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===February, | ===February, | ||
* February 19: Bruce Wayne (Batman) born to Dr. Thomas and Martha Wayne. | * February 19: Bruce Wayne (Batman) born to Dr. Thomas and Martha Wayne. | ||
- | * February 20: Hal Jordan is born. | ||
* February 29: On Krypton, Kal-El is born to Jor-El and Lara. (Kryptonian date: 39 Eorx, 9998) | * February 29: On Krypton, Kal-El is born to Jor-El and Lara. (Kryptonian date: 39 Eorx, 9998) | ||
===March, 1950=== | ===March, 1950=== | ||
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====1951==== | ====1951==== | ||
===Unspecified month in 1951=== | ===Unspecified month in 1951=== | ||
- | * Doctor Mist is called upon to deal with an increasingly powerful Gareth Gallowglass, | + | * Doctor Mist is called upon to deal with an increasingly powerful Gareth Gallowglass, |
* Matthew Cable is born. | * Matthew Cable is born. | ||
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* James W. Gordon is promoted to lieutenant for his bravery as a policeman. | * James W. Gordon is promoted to lieutenant for his bravery as a policeman. | ||
===January, 1952=== | ===January, 1952=== | ||
- | * The Grimoire Academy of Applied Learning on the multi-dimensional Grimoire Island opens its doors to students from Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-S, Earth-X, and Earth-4. This school is built and founded by the 16-year-old prodigy Gareth Gallowglass (the island' | + | * The Grimoire Academy of Applied Learning on the multi-dimensional Grimoire Island opens its doors to students from Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-S, Earth-X, and Earth-4. This school is built and founded by the 16-year-old prodigy Gareth Gallowglass (the island' |
* Captain Comet and Prof. Emery Zackro travel to the world of Thule in the asteroid belt to investigate a distress signal from Dr. Harkovy, a space pioneer who disappeared in 1937. There they discover that Harkovy' | * Captain Comet and Prof. Emery Zackro travel to the world of Thule in the asteroid belt to investigate a distress signal from Dr. Harkovy, a space pioneer who disappeared in 1937. There they discover that Harkovy' | ||
===February, | ===February, | ||
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* Air Wave battles Professor Gurn once more, who has donned a robotic suit to become Machine Man. [Detective Comics #65] | * Air Wave battles Professor Gurn once more, who has donned a robotic suit to become Machine Man. [Detective Comics #65] | ||
* May 1: U.S. pilot Gary Powers, flying a U-2 spy plane, is shot down over Russia. | * May 1: U.S. pilot Gary Powers, flying a U-2 spy plane, is shot down over Russia. | ||
- | * May 16: Khrushchev | + | * May 16: Khrushchev |
* May 20: Zatanna Zatara is born. | * May 20: Zatanna Zatara is born. | ||
* May 23: Israelis capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. Eichmann is later executed in Israel in 1962. | * May 23: Israelis capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. Eichmann is later executed in Israel in 1962. | ||
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* After his last case as Air Wave, Larry Jordan semi-retires from crime fighting in order to concentrate on his career and personal life. //Note: Larry meets and marries his wife Helen sometime after this story, only occasionally resuming his crime fighting career as Air Wave from time to time until his death in 1970.// [Detective Comics #137] | * After his last case as Air Wave, Larry Jordan semi-retires from crime fighting in order to concentrate on his career and personal life. //Note: Larry meets and marries his wife Helen sometime after this story, only occasionally resuming his crime fighting career as Air Wave from time to time until his death in 1970.// [Detective Comics #137] | ||
* Rachel Green, daughter of Jason Woodrue (while he visits from his dimension) and human woman Ida Green, is born in England; she later becomes Mayflower of the Force of July. | * Rachel Green, daughter of Jason Woodrue (while he visits from his dimension) and human woman Ida Green, is born in England; she later becomes Mayflower of the Force of July. | ||
- | * May 25: Charley Parker is born. | + | * May 25: Charley Parker is born to unknown parents. At some point after his birth, he is taken to Midway City Orphanage, where he grows up. |
===June, 1966=== | ===June, 1966=== | ||
* June 2: The first U.S. spacecraft to land on another world, //Surveyor 1//, lands on the Moon. | * June 2: The first U.S. spacecraft to land on another world, //Surveyor 1//, lands on the Moon. | ||
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* Superboy meets a very young Dick Grayson and Wally West [DCCP: Times of the Titans book 1] | * Superboy meets a very young Dick Grayson and Wally West [DCCP: Times of the Titans book 1] | ||
===June, 1967=== | ===June, 1967=== | ||
- | * Superboy discovers that his real parents, Jor-El and Lara, survived the destruction of Krypton through the help of a Kryptonian scientist called Dr. Krylo, who preserved them in suspended animation in a space capsule that has been in outer space since Krypton' | + | * Superboy discovers that his real parents, Jor-El and Lara, survived the destruction of Krypton through the help of a Kryptonian scientist called Dr. Krylo, who preserved them in suspended animation in a space capsule that has been in outer space since Krypton' |
* Bruce Wayne graduates from high school one year early. [Speculation based on the fact that Bruce graduates from university at age 20 in 1970.] | * Bruce Wayne graduates from high school one year early. [Speculation based on the fact that Bruce graduates from university at age 20 in 1970.] | ||
* At an archeological dig in a remote area of Mexico, Cliff Battles discovers a stone Indian tablet that promises to reveal the location of ancient relics including a legendary head-band that supposedly gives its wearer fantastic powers. Before he can bring it to a museum to be translated, Battles is ambushed by bandits. Escaping from them, Battles uses Zantec' | * At an archeological dig in a remote area of Mexico, Cliff Battles discovers a stone Indian tablet that promises to reveal the location of ancient relics including a legendary head-band that supposedly gives its wearer fantastic powers. Before he can bring it to a museum to be translated, Battles is ambushed by bandits. Escaping from them, Battles uses Zantec' |