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Movie history events from 2009
Dr. Adrian Helmsley learns that neutrinos from a massive solar flare are causing the temperature of the Earth's core to increase rapidly. (Naga Deng Copper Mine, India) (2012)
Adrian informs White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser and President Thomas Wilson of the disasters to come. (Lincoln Plaza Hotel, Washington D.C.) (2012)
Naomi Quinn's father dies. (New York City) (Arthur)
Birth of Diego Ricardo, the last human to be born on Earth. (Argentina) (Children of Men)
John D. Truesdale dies. (Los Angeles, California) (Drag Me To Hell)
Daisy moves out of her old home. (Funny People)
James Howard wins New York Supercomputing Challenge. Aaron Fitzcarraldo gains a Laureate in Philosophy. (New York City) (It's Kind of a Funny Story)
By this year, Ben's settlement ends. (Knocked Up)
3-year-old octuplets throw up on Daybreak host Colleen Peck. (New York City) (Morning Glory)
M.I. Pollard makes a coffee table worth $500,000. (The Other Guys)
AVERAGE AMERICAN 401K ACCOUNT 2009 $64,200 (The Other Guys)
Kepler Telescope is launched to search for Earth-like planets. World Population - 6.76 Billion. (Pandorum)
Max Kenton is born. (Real Steel)
Glen and Glenda's birthday party. Jennifer/Tiffany kills a nanny who quits because she feels scared around Glenda. Glen receives a present that turns out to be Chucky's right arm. (Hollywood, CA) (Seed of Chucky)
The girls of St. Trinian's School for Young Ladies find the treasure of the Pirate Captain Fritton. (England) (St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold)
January: Jibby and Heather break up. (Temecula, California) (The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard)
January: Paxton Harding pays $80,000 for the Trans Am. (Temecula, California) (The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard)
January: One of Booth's operations is screwed up by his daughter April. (Mexico) (Machete)
January: Traffic Enforcer of the Month: Ken Nelson (New York City) (The Other Guys)
January: Dale and Brennan try burying each other alive. (Sacramento, CA) (Step Brothers)
January: Tugg Speedman wins an Oscar for his role in Tropic Blunder. (Hollywood, California) (Tropic Thunder)
Tuesday 20th January: Jerry's dad writes him a check. (USA) (Eagle Eye)
Friday 23rd January: Ethan Shaw dies in a car crash. (USA) (Eagle Eye)
Saturday 24th January: Jerry Shaw receives a phone call, telling him that his twin brother Ethan has died in an auto accident. (USA) (Eagle Eye)
Sunday 25th January: Jerry Shaw comes home to his small rented room to find that it's full of illegal weapons and chemicals. He receives a mysterious phone call telling him to flee the scene. Less than a minute later, the FBI break into his place and arrest him. (USA) (Eagle Eye)
Monday 26th January: Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman arrive at Indianapolis. They steal a silver brief case, get on a Japanese tour bus en route to the airport. There, they manage to evade the police and sneak onto a military aircraft. After a short flight, the plane lands at the Pentagon. (Indianapolis and D.C.) (Eagle Eye)
Tuesday 27th January: Fredericka S. Freund dies. (Drag Me To Hell)
February: Traffic Enforcer of the Month: George Allison (New York City) (The Other Guys)
February: Zack Brown and Miri Linky finally get together. (Zack & Miri Make a Porno)
Saturday 7th February: SDF-1 Macross launch ceremony; outbreak of Space War I. (South Ataria Island, Pacific Ocean) (Macross in Clash of the Bionoids)
Monday 16th February: Julie Cartwright dies. (Drag Me To Hell)
Wednesday 18th February: Sylvia Ganush curses Christine Brown after she refuses to help her keep her home. Ganush later dies of heart failure. (Los Angeles, California) (Drag Me To Hell)
Thursday 19th February: Christine kills her cat and tries offering it as a sacrifice. Dinner with Clay's parents is a disaster. (Los Angeles, California) (Drag Me To Hell)
Friday 20th February: Shaun San Dena dies while banishing the Lamia from the seance. Rham Jas seals the cursed button in an envelope and tells Christine to get rid of the curse by giving the button to someone else as a gift. (Los Angeles, California) (Drag Me To Hell)
Saturday 21st February: Christine goes to Ganush's grave and puts an envelope in her mouth. Christine's boss, Jim Jacks, leaves her a message saying that he found out Stu Rubin stole Christine's work and was fired. Before Christine and Clay are able to take a train to Clay's parents' cabin in Santa Barbara, where Clay planned to propose to her, Clay reveals that he has the envelope containing the cursed button. Christine falls onto the tracks and is dragged to Hell. (Los Angeles, California) (Drag Me To Hell)
Monday 23rd February: The date that Jim Jacks would have promoted Christine Brown to assistant manager. (Los Angeles, California) (Drag Me To Hell)
March: Verona and Burt have sex. (Away We Go)
March: A guy with a history of mental illness wears a superhero costume and jumps off a building, dying as he falls onto a car. (New York City, NY) (Kick-Ass)
March: A newspaper article contains lottery tips. (New York City) (The Other Guys)
March: Traffic Enforcer of the Month: Mark Pollard (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Saturday 14th March: Dren kills a cat. Elsa cuts off her stinger. (Splice)
Sunday 15th March: Clive has sex with Dren. Dren later becomes male, kills Barlow, Gavin, and Clive, and rapes Elsa, possibly impregnating her in the process. (Splice)
April: Burt and Verona move to Verona's old family home. (Away We Go)
April: Burt and Verona visit Burt's brother Courtney, whose wife left him. (Miami, Florida) (Away We Go)
April: Burt and Verona visit LN and her family. (Madison, Wisconsin) (Away We Go)
April: Burt and Verona visit their old college friends Munch and Tom Garrett. (Montreal, Quebec) (Away We Go)
April: Burt and Verona visit Verona's sister Grace. (Tucson, Arizona) (Away We Go)
April: Burt and Verona visit Verona's old boss Lily and her family. (Phoenix, Arizona) (Away We Go)
April: Burt's parents announce that they're moving to Antwerp. Burt and Verona decide to travel to different places until they find a home to raise their daughter. (Away We Go)
April: Traffic Enforcer of the Month: Jerry DeTitta (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Sunday 12th April: People reflect on the events that took place in Washington D.C. (USA) (Eagle Eye)
May: Traffic Enforcer of the Month: Leo Holder (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Tuesday 12th May: Derek Frost driver's license is issued. (Northfield, Illinois) (Source Code)
Friday 15th May: Ofc. Eddie Dugan marks off this day on his calender to signify that he has 7 days left of a 22 year career as a police officer. (Brooklyn, New York) (Brooklyn's Finest)
Friday 22nd May: All hell breaks loose in the city of Brooklyn. Ofc. Eddie Dugan retires then decides to give a damn by coming to the rescue of three kidnapped girls. Undercover officer Clarence "Tango" Butler decides to get revenge on the shooting death of his friend "Caz", and ofc. Sal Procida decides to go on a shooting rampage of a drug stash house to rob money to pay for a new house for his family. (Brooklyn, New York) (Brooklyn's Finest)
June: Gloria and Jerry Farlander move to Antwerp. (Antwerp, Belgium) (Away We Go)
June: Record company intern Aaron Green suggests to record company executive Sergio Roma that they bring Aldous Snow to the Greek Theatre for a 10th anniversary concert next month. (Los Angeles, CA) (Get Him to the Greek)
June: Melissa hooks up with a bartender on a cruise. (The Hangover)
June: Law Enforcer of the Month: Jim Gloster (New York City) (The Other Guys)
June: Brennan and Dale sing and drum at the Catalina Wine Mixer. (Catalina Island, CA) (Step Brothers)
Sunday 21st June: Birth of "Baby" Diego, the last youngest person on Earth. (Argentina) (Children of Men)
Thursday 25th June: Michael Jackson has rehearsal footage of his last concert tour made into a documentary and dies before he is to perform his first show. (Los Angeles, California) (This Is It)
Monday 29th June: A Wilco concert takes place at the Greek Theatre. (Berkeley, California) (Funny People)
Tuesday 30th June: Sartana Rivera starts surveillance of Operation: Network. (Mexico) (Machete)
July: Burt and Verona's baby daughter is born. (Away We Go)
July: George Simmons' doctor tells him that he has leukemia and that he might have only six months left to live. (Funny People)
July: The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is released. (UK & USA) (Funny People)
July: George asks Ira to write jokes for him after he sees his act. (Funny People)
July: James Taylor plays at a corporate gig for Myspace. Ira and George do stand-up comedy following his performance. (Funny People)
July: Traffic Enforcer of the Month: Richard Connors (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Saturday 4th July: Zirkonians try to invade Earth but are stopped by the Pearson family at a vacation house. (Michigan) (Aliens in the Attic)
Tuesday 7th July: Padre records Michael Booth's confession at 8:23 A.M. (Mexico) (Machete)
Wednesday 15th July: Leo Koenig posts his Cute Cuddly Kittens video on YouTube under his username, MrLeoKoenig. (Funny People)
Wednesday 15th July: Aaron picks up Aldous Snow. (London, England) (Get Him to the Greek)
Thursday 16th July: Aldous Snow appears on The Today Show and performs "The Clap" instead of "African Child". (New York City, NY) (Get Him to the Greek)
Friday 17th July: Aaron and Aldous visit Aldous' father. (Las Vegas, NV) (Get Him to the Greek)
Saturday 18th July: Aaron Green brings Aldous Snow to the Greek Theatre and reconciles with his girlfriend. (Los Angeles, CA) (Get Him to the Greek)
Sunday 19th July: Aaron and his girlfriend Daphne burn their bedsheets. (Los Angeles, CA) (Get Him to the Greek)
Wednesday 22nd July: Senator McLaughlin murders an illegal immigrant from Mexico and it is videotaped. (Somewhere Along the Texas and Mexico Border) (Machete)
Thursday 23rd July: Michael Booth offers machete $150,000 to kill Senator McLaughlin. (Mexico) (Machete)
Friday 24th July: Machete is double-crossed by one of Booth's henchmen when he tries to kill McLaughlin. Machete is taken to a hospital. He is picked up by Luz and meets Sartana Rivera. He also speaks to his brother, a priest known as Padre. (Mexico) (Machete)
Saturday 25th July: Padre is crucified. Mexican immigrants rise up against border vigilantes. McLaughlin is killed by the border when he is mistaken for an immigrant. (Mexico) (Machete)
Friday 31st July: Doug Billings, Phil Wenneck, Stuart Price, and Alan Garner go to Las Vegas for Doug's bachelor party. (Las Vegas, NV) (The Hangover)
August: Daisy sleeps with Mark Taylor Jackson. Leo sees Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Mark tries to get the role of Tobey Maguire's character's younger brother in a movie. (Funny People)
August: Dre Parker and his mother Sherry move to China. Mr. Han starts teaching Dre kung fu. (Beijing, China) (The Karate Kid (2010))
August: Law Enforcer of the Month: David Chambers (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Saturday 1st August: Phil, Stu, and Alan wake up with hangovers and discover that Doug is missing. (Las Vegas, NV) (The Hangover)
Sunday 2nd August: Stu, Phil, and Alan find Doug on the roof of Caesar's Palace. (Las Vegas, NV) (The Hangover)
Saturday 15th August: Mei Ying invites Dre to the Qixi Festival. (Beijing, China) (The Karate Kid (2010))
Sunday 16th August: Dre kisses Mei at the Qixi Festival. (Beijing, China) (The Karate Kid (2010))
September: Joel Reynolds has sex with his wife Suzie. They take a break from it afterwards. (Ohio) (Extract)
September: The month that Aldous originally thought the gig at the Greek would take place. (Get Him to the Greek)
September: Mindy starts attending Dave's high school and beats up a couple of bullies. (New York City, NY) (Kick-Ass)
September: Traffic Enforcer of the Month: Chuck Potter (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Tuesday 1st September: Guitar Hero 5 is released. (North America) (Couples Retreat)
Saturday 5th September: John Butch returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Tuesday 15th September: An accounting firm blows up. (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Wednesday 23rd September: Terry tells Allen that they should do good cop-bad cop but Allen mishears him and does bad cop-bad cop. (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Thursday 24th September: New York Post headline: "Viva Las Vegas" (New York City) (The Other Guys)
October: Step loses a testicle during an accident at Reynold's Extract. Cindy tries to persuade him to sue the company. Joel pays a gigolo named Brad to have sex with his wife. (Ohio) (Extract)
October: A date on a car's ID. (New York City) (Freejack)
October: Traffic Enforcer of the Month: Terry Hoitz (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Monday 12th October: Tony De've'nni gets the book renewed. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Thursday 15th October: 81 people die in a plane crash, that John Koestler just about saw coming thanks to some numbers on a piece of paper. (Knowing)
Friday 16th October: Astrophysics professor John Koestler meets Diana Wayland, daughter of crazy Lucinda Embry. (Knowing)
Saturday 17th October: John Koestler tries and fails to prevent a Manhattan subway crash. (New York) (Knowing)
Monday 19th October: A solar flare destroys the Earth. (Knowing)
Monday 19th October: Everyone then on the planet dies. Other disasters predicted give a death count, this one simply says "EE", which the leads figure out means "everyone else", meaning everyone currently alive. (This does not turn out to be entirely accurate, since multiple pairs of children are rescued just before the solar flare that wipes out everyone remaining.) (worldwide) (Knowing)
Wednesday 28th October: G-Force is assigned an unauthorized mission to infiltrate Leonard Saber's house. (Los Angeles, California) (G-Force)
Thursday 29th October: G-Force ends up in a pet store and they try to escape. (Los Angeles, California) (G-Force)
Thursday 29th October: Laurie Strode, now living with the Brackets, has a nightmare about Michael Myers. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween 2 (2009))
Friday 30th October: G-Force saves the world from evil household appliances. (Los Angeles, California) (G-Force)
Friday 30th October: Michael Myers continues searching for his sister. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween 2 (2009))
Saturday 31st October: The members of G-Force are appointed as special agents of the FBI. (Los Angeles, California) (G-Force)
Saturday 31st October: Michael Myers is defeated again. (Haddonfield, Illinois) (Halloween 2 (2009))
Saturday 31st October: Stan Helsing and his friends defeat of group of killers resembling characters from other movies. (Stan Helsing)
November: Step doesn't sue Reynold's Extract and becomes the floor manager. Nathan dies from a heart attack after Suzie yells at him. (Ohio) (Extract)
November: Detectives Allen Gamble and Terry Hoitz solve a case. (New York City) (The Other Guys)
Saturday 7th November: Nathan's funeral. Joel and Suzie go to the Rotary Club. (Ohio) (Extract)
Tuesday 17th November: Joel and Suzie do or don't go out of town. (Ohio) (Extract)
Wednesday 18th November: Tony gets the book renewed again. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Monday 23rd November: Alex Furlong escapes from a body snatcher. (New York City) (Freejack)
Tuesday 24th November: Alex Furlong flees from Victor Vacendak and finds Julie Redlund. (New York City) (Freejack)
Wednesday 25th November: Ian McCandless transfers his mind into Alex Furlong's body... or not. (New York City) (Freejack)
Thursday 26th November: George has Thanksgiving dinner with Ira and his friends. (Funny People)
December: Jason and Cynthia plan to take their friends to the Eden Resort. (Chicago, Illinois) (Couples Retreat)
December: Jason, Cynthia, Dave, Ronnie, Joey, Lucy, Shane, and Trudy go to Eden West. (San Diego, California) (Couples Retreat)
December: Thomas Uncles is accepted into Just Community College. (Dance Flick)
December: Clarke goes on a business trip. George finds out that he's getting better. George and Ira do a stand-up comedy show in San Francisco, and see Laura and her family while they're there. (Funny People)
December: The President issues an executive order. bombing the bridges around Manhattan Island to quarantine the infected of a cure for cancer from a genetically engineered measles virus. the infected take vampire like qualities, such as sensitivity to sunlight and a thirst for blood. (Manhattan) (I Am Legend)
Friday 4th December: Brothers, which Mark doesn't have a role in, is released. (Funny People)
Tuesday 8th December: Tony returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan) (American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Saturday 12th December: Cindy's Arkansas driver's license expires. (Arkansas) (Extract)
Friday 25th December: Dale and Brennan's parents give them the boat as a treehouse, pirrate hats, cross-bows, Hustlers, and Chewbacca masks. (Sacramento, CA) (Step Brothers)