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Movie events on the 16th May
The ship Land o'Lakes out of Buffalo, NY, bound for Milwalkee encounters a four-bell force gale, strikes a reef and flounders; all hands are lost, including Capt. Joshua Stuart and sixty immigrants from the Old World. (Lake Michigan, USA) (Thunder Rock)
The Fantom blows up a zeppelin full of hydrogen gas. (Berlin, Germany) (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
Liberace is born. (West Allis, Wisconsin) (Rock 'n' Roll Frankenstein)
Studio boss Sam Otis fires philandering director Frank Buelow by invoking Section 13-A of his contract with the studio. (Hollywood, CA) (Show Girl in Hollywood)
As rebels are shot in the street, Wladyslaw Szpilman's hiding-place is discovered. (The Pianist)
Ed Gein kills his brother Henry. The police believe his story that an accident killed him. (Plainfield, Wisconsin) (Hitchcock)
Machete is born. (Juarez, Mexico) (Machete)
Robert "Frenchy" McMahon is killed. (Brooklyn, New York) (Goodfellas)
Joe "Joe Buddha" Manri is killed. (Brooklyn, New York) (Goodfellas)
Young Playwrights Festival ends. (Child's Play)
Woodrow Johnson born. (Lazer Team)
Jason Bourne submits to "Tank" treatment. (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Once Anne-Marie Vicksey has drowned, Carl Stargher takes her body to his home, bathes it in bleach & pleasures himself. (California, USA) (The Cell)
Walter Mitty finds Sean O'Connell and finds out that Sean had put Negative 25 in his wallet. (Himalayas, Afghanistan) (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
Ed Solomon, son of John and Dean Solomon through surrogate mother Janine, is born. (The Brothers Solomon)
A newspaper article titled "Rockland Police Comb Beach for Missing Quebec Boy" is published. (Rockland, Maine) (Offspring)
Detective Danny Fisher arrests Miles Jackson, whose girlfriend dies in the confrontation. (12 Rounds)
Criminal Miles Jackson gets his revenge on Detective Danny Fisher with a series of 12 rounds of a game. (12 Rounds)
Thomas apologizes to Kirby at school. (North Pasadena, California) (Project X)