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Movie events on the 4th April
Tris Speaker is born. (Hubbard, Texas) (The Babe)
Anthony Perkins is born. (New York City, New York) (Hitchcock)
Daddy Carroll born. (My Own Private Idaho)
Johnny Stompanato stabbed by Lana Turner's 14 year-old daughter on Academy Awards night, as Lana is nominated for Peyton Place. (Los Angeles) (LA Confidential)
Martin Luther King assassinated. (Bobby)
Rev. Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel. (Memphis, Tennesee) (King)
Ted and Joanna Kramer marry. (Kramer vs Kramer)
Winston Smith begins keeping a diary, charting his rebellion against Big Brother. (1984)
Benjamin Button writes his last Will. (New Orleans) (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Billy begins 7th grade. (Billy Madison)
Bob Wilton starts waiting for permission to go into Iraq. (Kuwait) (The Men Who Stare at Goats)
The Enterprise arrives from 2373 to prevent the Borg murder of Zephram Cochrane, the inventor of the warp drive. (Star Trek: First Contact)