The Movie Timeline - it's like a timeline, but of movies
Movie events on the 8th August
Spanish Armada. (English Channel) (Billy Madison)
Alberto Granado, future friend to Che Guevara, is born. (The Motorcycle Diaries)
Nazis sink a troop ship. (Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror)
Erwin von Witzleben executed for his part in the assassination attempt on Hitler. (Germany) (Valkyrie)
A child is born. (Gatlin, Nebraska) (Children of the Corn)
Alberto Granado's actual 30th birthday. (The Motorcycle Diaries)
A nineteen-year-old is sacrificed. (Gatlin, Nebraska) (Children of the Corn)
Brad Majors' car breaks down and he and Janet Weiss encounter alien beings in a large mansion. (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
The Blues Brothers have a gig at the Palace Hotel Ballroom. (Joliet, IL) (The Blues Brothers)
A documentary featuring former boxer Dicky Eklund and his crack cocaine addiction airs on HBO. (The Fighter)
Bethany Hamilton wins Teen Choice "Courage Award." (Soul Surfer)