The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
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)
The passport issued to Robert Fischer expires. (Inception)