Movies set in August
Emmett Linscott makes his first million dollars
The Zodiac killer sends his first letters to the press
Uri Geller appears on The Tonight Show
C. Prem Kumar loses his memory during a game of cricket
Wild Bill Hickok is killed
Wild Bill Hickok's funeral is held
Record breaking attempt
Amy Elliott kills Desi Collings
Simon Phoenix escapes during a parole hearing
Lizzie Borden kills her father and stepmother
Anne Frank is captured by the Germans
Anne Frank is captured by the Germans
Anne Frank is captured by the Germans
Biggie Smalls marries Faith Evans
Abu Zubaydah is waterboarded
Amy Elliott returns home
The Thirteen Roses are executed
Yaqub Memon turns himself in
The San José mine collapses
An atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands and poisoning many more
Nicholas Markowitz, who Zack Mazursky is based on, is kidnapped
Martha Tabram is murdered
Louis Zamperini comes 8th in the Olympic 5,000m race
The raft hits a reef and is beached
The tight rope walk
The tight rope walk
Night #1
Mahatma Gandhi gives his "Quit India" speech
The train robbery
President Richard Nixon resigns
President Nixon resigns
John McCarthy is released
Robin Cavendish dies
Josh Caldwell leaves Seattle on his Segway to cross the US
Night #2
Douglas Bader is shot down over France and captured
Franz Jägerstätter is executed
Bert Bushnell and Dickie Burnell win the double sculls at the Olympics
Sharon Tate is murdered
Nicholas Markowitz, who Zack Mazursky is based on, is murdered
Night #3
Eviction notices are served to the residents of District 9
John Keats moves in with Fanny Brawne before leaving for Italy
Sgt. Pepper dies
Leeds lose to Liverpool in a Charity Shield match
The real Son of Sam is captured
Richard Kuklinski kills Robert Pronge
Night #4
Tony Montana begins his life of crime
André Stander and Lee McCall escape from prison
Night #5
Wikus escapes from MNU Headquarters
Coach Caroline Found dies in a moped accident
The body of Nicholas Markowitz, who Zack Mazursky is based on, is found in a shallow grave
Julie Powell cooks her last recipe, stuffed duck in pastry
Lucien Carr kills David Kammerer
Johann Kastenberger robs his first bank after being released from prison
Julie Powell cooks the first of Julia Child's recipes, including Artichauts au Naturel avec Beurre au Citron
Wikus breaks back into MNU Headquarters
Lena Baker is found guilty of murder
The experiment begins
Night #8
India gains independence
Elliot Tiber attends the Woodstock festival
Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie and Joan Baez play at the first day of the Woodstock festival
Soraya Manutchehri is stoned to death
Lois Jenson, who Josey Aimes is based on, files a sexual harassment lawsuit against her employer
Independence Day in India
Bela Lugosi dies
Elliot Tiber returns to the Woodstock festival for a second day
Sly and the Family Stone, The Who and Jefferson Airplane play at the second day of the Woodstock festival
Night #10
Edmond Dantès escapes from Château d'If
Subhas Chandra Bose travels from Saigon to Tourane
Ken Miles dies in a car crash
Elliot Tiber decides to leave his family
Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Jimi Hendrix play at the third and final day of the Woodstock festival
August "Auggie" Pullman is born
Night #11
Taylor and Zavala are ambushed, and both are shot
A boy, which the police say is Walter, is returned to Christine Collins, with instructions that she should "try him out"
Subhas Chandra Bose dies in a plane crash
The battle
Herbert Richardson is executed
Kim and Krickitt Carpenter marry
The first of the Dark Alliance series of articles is published
Night #12
Mary returns to Scotland to rule the country
Burt Munro sets a new world record on his Indian motorcycle
The experiment comes to a halt a week earlier than planned
Catherine and Peter marry
Nat Turner begins his rebellion
The Taiwanese baseball team reach the Japanese finals
Sandeep Singh is accidentally shot in the back
William Wallace is executed
Hitler orders Dietrich von Choltitz to destroy Paris
Industrial Little League from Mexico win the Little League World Series, pitching a perfect game
Danny Trejo is released from prison
Ian Curtis marries Deborah Woodruff
The earthquake that separates California from mainland US
Night #17
Natascha Kampusch escapes from her kidnappers
The FBI raid AEY's offices
The eruption
The eruption
Dietrich von Choltitz talks with Raoul Nordling
Brian Keenan is released
Sully uploads his consciousness to his avatar
Norman Warne dies of lymphatic leukaemia
The Jackal attempts to assassinate General Charles de Gaulle
Elton John plays at the Troubadour
Night #19
Lord Melbourne loses a vote of no confidence in parliament
Sylvia Llewelyn Davies dies
Mary Poppins premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Doug Kenney commits suicide
Bobby Griffith commits suicide
All 20 defendants are acquitted
Madalyn Murray O'Hair is kidnapped
US airmen are put on trial in Japan for war crimes
Sarabjit Singh accidentally crosses the border into Pakistan and is arrested
Hurricane Katrina devastates John Ehret High School
SkyNet becomes self-aware, Judgement Day
John McCain announces that Sarah Palin will be his running mate
Jean Seberg commits suicide
Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson start their 2,700-mile walk across the US from Milwaukee
Diana's death
Princess Diana dies after being involved in a car crash