The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1906
Joseph Conrad writes, "The sea has no generosity. For all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man." (Benji The Hunted)
According to Mr. Hand, this is the year that the Platt Amendment is passed. (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
An earthquake hits San Francisco. (San Francisco, California) (The Lost Boys)
Gary, Indiana is founded. (Gary, Indiana) (The Music Man)
Sunday 3rd June: Josephine Baker is born. (St. Louis, Missouri) (The Josephine Baker Story)
Friday 12th October: Joe Cronin is born. (San Francisco, California) (Fear Strikes Out)
Wednesday 5th December: Otto Preminger is born. (Vienna, Austria) (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)