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Thursday 23rd November: On Thanksgiving, Joseph Keenan's maternal grandmother's two Bloodhounds trail him around because he is an animal lover who never finishes his supper. Before he gets up from the table, he tosses them a turkey leg attached to a hunk of cartilage. They fight each other viciously over it. (Dallas, Texas - Red State)
December: The Devil's license plate expires. (Bedazzled)
December: After narrowly surviving a car accident, Samantha Cane (Charli Baltimore) begins to get flashbacks of her former life; PI Mitch Hennessey catches a break in his "amnesia chick" case. (Honesburg, NJ - The Long Kiss Goodnight)
December: Director of the CIA Leland Perkins faces 6 counts of high treason; Mitch Hennessey appears on "Larry King Live." (The Long Kiss Goodnight)
December: In late December, David Aames loses Sofia Serrano after a night at a club. (New York City, New York - Vanilla Sky)
Saturday 2nd December: Martin Asher kills someone. (Taking Lives)
Tuesday 5th December: David Aames shows his disfigured face to Sofia Serrano. (New York City, New York - Vanilla Sky)
Saturday 9th December: Dre Parker's height is measured. (Detroit, MI - The Karate Kid)
Sunday 24th December: Rogue CIA agent Charli Baltimore & PI Mitch Hennessey stop a bomb from exploding in Niagra Falls, saving the lives of thousands. (US / Canadian Border - The Long Kiss Goodnight)
After a bad breakup, Matt Sullivan decides to abstain from having sex for Lent. (San Francisco, CA - 40 Days and 40 Nights)
The Blackbriar program is activated solely to capture a Treadstone operative gone rogue. (The Bourne Legacy)
The Blackbriar program is activated solely to capture a Treadstone operative gone rogue. (The Bourne Legacy)
Mark David Chapman becomes eligible for parole. (New York City, New York - Chapter 27)
Charles Townsend Agency detectives Natalie Cook, Dylan Saunders, and Alex Munday uncover and stop a convoluted plan set in motion to ultimately kill their boss, Charles Townsend. (California - Charlie's Angels)
Jason and Cynthia meet each other. (Chicago, Illinois - Couples Retreat)
A comet strikes the Earth and small alien critters evolve from it. (Evolution)
Mr. Fox is born. (Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Dylan's fascination with Harry Potter inspires him to get a lightning bolt tattoo. (Los Angeles, California - Friends with Benefits)
Stanton High Gymnastics Team goes to CT State Championships. (Connecticut - Grown Ups 2)
PC Nicholas Angel joins the SO19 Armed Response Unit. (Hot Fuzz)
Danny Butterman moves into a new home. (Sandford, Gloucestershire - Hot Fuzz)
Publisher Clarissa Vaughn plans an award party for her author friend who's dying of AIDS. (New York - The Hours)
Brother and sister Patricia and Darry Jenna are driving home for their summer holiday when they are terrorized by the Creeper. (USA - Jeepers Creepers)
The CIA orders the destruction of timoxeline barbetunol. (Johnny English Reborn)
Jurassic Park III. (Jurassic Park III)
Leopold, Duke of Albany, is accidentally transported from 1876 to present day. One week later, he returns to 1876, followed by Kate McKay. (New York, New York - Kate & Leopold)
Damon Macready is released from prison and returns to his daughter Mindy. He becomes Big Daddy and he trains her to fight crime as Hit-Girl. (New York City, NY - Kick-Ass)
Regina says that only she can wear hoop earrings, upsetting Gretchen Wieners. (Evanston, Illinois - Mean Girls)
$163,156,759 stolen from the Bellagio Hotel & Casino. (Las Vegas - Ocean's Eleven)
AVERAGE EXECUTIVE SALARY 2001 $5,480,000-$7,550,000 (The Other Guys)
Pastor Abin Cooper and the members of his Five Points Trinity Church stage their first of 432 funeral demonstrations. (Dallas, Texas - Red State)
Jerry White is born. (Detroit, Michigan - RoboCop)
Paul Franklin is born. (RoboCop)
Douglas Albert is born. (RoboCop)
Fish stops calling Matt "Max". (Cleveland, Ohio - The Rocker)
Danny starts dating Beth Jones. (Los Angeles, CA - Role Models)
Danny starts dating Beth Jones. (Los Angeles, CA - Role Models)
Royal Tenenbaum dies. (The Royal Tenenbaums)
Royal O'Reilly Tenenbaum dies of a heart attack at, according the narrator, age 68. His gravestone says he "died tragically rescuing his family from the wreckage of a destroyed sinking battleship." (The Royal Tenenbaums)
Rikki Coleman has an abortion and breaks off an affair with Neil Pollard. (New Orleans, Louisianna - Runaway Jury)
Mr. Murphy and his wife go on vacation. (Cancun - Runaway Jury)
FBI agents Lyndsey Perez and Peter Strahm become partners. (Saw VI)
Adam Project takes place. (Soldier)
David Aames gets depressed and decides to let Life Extension freeze him cryogenically so that he can live in a lucid dream. (New York City, New York - Vanilla Sky)
The Mees photograph a storm. (We Bought a Zoo)
Mary Fiore meets Dr. Steve Edison and is attracted to him, and then learns he is the groom in the wedding she is planning. (San Francisco, CA - The Wedding Planner)
The U.S. Government contracts Trask Industries to build Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Camp is a detention center for mutants dangerous enough to be deemed national security threats. (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Friday 12th January: A date in Tim's inbox. (Dinner for Schmucks)
Friday 26th January: Alice, a website designer, meets Adam, a celebrity mountaineer, and within minutes as eloped with him. (London - Killing Me Softly)
February: Sonny Koufax's surprise birthday party at Hooter's, where Vanessa works. (Manhattan, New York - Big Daddy)
Monday 5th February: Guardian reporter Joanna Noble receives an anonymous letter incriminating Adam Tallis, the celebrity mountaineer. (London - Killing Me Softly)
Friday 9th February: Robert dies. (New York City, New York - Kick-Ass 2)
Saturday 17th February: Jason Wilson's driver's license is issued. (Wickliffe, Ohio - Accepted)
Thursday 1st March: John Edward Gammell driver's license expires. (San Francisco, California - Memento)
Friday 2nd March: The date on the sticker of David Aames' car. (New York City, New York - Vanilla Sky)
Thursday 5th April: New York Times headlines include "With U.S. Training, Colombia Melds War on Rebels and Drugs" and "AS U.N. ORGANIZES, REBELS ARE TAKING CHARGE OF KOSOYO". (Marley & Me)
Thursday 12th April: A monolith is found on Jupiter. (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Wednesday 18th April: Jason Bourne's passport expires. (The Bourne Identity)
Monday 7th May: Swimming website is updated. (Swimfan)
Wednesday 23rd May: Eric Kirby and Ben Hildenrand go parasailing on Isla Sorna. After they crash-land on the island, Ben is killed by raptors, leaving Eric to eek out a meager existence on his own for the next 8 weeks. (Isla Sorna, Costa Rica - Jurassic Park III)