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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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| * The Blackhawks take on new, red-and-green uniforms as well as a new affiliation with a secret government agency. [Blackhawk #197] | * The Blackhawks take on new, red-and-green uniforms as well as a new affiliation with a secret government agency. [Blackhawk #197] | ||
| ===May, 1964=== | ===May, 1964=== | ||
| + | * Landing in a strange valley when his plane explodes, archeologist and explorer **[[Cliff Battles]]** saves the life of an Indian elder named Zantec, only to be exiled because his plane crashed and destroyed a sacred place. Battles is sent to choose between two dangerous paths out of the valley, and Zantec gives him a golden belt with a jaguar emblem that will give him the ability to take both paths at once as long as he uses it before sundown. Reaching the fork between two trails, Battles uses the belt by facing west and covering the jaguar' | ||
| * Superboy meets Kid Psycho from the 30th century. [Superboy #125] | * Superboy meets Kid Psycho from the 30th century. [Superboy #125] | ||
| * May 1: Don Hall is born. | * May 1: Don Hall is born. | ||
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| * Mark Merlin dies and somehow becomes the Egyptian wizard, Prince Ra-Man. [House of Secrets #73] | * Mark Merlin dies and somehow becomes the Egyptian wizard, Prince Ra-Man. [House of Secrets #73] | ||
| ===July, 1965=== | ===July, 1965=== | ||
| - | * Buddy Baker, a Hollywood stuntman, is given the power to use the abilities of any animal within his vicinity through radiation from a crashed flying saucer. [Strange Adventures #180] | + | * Buddy Baker, a 19-year-old |
| ===August, 1965=== | ===August, 1965=== | ||
| * August 11-17: A six-day race riot in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles occurs, resulting in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and over $40 million in property damage. | * August 11-17: A six-day race riot in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles occurs, resulting in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and over $40 million in property damage. | ||
| + | ===September, | ||
| + | * 18-year-old Oliver Queen begins a four-year program at Hudson University. [Action Comics #426] | ||
| ===October, 1965=== | ===October, 1965=== | ||
| - | * Rip Hunter and his crew (Jeff Smith, Bonnie Baxter, and Corky Baxter) make a short time travel trip to the year 1974, where they are stranded and ultimately learn that they never returned to their own year of 1965. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/ | + | * Rip Hunter and his crew (Jeff Smith, Bonnie Baxter, and Corky Baxter) make a short time travel trip to the year 1974, where they are stranded and ultimately learn that they never returned to their own year of 1965. ["[[https:// |
| ===November, | ===November, | ||
| * November 17: Mark and Sarah Olsen, Jimmy Olsen' | * November 17: Mark and Sarah Olsen, Jimmy Olsen' | ||
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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' | ||
| * June 5: The Six-Day War with Israeli forces against Arab forces, ends with Israel' | * June 5: The Six-Day War with Israeli forces against Arab forces, ends with Israel' | ||
| * June 17: The People' | * June 17: The People' | ||
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| ====1968==== | ====1968==== | ||
| ===Unspecified month in 1968=== | ===Unspecified month in 1968=== | ||
| - | * Garfield Logan is born to explorers | + | * Garfield Logan is born to biologists |
| ===January, 1968=== | ===January, 1968=== | ||
| * The North Vietnamese launches the Tet Offensive, marking a turning point in the Vietnam War. | * The North Vietnamese launches the Tet Offensive, marking a turning point in the Vietnam War. | ||
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| ===May, 1969=== | ===May, 1969=== | ||
| * May 14: Superboy is challenged to think like a Superman by Marla Harvey, a former Metropolis University student who dies while trying to build a school for underprivileged youths. ["The Day Superboy Became Superman," | * May 14: Superboy is challenged to think like a Superman by Marla Harvey, a former Metropolis University student who dies while trying to build a school for underprivileged youths. ["The Day Superboy Became Superman," | ||
| + | * Oliver Queen graduates from a four-year program at Hudson University. [Action Comics #426] | ||
| ===June, 1969=== | ===June, 1969=== | ||
| * USAF pilot Travis Morgan (age 43) finds himself in Skartaris, meets Tara and incurs the wraith of Deimos. [First Issue Special #8] | * USAF pilot Travis Morgan (age 43) finds himself in Skartaris, meets Tara and incurs the wraith of Deimos. [First Issue Special #8] | ||