JANUARY
01/01 -
The Godfather Part II - Batista regime falls after NYE party in Havana -
Santino
02/01
03/01
04/01 -
My Cousin Vinny - Bill and Stan stop off at the Sac-O-Suds -
Spandex
05/01 -
The Time Machine - HG Wells appears late to his own dinner party due to temporal gallivanting -
Epona
06/01
07/01
08/01
09/01 -
Kramer Vs Kramer - court date for the custody hearing -
Spandex
10/01
11/01
12/01
13/01 -
Walk The Line - Johnny Cash plays at Folsom Prison -
Spandex
14/01
15/01
16/01 -
The Public Enemy - Paddy Ryan recruits Tom and Matt into his bootlegging crew -
Spandex
17/01
18/01 -
Logan’s Run - Capricorn 29s are called to the Carousel -
Spandex
19/01
20/01
21/01
22/01 -
Zulu Dawn - Battle of Isandlwana -
DaveCinzano
23/01 -
Zulu - Battle of Rorke’s Drift -
Elpenor
24/01
25/01
26/01
27/01
28/01
29/01
30/01 -
Gandhi - assassination of Mohandas Gandhi -
Spandex [date amended by
DaveCinzano]
31/01 -
Platoon - start of the Set Offensive -
maomao
FEBRUARY
01/02 -
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - the ticket winners visit Willy Wonka’s confectatorium -
Spandex
02/02 -
Groundhog Day - Groundhog Day -
T & P
03/02
04/02
05/02 -
The Andromeda Strain - satellite crashes to Earth -
Spandex
06/02 -
United - Munich Air Disaster -
Epona
07/02
08/02
09/02 -
I Wanna Hold Your Hand - Beatles debut on
The Ed Sullivan Show -
imposs1904
10/02
11/02
12/02 -
The Wrong Trousers - Gromit’s birthday -
Epona
13/02
14/02 -
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - film starts on Valentine’s Day -
scifisam
15/02
16/02
17/03 -
The Boondock Saints - Paddy’s Day -
imposs1904
18/02
19/02 -
United Red Army - commencement of the Asama-Sansō incident -
DaveCinzano
20/02
21/02 -
Malcolm X - assassination of Malcolm X -
magneze
22/02
23/02
24/02
25/02 -
Ali - Liston vs Clay I -
Spandex
26/02
27/02
28/02
29/02 -
Leap Year - woman attempts to propose to her fiancé on Bachelor’s Day -
strung out
MARCH
01/03
02/03
03/03
04/03
05/03 -
The Death Of Stalin - death of Stalin -
DaveCinzano
06/03
07/03
08/03
09/03
10/03
11/03
12/03
13/03
14/03
15/03 -
Carry On Cleo - assassination of Julius Caesar -
magneze
16/03 -
Grave Of The Fireflies - the Americans start firebombing Kobe -
Spandex
17/03
18/03 -
The Fifth Element - cabbie Korben Dallas picks up his unusual passenger -
Spandex
19/03
20/03
21/03
22/03
23/03
24/03 -
The Breakfast Club - Saturday detention at Shermer High -
Spandex
25/03 -
The Great Escape - the escapers attempt to get clear of Stalag Luft III -
DaveCinzano
26/03
27/03
28/03
29/03
30/03
31/03
APRIL
01/04
02/04
03/04
04/04 -
The Long Good Friday - Harold Shand’s Easter goes south when bombs appear across his empire -
DaveCinzano
05/04 -
Star Trek: First Contact - Star Fleet encounters Vulcans for the first time -
CNT36
06/04 -
1917 - Schofield and Blake are tasked with getting a message to Colonel Mackenzie to call off the attack -
Epona
07/04
08/04 -
Empire Records - Rex Manning Day -
Lord Camomile
09/04
10/04 -
Chaplin - Charlie receives his ‘On Oscar -
Spandex
11/04 -
The Elephant Man - John Merrick dies
-
Spandex
12/04 -
2001: A Space Odyssey -
Raheem
13/04 -
Apollo 13 - ‘Houston, we have a problem’ -
DaveCinzano
14/04 -
Titanic - iceberg ahoy -
scifisam
15/04
16/04
17/04 -
The Killing Fields - the Khmer Rouge enter Phnom Penh -
Spandex
18/04
19/04
20/04
21/04
22/04
23/04
24/04 -
Two Of Us - Paul McCartney visits John Lennon in New York -
Santino
25/04 -
Four Lion - London marathon -
maomao
26/04 -
127 Hours - canyoneer Aron Ralston becomes trapped by a boulder -
Epona
27/04
28/04
29/04
30/04 -
Der Untergang - Hitler’s suicide -
imposs1904
MAY
01/05 -
The Wicker Man - May Day revels on Summerisle -
Yossarian
02/05 -
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Battle of Hogwarts -
Epona
03/05 -
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - first UFO appears -
Raheem
04/05-
Quadrophenia - Mods running riot in Brighton on May Bank Holiday -
magneze
05/05 -
The Right Stuff - Alan Shepherd goes into space -
Spandex
06/05
07/05
08/05 -
Mesrine: L’Ennemi Public No 1 -
killing of Jacques Mesrine -
DaveCinzano
09/05
10/05 -
Everest - 1996 Mount Everest disaster -
Epona
11/05 -
Goodfellas - Henry Hill’s really bad day -
Spandex
12/05 -
Seven Days In May - a military coup begins to unfold -
Spandex
13/05 -
Lawrence Of Arabia - Lawrence’s bike crash -
Santino
14/05
15/05 -
The Terminator - final fight with T-800 at Cyberdyne Systems -
Spandex [date amended by
DaveCinzano]
16/05 -
The Dam Busters - raid on the dams -
scifisam
17/05
18/05 -
Turning Red - 4*Town play at the Skydome -
Spandex
19/05
20/05
21/05
22/05
23/05
24/05
25/05 -
Went The Day Well? - the Battle of Bramley End -
imposs1904
26/05 -
Fever Pitch - Colin Firth and Mark Strong go apeshit when Michael Thomas scores that goal at Anfield -
imposs1904
27/05
28/05 -
Dazed And Confused - last day of school at Lee High School -
imposs1904
29/05
30/05
31/05
JUNE
01/06
02/06 -
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex - protester Benno Ohnesorg killed by police at anti-Shah protests -
DaveCinzano
03/06
04/06 -
24 Hour Party People - Sex Pistols’ debut performance at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall -
imposs1904
05/06 -
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - school boy spends the day truanting -
Spandex
06/06 -
The Longest Day - D-Day -
Elpenor
07/06
08/06
09/06
10/06
11/06 -
Escape From Alcatraz - inmates escape from their cells -
Spandex
12/06
13/06 -
Friday The 13th - Jason runs amok on the unluckiest day of the month -
Raheem
14/06
15/06 -
Battleship Potemkin - massacre on Odessa Steps -
JimW
16/06 -
Before Sunrise - Jesse meets Céline on a train from Budapest -
Elpenor
17/06 -
All The President’s Men - Watergate burglary -
Plumdaff
18/06 -
Waterloo - Battle of Waterloo -
Spandex
19/06
20/06
21/06 -
Midsommar - Midsummer’s Eve in Sweden in 2019 -
Epona
22/06
23/06
24/06 -
Invictus - Springboks defeat the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup final -
Elpenor
25/06 -
They Died With Their Boots On - Battle of The Little Big Horn -
surreybrowncap
26/06 -
Carlos - shoot-out with DST in Paris -
DaveCinzano
27/06
28/06
29/06 -
Jaws - Mayor Vaughn decides to keep Amity’s beach open -
Spandex
30/06