Various storytellers have tried to create better backgrounds for their stories by linking them to real history. Protagonists could have witnessed a historical event or even participated in it (often fighting in various wars). In some stories they may even be originators of some event or try to prevent it (see secret history) but fail—history, as we know it, does not change. In other cases history does change, and an alternate history branches off from our own.
In other stories, writers have simply placed the story in some specific year or date.
Fictional countries may also include history of their own, even if the story itself is not concerned about them.
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See also timeline of fictional future events for fictional events that were set in the future when they were first written, but which have now been overtaken by real history; and see timeline of fictional contemporary events for fictional events that were set in the present day, when they were written. However, all works where the date is referenced in the work should be listed here, like a book set in 1987 that was published in 1987, etc.
These dates are connected to either specific historical dates or real-world historical events. They are known to be fictitious — not claimed nonfiction of conspiracy theories.
20th century
1900s edit
- 1900s
*Santa Claus ages to peak of maturity (with white hair and long beard); declares Christmas Eve as his annual day to deliver presents (Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town television special) *Some time in this decade, a Rutan spacecraft lands near Worthing. (Doctor Who - Horror of Fang Rock).
- 1900
*Date of departure of Time Traveler in The Time Machine, according to George Pal. *Birth of the Century Babies in the Wildstorm comics universe. The most notable are Jenny Sparks and Elijah Snow. *Edward Elric is born in the alternate universe country of Amestris.
- 1901
*Joop, the oldest living orangutan, is born. Later studied by The Hanso Foundation. (The Lost Experience) *Birth of Howard Crowley in Des Moines, Iowa (Highlander: The Series). *November 12: birth of Clark Savage Jr. (later called "Doc Savage") *The Woodchuck Militia is replaced by the Junior Woodchucks. *Lyle Tiberius Rurke and Dr. Joshua Sweet retire from their service in the Rough Riders. The later had also served as personal physician to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt - Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
- 1902
o Charles Dexter Ward is born. (according to H. P. Lovecraft)
o March - Maurice Leblanc meets Arsene Lupin for the first time and becomes his biographer in June.
o Fergus McDuck dies in his ancestral castle of Dismal Downs .
o Scrooge McDuck arrives in Duckburg with his sisters. Battle of Killmotor Hill between Scrooge and Theodore Roosevelt. Scrooge builds his money bin.
o The town of Perfection (in Nevada) is founded. (Tremors)
* 1903
o Sherlock Holmes retires to keep bees in Fulworth, Sussex.
o Professor Challenger discovers The Lost World -- the year is not given in story, but Chapter 8 has August 18 on a Tuesday, meaning either 1903 or 1908.
o Pellucidar is discovered. (Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core)
o Lyle Tiberius Rourke becomes a freelance employee of the British Museum. He is first assigned to lead an expedition to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt - Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
o (Date approximate.) The Scarecrow is overthrown as ruler of the Emerald City of Oz by an army of revolt by General Jinjur. Glinda the Good, Witch (or Sorceress) of the South, ruler of the Quadling Country, intervenes and restores rule of the Emerald City (and apparently all of Oz) under the former royal family in the person of Ozma. (The Marvelous Land of Oz)
* 1904
o Hercule Poirot resigns from Belgian police.
o June 16 - Leopold Bloom has an unusually active day. (James Joyce - Ulysses)
o The gunslinger Jonah Hex is killed; his body is stuffed and mounted.
o Helga Sinclair begins her training in Aikido under Morihei Ueshiba in the Philippines - Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
o October 10- The inhabitants of a whaling station on Bouvet Island are killed by |Aliens and Predators (Alien Vs. Predator movie).
* 1905
o Mechanic Audrey Rocio Ramirez settles in Detroit, Michigan. There she enters employment by the Ford Motor Company of Henry Ford - Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
* 1906
o Scrooge McDuck and Theodore Roosevelt discover a fabulous pre-Columbian treasure in Panama. Esteban Huertas tries to steal the treasure and seize power, but he fails.
* 1907
o Benny the Cab is built- Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
o Wilhelmina Bertha Cudot marries Curtis Packard, last in a long series of husbands - Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
o Helga Sinclair completes her study of Aikido under Morihei Ueshiba and leaves the Philippines - Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
* 1908
o In the noncanonical Star Trek Novel Prime Directive the Tunguska event was a byproduct of an attempt to save the earth. Apparently, an alien race saves humanity by deflecting an incoming meteor that would have hit Europe. The remnants of the meteor fall down to Siberia.
o Scrooge McDuck leaves Duckburg for 22 years. He will travel the world in an effort to create a world-wide financial empire.
o The Von Braun family settles in Hill Valley, California. They were presumably from either the German Empire or Austria-Hungary. They would change their last name to Brown during World War I (Back to the Future)
* 1909
o Radiator Springs is founded by a Car named Stanley, on the road that would eventually be known as Route 66. (Cars)
o April 6, Scrooge McDuck is the first person on the North Pole, he arrives shortly before Robert Peary. He is in a hurry to reach Saint Petersburg in time for a meeting with Nicholas II of Russia. Scrooge is preparing an offer for the purchase of the Fabergé eggs. He will purchase his first cane and top-hat while staying in Saint Petersburg.
o 10-year-old Indiana Jones in Africa with Theodore Roosevelt's safari.
o The events of Tarzan of the Apes.
o Kilgore Trout born - Breakfast of Champions.
o Lyle Tiberius Rourke is employed by the Smithsonian Institution to lead an expedition to Antarctica. The expedition discovers the lost city of Shub Nigruth but destroys it for uncertain reasons. (The city was presumably named after Shub-Niggurath of the Cthulhu Mythos) - Atlantis: The Lost Empire.)
[edit] 1910s
* 1911
o Adele Blanc-Sec faces a rampaging pterodactyl in Paris - her first adventure. (Jacques Tardi: Adele and The Beast)
o Denis Nayland Smith first encounters Fu Manchu.
o Events depicted in the 2001 The Lost World adaption occur.
o Birth of Andrew Ballin in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States (Highlander: The Series).
* 1912
o Scrooge McDuck has completed a three-year stay in Mongolia. He heads west to Europe. His intention is to cross the Atlantic Ocean and join his sisters in the United States.
o April 10 - Scrooge McDuck boards the RMS Titanic from Southampton, England.
o April 14 - Innumerable characters with time machines attempt to stop the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Every one of them fails.
o April 14 9:30pm- 2:20am A British secret agent aboard the RMS Titanic attempts to recover the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam among other artifacts from a German colonel. The correct combination of recovered items determines the future of the 20th Century.Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
o Curtis Packard dies. His wife Wilhelmina Packard remains a widow but retains her employment by Preston B. Whitmore - Atlantis: The Lost Empire DVD.
o Events depicted in the The Lost World book occur.
* 1913
o November 1 - Corto Maltese works for mysterious man called Monk (Hugo Pratt's Ballad of Salty Sea – first story about Corto Maltese).
o Richard Hannay defeats an assassination plot by a gang of German secret agents in John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps.
* 1914
o The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a terrorist bomb sets off a global war between the nations of the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, German Empire, Ottoman Empire, United States) and the Triple Entente (Canada, Confederate States of America, Empire of Japan, French Third Republic, Russian Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland). - Great War
o The events of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
o Three men wander into an Amazonian country at the onset of The Great War. Events of Herland.
o Charles Montgomery Burns graduates from Yale University. He is among the members of the Skull and Bones secret society. - The Simpsons
* 1915
o Harry Paget Flashman dies.
o Herbert West joins the army medical service in World War I to obtain access to dead bodies for his reanimation research - H. P. Lovecraft.
* 1916
o James "Biggles" Bigglesworth lies about his age to enter Royal Flying Corps.
o Roderick Burgess imprisons The Sandman – Sleeping Sickness begins.
o Indiana Jones volunteers to join Belgian army under the alias Henri Defense..
o Hercule Poirot flees Belgium under German occupation and becomes a refugee in England.
o Richard Hannay goes undercover in the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire to defeat a Central Powers plot to ferment an Islamic uprising against the British Empire. (John Buchan: Greenmantle).
* 1917
o Lord Clifford Chateley marries Constance but afterwards he is seriously wounded in the front during the First World War and permanently paralysed below the waist. (Lady Chatterley's Lover)
o Captain Edmund Blackadder in the First World War. (Blackadder Goes Forth)
o Birth of Steve Rogers, who would later become Captain America.
o Lieutenant General George Armstrong Custer launches his famed Barrel Roll Offensive, an armoured push into Confederate-held territory that contributed to the ultimate end of the Great War.
* 1918
o March in a dugout in the trenches before Saint-Quentin the events of the play Journey's End take place.
o October - unspecified death of Paul Baumer (All Quiet on the Western Front).
o October - Birth of Amanda Krueger.
o Kal-El's spacecraft lands outside of Smallville, where he is found and adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent. (Superman (volume 1) #1, 1939; actual date floats perpetually behind the present as "circa 30 years ago")
o A young, down-on-his-luck Jake Featherston learns about an organisation called the Freedom Party, lead by Anthony Dresser. His powerful oratory skills enthrall crowds of angered Great War veterans and Southern citizens, and he begins a long rise to power, first within the Party, then the entire CSA.
* 1919
o "Ace" Mifflin and others are fired from the Boston Police Department after taking part in the Boston police strike (Jazz Age Chronicles).
o The stoor worm wakes up from the shelling in the First World War. Events of The Stones Are Hatching.
o February- Mae Benton, Peter Benton's mother, is born. (ER, episode The Birthday Pary).
[edit] 1920s
* 1920
o Ellery Queen begins his detective career.
o November 11- James Bond born to Andrew Bond and his wife Monique Delacroix according to John Pearson.
o Namor the Sub-Mariner is born to Leonard McKenzie and Princess Fen of Atlantis.
o (approximate date) Donald and Della Thelma Duck are hatched to Quackmore Duck and Hortense McDuck.
o Doctor Emmett L. "Doc" Brown born in Hill Valley, California, United States (Back to the Future).
* 1921
o Arkham Asylum opened.
* 1922
o Jimgrim first encounters the Nine Unknown.
o Lin Carter's Anton Zarnak begins work as a detective of the occult.
o Birth of Carl Kolchak.
* 1923
o Palombia gains independence. (according to Marsupilami stories)
o Young Danny Walker and Rafe McCawley briefly fly in a cropduster. (Pearl Harbor)
o Freedom Party stalwart Grady Calkins assassinates Confederate President Wade Hampton V, causing massive backlash against the Party.
* 1924
o A young Clark Kent starts his superhero career as Superboy. (More Fun Comics #101, 1944; actual date floats perpetually 20 years behind the present)
o Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered by Joe Chill in what will someday be known as "Crime Alley." (Detective Comics #33, November 1939; actual date floats perpetually 20 years behind the present)
o Young Walt Rawley becomes an apprentice of magician Master Yehudi. (Paul Auster: Mister Vertigo)
o James Bond is born according to Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice.
o May 6 - Leo Wyatt born in Burlingame, California to Christopher Wyatt and his unnamed wife (Charmed).
* 1925
o Late August/Early September - Morfin Gaunt attacks Tom Riddle Sr., because of his sister Merope's attraction to him. Bob Ogden, head of the Magical Law Enforcement department arrives later that day to summon Morfin to a hearing at the Ministry of Magic. Morfin reveals Merope's love to their father, Marvolo. Marvolo attacks both Merope and Ogden, the latter summoning reinforcements to arrest Morfin and Marvolo.(Harry Potter series)
o Presumably, this is the year in which Millicent 'Gamma' Carter is born. (ER)
o October 4 - Birth of Minerva McGonagall.
* 1926
o Events of the run of Jazz Age Chronicles comic book by Ted Slampyak.
o Lumpy and Hayes, while working on a Norwegian barge, encounter a sailor who was shipwrecked on Skull Island. The man later commits suicide.(King Kong (2005))
o The main events of the 1999 film The Mummy.
o August 5 - Marty McFly, Jules and Verne Brown travel back in time to this date to prevent Doc as a child from falling into a stream, inadvertently making Doc a silent movie star for a brief period, before returning to the present. (Back to the Future: The Animated Series)
o December 31 - Birth of Tom Riddle Jr. (later Lord Voldemort) in an Orphanage in London, England to Tom Riddle, Sr. and witch Merope Gaunt. Merope dies shortly after.(Harry Potter series)
o Birth of Blackford Oakes.
* 1927
o Parisian inspector Maigret meets (his) writer Georges Simenon for the first time. (according to Maigret's memoirs)
* 1928
o An expedition searching for ancient Egyptian relics discovers a Stargate buried near the city of Giza, which is confiscated by the United States military for study.
o December 6 - Birth of Rubeus Hagrid to the giantess Fridwulfa and an unknown wizard.
* 1929
o February 14 - Two male musicians witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and escape dressed as women. (Some Like It Hot)
o Doctor Watson dies for reasons unknown.
o Hayes finds Jimmy in the Venture's animal cages. (King Kong (2005))
[edit] 1930s
* 1930
o November 18 - Birth of Doctor Strange in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
o Nancy Drew has her first adventure.
o Nero Wolfe hires Archie Goodwin and begins his job as a private eye.
o Scrooge McDuck has held residence in Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City for a year in an attempt to gain profit from the effects of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 by purchasing business shares at low prices. He returns to Duckburg and appears distrustful and hostile to his environment. Matilda and Hortense decide to retire from business and sever relations with their brother. A ten-year-old Donald Fauntleroy Duck rewards his maternal uncle with a kick. Scrooge has just become the richest person in the world, surpassing the maharaja of Howdoyoustan.
o A Predator hunts an Irish gang member. (Predator: Concrete Jungle)
o Birth of Pamela Voorhees.
* 1931
o Birth of Kilgore Trout. (per Kurt Vonnegut's Timequake)
o Eleven-year-old Doctor Emmett L. "Doc" Brown discovers the works of his favorite author Jules Verne.
* 1932
o Willie Garvin is born in Whitechapel.
o Accidental founding of town of Cicely, Alaska. (Northern Exposure)
o Twelve-year-old Doctor Emmett L. "Doc" Brown attempts to dig to the centre of the Earth, inspired by the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth.
o December 25 - On Christmas day, the golem known as the Monolith is created to avenge the death of an innocent man (DC Comics).
o A Japanese submarine torpedoes the American aircraft carrier USS Remembrance, starting a 2 year conflict known as the Pacific War.
* 1933
o August 7 - Verne Brown, Marty Mcfly, & Chris head back in time to help the Bob brothers & save their star international circus from Farmer Tannen.
o The events depicted in Peter Jackson's King Kong occur.
o Jake Featherston of the Freedom Party becomes President of the Confederate States of America.
o Presumed birthdates of Frank Sullivan, his future wife Julia Sullivan, and Satch DeLeon. (Frequency)
* 1934
o Having become too dangerous, The Monolith is sealed up inside of a tunnel.
* 1935
o The events of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
* 1936
o Modesty Blaise's assumption of her birth year.
o The events of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
o The events of The Sting.
* 1937
o Corto Maltese disappears in the Spanish Civil War.
o Roger Murtaugh is born. (Lethal Weapon)
o March 26 - Biff Tannen born in Hill Valley, California.
o June - British Prime Minister Oswald Mosley and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler sign the Treaty of London cementing an Anglo-German alliance (The Leader by Guy Walters)
o June 23 - Birth of Penelope Johnson in Boston, Massachusetts.
o November 7 - End of the Battle of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Republic of China looses Shanghai to the Empire of Japan. Ogun serves as a captain in the forces of the Imperial Japanese Army which hold the city.
o Events of O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
* 1938
o The events of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
o Doctor Emilio Lizardo is possessed by Lord John Whorfin (the Red Lectroid war criminal) when his dimensional experiment goes awry at Princeton, New Jersey.
o Events depicted in the 1998 The Lost World adaption occur.
o Mor-Taxan invasion force makes a temporary base on Mars. From there, they launch a scout mission for Earth to test humanity's technological level of resistance. (War of the Worlds)
o April 1 - George McFly is born to Arthur and Sylvia McFly (Back to the Future).
o Lorraine Baines McFly is born to Sam and Stella Baines (Back to the Future)
o June - Clark Kent starts his adult superhero career as Superman in Metropolis. (Action Comics #1 and various retellings; in the comics, the actual date floats perpetually 10 years behind the present)
o October 30 - Grover's Mill, New Jersey is attacked by an unshielded war machine as part of an alien recon, and taken down by a militia of 38. The government then hires Orson Welles to perform a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds to cover up the events. (As revealed in the War of the Worlds episode "Eye for an Eye".)
o November 1 - Forty-six people apply for Social Security cards in Grover's Mill, New Jersey, all named "John." (Actually Red Lectroids, as revealed in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension)
o Hannibal Lecter is born in Lithuania.
o Tom Riddle Jr. (later Lord Voldemort) enters Hogwarts. (Harry Potter series)
* 1939
o Estimated date for the events of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
o Charles Montgomery Burns attents his 25th college reunion at Yale University and meets Lily Bancroft. Their brief affair results in the birth of illegitimate son Larry Burns.
o May - Bruce Wayne begins his career as the Batman. (Detective Comics #27 and various retellings; in the comics, the actual date floats perpetually 10 years behind the present)
[edit] 1940s
* 1940
o Monique D'Aubainne takes over in Al Amarja and becomes its president-for-life.
o Scorpions of the Desert, including escaped Polish Jew Koinsky, begin their fight against Axis in North Africa.
o (c. 1940) Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are born to Della Thelma Duck and a brother of Daisy Duck.
o November - The Justice Society of America is founded.
* 1941
o May 21 - The Blackbury Blitz destroys Paradise Street and the Blackbury Pickle Factory. In one timeline the siren is sounded and the street is evacuated in time, in another it is not. (Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb)
o June 22 - Confederate President Jake Featherston launches Operation Blackbeard against the United States, starting a new global conflict between the combatants of the Great War. The unprepared US is quickly cut in half as CSA forces push their way to Lake Erie.
o Parisian private eye Nestor Burma is released from a prisoner of war-camp and resumes his job during the German occupation of Paris (according to Leo Malet's books)
o Harald Olufsen tries to use old Hornet Moth plane to warn British about a German installation in Denmark (Ken Follett: Hornet Flight)
o Princess Diana of Themiscyra begins public career as Wonder Woman.
o Rafe McCawley volunteers to fight in the RAF, and is shot down by the Luftwaffe near France. His love, Evelyn, falls in love with his friend Danny Walker. When Rafe returns, having survived the seemingly fatal crash, the relationship between the three receives a large dent. (Pearl Harbor)
o December 7 - The All-Star Squadron is formed when the Justice Society goes missing, just after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
+ Danny Walker and Rafe McCawley shoot down some Japanese planes during the Attack on Pearl Harbor. (Pearl Harbor)
o On Earth-C, the United Species of America enters the "Second Weird War", fighting alongside the other Allies against Adolph Hippo of Verminy and his Ratzis. (Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew)
o The Invaders are formed.
o The Justice League travel back in time to stop Vandal Savage from taking over the world, and rewinning World War II. (Justice League: The Savage Time)
o The US carrier USS Remembrance is sunk by Japanese forces at Midway Island.
* 1942
o Scrooge McDuck retires from business.
o Reptilian aliens invade Earth, forcing an alliance between the Axis and Allies, and creating an alternate history. Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series.
o Hoping to conquer the embattled USA with a devastating one-two punch, Jake Featherston launches Operation Coalscuttle, intending to take over the industrial city of Pittsburgh. However, he underestimates the tenacity of US forces, and his army at Pittsburgh is completely destroyed. The USA responds by mounting Operation Rosebud and subsequently taking back all lost territory.
o The Chamber of Secrets is opened by Tom Riddle. The monster inside the chamber attacks several students. (Harry Potter series)
o Millicent and John Carter Sr marry. (ER)
o April 18- Danny Walker and Rafe McCawley fly in the Doolittle Raid; Danny is killed. (Pearl Harbor)
o November 14 - Leo Wyatt serves as a medical doctor for the United States Army when killed in the Battle of Guadalcanal. He subsequently serves as a Whitelighter (Charmed)
o November 30 - Birth of Eugene H. Krabs. (SpongeBob SquarePants)
* 1943
o June 13 - The monster from the Chamber of Secrets, controlled by Tom Riddle, kills a girl. Riddle successfully frames Rubeus Hagrid for the crime. (Harry Potter series)
o September 24 - The Guns of Navarone explode.
o A wormhole in time is opened from this year to 1984 - The Philadelphia Experiment (movie).
o Captain BJ Blaskowicz of the Office of Secret Action (OSA) is captured and taken to the Nazi prison known as Castle Wolfenstein. There, he learns that Heinrich Himmler and the SS Paranormal Division are working on a secret, occult plan known as Operation Resurrection. After traveling across occupied Europe and destroying several SSPD strongholds, he learns that Operation Resurrection is, in fact, a plot to resurrect the ancient warrior-prince Heinrich I and his undead Dark Knights. Pursuing the SS back to Castle Wolfenstein, he eventually confronts and defeats Heinrich and the Dark Knights in a climactic battle. - Return to Castle Wolfenstein
* 1944
o German spy dashes through England to reveal the Allies plans for the invasion of Normandy (Ken Follett: Eye of the Needle).
o Nazis retreat from the Russian SFSR into the Lithuanian SSR. They kill most of the adults and destroy the Lecter estate. They cannibalise the children. One of the victims was Mischa Lecter, younger sister of Hannibal. Hannibal escapes.
o Battle of Normandy (June 6 - August 25, 1944). Wolverine was serving as a corporal of the Canadian Armed Forces. Bloodscream was serving as a soldier of Wehrmacht.
o June- Events depicted in Saving Private Ryan occur.
o June 6 - On Earth-C, the "Battle of Normalcy" at Omahawg Beach begins. Zoo Crew team member Fastback is sent back in time to D-Day where he meets the superhero the Terrific Whatzit, who's assisting the Allies. - Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #9, November 1982
o Abraham Simpson serves as a United States Army sergeant in World War II, alongside Private Charles Montgomery Burns. - The Simpsons
o Eric Lensherr is sent to a Nazi concentration camp and first discovers his mutant powers. (X-Men)
o July 11 - Jack Shepard, later a New York police officer and serial killer, is born. (Frequency)
o December 23 - Hellboy appears in East Bromwich, UK
* 1945
o Young amnesiac girl (future Modesty Blaise) escapes from a prison camp in Greece.
o Billy Pilgrim survives the Bombing of Dresden in World War II (Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five).
o The US military led by Dr. Langforg manage to activate the Stargate for the first time, Ernest Littlefield travels to another planet.
o Albus Dumbledore defeats the dark wizard Grindelwald. Tom Riddle Jr. murders his family in their house in Little Hangleton. (Harry Potter series)
o The All-Star Squadron disbands sometime after the end of World War II.
o May 1945 - Captain America and Bucky are designated in missing in action in a mission to stop Baron Zemo. In reality, Bucky was killed and Captain America was frozen in suspended animation in the Atlantic Ocean.
o Alec Trevelyan's parents survive the Betrayal of Cossacks. Ashamed, Mr. Trevelyan kills his wife before committing suicide. (GoldenEye)
* 1946
o Albert Einstein travels back in time and kills Adolf Hitler, causing Joseph Stalin to lead the Soviet Union in invading Europe. (Command & Conquer: Red Alert)
o June 13 - Jason Voorhees is born to Elias and Pamela Voorhees.
o Cheryl Constantine, sister of John Constantine, is born. (Hellblazer)
* 1947
o The events of the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit
o July - Alien technology is recovered from the Roswell UFO crash that can allow one person to go back in time 7 days.
o August 14 - Midnight's Children are born the night India gains independence (by Salman Rushdie).
o December 25 - Scrooge McDuck comes back from retirement. It happened one day after Christmas on Bear Mountain, on a story called The Richest Duck on the World.
* 1948
o The planet Krypton explodes after being drawn closer to its red sun. (Superman: The Movie)
* 1949
o Eric Lensherr moves from Poland to the United States. (X-Men)
[edit] 1950s
* 1950s
o In the Zodiacian star system (the Twelve Colonies of Man), a robot race of Cylons attack four Battlestars and the twelve planets (and its inhabitants); the Battlestar Galactica escapes and heads for a "lost" planet called Earth (Battlestar Galactica movie and TV series)
o The events of M*A*S*H take place during the Korean War (1950-1953)
* 1950
o Buckaroo Banzai is born.
o Martin Riggs is born. (Lethal Weapon)
o April 5 - Patricia Halliwell is born to Allen Halliwell and Penelope Johnson.
* 1951
o The Fabulous Hudson Hornet wins his first Piston Cup. (Cars)
o Blackford Oakes joins the Central Intelligence Agency.
o A futuristic space ship carrying the infant Kal-El (one of four known survivors of Krypton) lands in a field near Smallville, Kansas and is discovered by an elderly couple (Superman: The Movie; the movie's date differs from the comics' date of Kal-El's landing)
o The Justice Society of America disbands, after being subject to McCarthyism. (Adventure Comics #466)
o August 23 Alvin Chipmunk is born in a tree in Yosemite, California.
* 1952
o Hudson Hornet wins his second Piston Cup, with an all-time record of 27 wins in a single season. This record has yet to be bested as of 2005 (Cars)
o The Battle of Trafalgar Square between the "civic bourgeois guard" and the workers triggers social reform in Great Britain (News from Nowhere).
o September 19: Colonel Sherman T. Potter takes command of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. (M*A*S*H episode Welcome to Korea part 2)
o November 16 - Death of Humbert Humbert (Lolita)
* 1953
o Hudson Hornet wins his third Piston Cup. (Cars)
o May 10, John Constantine is born, as revealed in John Constantine: Hellblazer issue 9, "Shot to Hell". His twin brother dies in the womb, after the foetal John strangles him with his own umbilical cord (shown in issue 39, "The Hanged Man").
o Birth of Anastasia DeCobray, later the Baroness of the Cobra Organization.
o Hank Hill is born. (King of the Hill)
o Martin Riggs's future wife, Victoria, is born. (Lethal Weapon)
* 1954
o Hudson Hornet suffers a horrific crash in the opening race of the Piston Cup circuit. The damage is extensive enough to put him out of commission for the rest of the season. When he eventually returns, he finds nobody cares about him anymore, having "moved on to the next rookie in line". Hudson retires from public life, eventually studying medicine and settling down in Radiator Springs, where he becomes known as 'Doc Hudson'. (Cars)
o Waylon Smithers is born 25 years after the Wall Street Crash of 1929. (Date based on the episode "The Old Man and the Lisa" )- The Simpsons
o Birth of Lucius Malfoy to Abraxas Malfoy.
* 1955
o May 10 - Homer Simpson born to Abraham Simpson and his wife Mona. (Date based on the episode "Simpson and Delilah"; his actual birth year floats perpetually behind the present as "circa 38 years ago") - The Simpsons
o August 31 - Buckaroo Banzai's parents are killed when an experimental vehicle explodes, due to sabotage by Hanoi Xan.
o Doctor Emmett L. "Doc" Brown comes up with the idea for the flux capacitor that makes time travel possible. (Back to the Future)
o November 5 - Marty McFly from 1985 stumbles in, meets his would-be-parents and tries to get Back to the Future.
o November 12, 10:04pm - Lightning strikes the Hill Valley clock tower, Marty McFly returns to the year 1985. (Back to the Future)
o Birth of Narcissa Black to an unnamed Black and Drusilla Rosier.
* 1956
o August 17 - Gilbert Arthur Grissom born (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation).
o Marge Bouvier is born to Clancy and Jacqueline Bouvier, presumably within a year of Homer's birth. (Date based on the episode "Life In the Fast Lane"; her actual birth year floats perpetually behind the present as "circa 38 years ago") - The Simpsons
* 1957
o Jason Voorhees drowns at Camp Crystal Lake in New Jersey. (Friday the 13th)
o Michael Myers, future murderer in the Halloween movies, is born.
o Helena Wayne is born to the Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle of Earth-Two.
o Peter Griffin is born. - Family Guy
* 1958
o The Occult Wars between Adolf Hitler's Nazis and the Bureau For Paranormal Research And Defense end, with the death of Hitler himself. (Hellboy)
o Birth of Tessa Noel in France (Highlander: The Series).
* 1959
o Events of Gidget
o Lois Griffin is born. - Family Guy
o Sarah Connor is born (The Terminator).
o Birth of Alfred Cahill in London (Highlander: The Series).
o January 9 - Birth of Severus Snape.
o March 10 - Birth of Remus Lupin.
[edit] 1960s
* 1960
o Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer born in the North Pole (Rudolph television special)
o April 4 - John Doggett born (The X-Files).
* 1961
o Modesty Blaise retires from the lead of her Network.
o The mysterious X begins his Black Ops dealings with the very illegal, but very erotic connection between the CIA and donkey shows. (Clerks: The Animated Series episode 4)
o Laurie Strode is born to Donald and Edith Myers, her biological parents. (Halloween II)
o October 13 - Fox William Mulder born to William and Tina Mulder. The Cigarette Smoking Man was his actual biological father (The X-Files).
o Presumably, this is the year in which Chloe Lewis and Doug Ross are born. (ER)
* 1962
o The events of the movie Hairspray.
o The events of the movie The Sandlot.
o A huge snowstorm engulfs the world and threatens to cancel Christmas; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer "goes down in history" and saves Christmas Eve. (Rudolph television special).
* 1963
o John Sullivan is born in Queens to Frank, a firefighter, and Julia, a nurse. (Frequency)
o The Red Dwarf crew travel to John F. Kennedy's assassination in a botched attempt to get curry supplies. Kennedy survives. The crew travel three years and persuades Kennedy (now in prison) to go back to 1963 and shoot himself. He agrees and the timeline is restored.
o X ends his Black Ops dealings. (Clerks: The Animated Series episode 4)
o Michael Myers murders his 17-year-old sister, Judith, and is committed to a sanitarium for the next fifteen years (Halloween movie)
o The First Doctor leaves London to begin his adventures, leaving behind the Hand of Omega. Later that year two Dalek factions fight over the Hand, until the Seventh Doctor arrives, and tricks them into turning their homeworld's sun into a supernova. (Doctor Who)
o Charlie Babbit is born - Rain Man
o November - The events of the television series American Dreams begin.
o Frances Houseman falls in love with Johnny Castle while vacationing in the Catskill Mountains of New York (Dirty Dancing)
o Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist fall in love (Brokeback Mountain)
o Diane Guzman's mother is born. (Girlfight)
* 1964
o February 23 - Dana Katherine Scully born to William and Maggie Scully (The X-Files).
o August 24 - CIA operative Naked Snake paradrops into Tselinoyarsk in the Soviet Union on the top-secret Virtuous Mission to retrieve Nikolai Sokolov. Snake's mentor The Boss defects to the Soviets, kidnaps Sokolov, and Colonel Volgin destroys OKB-754 with a Davy Crockett. (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
o August 30 - Naked Snake commences Operation: Snake Eater. He kills the Cobra unit, cripples the Shagohod program, and kills Colonel Volgin and The Boss, maintaining the balance of the Cold War. (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
o The Flintstones and Rubbles, traveling through time via a time machine at the Bedrock World's Fair, visit the 1964 New York World's Fair, before returning to their own era. (The Flintstones)
o December 17 Dr. Mildred Wyeth a primary Deathlands character, is born.
o The Hanso Foundation of Lost is founded, according to its website.
o Presumably, this the year in which Mark Greene is born. (ER)
o Alma Del Mar Jr. is born. (Brokeback Mountain)
* 1965
o Radiator Springs is bypassed by Interstate 40, and falls into decline. (Cars)
o Serge Storms's gradfather Sergio is declared a suicide. Serge refuses to believe this and stages a follow-up in 2004.
* 1966
o Birth of Nick Wolfe (Highlander: The Raven).
o April 21 - Birth of Ian Nottingham. (Witchblade)
o The Hanso Foundation is founded by Alvar Hanso. (Lost)
* 1967
o Scrooge McDuck dies (according to Keno Don Rosa).
o Alvar Hanso, founder of the Hanso Foundation, addresses the United Nations.
o Marty McFly, Jules and Verne Brown travel back in time to this date to prevent Biff Tannen from mistaking Doc Brown as being an alien, to prevent the U.S. Army from capturing Doc in the present. (Back to the Future: The Animated Series)
o Mine workers discover the remains of the Abkani civilization. (Alone in the Dark)
o Roger Murtaugh joins the LAPD. (Lethal Weapon)
* 1968
o Marty McFly is born to George McFly and his wife Lorraine Baines McFly. (Back to the Future)
o Jennifer Parker born in Hill Valley, California (Back to the Future)
o February 14 - Lara Croft born in Wimbledon, London. (Tomb Raider series)
o March 13 - Monica Reyes born in Austin, Texas (The X-Files).
o The "Nightingale Killer" claims his first victim in New York City. (Frequency)
* 1969
o Ka D'Argo is born. (Farscape)
o Serge A. Storms is born.
o Martin Riggs joins the army. (Lethal Weapon)
o Danny Cimoli is born in England (Highlander: The Series).
o Jo Harding loses her father during a tornado. (Twister)
o Alan Parrish is trapped in the Jumanji game. (Jumanji)
o Unusual solar activity leads to an aurora borealis, allowing New York firefighter Frank Sullivan to talk to an older version of his son, John, using the same ham radio set in the same house in Queens 30 years later. The ensuing communication drastically alters the course of Frank's personal history, resulting in multiple possible timelines. (Frequency)
[edit] 1970s
* 1970s
o Soviet Union invades the United States. (Command & Conquer: Red Alert)
o (early 70s)- Maggie Wyczenski starts suffering from bipolar disorder. (ER)
* 1970
o Dr Hannibal Lecter sets up a psychiatric practice in Baltimore, Maryland. Lecter treats a male bowhunter for an arrow wound. Five years later, this man will become the sixth victim of The Chesapeake Ripper.
o Timmy Turner travels back in time to this date to meet his future parents as children. (The Fairly OddParents)
o The Hanso Foundation starts the Dharma Initiative (Lost)
o Presumably, this is the year in which Steve Curtis is born. Eleanor and John Carter Jr marry. (ER)
o June 4- Jonathan Truman Carter III is born in Chicago, Illinois. (ER)
o October 28 - Birth of Prudence Halliwell to Victor Bennett and Patricia Halliwell. (Charmed)
o November 18 - Birth of Sara Pezzini. (Witchblade)
o November 29 - Birth of Bill Weasley to Arthur and Molly Weasley. (Harry Potter series).
o "The Marauders" (Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew), Lily Evans, and Severus Snape begin their first year at Hogwarts. (Harry Potter)
o Three men move to the London neighborhood of Cricklewood and set up office as The Goodies
o Presumably, this is the year in which Samantha Parker is born. (Eight Legged Freaks)
* 1971
o Haruka Urashima is born (Love Hina).
o September 16 - Sara Sidle born to ex-hippies parents in Tamales Bay, an hour and a half outside of San Francisco. (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
o Tommy Vercetti is jailed. (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
o Alfred Lanning is born. (I, Robot).
o Eleanor and John Carter Jr marry. (ER)
* 1972
o The A-Team is framed.
o A Gnostic cult operating in Silent Hill arranges the birth of Alessa Gillespie, who will birth their God, Samael.
o March 15 - Young Denzel Q. Crocker loses his fairy godparents as well as his memory of ever having had fairy godparents; however, a note he leaves himself before having his memory erased gives him motivation to spend the rest of his life trying to prove to the world that fairies exist. (The Fairly OddParents)
o December 12 - Birth of Charlie Weasley to Arthur and Molly Weasley.
o Presumably, this is the year in which Maggie Doyle and Leon are born. (ER)
* 1973
o Doug Ross last sees his father Ray. (ER)
o Martin Riggs marries Victoria. (Lethal Weapon)
o August 7 - Birth of Piper Halliwell to Victor Bennett and Patricia Halliwell. (Charmed)
o November 27 - Fox Mulder's sister Samantha is abducted from her home at age 8. (The X-Files)
* 1974
o The Chesapeak Ripper starts his reign of terror in Baltimore (Red Dragon)
o Homer Simpson and Marge Bouvier meet for the first time in their senior year of high school, and fall in love. Marge graduates that spring, while Homer fails to graduate. (The Simpsons; their actual graduation date perpetually floats behind the present as "20 years ago")
o October- Kate Reilly is a Playmate. (Tremors 2: Aftershocks)
o Presumably, this is the year in which Harper Tracy is born. Haleh Adams starts working at County General as a nurse. Donald Anspaugh becomes a doctor. Maggie Wyczenski attempts to commit suicide by taking a load of pills. (ER)
o Birth of Richie Ryan (Highlander: The Series).
* 1975
o Sophie Amudson born (Sophie's World).
o Between March 12 and March 25, four people are brutally murdered by the Chesapeake Ripper. FBI Agent Will Graham interviews Dr Hannibal Lecter about the sixth victim. Graham realises that Lecter is the serial killer he is hunting and is nearly murdered. Lecter is arrested for the Chesapeak Ripper murders. He is imprisoned for nine counts of first degree murder. Graham retires. (Red Dragon)
o Philip J. Fry is born. - Futurama
o August 3 - Mamoru Chiba born (Sailor Moon)
o August 22 - Birth of Percy Weasley to Arthur and Molly Weasley.
o November 2 - Birth of Phoebe Halliwell to Victor Bennett and Patricia Halliwell. (Charmed)
o November 6 - Ennis Del Mar and Alma divorce. (Brokeback Mountain)
o Presumably, this is the year in which Lucy Knight, Gregory Pratt, Reilly Brown and Eric Wyczenski are born. (ER)
* 1976
o Coup in San Theodoros reinstates General Alcazar.
o April 28 - Michael Patterson is born. (For Better or For Worse).
o May 28 & 29 - Events of the movie Dazed and Confused.
o July 4 - Bicentennial Day.
+ The fight between Apollo Creed, World Heavyweight Champion, and Rocky Balboa, an obscure boxer, in the film Rocky.
+ The events of the Kris Kristofferson movie Vigilante Force also come to a climax on Bicentennial Day.
o July 8 - Dr. Hannibal Lecter is examined after complaining of chest pains. A nurse attempts to give him an ECG and is savaged by Lecter. (Red Dragon)
o September 8 - Howard The Duck arrives on the planet Earth.
o Dennis Gant is born (ER)
o Alexa Woods is born. (Alien vs Predator)
* 1977
o Captain Caveman, frozen in a block of ice since prehistoric times, is freed by the Teen Angels. - Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
o The Krusty Krab and Chum Bucket restaurants are founded. (SpongeBob SquarePants)
o August 2 - Birth of Paige Matthews to Samuel Wilder and Patricia Halliwell. (Charmed)
o James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Lily Evans, Severus Snape, and others graduate from Hogwarts. (Harry Potter books)
* 1978
o At about this time the later Cobra Commander vows to create "an underground organization that will bypass government restrictions, and garner power through terrorism and extortion". Beginning the formation of the Cobra Organization.
o G.I. Joe team reformed.
o FBI Agent Will Graham comes out of retirement to capture The Tooth Fairy, who has murdered two families within a month. He goes to Dr Hannibal Lecter, now imprisoned, for help. (The events of Red Dragon)
o Haruka Tenoh born (Sailor Moon)
o February 28 - Patricia Halliwell is killed in battle with a Water Demon. The battle took place in a summer camp's lake.
o March 6 - Michiru Kaioh born (Sailor Moon)
o April 1 - Birth of Fred and George Weasley to Arthur and Molly Weasley.
o April 17-Rei Hino born (Sailor Moon)
o June 30-Usagi Tsukino born (Sailor Moon)
o September 10- Ami Mizuno born (Sailor Moon)
o October 22- Minako Aino born (Sailor Moon)
o December 5- Makoto Kino born (Sailor Moon)
o Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield, Illinois for his murderous spree on Halloween night while being hunted by his doctor, Sam Loomis, and the two die in a hospital fire (according to the films Halloween and Halloween II; the characters' deaths are ignored in subsequent sequels)
o A man with a red cape makes his first appearance in Metropolis (Superman: The Movie; date differs from the comics' debut date for Superman)
o Presumably, this is the year in which Samantha Taggart is born. (ER)
* 1979
o July 12-July 13th - Conclave in Van Cortlandt Park for New York City gangs. Cyrus murdered, the Warriors trek home to Coney Island. (The Warriors)
o September 19 - Birth of Hermione Granger to Mr. and Mrs. Granger, Muggle dentists.
o Keitaro Urashima born. Mutsumi Otohime born. Mitsuni Konno born. (Love Hina.)
o Christine York is born in New York with a birthmark in the shape of Satan. (End of Days)
o December 31 - Michael Kelso and Eric Forman return to Point Place to ring in the new decade with their friends. (Finale of That '70s Show)
[edit] 1980s
* 1980
o March 1 - Ronald Bilius Weasley is born to Arthur and Molly Weasley.
o June 5 - Draco Malfoy is born to Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.
o Late June - A prophecy is made by Sybil Trelawney to Albus Dumbledore. It concerns the birth of a child at the end of July who will have the power to defeat Lord Voldemort. Severus Snape overhears at least part of this prophecy and reports it to Voldemort.
o July 30 - Neville Longbottom is born to Frank and Alice Longbottom.
o July 31 - Harry Potter is born to Lily and James Potter (Harry Potter series.)
o Orientation film for Swan Station of the Dharma Initiative filmed and copyrighted - Lost
o Oceanic Airlines is apparently established. (Lost)
o Birth of Jamie Lloyd to Jimmy Lloyd and Laurie Strode. (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers)
o Homer Simpson and Marge Bouvier get married. - The Simpsons (actual date floats perpetually behind the present as "10-11 years ago")
o Homer Simpson begins working at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. - The Simpsons (actual date floats perpetually behind the present as "10 years ago")
o Bart Simpson is born. - The Simpsons (actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "10 years ago")
o Birth of Willow Rosenberg to Sheila and Ira Rosenberg in Sunnydale, California (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
o Mark Greene first meets Jennifer. (ER)
o Presumably, this is the year in which Danny Vinyard is born. (American History X)
* 1981
o January - Buffy Summers is born to Hank and Joyce Summers in Los Angeles, California.
o April 26 - Elizabeth Patterson is born. (For Better or For Worse)
o May 21 - Gaspar Baugh takes over the "Midnight Macabre" public access horror program (Midnight Macabre).
o August 11 - Birth of Ginny Weasley to Arthur and Molly Weasley.
o Futuro, a supervillain, travels back in time to the Stone Age and commits a series of crimes in Bedrock, drawing the attention of Captain Caveman, Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble; all three briefly visit the 20th century in pursuit of Futuro. (The Flintstone Comedy Show)
o Leon comes to live with the Pratt family.
o September - Rena Trujillo is born. (ER)
o Lesbians Mo, Clarice, Lois, Sparrow and Toni meet each other in the Second Women's Pentagon Action demonstration. (Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For).
o Naru Narusegawa born (Love Hina.
o Halloween - Lord Voldemort murders James and Lily Potter after a tip off. Voldemort's killing curse backfires when trying to kill Harry and his disembodied spirit flees.
o November 1 - Harry is later retrieved from the ruins of his parents' house by Rubeus Hagrid, and taken to live with his relatives, the Dursleys. His godfather, Sirius Black, tracks down Peter Pettigrew and attempts to kill him for betraying James and Lily. Pettigrew escapes by causing a huge explosion, and successfully frames Sirius for his own murder, as well as twelve bystanders. Sirius is sent to Azkaban.
o Presumably, this is the year in which Raymond 'Ray' Cortez is born. (Girlfight)
o John Carter is molested at age 11, by one of the maids at the family mansion. His older brother Bobby is diagnosed with leukemia. (ER)
* 1982
o Barty Crouch Jr, Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange are imprisoned in Azkaban for the torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom.
o Timmy Turner, Cosmo and Wanda travel back in time to witness Timmy's parents and Denzel Q. Crocker attending college. - The Fairly OddParents
o Presumably, this is the year in which Diane Guzman is born. (Girlfight)
* 1983
o Barty Crouch Jr is smuggled out of Azkaban by his father, as a last favour to his terminally ill wife. He is kept subdued by the constant application of the Imperius Curse.
o Doctor Hannibal Lecter escapes from Memphis, killing five men in the process The Silence of the Lambs.
o Maggie Wyczenski attempts to commit suicide a second time, this time using carbon monoxide poisoning. (ER)
o Jack Twist dies (Brokeback Mountain)
o Birth of Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants)
o The Master Control Program, an ENCOM AI supercomputer, takes over the computer world. Kevin Flynn, a former ENCOM programmer, is digitized into the computer world by the MCP against his will while trying to find proof that Ed Dilinger stole his games and must ally with security program Tron to destroy the MCP and return to the real world. (Tron. While the year is never stated in the movie, its sequel, Tron 2.0, mentions a 20-year gap between the two titles.)
o Megan Griffin is born. - Family Guy
o Ed Brazleton starts building Virgil, a ship capable of reaching Earth's core. (The Core)
* 1984
o April 10 - Bobby Metcalf is born. (ER, episode Time of Death)
o Lisa Simpson is born. (Date stated in the episode "Lisa's First Word"; her actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "8 years ago") - The Simpsons
o Keitaro Urashima, aged five, makes a promise to marry a girl he meets (Love Hina).
o Motoko Aoyama born (Love Hina.
o Victoria Lynn 'Vicky' Riggs is murdered by Pieter Vorstedt. (Lethal Weapon 2)
o Mark Greene marries Jennifer. (ER)
o Frank Harris starts working for Jack Hall. (The Day After Tomorrow)
o The Soviet Missile Submarine Red October sorties. Her captain attempts to defect to the United States
* 1985
o May - Stock broker Bud Fox gives insider information to businessman Gordon Gekko, and almost immediately is admitted into Gekko's "inner circle" (Wall Street).
o The events of the movie The Wedding Singer.
o Scott Anspaugh is born (ER)
o John Carter wins a horse race with his horse Marigold. (ER)
o Marty McFly accidentally travels back to 1955 Back to the Future.
* 1986
o November 24- Shelley Marsh is born. (Her actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "12 years ago") - South Park
o Events of Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos.
o A time-stranded crew of Moya seek to prevent John's father from entering the Challenger. A young John loses his virginity to Chiana, and the crew manages to return to their proper time. (Farscape)
o The time-travelling superhero Samaritan completes his mission in the present by preventing the Challenger from exploding (Kurt Busiek's Astro City).
o Tommy Vercetti is released from prison in Liberty City, and is sent to Vice City by his boss Sonny Forelli. (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
o Russell Casse is abducted by aliens. (Independence Day
o Nick Tatopoulos and Audrey Timmonds start dating. (Godzilla)
o Chris Griffin is born. - Family Guy
o James Bond and Alec Trevelyan blow up a Soviet chemical weapons facility run by General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov; Ourumov shoots Trevelyan in the head and Bond leaves him for dead. (GoldenEye)
o Maggie Wyczenski leaves Minneapolis, Minnesota. (ER)
o July 14 - Birth of SpongeBob SquarePants
* 1987
o Kaolla Su born (Love Hina).
o Carl 'CJ' Johnson leaves Los Santos, San Andreas. (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)
o Mark Greene starts med school and marries Jennifer. (ER)
o Rhonda LeBeck's school places seismographs in Perfection, Nevada (Tremors)
* 1988
o Shinobu Maehara born (Love Hina.
o The events of the movie Donnie Darko
o Groundskeeper Willie is struck deaf in a boiler explosion and relies on lip reading for the rest of his life. - The Simpsons episode "Bart-Mangled Banner"
o Ray Shepard becomes a paramedic. (ER)
o Bill and Ted have an "excellent adventure".
o April 17- Al and Jeanie Boulet marry. (ER)
o Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett graduate. (Bad Boys II)
* 1989
o February/March - The events of the TV series Twin Peaks.
o February- Rachel Greene is born to Jennifer and Mark Greene. (ER, episode The Birthday Paety).
o Maggie Simpson is born. - The Simpsons (actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "circa a year ago")
o Peter Benton and Susan Lewis start med school. **Carol Hathaway starts working at County General as a nurse. (ER)
o Events depicted in the Jurassic Park book occur.
o October- The Meteor Shower of 1989 hits Smallville, Kansas. Toddler Kal-El is adopted and renamed Clark Kent. (Smallville)
o In the second timeline of the film Frequency, New York firefighter Frank Sullivan, who has lived to see his son John become a police officer, dies of lung cancer, 20 years after he was originally supposed to die in a fire.
[edit] 1990s
* 1990
o Events of Sophie's World.
o Nick Tatopoulos and Audrey Timmonds break up. (Godzilla)
o October 19- Stan Marsh is born (his actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "8 or 9 years ago") -South Park
o Jerry Markovic starts working at County General as a desk clerk. Gregory Pratt's mother dies of cancer. Elizabeth Corday starts her residency in the UK. (ER)
* Between 1991-1995
o Luka Kovac's house is hit by a mortar shell while he is away. Luka's son Marko dies instantly. Luka arrives and finds his family; his wife Daniela is bleeding from her spleen and his daughter Jasna is not breathing. Unable to choose which one he will take to the hospital, Luka keeps performing CPR on Jasna until he must stop from exhaustion; at this point Daniela has bled to death. (ER)
* 1991
o March 22- Kenny McCormick is born (his actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "8 or 9 years ago") - South Park
o May 26- Kyle Broflovski is born (his actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "8 or 9 years ago") - South Park
o July 1- Eric Cartman is born (his actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "8 or 9 years ago") - South Park
o September 11 - Butters Stotch is born (his actual birth date floats perpetually behind the present as "8 or 9 years ago") -South Park
o Wendy Testaburger, Bebe Stevens, Tweek, Timmy, Clyde Donovan, Pip, Token Black and Craig are born. - South Park
o The timequake thrusts citizens of the year 2001 back to this point (Timequake).
o Harry Potter starts Hogwarts (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.)
o Mark Greene begins his residency in Cook County General. (ER)
* 1992
o January 12 - HAL becomes sentient in Urbana IL. 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)
o April 10 - Charlie Metcalf's wife dies in an accident. (ER, episode Time of Death)
o Carl "CJ" Johnson returns to Los Santos, San Andreas from Liberty City and takes over the local street gangs. A riot in Los Santos, similar to that of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, occurs soon after (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas).
o The Chamber of Secrets is re-opened by Ginny Weasley under the influence of Tom Riddle's diary. The basilisk within it attacks Nearly Headless Nick, Mrs. Norris and four students. Ginny and the school are saved the following year by Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.)
o Timmy Turner, Cosmo and Wanda travel back in time to witness the day Timmy's parents moved into their home. - The Fairly OddParents
o Strickler's disease is first diagnosed in New York. (Mimic)
o John Carter, Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen, Dale Edson and Maggie Doyle start med school. (ER)
o Chris McCormick leaves Prosperity, Arizona. (Eight Legged Freaks)
* 1993
o August - Sirius Black becomes the first known prisoner to escape from Azkaban. His escape causes panic throughout the wizarding world. In June 1994, Black and former best friend Remus Lupin expose Peter Pettigrew as a traitor in front of Harry, Ron, and Hermione (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.)
o August 25 - Mark Greene saves a patients life; the man subsequently names the date 'Dr. Greene Day'.
o Harry Dalton's love, Marianne, is killed during a volcanic eruption in Colombia. (Dante's Peak)
o Peter Benton and Susan Lewis begin their residencies at County General. Benton scores too low to get a Medical Doctorate, but is passed in an act of affirmative action. Alex Taggart is born. (ER)
* 1994
o Dr. Susan Tyler creates the Judas Breed, a new species of cockroach which effectively wipes out New York's native roaches (which carry Strickler's disease), putting an end to the Strickler's epidemic. (Mimic)
o Ned Frischman travels back in time to ancient Udrogoth in an attempt to conquer the ancient world. (Dave the Barbarian)
o Sarah Connor is diagnosed with leukemia.(Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
o Cleo Finch starts med school. Paul Nathan starts having symptoms of Parkinson's disease. (ER)
o October 10- Chloe Lewis is arrested while drunk. (ER)
o David Xanatos transports Castle Wyvern to the top of his skyscraper in Manhattan, reversing the spell of stone cast on Goliath and his clan. (Gargoyles)
* 1994 - 1997 - The events of Sonic X.
* 1995
o On June 24, Voldemort regains his corporeal form after snatching Harry Potter from the final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Albus Dumbledore, however, is able to reform the Order of the Phoenix just moments after Voldemort summons his remaining Death Eaters back to him. Harry survives; Cedric Diggory is the first of the many casualties to come. (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.)
o Dave Malucci starts med school. (ER)
o Derek Vinyard kills to Crisp gang members and is sentenced for 3 years in prison. (American History X)
* 1996
o Sirius Black is killed in the Department of Mysteries by Bellatrix Lestrange. Cornelius Fudge acknowledges that Lord Voldemort has returned (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.)
o Lucy Knight starts med school. William Swift becomes an attending physician in the Synergix Physician's Group. Paul Nathan is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. (ER)
* 1997
o Events of the Tim Dorsey novels Triggerfish Twist, Florida Roadkill and Hammerhead Ranch Motel. Serge Storms chases a suitcase with $5 million around Florida.
o Albus Dumbledore is killed by Severus Snape in Hogwarts.
o Sarah Connor dies of leukemia. (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
o May - Forty-two Japanese junior-high school students are secretly kidnapped during a school field trip and taken to a deserted island off the coast of Kobe. Once there, they are forced to participate in a no-holds-barred, gladiator-esque fight to the death simply called "The Program". The events of "Battle Royale" unfold. Of their entire class, only two students, Shuya Nanahara and Noriko Nakagawa, survive. They make it to safety with the help of "The Program's" previous "winner", Shogo Kawada, only to have him die from mortal wounds, and becoming wanted fugitives, in the process.
o Scott Anspaugh is treated for cancer. (ER)
* 1998
o Keitaro Urashima takes control of Hinata House (Love Hina).
o Toni Cipriani returns to Liberty City and aids in the Leone Mafia Family's domination of the city. In addition, Liberty City mayor Roger C. Hole was assassinated, and the city district of Fort Staunton imploded involuntarily (Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories).
o Serge Storms catches up with his suitcase (The Stingray Shuffle)
o Josiah "Jed" Bartlett elected President of the United States - The West Wing
o Destruction of Raccoon City by a nuclear missile. (Resident Evil)
o Gregory Pratt starts med school. Cleo Finch starts her residency. Dr. Gabriel Lawrence starts noticing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Abby Lockhart begins working at County General as an obstretics nurse. (ER)
* 1999
o Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick watch the R-rated Canadian film Asses of Fire starring Terrance and Phillip, which leads to the American-Canadian War. - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
o Archie Morris and Michael Gallant start med school. (ER)
o Dr. Nate Lennox tells his assistant he has ALS, and convinces Abby Lockhart to stay in med school. (ER, episode Body and Soul)
o Anarchy 99 is founded. (XXX)
o TV channel ESPN 8 is founded - Dodgeball
o New York police Detective John Sullivan uses his father's old ham radio set to talk to his father 30 years earlier. He warns his father about the fire that will kill him in two days. (Frequency)
[edit] 21st Century
[edit] 2000s
* 2000
o The following events happen right on the stroke of midnight, as the millennium rolls over:
+ Norbert and Dagget are transferred to another universe, where they are asked to create a new world by a nameless entity (The Angry Beavers)
+ Mutsumi Otohime's water heater explodes - Love Hina
+ Earl Hickey and friends, holed up in a basement, mistakenly assume that the computers have taken over when the lights go out because the electric bill wasn't paid - My Name Is Earl
+ God agrees to answer one question - South Park
+ Philip J. Fry falls into a cryogenic pod and will not awaken for one thousand years. (Futurama episode "Space Pilot 3000")
+ Swamp Thing, Shade the Changing Man, Animal Man and a gaggle of other superheroes stop a madman whose paranoid fantasies are coming to life. (Totems)
o Ray Barnett starts med school. (ER)
o Scrappy Doo falls under the spell of the Daemon Ritus and takes over the Spooky Island theme park. Mystery Incorporated break up. (Scooby Doo).
o September 28
+ Ginger Fitzgerald bitten by werewolf. (Ginger Snaps).
+ Werewolf that bit Ginger Fitzgerald run over by truck. (Ginger Snaps).
o October 31
+ Ginger Fitzgerald turns into full werewolf, is killed. (Ginger Snaps).
+ Bridgett Fitzgerald infected by sister. (Ginger Snaps).
* 2001
o September 11
+ Michael Hundred, known as the world's only 'superhero', The Great Machine, stops the second plane from hitting the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 Attacks, leading to only one tower collapsing. (Ex Machina)
+ Mac Taylor's wife dies in 9/11. (CSI: NY)
+ John Arthur Matthews fakes his own death so that his wife and child can collect the insurance money. (Human Target)
o The events of Grand Theft Auto III.
o Beginning of the chronology of Something Positive.
o Neela Rasgotra starts med school. (ER)
o Luka Kovac treats Dr. Nate Lennox after he falls down the stairs. (ER, episode Body and Soul)
o James Bond travels to North Korea to assassinate Colonel Tan-Sun Moon. An agency mole (which later turns out to be Miranda Frost) betrays his identity and he is captured, though not before dropping Colonel Moon off a cliff; Moon is presumed dead. Bond is detained at a torture prison for the next 14 months. Colonel Moon survives and takes on the identity of Gustav Graves though gene therapy in Cuba; he secretly begins construction on the Icarus satellite. (Die Another Day)
* 2002
o Events of Orange Crush.
o Jed Bartlett wins the presidential elections again, for a second term in office - The West Wing
o Gregory Pratt treats Dr. Nate Lennox after he chokes on some food. (ER, episode Body and Soul)
o Jason Evans starts working for Jack Hall. (The Day After Tomorrow)
o Theodore Donald Finch hacks into the FBI's computer database, and cripples it. (The Core)
* 2003
o The beginning of the events in Fever Pitch.
o The Game Boy Advance format of the Sims Bustin' Out video game takes place in 2003, which is also the year in which it was released. This is mentioned in Urbz: Sims in the City, at the end of which the player may "time travel" to 2003 and find themselves inside the game.
o The events of Tron 2.0.
* 2004
o Man-made viral plauge sweeps through the Earth, killing the greater part of humanity and forcing a multinational team of soldiers and scientists to retreat to an underground Russian bunker. -Soldiers of Anarchy
o Serge Storms seeks to find out what really happened to his gradfather in 1964 - Cadillac Beach
o Samantha Taggart and Neela Rasgotra treat Dr. Nate Lennox after he has breathing problems caused by ALS. (ER, episode Body and Soul)
o March 1 - April 27: The events of ToHeart2.
o September 22: Oceanic Flight 815 departed Sydney, Australia for Los Angeles, California and was lost over the Pacific Ocean. (Lost)
* 2005
o Cheryl Masters, John Constantine's sister, is strangled to death by her husband, Tony. John attempts to rescue her soul from Hell, but fails. (Hellblazer storyline, "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go")
o Rose Tyler meets the doctor during and auton invasion of London and become the doctors new compaion in time (Doctor Who)
* 2006
o Earl Hickey and his brother Randy return a stolen number-ticket machine six years after committing the crime - My Name Is Earl
o May: Ichigo Kurosaki becomes a death god to protect his family after meeting Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach).
o September 12: Takaya Noriko born in Osaka Japan (Gunbuster).
[edit] Notes
* Kilgore Trout has two birthdates in the two different novels in which he stars; 1909 in Breakfast of Champions; 1931 in Timequake. He also has two deathdates, 1981 and 2001. No explanation is offered.
[edit] Timelines for specific universes
* Timeline of Arda, setting for the books of J. R. R. Tolkien * Timeline of Asimov's Foundation Series * Timeline of events in the Back to the future series of films * Timeline of the DC Universe * Timeline of the Dino Crisis Universe * Timeline for the Dragonlance series of books * Timeline for the EverQuest MMORPG * Timeline of events in the Freddy and Jason universe, incorporating events from both the Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street franchises. * Timeline of events in Futurama * Timeline of the Harry Potter series of books * Heinlein's Future History * Timeline of the Love Hina manga by Ken Akamatsu * History of Mega-City One, from the Judge Dredd comic book series. * Timeline of events in the Myst franchise * Timeline of events in the Noon universe * Timeline of events in Star Trek * Timeline of events in Star Wars * Timeline of events in the Ultima universe * Timeline-191 * Tosev timeline
See also edit
- Timeline of fictional contemporary events
- Timeline of fictional future events
[edit] External links
* Historian of Things That Never Were - timelines from across the web * Fictional encyclopedia wiki with a section for fictional history * Wold Newton Universe Crossover Chronology - several entries on the Wikipedia fictional timeline are taken from the WNU Chronology * Forgotten Futures - role playing game based on classic Victorian/Edwardian science fiction, contains many timelines. * South Park Calendar * Timeline of Everything - A timeline that features all events, real or imaginary, from (and before) the Big Band until the Big Crunch or the Entropy Death.