The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1930
Howard Hughes produces 'Hell's Angels'. (The Aviator)
11 year-old Leonard Lowe begins showing signs of Encephalitis Lethargica. (New York) (Awakenings)
Edmund Pevensie is born. (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives wrongly raise tariffs to alleviate The Great Depression. (Washington) (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
Pamela Voorhees born. (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter)
Clive Candy shoots a moose. (Nova Scotia) (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp)
Eliot Ness teams up with James Malone to take on Al Capone. (Chicago) (The Untouchables)
Wednesday 28th May: Grover Cleveland Alexander plays final Major League Baseball game. (The Winning Team)
Tuesday 17th June: U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff which raises duties on imports to astronomical heights in hopes of preserving the domestic market for American-made goods. (The Day the Bubble Burst)
Sunday 14th September: Mobsters blow up a corner general store after the owner refuses to buy any more of their green beer. The bomb kills the store owner and a young girl. (Chicago, Ill) (The Untouchables)
Monday 15th September: Elliot Ness' first day on the job is a flop. His first bust yeilds bumberchutes instead of booze, but he receives a free lesson in law enforcement from Malone. (Chicago, Ill) (The Untouchables)
Tuesday 16th September: Eliot Ness receives a visit from the mother of the girl who died in the explosion. She thanks him for what he's doing. Ness seeks out Malone in an attempt to recruit him. Malone declines. (Chicago, Ill) (The Untouchables)
Wednesday 17th September: Oscar Wallace arrives from the Washington Bureau; Malone changes his mind. He and Ness recruit George Stone from the police academy. (Chicago, Ill) (The Untouchables)