 23rd February: Dana Scully is born. (The X-Files Movie)
Tuesday 25th February: Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston to win the WBA Heavyweight boxing championship. (Miami, Florida) (Ali)
Monday 9th March: Walter E. Kurtz sends a transfer request to Lyndon B. Johnson and The Joint Chiefs of Staff. He will be accepted to Banning, Georgia. (Apocalypse Now)
Saturday 14th March: Ethan "Craig" Sterns is born. (Gatlin, Nebraska) (Children of the Corn)
Saturday 14th March: Jack Ruby sentenced to death. (Dallas, Texas) (Ruby)
May: The Dreams feature on the cover of numerous music magazines, and even a duet with The Beatles is suggested. (Dreamgirls)
Monday 18th May: Corinne marries Louis Jeffries. (Chances Are)
Thursday 21st May: Walter E. Kurtz applies for a transfer. (Apocalypse Now)
Saturday 23rd May: Walter E. Kurtz's transfer application is denied. (Apocalypse Now)
June: Jack is refused a third summer working on Brokeback Mountain by Joe Aguirre. (Signal, Wyoming.) (Brokeback Mountain)
June: Following an altercation between her nanny Rosaleen and racists, Lily Owens takes Rosaleen and runs away from home. (South Carolina) (The Secret Life of Bees)
Friday 5th June: Sam Shukusky registers with Khaki Scout Troop 55 (New Penzance Island) (Moonrise Kingdom)
Sunday 7th June: Martin John Harris is born. (Weare, New Hampshire) (Unknown)
Sunday 14th June: Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan receives a letter of acceptance for a position at Harper Row Publishing. (Jackson, Mississippi) (The Help)
Saturday 20th June: Gen. William Westmoreland succeeds Gen. Paul Harkins as head of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV). (Path to War)
July: Summer: Sam Shakusky meets Suzy Bishop backstage at a children's stage performance of the Noah's Ark story. (New Penzance Island) (Moonrise Kingdom)
Monday 6th July: Martin John Harris is born. (Weare, New Hampshire) (Unknown)
Monday 27th July: IRA Terrorist Frankie Maguire aka Frankie the Angel is born. (1964) (The Devil's Own)
August: The Wonders perform 'That Thing You Do!' on The Hollywood Television Showcase, and break up the next day. (Hollywood, CA) (That Thing You Do)
Monday 17th August: Oscar "Happy" Felsch dies. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (Eight Men Out)
Tuesday 25th August: Eleanor Ann Arroway born to Joanna, who dies in childbirth. (De Pere, Wisconsin) (Contact)
Friday 28th August: Walter E. Kurtz's transfer application is denied. (Apocalypse Now)
Friday 28th August: Life magazine headline: "THE BEATLES: They're here again and what a ruckus!" (New York City, New York) (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
September: Alma Junior Del Mar, the first child, a daughter, of Ennis and Alma Del Mar, is born. (Riverton, Wyoming.) (Brokeback Mountain)
Wednesday 23rd September: Walter E. Kurtz's transfer application is denied. (Apocalypse Now)
Saturday 3rd October: Walter E. Kurtz's availability date. (Apocalypse Now)
Wednesday 14th October: Nikita Khrushchev is ousted as both premier of the Soviet Union and chief of the Communist Party. (Enemy at the Gates)
Thursday 15th October: Cole Porter dies. (De-lovely)
Saturday 31st October: Dennis Carradine is born. (Spider-Man 3)
December: Simon Birch saves a busload of kids when the bus goes into a river, but at the cost of his own life. (Maine) (Simon Birch)
Saturday 5th December: The Toad is adopted by Prince Charles as a pet. (London) (Flushed Away)
Thursday 24th December: Jack Starks born. (The Jacket)
Thursday 31st December: Drag-racer John Milner is killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver. (More American Graffiti)