The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1964
Goldfinger released in the cinema. (Catch Me If You Can)
Denise Waverly meets and falls in love with Jay Phillips, who produces her song "God Give Me Strength". The song flops but Denise and Jay get married. (New York) (Grace of My Heart)
The human race dies out, as the fall-out from a nuclear holocaust ultimately reaches Australia. (On the Beach)
Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan exchange correspondence. (Walk the Line)
January: Almas Beers becomes pregnant by Ennis Del Mar. (Riverton, Wyoming.) (Brokeback Mountain)
January: Shozo Hirono's parole is revoked and he's sentenced to seven years and four months. With Hirono, Akira Takeda, Shoichi Eda, Masakishi Makihara and Yoshio Yamamori all serving prison sentences, the Hiroshima/Kobe yakuza feud comes to its fruitless end after 17 deaths, 26 injuries and over 1500 arrests. Gangland violence soon disappears beneath an increasingly stable public order. (Hiroshima, Japan) (The Yakuza Papers 4: Police Tactics)
Sunday 9th February: The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. (I Wanna Hold Your Hand)
Sunday 9th February: Tony Smerko is almost struck by lightning when he attempts to sabotage the transmitter on top of the CBS auditorium. (New York) (I Wanna Hold Your Hand)
Sunday 23rd February: Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully born. (The X Files)
Tuesday 25th February: Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston to win the WBA Heavyweight boxing championship. (Miami, Florida) (Ali)
Saturday 14th March: Jack Ruby sentenced to death. (Dallas, Texas) (Ruby)
May: The Dreams feature on the cover of numerous music magazines, and even a duet with The Beatles is suggested. (Dreamgirls)
Monday 18th May: Corinne marries Louis Jeffries. (Chances Are)
June: Jack is refused a third summer working on Brokeback Mountain by Joe Aguirre. (Signal, Wyoming.) (Brokeback Mountain)
Saturday 20th June: Gen. William Westmoreland succeeds Gen. Paul Harkins as head of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV). (Path to War )
Monday 27th July: IRA Terrorist Frankie Maguire aka Frankie the Angel is born. (1964) (The Devil's Own)
August: The Wonders perform 'That Thing You Do!' on The Hollywood Television Showcase, and break up the next day. (Hollywood, CA) (That Thing You Do)
Monday 17th August: Oscar "Happy" Felsch dies. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (Eight Men Out)
September: Alma Junior Del Mar, the first child, a daughter, of Ennis and Alma Del Mar, is born. (Riverton, Wyoming.) (Brokeback Mountain)
Wednesday 14th October: Nikita Khrushchev is ousted as both premier of the Soviet Union and chief of the Communist Party. (Enemy at the Gates)
Thursday 15th October: Cole Porter dies. (De-lovely)
December: Simon Birch saves a busload of kids when the bus goes into a river, but at the cost of his own life. (Maine) (Simon Birch)
Saturday 5th December: The Toad is adopted by Prince Charles as a pet. (London) (Flushed Away)
Thursday 24th December: Jack Starks born. (The Jacket)
Thursday 31st December: Drag-racer John Milner is killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver. (More American Graffiti)