Timeline of Important/Interesting Events

Timeline of Important or Interesting Events:

1898		¨ Wells publishes War of the Worlds
1900		¨ Planck describes quantum theory
1905		¨ Einstein describes special relativity
1908		¨ Tunguska explosion
1911		¨ Marie Curie receives Nobel prize in chemistry
1912		¨ Titanic hits an iceberg in North Atlantic Ocean and sinks
1914		¨ World War I begins
1915		¨ First Golden Age superheroes appear in war effort
1917		¨ Russian Revolution ¨ Mata Hari executed for espionage by allies
1919		¨ Prohibition amendment added to United States Constitution
1921		¨ Rise of Ku Klux Klan in deep south
1922		¨ USSR founded ¨ Mussolini begins his fascist movement
1923		¨ Coup by Hitler fails ¨ Golden Avenger first superhero awarded CMH by president Coolidge
1925		¨ Scopes "Monkey Trial"
1927		¨ German economy collapses
1928		¨ Television introduced to the world ¨ Death Squadron ravages small European towns, Golden Avenger forms the Avengers to counter
1930		¨ First comic books appear to immortalize the ‘heroes of the day’
1933		¨ Starvation throughout Russia ¨ Hitler is made Dictator of Germany ¨ First concentration camps built
1935		¨ Victor von Doom assumes dictatorship of Latveria
1937		¨ Amelia Earhart lost over Pacific Ocean ¨ Hindenberg crashes and burns in New Jersey
1938		¨ Discovery of fission ¨ Broadcast of War of the Worlds causes panic
1939		¨ Germany invades Poland and Bohemia ¨ USSR invades Poland ¨ World War II begins
1940		¨ Steve Rogers injected with the Super Soldier Serum
1941		¨ United States enters World War II ¨ Captain America appears in Europe to fight the nazi menace ¨ Red Skull becomes Cap’s main nemesis
1942		¨ Enrico Fermi discovers nuclear chain reaction ¨ Cap forms the Invaders with Bucky and Prince Namor ¨ Nick Fury injected with the Infinity Formula ¨ Sgt. Fury joins the fight in WW II with his Howling Commandos
1944		¨ Captain America is lost in the North Atlantic, presumed dead
1945		¨ World War II ends ¨ First atomic explosion at Trinity site, NM ¨ United Nations charter is ratified
1946		¨ U. N. Security Council meets for the first time in London, adopts a set of international rules and laws ¨ U. N. adopts its first resolution for peaceful uses of atomic energy and begins formation of internal branch to enforce it policies
1947		¨ Rumors arise of an extra-terrestrial space craft landing in Roswell, NM
1948		¨ USSR develops nuclear potential with its detonation of atomic bomb and thwarts U. N. resolution ¨ The Avengers are founded
1950		¨ The internal organization that the U. N. founded is used for intelligence gathering and monitoring in the Korean conflict ¨ Congress approves the formation and funding of a secret intelligence-gathering organization called the Supreme Headquarters for International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division (S.H.I.E.L.D.) ¨ Colonel Nick Fury is chosen to head SHIELD
1953		¨ Korean war ends ¨ U. N. decides to keep its internal organization under the name United Nations Tribunal on International Law (UNTIL)
1958		¨ Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm are exposed to cosmic rays and become the Fantastic Four
1960		¨ Rise of super-powered criminals is investigated by UNTIL and paramilitary force begins recruiting for its own superhero agents
1964		¨ Captain America discovered in the Arctic Ocean by the Avengers
1965		¨ Beginning of Vietnam War ¨ UNTIL sends neutral forces to Da Nang
1969		¨ Dr. Charles Xavier presents his theory on the origin of Homo Superior, now known as ‘mutants’ to the WHO (World Health Organization)
1970		¨ Many new mutants are appearing worldwide, Xavier attributes this phenomenon to the offspring of ‘nuclear age’ parents ¨ Xavier founds the Westminster School for Gifted Youngsters
1974		¨ An anti-mutant group called Project Wide-awake begins terrorizing families of suspected mutants
1990		¨ X’al main force infiltrates most Terran organizations
1992		¨ A concerted effort of the Avengers, UNTIL, GAMMA, Dr. Strange, Alpha Flight , X-men, Fantastic Four and Aegis thwart the X’al invasion and send them from the planet ¨ Alcatraz Island renovation project commences ¨ U.S. government disbands SHIELD due to massive subversion and infiltration
1993		¨ The Trask Bill is passed by the U.S. Senate to require mutants to register with the federal government ¨ The FBI opens department X to investigate suspected non-terrestrial occurrences
1994		¨ Hydra is defeated by UNTIL and goes into hiding ¨ Mutant hysteria causes groups of private citizens to attack mutants or those suspected to mutant sympathy whenever they are exposed; 35 innocent citizens are accidentally murdered
1995		¨ The U.S. government enacts a clause in the Avengers charter, taking control of the team to combat the growing mutant threat; almost all active-duty Avengers retire or resign
1996		¨ Joint effort by U.S. and U.K. complete the space station Ganymede ¨ First woman voted into U.S. presidency; President Moira L. Beckman ¨ An accidental nuclear detonation in northern Germany occurs during routine unilateral disarmament; 4671 casualties and a 300 sq. mi. quarantine area
1997		¨ First colonists arrive on Mars ¨ Assassination of U.N. Security Council chairman Georg Kreidel ¨ First man-made island completed off the coast of California; Pacifica ¨ The Fantastic Four disappear into an interdimensional gate
1998		¨ Stark International unveils the HyperNet, an extensive network of eta-beam communication interfaces that allow data to be transmitted with less than 1 nanosecond delay ¨ Japan announces completion of a Gamma-particle weapon ¨ Construction begins for the interstellar exploration craft Searcher
1999		¨ King Erick of England announces his mutant abilities ¨ Thousands of mutants worldwide apply for British citizenship ¨ DEMON resurfaces and plots doomsday destruction for new year’s eve
2000		¨ Dr. Strange and allies close interdimensional fissure and return all demons to their place of origin ¨ FBI incorporates revamped PRIMUS into their organization as a paranormal response team ¨ President Jordan H. Monroe elected in United States
2001		¨ Doctor Doom is tried by the World Court and found innocent of the destruction of Argus-IV space station and crew ¨ The Fist of Christ begins campaign to unite all Christian religions into a proactive organization ¨ Former U.S. president Moira Beckman is assassinated in South America while on a peace mission to Columbia
2002		¨ Nuclear accident devastates most of the Middle East when Sheik Ab-Aklar and his World Jihad Movement try to move an atomic arsenal from Iraq to Kuwait ¨ Remaining Mid-East states form Unified Arab Federation
2003		¨ Zodiakos Kyklos sentient space station used by Zodiac is destroyed by Dr. Doom, killing all but two members of team ¨ Dr. Yvonne Lindstrom proves the existence of gravitons
2004		¨ European Union is ratified, Erick elected as Prime Senator ¨ President Monroe is reelected
2005		¨ Earth population crosses the 9 billion mark ¨ Archeologists in Antarctica unearth a possible extra-terrestrial artifact, unleash a being known as Demalon
2006		¨ In a one-week period, approximately 523,000 children die in their sleep, reason unknown ¨ Gen. Alexander J. Stern appointed by United Nations as UNTIL Tribunal Chairman
2007		¨ Nick Fury is killed by Punisher in hand-to-hand fight in New York city
2008		¨ NASA, European Space Agency, Japan’s National Space Development Agency and the Russian Space Agency cooperatively form the UESA, or United Earth Space Agency ¨ Former actor William Robert Adamson elected president of United States
2009		¨ U.S. Supreme court rules that extra-terrestrial entities may apply for citizenship in same manner as other immigrants ¨ Anti-mutant groups begin to emerge in Europe and former Soviet Union ¨ Arch-villain Stasis escapes from Area 11
2010		¨ Searcher is completed and launches in late August, destination: planetary system in Beta Centauri system ¨ Prometheus retrovirus proven successful at reversing all strains of cancer ¨ World’s tallest building, the Hiroshi Matsuka Complex (3164’) in Japan topples during massive paranormal battle between X-Force and unknown foe, killing 7,590
2011		¨ Space station Ganymede and crew reported missing ¨ President Adamson first sitting president to star in feature film, Lost at the Crossroads
2012		¨ William Adamson re-elected President of United States
2013		¨ Avengers foil radical mutant group HARM’s plan to disperse biological weapons from orbiting platform ¨ Ganymede crew discovered in secret location on far side of Earth’s moon with no memory of their abduction
2014		¨ UNTIL authorizes the formation of SABER, a covert elite paranormal response team and begins recruitment