The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie history events from 1986
Jane, Tess, and their father attend Jane's first wedding, where she falls in love with the idea of taking care of people and being a bridesmaid. (27 Dresses)
Jane Nichols is a bridesmaid for the first time. She saves the day by offering her bow to mend the bride's dress. (27 Dresses)
Studio 54 closes its doors. (New York) (54)
Randal Graves catches Dante Hicks losing his virginity to Caitlin Bree on videotape. (Clerks)
White Goodman, weighing in excess of 600lbs, founds Globogym. (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story)
High school senior Ferris Bueller, with best friend Cameron Frye and girlfriend Sloane Peterson, decides to skip school for the day. (Chicago) (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
David Scott Freeman appears, having skipped the past 8 years of his life. (Flight of the Navigator)
Martin Blank and Debi Newberry graduate high school at Grosse Pointe. (Grosse Pointe) (Grosse Pointe Blank)
Connor MacLeod kills the Kurgan, winning the prize. (New York) (Highlander)
Oren and The Crazy 88 win control of vice in Tokyo. (Japan) (Kill Bill: Volume 1)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge take place. (A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge)
Robot Number Johnny Five gains human qualities after a lightning strike. (Short Circuit)
A Klingon Bird of Prey carrying the crew of the Enterprise procures two humpback whales, George and Gracie. (San Francisco) (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Goose dies following loss of control from flying through Iceman's - not Maverick's - jetwash. (Over the Pacific) (Top Gun)
Carl Peterson skateboards for the last time till 2006. (You, Me and Dupree)
Friday 24th January: Vincente Minnelli dies. (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows )
Saturday 5th April: Police call off search for missing hiker Lois Einhorn; coincidentally former Dolphins kicker Ray Finkle escapes Shady Oaks Mental Institution about the same time. (Tampa, Fl) (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
Wednesday 23rd April: Otto Preminger dies from lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease. (New York) (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)
Friday 13th June: Bishop Desmond Tutu meets with South African President P.W. Botha to discuss the nationwide state of emergency declared by Botha in response to the anti-apartheid protests. (Mandela and de Klerk)
Friday 13th June: Benny Goodman dies. (New York, New York) (Sinatra)
Thursday 3rd July: Rudy Vallee dies. (Hollywood, California) (Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees)
October: Isabel Bigelow's mother fixes the World Series, presumably with magic. (Bewitched)
Saturday 11th October: Identical twins Hallie and Annie are born to Nick Parker and Elizabeth James. (The Parent Trap)