The Movie Timeline - it's like a timeline, but of movies
Movie history events from 1959
In one timeline, Biff Tannen named 'The Luckiest Man on Earth'. (Back to the Future Part II)
Truman Capote develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, a killer he's interviewing for his book In Cold Blood. (Capote)
Carmella Corleone and son Fredo die; Kay separates from Michael Corleone. (The Godfather: Part II)
Edna Buxton meets Joel Millner, who hires her as a songwriter for the Brill Building, and changes her name to Denise Waverly. (New York) (Grace of My Heart)
Frederick Loren and his wife invite five strangers for a "party" at a haunted house-a party that invoves murder, mystery, money and supernatural beings. (House on Haunted Hill)
North By Northwest released seen by cinema-goers, including Shlomo and his father. (Lucky Number Slevin)
Jamming with The Clapper Family, George Menschell suggests a neuftet with his own The Village Folk Ensemble - The Main Street Singers are born. (A Mighty Wind)
Stand By Me. (Stand By Me)
Sarah Connor is born. (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
Thursday 1st January: Mob boss Michael Corleone flees when Fidel Castro takes power. (Cuba) (The Godfather: Part II)
Thursday 1st January: Gambler Jack Weil flees when Fidel Castro takes power. (Cuba) (Havana)
Thursday 1st January: Norville Barnes falls from the 45th storey of the Hudsucker Building at the strike of midnight, yet survives. (New York) (The Hudsucker Proxy)
Tuesday 3rd February: "The Day the Music Died" - plane crash takes the life of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.D.Richardson. (Clear Lake, Iowa) (La Bamba)
Monday 11th May: Peter Callahan is born. (While You Were Sleeping)
Sunday 24th May: John Foster Dulles dies of cancer. (Bethesda, Maryland) (Eleanor, First Lady of the World)
Sunday 7th June: Paramount agrees to pay Jerry Lewis $10 million to appear in 14 films. (Martin and Lewis)
Tuesday 16th June: George Reeves commits suicide. (Los Angeles, CA) (Hollywoodland )
July: 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' premieres. (Ed Wood)
July: Danny Zucko has fun with Sandy, down in the sand. (Grease)
Friday 17th July: Billie Holiday dies of cardiac failure. (New York City) (Lady Sings the Blues)
August: Teddy Duchamp, Vern Tessio, Gordie Lachance and Chris Chambers see a dead body for the first time, and come back changed from boys into men. (just off the railway, outside Castle Rock, Maine) (Stand By Me)
Wednesday 9th September: Michael Clayton is born. (Michael Clayton)
Sunday 13th September: The Castle Rock Women's Auxiliary Club Quilting Bee. (Castle Rock, Maine) (Stand By Me)
Wednesday 4th November: Claude "Lefty" Williams is born. (Laguna Beach, California) (Eight Men Out)
Sunday 15th November: The Clutter family are murdered by burglars Richard 'Dick' Hickock and Perry Smith. (Holcomb, Kansas) (Capote)
December: Oswald Cobblepot, aka: The Penguin, is born. (Gotham City, USA) (Batman Returns)
December: Richard 'Dick' Hickock and Perry Smith are arrested for the murder of the Clutter family. (Capote)
Friday 25th December: Dawn Davenport runs away from home after not receiving cha-cha heel shoes for Christmas and is impregnated by Earl Peterson. (Baltimore, Maryland) (Female Trouble)