The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1948
Carl is born. (Great Britain) (The Boat That Rocked)
Sonny Corleone assassinated in his car; his son Vincent Mancini born to his mistress after his death. (The Godfather)
Remy Bressant is born (Gone Baby Gone)
James Reid is born. (Los Angeles, California) (The Green Hornet)
A boy who one day becomes a law-enforcer is born. (Langdon, Illinois) (Halloween: H20)
After assisting the Nazis in WW II, and getting paid handsomely for it, Arthur Case returns home and establishes the Manhattan Trust Bank. (New York City, NY) (Inside Man)
Alfred Kinsey publishes 'Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'. (Kinsey)
Charlotte Flax is born. (Mermaids)
John and Mimi are photographed. (Liverpool, England) (Nowhere Boy)
Frank Wheeler joins Knox Business Machines. (Connecticut) (Revolutionary Road)
The planet Krypton explodes. (Superman)
According to Lois Lane's article, "I Spent the Night with Superman", Krypton explodes - baby Kal-El spends the next four years in a space ship while travelling to Earth. (Krypton) (Superman)
The planet Krypton explodes (Krypton) (Superman)
Harry Lime appears. (Vienna) (The Third Man)
Future Spinal Tap lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel is born. (Squatney, London) (This is Spinal Tap)
Friday 30th January: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated at point blank range by a fanatic during a prayer meeting. (New Delhi, India) (Gandhi)
Monday 5th July: The National Health Service is established. (UK) (Sicko)
Friday 23rd July: D.W. Griffith dies. (Hollywood, California) (Good Morning, Babylon)
Monday 16th August: Babe Ruth dies of cancer. (New York City) (The Babe)
Saturday 11th September: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan passed away. (Pakistan) (Jinnah)
Monday 4th October: "The Wonder of It All", a new musical revue, opens at the Boston Theatre starring Nancy Eagen with newcomer Kip Cooper standing in for the ailing headliner, comedian Eddie Eagen. Cooper's reviews help to launch his career in the fledgling media of television. (Boston, Massachusetts) (Always Leave Them Laughing)
Wednesday 20th October: Nicholas Van Orton born. (The Game)
Thursday 4th November: T.S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in literature (Tom & Viv)