The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
The Grand Hotel hosts a graduation prom. (Straits of Mackinac - Somewhere In Time)
Oliver is born. (Los Angeles, California - This Is 40)
Alice is born. (The Ward)
Roger Rabbit is framed. (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Gregory Balestrero is born. (New York City, New York - The Wrong Man)
The Cold War begins. (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Wednesday 15th January: A year and a half after the end of WWII the body of Elizabeth Short (aka Black Dahlia) was found cut in half. (Los Angeles, California - The Black Dahlia)
Tuesday 21st January: Rick and Evy O'Connell arrive in Shanghai on Chinese New Year Eve to visit Evy's brother at his nightclub "Imhotep's" and to deliver the Eye of Shangri-La to the Chinese Musuem of History the following day. (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
Tuesday 15th April: Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Brooklyn, New York - The Jackie Robinson Story)
Thursday 24th April: Willa Cather dies. (New York - Willa Cather: The Road Is All)
Friday 25th April: President Truman inaugurates White House bowling alley. (Washington DC - Truman)
Sunday 11th May: Enzo Ferrari makes racing debut. (Piacenza, Italy - Ferrari)
Friday 6th June: Freddy Krueger born. (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Friday 20th June: Bugsy Siegel killed by gunshot. (Bugsy)
July: An extraterrestrial spaceship lands on a farm, killing a dog and leaving behind one alien, later named "Paul." (Moorcroft, Wyoming - Paul)
July: Johnny Strabler (Marlon Brando) and the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club take over Wrightsville, CA (based on event in July 1947 in Hollister, CA) (Wrightsville, CA - The Wild One)
Sunday 6th July: John Rambo is born. (Phoenix, Arizona - Rambo: First Blood Part II)
August: The independent states of India and Pakistan were created (India - Gandhi)
Wednesday 13th August: Future Spinal Tap lead singer and rhythm guitarist David St. Hubbins is born. (Squatney, London - This is Spinal Tap)
Friday 15th August: The Partition of India. (India - Life of Pi)
September: Mathematician John Nash goes through Princeton graduate school orientation. (Princeton University - A Beautiful Mind)
Tuesday 14th October: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier. (The Right Stuff)
Tuesday 14th October: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. (Muroc Army Air Field, California - The Right Stuff)
Monday 20th October: The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) begins nine days of hearings into alleged communist propaganda and influence in the Hollywood motion picture industry. (Washington, D.C. - The Majestic)
Wednesday 22nd October: Roger Marsh is born. (Escape Plan)
Monday 3rd November: Benjamin Button sees Daisy in Carousel on Broadway. (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Saturday 13th December: Alana Kane born. (Licorice Pizza)
Friday 19th December: Stephen Altman is born. (New York, New York - Panic Room)
By this time, Benjamin L. Willard is promoted to 1st Lt. (West Berlin, Germany - Apocalypse Now)
Dahlia Iyad is born on a farm. (Near Haifa, Palestine - Black Sunday)
Dahlia Iyad's father and brother are killed by Israeli commandos. (Black Sunday)
Carl is born. (Great Britain - The Boat That Rocked)
Sonny Corleone assassinated in his car; his son Vincent Mancini born to his mistress after his death. (The Godfather)
Godzilla and Shinomura fight on Moansta Island (Moansta Island - Godzilla)
Remy Bressant is born (Gone Baby Gone)
James Reid is born. (Los Angeles, California - The Green Hornet)
A boy who one day becomes a law-enforcer is born. (Langdon, Illinois - Halloween: H20)
After assisting the Nazis in WW II, and getting paid handsomely for it, Arthur Case returns home and establishes the Manhattan Trust Bank. (New York City, NY - Inside Man)
Alfred Kinsey publishes 'Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'. (Kinsey)
The Tsimtsum is made by Erlandson and Skank Shipyards. (Malmo, Sweden - Life of Pi)
Charlotte Flax is born. (Mermaids)
John and Mimi are photographed. (Liverpool, England - Nowhere Boy)
By this time, Norman Bates is running the motel. (Kern County, California - Psycho IV: The Beginning)
Frank Wheeler joins Knox Business Machines. (Connecticut - Revolutionary Road)
The planet Krypton explodes. (Superman)
According to Lois Lane's article, "I Spent the Night with Superman", Krypton explodes - baby Kal-El spends the next four years in a space ship while travelling to Earth. (Krypton - Superman)
The planet Krypton explodes (Krypton - Superman)
Tubbs Sawyer, son of Harry Sawyer, is born. (Newt, Texas - Texas Chainsaw 3D)
Harry Lime appears. (Vienna - The Third Man)
Future Spinal Tap lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel is born. (Squatney, London - This is Spinal Tap)
Jack Fairy is born. (Ireland - Velvet Goldmine)
Friday 2nd January: Thomas Brian Stoningham (Brian Slade) is born. (Birmingham, England - Velvet Goldmine)
Friday 30th January: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated at point blank range by a fanatic during a prayer meeting. (New Delhi, India - Gandhi)
Monday 15th March: Max Cherry is born. (Jackie Brown)
Saturday 3rd April: Charles Gaines is born. (The Butler)
Wednesday 7th April: Francis "Frank" White is born. (Astoria, New York - King of New York)
Monday 5th July: The National Health Service is established. (UK - Sicko)
Friday 23rd July: D.W. Griffith dies. (Hollywood, California - Good Morning, Babylon)
Monday 16th August: Babe Ruth dies of cancer. (New York City - The Babe)
Saturday 11th September: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan passed away. (Pakistan - Jinnah)