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Movie history events from 1994
Katie Enslin, daughter of paranormal author Michael Enslin, is born. (1408)
Apartheid ends. (South Africa) (Blood Diamond)
Deputy Director of Intelligence, Adm. James Greer dies of pancreatic cancer; CIA Agent Jack Ryan appointed as his interim replacement. (Washington, DC) (Clear And Present Danger)
Dr Susan Tyler creates the Judas Breed of cockroaches, to wipe out the diseased roaches. (New York) (Mimic)
Former 'Pop' member Colin Thompson wins Sexiest Man Alive title; former 'Pop' member Alex Fletcher wins Best Performer at the Nebraska Tractor & Trailer Show. (Music and Lyrics)
Toulah Portokalos meets and falls in love with Ian Miller. Her family eventually agrees to let them marry, despite the fact that Ian is not Greek. (Chicago, IL) (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
Faith gets a call from her fiancee's friend, apologising that he can't make the wedding - his name is Damon Bradley, apparently her soulmate. (Only You)
Charlie Mackenzie meets, falls in love with, and marries Harriet Michaels - who may or may not have killed her previous three husbands. (San Francisco) (So I Married an Axe Murderer)
Egyptologist Daniel Jackson manages to activate the Stargate; the Abydos people are freed when the alien Ra is killed by the Earth expedition. (Stargate)
Sarah Connor is diagnosed with leukemia. (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
Time Enforcement Commission formed to regulate time-travel; Max Walker's wife dies, or she doesn't & Senator McComb disappears, depending on the timeline. (Timecop)
Helen Tasker discovers her husband is a secret agent, and eventually joins him. (True Lies)
Evey plays Viola in Twelfth Night. (V for Vendetta)
An evil spirit from within the Nightmare on Elm St stories is set free. (Wes Craven's New Nightmare)
Monty Kessler and friends graduate from Harvard "with honors". (Cambridge, MA) (With Honors)
January: The Miami Dolphins host the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl - thanks to Ace Ventura, MVP QB Dan Marino & team mascot Snowflake arrive at halftime after a failed kidnapping attempt by former kicker, Ray Finkle. (Miami, Fl) (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
January: Silent Bob breaks up with Amy due to his lack of ability to deal with her sexual past. (Chasing Amy)
February: A blue collar worker is asked to reshingle the house of gangster Dominick "Baby Face" Bambino; he declines the job based on personal politics and asks a friend to do the job for him. The friend is killed when the Foresci family puts a hit out on "Baby Face." (Clerks)
Saturday 5th February: Byron de la Beckwith is convicted of the assassination of civil rights leader Medger Evers 31 years earlier, ending the lengthiest murder case in American history. (Ghosts of Mississippi)
Monday 14th February: Chris Brander sends fellow high school junior Jamie Palamino a dozen red roses. (New Jersey) (Just Friends)
March: Mathematician John Nash is informed that he is to be awarded the Noble Prize for his research in governing dynamics. (Princeton University) (A Beautiful Mind)
March: Rocco Dillon plans a terrorist attack by smuggling a bomb into the Oscars - a retired Frank Drebin averts the disaster. (Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult)
April: Mad John kills his wife in a supermarket. (North London) (Gangster No 1)
April: Willam Black becomes obsessed with seeing a hidden magic eye picture; Brodie Bruce farts while Rene Mosier is going down on him; Brodie cites this as a possible reason for their break up a week later. (Mallrats)
Wednesday 13th April: Randal Graves calls the cops on Jay and Silent Bob while they are standing in front of RST video; Shannon Hamilton screws Tricia Jones in a very uncomfortable place. (Mallrats)
Thursday 14th April: Alyssa Jones and some friends hold a vigil outside the YMCA for Julie Dwyer. (Chasing Amy)
Thursday 14th April: Caitlin Bree's mother tells her that she has placed a wedding announcement for Caitlin and Sang in the paper. (Clerks)
Thursday 14th April: Brodie Bruce and T.S. Quint hang out at the mall, and are dumped then reunited with Rene Mosier and Brandi Svenning; Brodie is picked up to host The Tonight Show and Willam tries and fails to see a sailboat in a magic eye picture (Mallrats)
Friday 15th April: Dante Hicks is called into work at Quick Stop Convenience on his day off. His friend Randal Graves shows up late to work at the neighboring RST video, and the two have several misadventures that include a hockey match on the roof and attending Julie Dwyer's wake. (Clerks)
Saturday 16th April: Julie Dywer is buried. Dante Hicks calls in sick that morning, and goes to visit Caitlin at Riverview hospital. (Clerks)
Friday 22nd April: Richard M Nixon dies. (New York) (Nixon)
May: Paul Rusesabagina, himself a Hutu, shelters hundreds of Tutsi's and some Hutu moderates during the Hutu lead genocide, as the Western world ignores the situation . (Kilgali, Rwanda) (Hotel Rwanda)
Friday 6th May: The events of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan begin. (Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan)
Saturday 7th May: The events of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan finish. (Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan)
Tuesday 10th May: Nelson Mandela inaugurated as first black president of South Africa. (Goodbye Bafana)
Friday 13th May: Jason Voorhees's body is blown apart by the FBI in an ambush, though during the autopsy, the coroner eats Jason's heart and becomes possessed by his spirit. (Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday)
June: Lord Voldemort returns in human form, and tries but fails to kill Harry Potter for the fourth time. (England) (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
June: After graduating from college, T.S. Quint and Brandi Svenning are married at Universal Studios. (Mallrats)
Sunday 12th June: O.J. Simpson is accused of killing ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman. (American Tragedy)
Thursday 16th June: Jesse and Celine meet on a train and spend a romantic day together, without exchanging phone numbers. (Vienna, Austria) (Before Sunrise)
Friday 17th June: O.J. Simpson arrested after flight from justice. (Los Angeles, California) (American Tragedy)
Monday 18th July: The magazine Out-Takes reports that two 23 year olds, Banky Edwards and Holden McNeil, are enjoying success with their first comic, 37, currently being sold only at Comic Toast in Eden Prairie Mall and Comicology. (Chasing Amy)
August: Charles & Duckface's ill-fated wedding at St Julian's church; Charles and Carrie stand in some rain. (Smithfield, London) (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
October: Three media studies students go missing in search of the Blair Witch. (Burkittesville, MD) (The Blair Witch Project)
Monday 28th November: Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death by a fellow inmate while performing cleaning duty in a bathroom. (Portage, Wisconsin) (Dahmer)
December: Mathematician John Nash is awarded the Noble Prize for his research in governing dynamics. (Stockholm, Sweden) (A Beautiful Mind)
December: Ollie Trinke introduces Gertrude Steiney to his dad and conceives Gertie. (New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)
December: Alan Parrish hires Judy and Peter's father for the Parrish Shoe Factory - in one timeline. (Jumanji)
Friday 16th December: Jesse arrives to meet Celine on the train platform; he wanders the city for days then returns to the US. (Vienna Austria) (Before Sunrise)
Friday 16th December: Celine attends her grandmother's funeral. (Budapest) (Before Sunset)