The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Saturday 25th December: Jenna O'Connor drops off the 9-day-old Cody at Maggie's house. Maggie is Jenna's older sister. (USA - Bless the Child)
Friday 31st December: Brandon Teena is murdered by John Lotter. (Falls City, Nebraska - Boys Don't Cry)
Katie Enslin, daughter of paranormal author Michael Enslin, is born. (1408)
Molly is born. (21 Jump Street)
Molly is born. (21 Jump Street)
Harry Osborn is born. (New York City, New York - The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
Steve Stifler ruins Jim Levenstein's Bar Mitzvah. (East Great Falls, Michigan - American Reunion)
Gloria and Jerry start thinking about moving to Antwerp. (Away We Go)
Leigh Crosny leaves Delta Alpha Kappa. (Black Christmas)
J.F. Sebastian is born. (Los Angeles, California - Blade Runner)
Apartheid ends. (South Africa - Blood Diamond)
Helen Zaas sees her boyfriend, Seamus O'Grady, kill someone. She testifies against him and is inducted into the Witness Protection Program. (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
Deputy Director of Intelligence, Adm. James Greer dies of pancreatic cancer; CIA Agent Jack Ryan appointed as his interim replacement. (Washington, DC - Clear And Present Danger)
Anne Beamer arrives from England. (New York City, New York - Double Whammy)
Forrest Gump waits for his son at a bus stop. (Forrest Gump)
Craig Gilner is born. (New York City - It's Kind of a Funny Story)
Dr Susan Tyler creates the Judas Breed of cockroaches, to wipe out the diseased roaches. (New York - Mimic)
Coach Jasper Woodcock makes John Farley miserable in gym class. (Nebraska - Mr. Woodcock)
Former 'Pop' member Colin Thompson wins Sexiest Man Alive title; former 'Pop' member Alex Fletcher wins Best Performer at the Nebraska Tractor & Trailer Show. (Music and Lyrics)
Toulah Portokalos meets and falls in love with Ian Miller. Her family eventually agrees to let them marry, despite the fact that Ian is not Greek. (Chicago, IL - My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
Kathy H reunites with Ruth and Tommy D, and take a trip to a boat on a beach. Ruth and Tommy D 'complete' their donations. (Never Let Me Go)
Milton Waddams is laid off but nobody tells him. He still gets paid due to a glitch. Michael Bolton starts working at Initech. (Office Space)
Faith gets a call from her fiancee's friend, apologising that he can't make the wedding - his name is Damon Bradley, apparently her soulmate. (Only You)
Mitch Downe is born. (Blithe Hollows - ParaNorman)
Curtis's dad leaves. (Cleveland, Ohio - The Rocker)
Halomethane R-12 ceases to be produced. (Saw VI)
Sydney Prescott and Billy Loomis start off hot and heavy. (Woodsboro, CA - Scream)
Charlie Mackenzie meets, falls in love with, and marries Harriet Michaels - who may or may not have killed her previous three husbands. (San Francisco - So I Married an Axe Murderer)
Egyptologist Daniel Jackson manages to activate the Stargate; the Abydos people are freed when the alien Ra is killed by the Earth expedition. (Stargate)
Harley Pasternak begins some studies around this time. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Sarah Connor is diagnosed with leukemia. (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
Han Solo Berger gets a New Kids on the Block tattoo on his back. (That's My Boy)
Time Enforcement Commission formed to regulate time-travel; Max Walker's wife dies, or she doesn't & Senator McComb disappears, depending on the timeline. (Timecop)
Gillian Lewis dies. (To Gillian on her 37th Birthday)
Helen Tasker discovers her husband is a secret agent, and eventually joins him. (True Lies)
Evey plays Viola in Twelfth Night. (V for Vendetta)
George W Bush becomes Governor of Texas. (W.)
Bengal tiger named Spar is born. (We Bought a Zoo)
An evil spirit from within the Nightmare on Elm St stories is set free. (Wes Craven's New Nightmare)
Monty Kessler and friends graduate from Harvard "with honors". (Cambridge, MA - With Honors)
Sanger, Gilbert and Maxam sequence DNA for the first time. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Genetically engineered food products enter the US market. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
The Zapatista resistance, aided by mutant freedom fighters, engages in armed conflict against the Mexican government in Southern Mexico. (Southern Mexico - X-Men: Days of Future Past)
January: The Miami Dolphins host the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl - thanks to Ace Ventura, MVP QB Dan Marino & team mascot Snowflake arrive at halftime after a failed kidnapping attempt by former kicker, Ray Finkle. (Miami, Fl - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
January: Silent Bob breaks up with Amy due to his lack of ability to deal with her sexual past. (Chasing Amy)
Friday 7th January: Brian Madison announces that he's retiring and letting Eric Gordon take over the family hotel business. Brian's son Billy decides to go back to school to prove himself worthy of taking over the hotel chain. (Billy Madison)
Monday 10th January: Billy Madison begins 1st grade in Miss Lippy's class at Polly Fector Elementary School. (Billy Madison)
Monday 17th January: Roger Podactor writes a love letter to Lois Einhorn. (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
Monday 17th January: '94 Northridge quake. (Northridge, California - Valentine's Day)
Friday 21st January: Billy passes 1st grade. (Billy Madison)
Monday 24th January: Billy begins 2nd grade. (Billy Madison)
February: A blue collar worker is asked to reshingle the house of gangster Dominick "Baby Face" Bambino; he declines the job based on personal politics and asks a friend to do the job for him. The friend is killed when the Foresci family puts a hit out on "Baby Face." (Clerks)
February: Will Hunting commits grand theft auto. (Boston, MA - Good Will Hunting)
Friday 4th February: Billy wins in a spelling bee and passes 2nd grade. (Billy Madison)
Saturday 5th February: Byron de la Beckwith is convicted of the assassination of civil rights leader Medger Evers 31 years earlier, ending the lengthiest murder case in American history. (Ghosts of Mississippi)
Monday 7th February: Billy starts 3rd grade with Veronica Vaughn as his teacher. (Billy Madison)
Friday 11th February: Ms. Vaughn makes Billy write cursive on the board. (Billy Madison)
Monday 14th February: Principal Anderson subs for Ms. Vaughn. (Billy Madison)
Monday 14th February: Chris Brander sends fellow high school junior Jamie Palamino a dozen red roses. (New Jersey - Just Friends)
Thursday 17th February: Ms. Vaughn's 3rd grade class goes on a field trip to an Amish village. (Billy Madison)