The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1873
Sybil Vane, future actress and sweetheart of Dorian Gray, is born. (Dorian Gray)
American army adopts the Colt Peacemaker in cal.45; rapidly becomes a western favorite. "God made men, but Col.Colt made them equal". (American West) (The Fastest Gun Alive)
7th April: John McGraw is born. (Truxton, New York) (Jim Thorpe -- All-American)
24th December: Navy Lt. Richard L. Perry, future secret undercover cop for President William McKinley, is born. (This is My Affair)