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Movie history events from 1988
Bartleby Gaines and his friends are born. (Wickliffe, Ohio) (Accepted)
First appearance of Akira's true powers. (Tokoyo, Japan) (Akira)
An alien slave ship lands, crewed by a genetically-engineered race adapted for hard labor in almost any environment. The Newcomers are placed under temporary quarantine by the United States government. (Mojave Desert, California) (Alien Nation)
Matt Stifler is born. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)
Randy Daytona loses the World Championship ping pong match. As a result, Master Feng kills his father. (Seoul, South Korea) (Balls of Fury)
Bill & Ted meet Rufus for the first time, and begin to travel through time. (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
Catcher Crash Davis breaks the minor league home run record; Ebbie Calvin "Nuke" La Louche makes his major league debut. (Durham, NC) (Bull Durham)
Alex Cross (Louis Jeffries in a former life) meets Corinne Jeffries and her (and his) daughter Miranda. (Chances Are)
A doll called Chucky wreaks a bit of havoc. (Child's Play)
Crown Prince Akeem of Zamunda arrives in hopes of finding a bride who can "stimulate (his) mind as well as (his) loins". (Queens, NY) (Coming to America)
Prince Akeem marries Lisa McDowell, heiress to the McDowell's fast food franchise. (Zamunda, Africa) (Coming to America)
Cleo McDowell, owner of the McDowell's fast food franchise, is embroiled in a copyright infringement suit with McDonald's over his "golden arcs" logo. (Queens, NY) (Coming to America)
Charity Uncles is born. (Dance Flick)
Kale Brecht, future adolescent-under-house-arrest, is born. (Disturbia)
Manhattan is declared a maximum security prison. (New York) (Escape From New York)
Harry Knowles' niece who later goes by "Rogue Leader" is born. (Fanboys)
Ray Kinsella builds a baseball diamond in his field after hearing a voice repeating, "If you build it, he will come." (Field of Dreams)
Jason Robert Wise born. (Final Destination 3)
Gary Gaines leads his school football team to the Texas state semifinals. (Friday Night Lights)
11 yr old hacker "Zero Cool" banned from using a computer for crashing 1507 systems in one day, causing a 7pt drop in the New York Stock Exchange. (Seattle) (Hackers)
Louis de Pointe du Lac returns to New Orleans and finds Leastat de Lioncourt, who wants Louis to stay with him again. (New Orleans) (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles)
South Peak Street is closed. (Highlands, New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)
Danny Maccabee gets his heart broken on his wedding day and uses his wedding ring to pick up a girl at a bar. (Los Angeles, California) (Just Go with It)
Jack Harris proposes to Diana in exchange for a secret fried chicken recipe. (Houston, Texas) (Middle Men)
The events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master take place. (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4)
Dance teacher Mr Jonathon gets Highly Recommended at some dance awards. (Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance)
Shoot to Kill is released. (Six Degrees of Separation)
Dale leaves college to "get into the family business". (Sacramento, CA) (Step Brothers)
Evan, Seth, and Fogell are born. (Superbad)
Nuclear war causes a fascist regime to take control of England. (V for Vendetta)
George H.W. Bush becomes President of the United States of America. (Washington) (W.)
Mr Magnificent breaks Randy 'The Ram' Robinson's shoulder. (The Wrestler)
January: Jamaican bobsleigh team qualifies and competes in the Winter Olympics. (Calgary) (Cool Runnings)
Sunday 24th January: Donnie Darko gets pills. (Donnie Darko)
Sunday 7th February: Hannibal Lecter bites a nurse during. (Baltimore, MD) (Hannibal)
Monday 7th March: Judge Fenwick indicted on bribery charges. (Chances Are)
Saturday 9th April: Cindy Meltzer is born. (Ohio) (Extract)
Thursday 14th April: Soviets sign Geneva Accords. Troops withdraw from Afghanistan. (Charlie Wilson's War)
May: At senior prom, Alyssa Jones has a menage a trois in a limo with Gwen Turner and a 26 yr old man. (Chasing Amy)
Wednesday 11th May: Sergeant Oswald Cochrane is killed in a helicopter accident. (Die Hard 2)
Wednesday 11th May: Kim Philby dies. (Moscow) (The Fourth Protocol)
Thursday 12th May: The events of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives take place. (Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives)
June: Caitlin Bree, Alyssa Jones and Cohee Lundin graduate from North High School, while Dante Hicks, Randal Graves, Julie Dwyer, Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards graduate from Henry Hudson. (Chasing Amy)
Tuesday 7th June: Michael Cera is born. (Brampton, Ontario) (Paper Heart)
Sunday 12th June: Cindy's fake alias is born. (Kansas) (Extract)
Friday 15th July: Die Hard is released. (Funny People)
Friday 12th August: Jean Michel-Basquiat dies of a heroine overdose. (Manhattan, New York City) (Basquiat)
September: Veronica Loughran begins studying at Seton Hall and goes down on the first of over 30 men while there. (Clerks)
Saturday 1st October: Donnie Darko argues with his sister and mother. (Donnie Darko)
Sunday 2nd October: Donnie Darko is visited by a giant bunny rabbit, who tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. (Donnie Darko)
Thursday 6th October: Donnie Darko floods his school. (Donnie Darko)
Monday 10th October: Donnie starts studying time travel. (Donnie Darko)
Tuesday 18th October: Donnie Darko tries to kiss Gretchen Ross. (Donnie Darko)
Wednesday 26th October: 4 days remain. (Donnie Darko)
Saturday 29th October: Hallowe'en party at the Darko's. (Donnie Darko)
Sunday 30th October: Donnie Darko's alternate universe ends. (Donnie Darko)
Sunday 30th October: Michael Myers awakens from a coma after hearing about his niece. (Smith's Grove, Illinois) (Halloween 4)
Monday 31st October: Micheal Myers woke from a coma and killed more people them dissaperaes while his neice kills her foster-mother. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween 4)
November: Charles Lee Ray steals a ring from Vivian Van Pelt. (Bride of Chucky)
Tuesday 8th November: Wyatt Donnely fake drivers license expires. (Shermer, Illinois) (Weird Science)
Wednesday 9th November: Tiffany cuts out a newspaper article about Charles Lee Ray's death. (Bride of Chucky)
Wednesday 9th November: Charles Lee Ray is shot by Detective Mike Norris. He transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll, which is later given to Andy Barclay as a birthday present. (Child's Play)
Wednesday 9th November: Hansel "Hedwig" Schmitt of East Germany weds American soldier Sgt Luther Robinson and immigrates to the United States. (East Germany) (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Thursday 10th November: Chucky kills Eddie Caputo. (Child's Play)
Friday 11th November: Chucky is shot in the heart by Detective Norris in the Barclay apartment. (Child's Play)
Wednesday 23rd November: Francis Dollarhyde's driver license expires. (Chester, Missouri) (Manhunter)
December: Will Graham receives a Christmas card from Hannibal Lecter. (Marathon, FL) (Red Dragon)
Saturday 10th December: Lucinda Embry dies of a drug overdose after years of hearing voices. (Knowing)
Saturday 24th December: Det John McClane battles international terrorist Hans Gruber in the Nakatomi Tower. (Los Angeles) (Die Hard)
Saturday 24th December: Frank Cross is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas. (Scrooged)
Sunday 25th December: The Balboas have a good time on Christmas. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (Rocky V)