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| Timeline_of_Earth-1_1950s_to_1960s [2019/02/02 06:19] – docquantum | Timeline_of_Earth-1_1950s_to_1960s [2024/10/17 04:00] (current) – [1965] docquantum | ||
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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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| * 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' | * 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' | ||
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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] | ||