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Movie history events from 2002

Monty Brogan enters prison on a seven-year sentence for drug-dealing. (25th Hour)

Elyse writes a bagpipe part for Matt. Matt plays in a kilt at the eight grade recital. Steve Stifler and his friends watch and make fun of him. Matt tries to impress them by tying Elyse's underwear to the flagpole. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie: Band Camp)

Austin Powers captures Dr Evil, and arrives back from 1975 with Foxy Cleopatra to save the world. (Hollywood) (Austin Powers in Goldmember)

Two small time crooks sneak a nuclear bomb onto a plane and nearly kill millions of people, but are stopped by a local Ad agent; there is a government cover up. (Miami, Fl) (Big Trouble)

Buick LeSabre 2002 is made. (The Bourne Legacy)

Jason Bourne becomes an assassin. (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Elvis Presley and JFK fight an evil Egyptian mummy out to suck all the residents' souls. (East Texas Rest Home) (Bubba Ho-Tep)

Evan Treborn, a student, loses Kayleigh in various ways in different timelines. (The Butterfly Effect)

Charles Townsend Agency detectives Natalie Cook, Dylan Saunders, and Alex Munday uncover and stop a plan to sell a database which has all the people in the Witness Protection Program to criminals. (California) (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)

Dave and Ronnie get married. (Chicago, Illinois) (Couples Retreat)

Jason Evans starts working with Professor Jack Hall. (The Day After Tomorrow)

Chuck becomes National Beard Champion. (Dinner for Schmucks)

Giant spiders attack the town. (Prosperity, Arizona) (Eight Legged Freaks)

Oskar Schell enters his father's room for the first time in a year and wants to solve a mystery that his father had left him before he died. (New York City) (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

Alex starts making Demonik. (Grandma's Boy)

Stanton High Gymnastics Team is ranked second at CT State Championships. (Connecticut) (Grown Ups 2)

Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton start performing at Doug Munny's hotel. (Las Vegas, Nevada) (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone)

Undercover cop Chan Wing Yan is killed in an attempt to regain his identity and expose Lau, a criminal mole in the police department. (Hong Kong, China) (Infernal Affairs)

Bobby's daughter is born. (New York City) (It's Kind of a Funny Story)

Ollie Trinke meets Maya, and has to choose between his career and his daughter's school show. (New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)

Kevin starts talking about opening a shoe store. (Lottery Ticket)

Aileen Wuornos executed for killing seven men. (Monster)

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Frank Castle's wife Maria Elizabeth Castle, daughter Lisa Barbara Castle, and son Frank David Castle are killed. (New York City) (Punisher: War Zone)

Cheyenne's little sister is born. (Dallas, Texas) (Red State)

Martin Kennedy and Kate go to a cottage owned by Jack Coleman. Martin writes in his journal, "I will never forget this place. And we'll be back. Oh yes, we will be back." (Blackholme Island, Scotland) (Retreat)

Rachel Keller investigates a mysterious video tape that is said to kill you seven days after watching it. (The Ring)

Adrian Balboa dies from cancer. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (Rocky Balboa)

Dennis leaves Libby at the altar. (Run, Fat Boy, Run)

Dennis Doyle leaves pregnant Libby Odell at the altar. (London, England) (Run, Fat Boy, Run)

Dennis and Libby's son Jake is born. (London, England) (Run, Fat Boy, Run)

Celeste Wood meets Wendell Rohr. (New Orleans, Louisianna) (Runaway Jury)

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, suggesting something more frightening to come... (Signs)

High school student Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically engineered spider & receives amazing arachnid-like powers - he then must battle the Green Goblin. (New York City, NY) (Spider-Man)

Ted meets Norah Jones and has sex with her. (Boston, Massachusetts) (Ted)

Pete gets a $5,000 drawing of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. (Los Angeles, California) (This Is 40)

Evey falls in love with a girl named Christina. Her parents are angered when she comes out to them. (V for Vendetta)

George W Bush ponders the definition 'axis of evil'. (Washington) (W.)

Billy Newwood dies in a para-sailing accident. (Costa Rica) (Without a Paddle)

Tom Marshall, Jerry Conlaine, and Dan Mott search for D.B. Cooper's lost treasure. (Oregon) (Without a Paddle)

Tuesday 1st January: Dre Parker's height is measured on New Year's Day. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid)

Wednesday 9th January: The man with amnesia arrives. (Zurich, Switzerland) (The Bourne Identity)

Thursday 10th January: The man with amnesia finds passports in Zurich with pictures of his face and different aliases. He assumes the identity of Jason Bourne and pays Marie Helena Kreutz to take him to Paris as he is pursued. (The Bourne Identity)

Friday 11th January: Bourne and Kreutz go to the morgue to find the body of a man called John Michael Kane. (Paris, France) (The Bourne Identity)

Saturday 12th January: Kreutz takes Bourne to one of her homes. (Near Riom, France) (The Bourne Identity)

Sunday 13th January: Bourne kills Treadstone agents and escapes. (The Bourne Identity)

Wednesday 23rd January: Journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped. (Karachi, Pakistan) (A Mighty Heart)

Wednesday 30th January: Flight 180 explodes - due to a premonition, nine passengers disembark minutes before. (Final Destination)

Thursday 31st January: Daniel Pearl's kidnappers email Mariane Pearl with their demands. Colin Powell appears on TV saying that the US government cannot give in to terrorists' demands. (Karachi, Pakistan) (A Mighty Heart)

February: The license plate of a van that says CATZRULE expires. (Cats & Dogs)

Friday 1st February: Journalist Daniel Pearl beheaded. (Karachi, Pakistan) (A Mighty Heart)

Tuesday 19th February: Joe Wilson has a meeting at the C.I.A. Headquarters to discuss his knowledge of the sale of "yellow cake" uranium to Iraq. (Langley, Virginia) (Fair Game)

March: Oakland Athletics have Spring Training. (Oakland, California) (Moneyball)

Monday 1st April: Opening Day. Oakland Athletics play against Texas Rangers. (Oakland, California) (Moneyball)

Monday 8th April: Coach Stalin bullies Konrad. (Germany) (Night of the Living Dorks)

Tuesday 16th April: Dewey Cox performs. The footage would later be used in the biopic about Cox starring John C. Reilly. (San Francisco, California) (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)

Friday 3rd May: Jeremy Giambi is given to the Oakland Athletics. (Moneyball)

Sunday 5th May: Marni Olson shoots a video segment explaining how bad life is for her at her high school. It goes into a time capsule. (California) (You Again)

Wednesday 22nd May: The Oakland Athletics trade Jeremy Giambi to the Philadelphia Phillies for John Mabry. (Moneyball)

Thursday 23rd May: Oakland has won 20 games and lost 26 games by this time in American League West. (Moneyball)

Monday 27th May: Oakland Athletics have won 23 games and lost 26 games by this time. (Moneyball)

Thursday 6th June: Oakland Athletics have won 29 games and lost 30 games by this time. (Moneyball)

Monday 10th June: John J. Gotti Jr dies of throat cancer. (Springfield, Missouri) (Gotti)

Monday 10th June: Oakland Athletics have won 33 games and lost 30 games by this time. (Moneyball)

Wednesday 12th June: Scientist Richard Parker records a video message to explain his disappearance to his only son, Peter, and leaves it in his briefcase. (New York City, New York) (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)

Wednesday 12th June: A young Peter Parker, while walking through his house, discovers his father Richard Parker's study has been burgled and ransacked, and Richard finds him in the mess. Gathering up all the hidden documents, Richard and his wife, Mary, take him to the home of his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, then mysteriously depart. (New York City, New York) (The Amazing Spider-Man)

Thursday 13th June: While Richard and Mary are on the plane heading for Switzerland, Richard transmits a secret file known as "Project Roosevelt". However, a co-pilot steps out, reveals himself as an assassin, and tries to kill both Richard and Mary and shut down the upload. However, Richard fights him, and the assassin shoots Mary. Richard shoots the glass, creating an explosive decompression. In his last moments, he completes the transmission of the project on his laptop as the plane crashes into the sea. (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)

Tuesday 18th June: Oakland Athletics have won 38 games and lost 31 games by this time. (Moneyball)

July: Kevin "K" Brown returns to the Men In Black to help fight off an attempt to take over another planet. (New York City) (Men in Black II)

July: David Justice would be lucky to hit his own weight. (Moneyball)

July: $9 billion stolen, and many of the world's terrorists killed. (Los Angeles) (Swordfish)

Monday 1st July: Bob Taylor's entry date. (Pennsylvania) (Prisoners)

Tuesday 30th July: The Oakland Athletics trade Marshall McDougall to the Cleveland Indians for Ricardo Rincon. (Moneyball)

August: Miranda Frost volunteers to find out more about Gustav Graves. (Die Another Day)

Sunday 11th August: Julie Powell makes her first blog post in making every recipe from Julia Child's first cookbook (Julie & Julia)

Tuesday 13th August: Julie Powell makes her first of 500 Julia Child dishes in 365 days - artichokes in hollandaise sauce (Julie & Julia)

Saturday 24th August: Julie Powell learns how to cook mushrooms properly, and begins to spend large amounts at the supermarket, including a small tree. (Julie & Julia)

Saturday 24th August: Irene, mother of Raimunda and Sole, dies in a house fire. (Volver)

September: As England beats Germany 5-1 in the World Cup qualifiers, a platoon of soldiers are hunted by werewolves. (Scotland) (Dog Soldiers)

September: A few people take a wrong turn and encounter Mountain Men. (West Virginia) (Wrong Turn)

Tuesday 3rd September: Edward Weese finds out that he's HIV positive. (New Orleans, Louisianna) (Runaway Jury)

Wednesday 4th September: Dre Parker's height is measured. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid)

Wednesday 4th September: The Oakland Athletics win their twentieth consecutive game, setting a new American League record. (Oakland, California) (Moneyball)

Thursday 12th September: Treadstone Project Debriefing Report is made. (The Bourne Supremacy)

Wednesday 18th September: Julie Powell receives her first blog comment, from her mother telling her to give up. (Julie & Julia)

Tuesday 24th September: The dead walks around in Raccoon City. (Raccoon City) (Resident Evil)

October: Lucy Whitmore suffers brain damage in a car accident causing her to lose her long-term memory. (Hawaii) (50 First Dates)

Saturday 5th October: October Fest (Highlands, New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)

Wednesday 16th October: Chris Vail's driver's license is issued. (Wickliffe, Ohio) (Accepted)

Wednesday 23rd October: Gus Lacey films his two hamsters while they stare for three hours. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (The Men Who Stare at Goats)

Wednesday 30th October: Six college students win a competition to appear on an internet reality show. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween: Resurrection)

Thursday 31st October: College students go into the Myers house and find that they are not alone. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween: Resurrection)

November: Reporter Bob Wilton interviews Gus Lacey. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (The Men Who Stare at Goats)

November: Andrew Hennings, son of the Mayor of New York, proposes to Melanie Carmichael (aka Smooter), so she goes back to Alabama to finalize her divorce, but ends up falling for her husband again. (New York and Alabama) (Sweet Home Alabama)

Saturday 2nd November: Little Willie Edison at Forum. (Date Night)

Wednesday 6th November: The Knicks beat the Kings at basketball 96-88; Ben Barry misses the end because girlfriend Andie Anderson insists in a soft drink. (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)

Saturday 9th November: James Bond checks into a hotel. (Havana, Cuba) (Die Another Day)

Sunday 10th November: Treadstone Bourne Operational History report is made. (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Sunday 10th November: James Bond meets NSA agent Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson. (Havana, Cuba) (Die Another Day)

Monday 11th November: James Bond and Jinx go to a clinic in search of information about Zao. (Cuba) (Die Another Day)

Tuesday 12th November: James Bond encounters undercover MI6 agent Miranda Frost at the Blades Club. (London, England) (Die Another Day)

Wednesday 13th November: Jinx infiltrates Graves' lair and is saved by Bond. (Iceland) (Die Another Day)

Thursday 14th November: Bond and Jinx take a stash of Graves' diamonds after defeating him and double agent Miranda Frost. (Korean Peninsula) (Die Another Day)

Wednesday 11th December: Dre Parker's height is measured on the day he loses his first tooth. (Detroit, MI) (The Karate Kid)

Sunday 15th December: Holiday House Tour (Highlands, New Jersey) (Jersey Girl)


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