GoldenEye, the seventeenth James Bond film and first to star Pierce Brosnan, is released in cinemas worldwide.
Filming and production begin on GoldenEye, marking Pierce Brosnan's debut as James Bond.
Announcement of the development of the GoldenEye 007 video game for the Nintendo 64, later becoming a critically acclaimed title.
A mission in Arkhangelsk, Russia where Alec Trevelyan, 006, betrays MI6 and fakes his own death after sabotaging a Soviet chemical weapons facility.
Trevelyan and his forces attack the control station below the GoldenEye satellite dish, killing the operators and seizing control of the GoldenEye system.
James Bond is assigned to investigate the circumstances surrounding the destruction of the Arkhangelsk facility and the presumed death of 006.
Bond apprehends a key associate of Trevelyan at the Statue of Liberty, uncovering plans for the GoldenEye weapon's use.
Bond rescues Natalya, a Russian programmer and survivor from the GoldenEye satellite control station attack, who helps him uncover the plot.
Bond infiltrates the underground Severnaya complex to destroy the GoldenEye satellite command system.
Final showdown between Bond and Trevelyan at the Cuban facility where Trevelyan launches the GoldenEye weapon and blackmails the world.
Bond disables the satellite control, preventing the electromagnetic pulse destruction of London and exposing Trevelyan's plan.
Alec Trevelyan dies in a confrontation with Bond, ending his plan to wreak global destruction for personal revenge.
