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Movie events on the 1st January
According to a lie, a spaceship lands. (Babylon) (The Invention of Lying)
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)
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)
The now-illegal Radio Rock pirate radio ship attempts to avoid arrest by relocating, but its engines explode. As the ship sinks, the crew is saved by loyal fans. (North Sea, off the coast of Great Britain) (The Boat That Rocked)
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)
The car Christine is destroyed... for now. (Christine)
Alan Abel dies of a heart attack on a ski trip. He gets better. (Sundance, Utah) (Abel Raises Cain)
At Molly's parents' house, Molly's dad shows Molly and Will's son Josh how to carve a chicken. (Red Dragon)
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)
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)
Dre Parker's height is measured on New Year's Day. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid (2010))
Dre Parker's height is measured on New Year's Day. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid (2010))
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)
Fred spends New Years with his family and girlfriend Wanda. (Fred Claus)
Kate and Brad have a baby, the first to be born in the New Year in the local area. This is captured by a local news crew, thus informing their parents. (San Francisco) (Four Christmases)
Seth and Kim kiss at midnight. Later, Seth cannot find her but keeps a napkin with a note from her saying to meet on the next New Year's Eve. (New York City) (New Year's Eve)
The new year begins at midnight. (New York City) (New Year's Eve)
Andrew Davies' permanent resident card expires. (Beastly)