The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1976
In kindergarten at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School, Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards start a twenty year friendship. (Chasing Amy)
After losing his job with Taft Aerospace, Dick Harper and his wife Jane turn to crime to support themelves. (California) (Fun with Dick and Jane (1977))
The Eagles hire Dick Vermeil to take over as head coach. During his press conference, he announces an open try-out to make the team. Of the thousands that show up, only Vince Papale is invited to training camp. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Invincible)
King Kong is again discovered on Skull Island and let loose - again - on New York City. (King Kong (1976))
Israeli officer Avner is debriefed by Mossad. (Munich)
Rocky Balboa marries Adrian and they have s son, Robert "Rocky" Jr. (Rocky II)
The American Basketball Association announces it will merge the four best teams in it to the NBA. The rest of the teams will be abolished. (Semi-Pro)
Basketball team The Flint Tropics fight to be in the top 4 in the American Basketball Association. (Michigan) (Semi-Pro)
Fires start in Silent Hill. (Silent Hill, West Virginia) (Silent Hill)
Bo "Bandit" Darvill and Cledus "Snowman" Snow bring 400 cases of Coors beer 1800 miles from Texarkana to Atlanta in less than 28 hours, winning $80,000. (atlanta, georgia) (Smokey and the Bandit)
Thursday 1st January: Dick Vermeil's UCLA Bruins defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl. (Pasadena, Ca) (Invincible)
Sunday 4th January: Rocky Balboa shocks the boxing world by lasting 15 rounds with heavyweight champ Apollo Creed - though Creed wins. (Rocky)
Thursday 8th January: The Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers arrive in Miami to prepare to play Super Bowl X. (Miami, Florida) (Black Sunday)
Sunday 18th January: Superbowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys is interrupted by a terrorist attempt involving the hijacked Goodyear blimp. (Miami, Florida) (Black Sunday)
Tuesday 10th February: Claire Kuchever is born. (Deja Vu)
June: Soccer-style kicker Ray Finkle graduates from Collier High, later to become the only pro athlete to come out of Collier County. (Collier County, Fl) (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
Thursday 10th June: Adolph Zukor dies. (Los Angeles, California) (Will There Really Be a Morning?)
Sunday 27th June: Air France Airbus Flight 139, hijacked by the PLO, lands at Entebbe International Airport at the invitation of Idi Amin. Dr Junju is shot dead for helping Dr Nicholas Garrigan - strung up by hooks and left for dead - escape the country. (Uganda) (The Last King of Scotland)
July: Dazed and Confused. (Dazed and Confused)
Sunday 4th July: Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, Idaho - Arnold Joseph saves infant Thomas Builds-The-Fire from a burning house. (Smoke Signals)
Monday 5th July: A new comedy drama opens by Richard Collier. (Somewhere In Time)
Thursday 8th July: Hannibal Lecter savages a nurse during a medical examination. (Red Dragon)
Thursday 29th July: David Berkowitz kills Donna Lauria. (Summer of Sam)
Friday 6th August: Brian Jackson's dad dies. (Southend, Essex) (Starter for Ten)
Wednesday 8th September: Howard The Duck arrives on Earth. (Howard the Duck)
Sunday 12th September: Texas Stadium: Rookie Vince Papale gives a lackluster performace in his NFL debut, as the NFC Champion Dallas Cowboys crush the Eagles in the season opener. (Irving, Tx) (Invincible)
Sunday 19th September: Veterans Stadium: Vince Papale shines in the home opener against New York, making the 1st tackle of the game & scoring the game-winning TD on a fumble he forced, as the Eagles defeat the Giants, 21-14. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Invincible)
Thursday 25th November: Rocky Balboa knocks out Apollo Creed in the 15th round in their rematch. (Philadelphia, PA) (Rocky II)
Friday 26th November: The Band perform their last concert together. (The Last Waltz)