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Movie events on the 1st January
Connor MacLeod born. (Glenfinnan, Scotland) (Highlander)
James K. Polk marries Sarah Childress. (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) (The Monroe Doctrine)
John Tunstall is assassinated by Murphy's henchmen while hunting a pheasant. (Young Guns)
On the spot of New Year, Dr Emmett L Brown arrives in Hill Valley from 1955. (Back to the Future Part III)
J. Edgar Hoover is born. (Washington, DC) (Hoover)
Mob boss Michael Corleone flees when Fidel Castro takes power. (Cuba) (The Godfather: Part II)
Gambler Jack Weil flees when Fidel Castro takes power. (Cuba) (Havana)
Norville Barnes falls from the 45th storey of the Hudsucker Building at the strike of midnight, yet survives. (New York) (The Hudsucker Proxy)
Sgt Barnes murders a Vietnamese woman, and his platoon burns their village. (Vietnam) (Platoon)
The theoretical Zodiac killer confides to a colleague about his plans. (Zodiac)
12:01am - The Poseidon, a luxury liner on its last voyage from Athens to New York, is struck by a 90ft tidal wave and capsizes. (The Poseidon Adventure)
Dick Vermeil's UCLA Bruins defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl. (Pasadena, Ca) (Invincible)
Jack Starks dies from a head injury, apparently. (The Jacket)
Bridget Jones meets Mark Darcy at Una & Geoffrey Alconbury's New Year's Day Turkey Curry Buffet. (Bridget Jones's Diary)
Just past midnight, Police Sergeant Jake Roenick assembles cops and criminals within Precinct 13 to defend against a rogue mob. (Detroit, Michigan) (Assault on Precinct 13)
Alex Wyler has a depressing New Year, trying to forget about Kate Forster. (The Lake House)