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Movie events on the 2nd February

1882

James Joyce is born. (Dublin, Ireland) (James Joyce's Women)

1933

Henry L. Parker, his wife and daughter perish in a private airplane crash. His son, Terrence C. Parker, who was at the controls, escaped unhurt. (Newport, Conn.) (Living on Velvet)

1942

Vidkun Quisling, a collaborator with the German occupiers of Norway, is established as prime minister of a puppet government. (Hamsun)

1945

Dr Carl Goerdeler executed for his part in the assassination attempt on Hitler. (Germany) (Valkyrie)

1952

2270km into their motorcycle journey, Ernesto and Alberto catch a duck. (Estacion de Tren de Bariloche, Argentina) (The Motorcycle Diaries)

1962

Walter Mitty is born. (New York City, New York) (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

1971

Major General Idi Amin declares himself President of Uganda and Chief of the Armed Forces. (The Last King of Scotland)

1979

Sex Pistols member Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose. (New York) (Sid and Nancy)

1992

Weatherman Phil Connors kills himself, rescues strangers, steals the groundhog, and eventually seduces his producer boss. (Punxsatawney, PA) (Groundhog Day)

The murder trial begins for Robert Gambini and Stan Rothenstein. (Beechum County, Alabama) (My Cousin Vinny)

2007

Arthur Edens strips unexpectedly at a court hearing. (Michael Clayton)

2016

Using a precursor to the atmospheric processor of his own invention, Peter Weyland is able to generate a localized synthetic atmosphere above the polar ice cap, effectively ending global warming. (Prometheus)

2050

The date of a newspaper with an article titled, Deepwater Mystery (Underwater)

2338

Data is permanently re-activated. (Omicron Theta science colony) (Star Trek: Generations)

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