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| * August 13-17: While tracking down a nest of spies, Capt. Steve Trevor of U.S. Army Intelligence is shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. His plane crash-lands in the ocean near Paradise Island, and he is rescued by two Amazons: Princess Diana and her best friend Mala. Without telling her mother Queen Hippolyta, Diana brings the unconscious pilot to her laboratory outside the city, where she and Dr. Althea work day and night to save his life. Diana perfects her purple healing ray just in time to revive Steve back to life and brief consciousness even after he is pronounced clinically dead. Queen Hippolyta is alarmed when she finally learns that a man is on Paradise Island, but she's even more worried when she realizes her daughter may have fallen in love with the man. ["The Golden Age Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," | * August 13-17: While tracking down a nest of spies, Capt. Steve Trevor of U.S. Army Intelligence is shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. His plane crash-lands in the ocean near Paradise Island, and he is rescued by two Amazons: Princess Diana and her best friend Mala. Without telling her mother Queen Hippolyta, Diana brings the unconscious pilot to her laboratory outside the city, where she and Dr. Althea work day and night to save his life. Diana perfects her purple healing ray just in time to revive Steve back to life and brief consciousness even after he is pronounced clinically dead. Queen Hippolyta is alarmed when she finally learns that a man is on Paradise Island, but she's even more worried when she realizes her daughter may have fallen in love with the man. ["The Golden Age Secret Origin of Wonder Woman," | ||
| * August 14-15: Selina Kyle, furious over a newspaper story about how Batman triumphed over Catwoman, returns to crime as Catwoman. At the conclusion of this case, Catwoman goes missing for five years, and her absence has never been explained. ["The Crimes of the Catwoman," | * August 14-15: Selina Kyle, furious over a newspaper story about how Batman triumphed over Catwoman, returns to crime as Catwoman. At the conclusion of this case, Catwoman goes missing for five years, and her absence has never been explained. ["The Crimes of the Catwoman," | ||
| + | * August 17: Jason Todd, son of circus aerialists Joseph and Trina Todd (the Flying Todds), is born. [" | ||
| * August 25-26: When Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent to Vietnam as medics in order to cover the Vietnam War, Superman protects the remaining U.S. troops from a giant, dull-witted, | * August 25-26: When Clark Kent and Lois Lane are sent to Vietnam as medics in order to cover the Vietnam War, Superman protects the remaining U.S. troops from a giant, dull-witted, | ||
| * August 27-31: When Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne each go on vacations on the cruise-ship Varania, they accidentally learn each other' | * August 27-31: When Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne each go on vacations on the cruise-ship Varania, they accidentally learn each other' | ||
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| * October 20: President Nixon fires special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus, | * October 20: President Nixon fires special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus, | ||
| * October 23 | * October 23 | ||
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| - | * The world briefly believes that Superman actually died two years earlier while saving the Earth and was replaced by a robot, until Superman reappears to clear up the deception. ["The Death of Superman," | + | * The world briefly believes that Superman actually died two years earlier while saving the Earth and was replaced by a robot, until Superman reappears to clear up the deception. ["The Death of Superman," |
| * October 30-31: Lois Lane briefly gains super-strength for a second time and assists Superman. ["The Three Men of Steel," | * October 30-31: Lois Lane briefly gains super-strength for a second time and assists Superman. ["The Three Men of Steel," | ||
| ===November, | ===November, | ||
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| * Jefferson Pierce (the future Black Lightning) and his wife Lynn Stewart are divorced. | * Jefferson Pierce (the future Black Lightning) and his wife Lynn Stewart are divorced. | ||
| * Maxine Baker is born to Buddy Baker (Animal Man) and his wife Ellen Baker. Maxine is their second child, as their son Cliff was born in 1970. | * Maxine Baker is born to Buddy Baker (Animal Man) and his wife Ellen Baker. Maxine is their second child, as their son Cliff was born in 1970. | ||
| + | * Police Commissioner James W. Gordon kicks Sgt. Harvey Bullock off the Gotham City Police Department for corruption charges. | ||
| ===January, 1974=== | ===January, 1974=== | ||
| * January 2-7: Superman gains the new super-power to create a smaller version of himself that has all his powers, and he spends days trying to figure out how to get rid of it. Finally, the smaller Superman sacrifices itself to save Superman from green kryptonite, and the power disappears. [" | * January 2-7: Superman gains the new super-power to create a smaller version of himself that has all his powers, and he spends days trying to figure out how to get rid of it. Finally, the smaller Superman sacrifices itself to save Superman from green kryptonite, and the power disappears. [" | ||
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| * Kara Zor-El is sent in a rocket-ship from Argo City to Earth by her parents, Zor-El and Allura. After Kara's departure, Zor-El and Allura manage to escape into the Survival Zone. //Note: The date of April 11 is given in the 1976 Super DC Calendar as when Supergirl arrived on Earth, but since we know that actually happened on May 18, the April 11 date is likely when she left Argo City.// | * Kara Zor-El is sent in a rocket-ship from Argo City to Earth by her parents, Zor-El and Allura. After Kara's departure, Zor-El and Allura manage to escape into the Survival Zone. //Note: The date of April 11 is given in the 1976 Super DC Calendar as when Supergirl arrived on Earth, but since we know that actually happened on May 18, the April 11 date is likely when she left Argo City.// | ||
| * The rocket-ship containing Kara Zor-El of Argo City passes by the asteroid where Biron the horse (formerly a centaur) has been exiled for 3000 years, freeing him. He follows the rocket to Earth and watches as she becomes Supergirl, hoping to meet her someday. Until then, he poses as an ordinary horse on Earth. ["The Secret Origin of Supergirl' | * The rocket-ship containing Kara Zor-El of Argo City passes by the asteroid where Biron the horse (formerly a centaur) has been exiled for 3000 years, freeing him. He follows the rocket to Earth and watches as she becomes Supergirl, hoping to meet her someday. Until then, he poses as an ordinary horse on Earth. ["The Secret Origin of Supergirl' | ||
| - | * April 19-20: Superman meets King Krypton, a Kryptonian scientist (whose name is never revealed) who changed himself into a gorilla and also escaped Krypton' | + | * April 19-20: Superman meets King Krypton, a Kryptonian scientist (whose name is never revealed) who changed himself into a gorilla and also escaped Krypton' |
| * April 22-24: Jimmy Olsen briefly becomes a giant after ingesting a formula invented by Prof. Phineas Potter. ["The Human Skyscraper," | * April 22-24: Jimmy Olsen briefly becomes a giant after ingesting a formula invented by Prof. Phineas Potter. ["The Human Skyscraper," | ||
| * April 29: Jimmy Olsen meets and falls in love with Lois Lane's younger, airline stewardess sister, Lucy Lane. ["Lois Lane's Sister," | * April 29: Jimmy Olsen meets and falls in love with Lois Lane's younger, airline stewardess sister, Lucy Lane. ["Lois Lane's Sister," | ||