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| ===== 19th Century ===== | ===== 19th Century ===== | ||
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| + | * July 11: As former U.S. Vice-President Aaron Burr meets with rival Alexander Hamilton for a duel, aliens beam up Burr and replace him with a cloned double who kills Hamilton and lives out the rest of his life. Aaron Burr survives for at least another 170 years until 1975, when he meets Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). ["The Man of Destiny," | ||
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| * The British Parliament bans English participation in the transatlantic slave trade. | * The British Parliament bans English participation in the transatlantic slave trade. | ||
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| - | * The JLA meet heroes of the wild west due to actions of the Lord Of Time.[JLA #198 -199] | + | * The JLA meet heroes of the wild west due to the actions of the Lord of Time.[JLA #198-199] |
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| - | * After tracking down and killing half the Barrow Gang for the reward, 66-year-old Jonah Hex meets Michael Wheeler, history professor at Princeton University, who interviews Hex over the next few months in order to write his biography. George Barrow, seeking revenge, kidnaps Hex's wife Tall Bird in order to draw him out. Assisted by Wheeler, Hex kills the rest of the gang except for Barrow himself, who escapes. Delivering the dead gunmen to the police in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Hex is ambushed while cleaning his glasses during a card game, then shot by George Barrow, who is in turn killed by Police Chief Crawford. After Wheeler delivers Hex's body to his wife, they are both murdered by Lew Farnham, owner of L.B. Farnham' | + | * After tracking down and killing half the Barrow Gang for the reward, 66-year-old Jonah Hex meets Michael Wheeler, history professor at Princeton University, who interviews Hex over the next few months in order to write his biography. George Barrow, seeking revenge |
| * July, 1904: Alex and Linda Olsen are married. [" | * July, 1904: Alex and Linda Olsen are married. [" | ||
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| ====1917==== | ====1917==== | ||
| + | * Around this time the Titan named Thia, Goddess of the Sun, escapes from the pits of Tartarus after a 30,000 year imprisonment when she is somehow given power by the sun. Discovering that mankind now possesses great weapons that can destroy gods, she begins posing as a mortal woman and begins to cultivate a new kind of power for eventual world domination. Having several lovers over the next 70 years, she gives birth to many children all over the world who grow up to gain positions of power in politics and commerce, who are known collectively as the Children of the Sun. [" | ||
| ====1918==== | ====1918==== | ||
| * April 21: Rittmeister Baron Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, is killed by English air ace Capt. Roy Brown over Northern France. Days later, a British flier drops a note to the Germans explaining that Richthofen was killed and buried with full military honors. ["The Fall of the Red Knight," | * April 21: Rittmeister Baron Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, is killed by English air ace Capt. Roy Brown over Northern France. Days later, a British flier drops a note to the Germans explaining that Richthofen was killed and buried with full military honors. ["The Fall of the Red Knight," | ||
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| ====1936==== | ====1936==== | ||
| - | * January: Gareth Gallowglass is born on the magical, multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline, his parents professors at the White School. A prodigy at birth, Gareth develops psychic abilities that allow him to affect reality around him. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/ | + | * January: Gareth Gallowglass is born on the magical, multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline, his parents professors at the White School. A prodigy at birth, Gareth develops psychic abilities that allow him to affect reality around him. ["[[https:// |
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| * Lewis Padgett becomes Microwave Man, the world' | * Lewis Padgett becomes Microwave Man, the world' | ||
| * Richard Benson becomes the Avenger and gathers agents to join his crime-fighting organization known as Justice, Inc. [Justice, Inc. #1] | * Richard Benson becomes the Avenger and gathers agents to join his crime-fighting organization known as Justice, Inc. [Justice, Inc. #1] | ||
| - | * Gareth Gallowglass is orphaned at when his parents, professors at the White School, are murdered by fellow professor Henry Valdemir. The 2-year-old psychic Gareth is spirited away from the magical, multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline to mainland America for his own safety. Valdemir flees the island to avoid capture and uses his mystical abilities to become an influential member of the U.S. Army, eventually gaining the rank of major. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/ | + | * Gareth Gallowglass is orphaned at when his parents, professors at the White School, are murdered by fellow professor Henry Valdemir. The 2-year-old psychic Gareth is spirited away from the magical, multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline to mainland America for his own safety. Valdemir flees the island to avoid capture and uses his mystical abilities to become an influential member of the U.S. Army, eventually gaining the rank of major. ["[[https:// |
| * December: Arch-criminal Shiwan Khan, descendant of Genghis Khan, mind-controls Margo Lane, agent of the Shadow, and Smitty, member of Justice Inc., using them to manipulate the Shadow and the Avenger into battling each other. At first believing each other to be responsible for amassing an underground army and stealing arms shipments in order to conquer the world, the Shadow and the Avenger finally see through the ruse and learn the truth from the brainwashed agents. The Shadow' | * December: Arch-criminal Shiwan Khan, descendant of Genghis Khan, mind-controls Margo Lane, agent of the Shadow, and Smitty, member of Justice Inc., using them to manipulate the Shadow and the Avenger into battling each other. At first believing each other to be responsible for amassing an underground army and stealing arms shipments in order to conquer the world, the Shadow and the Avenger finally see through the ruse and learn the truth from the brainwashed agents. The Shadow' | ||
| * December: The Shadow defeats Russian hypnotist Ivan Zarnovitch, who hypnotizes the colonial-themed town of New Gotham in Upstate New York into becoming his slaves, but blaming their actions on demon possession by Beelzebub. Planning to sell his method to the Germans, Zarnovitch is defeated and falls to his death from a church tower during his escape attempt. [" | * December: The Shadow defeats Russian hypnotist Ivan Zarnovitch, who hypnotizes the colonial-themed town of New Gotham in Upstate New York into becoming his slaves, but blaming their actions on demon possession by Beelzebub. Planning to sell his method to the Germans, Zarnovitch is defeated and falls to his death from a church tower during his escape attempt. [" | ||
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| * Albert Hollerer of Germany becomes a wood elemental called the Heap. [Swamp Thing v2 #47] | * Albert Hollerer of Germany becomes a wood elemental called the Heap. [Swamp Thing v2 #47] | ||
| * Microwave Man goes into retirement for 40 years. [Action Comics #487] | * Microwave Man goes into retirement for 40 years. [Action Comics #487] | ||
| - | * Combat reporter Wayne Clifford is captured as a prisoner of war by the Japanese along with U.S. troops in Bataan, and is a witness to the atrocities of the Bataan death march, in which weaker soldiers are left to die, and others are used for bayonet practice, on the long march to inland prison camps. | + | * Combat reporter Wayne Clifford is captured as a prisoner of war by the Japanese along with U.S. troops in Bataan, and is a witness to the atrocities of the Bataan death march, in which weaker soldiers are left to die, and others are used for bayonet practice, on the long march to inland prison camps. Clifford manages to escape captivity along with a couple of American soldiers, |
| ===November, | ===November, | ||
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| ===Unspecified month in 1943=== | ===Unspecified month in 1943=== | ||
| * The Losers -- Johnny Cloud, Capt. Storm, Gunner and Sarge -- are formed. | * The Losers -- Johnny Cloud, Capt. Storm, Gunner and Sarge -- are formed. | ||
| - | * A U.S. Army Air Force pilot is shot down in the Okinawa Islands, arising to become the wood elemental known only as Number 99. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/ | + | * A U.S. Army Air Force pilot is shot down in the Okinawa Islands, arising to become the wood elemental known only as Number 99. ["[[https://5earths.com/ |
| - | * The Sentinels of Magic -- Mac Maine; Harry " | + | * The Sentinels of Magic -- Mac Maine; Harry " |
| - | * Gareth Gallowglass, | + | * Gareth Gallowglass, |
| * OSS agent [[Lucius Fox]] serves with Mademoiselle Marie in her French Resistance cell for a time. ["The Man Who Killed Mlle. Marie," | * OSS agent [[Lucius Fox]] serves with Mademoiselle Marie in her French Resistance cell for a time. ["The Man Who Killed Mlle. Marie," | ||
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| ===June, 1944=== | ===June, 1944=== | ||
| * June 6: | * June 6: | ||
| - | * The Blackhawks' | + | * On the eve of D-Day, the Blackhawks |
| - | * Sgt. Rock and Easy Co. are amongst | + | * Sgt. Rock and Easy Co. are among the Allied soldiers invading Normandy on D-Day. |
| * Jimmy Olsen time-travels from the year 1977 to Europe after D-Day and masquerades as Private Von Olsen. He subsequently is promoted first to Captain and then to Adolf Hitler' | * Jimmy Olsen time-travels from the year 1977 to Europe after D-Day and masquerades as Private Von Olsen. He subsequently is promoted first to Captain and then to Adolf Hitler' | ||
| * James W. Gordon graduates from law school and decides to become a policeman, entering police academy during the next intake. | * James W. Gordon graduates from law school and decides to become a policeman, entering police academy during the next intake. | ||
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| * At age 14, Adam Blake plays Mozart' | * At age 14, Adam Blake plays Mozart' | ||
| * The Losers are killed in their final mission in Markovia. //Note: Crisis #3 incorrectly places this story in June, 1944; in fact, it takes place in early spring, 1945.// [" | * The Losers are killed in their final mission in Markovia. //Note: Crisis #3 incorrectly places this story in June, 1944; in fact, it takes place in early spring, 1945.// [" | ||
| - | * The White School on the multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline is attacked and bombed by a group of former students turned Nazi mystics from Earth-X, members of the Thule Society who seek to use the Clock Tower to conquer parallel universes and other dimensions. To defend itself, the island disappears into the mystical dimension of Darkworld, causing the Nazi mystics to drown in the ocean. Most of the professors and students are saved, each returning to his or her world of origin and given partial amnesia about the island and the school. Among those students is 9-year-old Gareth Gallowglass. Former professor Henry Valdemir, who assisted the Nazi mystics in the plot to take the island and lost much of his mystical powers in the failed attempt, settles into his role as a U.S. Army major while slowly regaining his powers. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/ | + | * The White School on the multi-dimensional island of Tourmaline is attacked and bombed by a group of former students turned Nazi mystics from Earth-X, members of the Thule Society who seek to use the Clock Tower to conquer parallel universes and other dimensions. To defend itself, the island disappears into the mystical dimension of Darkworld, causing the Nazi mystics to drown in the ocean. Most of the professors and students are saved, each returning to his or her world of origin and given partial amnesia about the island and the school. Among those students is 9-year-old Gareth Gallowglass. Former professor Henry Valdemir, who assisted the Nazi mystics in the plot to take the island and lost much of his mystical powers in the failed attempt, settles into his role as a U.S. Army major while slowly regaining his powers. ["[[https:// |
| * James W. Gordon graduates from police academy, a six-month program, and is hired as a patrolman for the Gotham City Police Department. On his first day on the job, his childhood friend jeweler Hank Weber is shot and killed during a robbery, and while Gordon pursues the killer Daryl Richmond into an unused subway tunnel and captures him, he fails to find the jewels that were stashed away. //Note: This story is said to take place in 1945, or 35 years before the present. Although the present-day story takes place in 1983 according to the compressed timeline, the specified date of 1945 is firm and takes precedence.// | * James W. Gordon graduates from police academy, a six-month program, and is hired as a patrolman for the Gotham City Police Department. On his first day on the job, his childhood friend jeweler Hank Weber is shot and killed during a robbery, and while Gordon pursues the killer Daryl Richmond into an unused subway tunnel and captures him, he fails to find the jewels that were stashed away. //Note: This story is said to take place in 1945, or 35 years before the present. Although the present-day story takes place in 1983 according to the compressed timeline, the specified date of 1945 is firm and takes precedence.// | ||
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| ===Unspecified month in 1946=== | ===Unspecified month in 1946=== | ||
| - | * Gareth Gallowglass, | + | |
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| ===October, 1946=== | ===October, 1946=== | ||
| * October 11: James W. Gordon and Thelma Barbara Kean are married in Gotham City. | * October 11: James W. Gordon and Thelma Barbara Kean are married in Gotham City. | ||
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| * The modern nation of Israel is founded. | * The modern nation of Israel is founded. | ||
| * Cory Renwald, now 18, " | * Cory Renwald, now 18, " | ||
| - | | + | ===April, 1948=== |
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| + | ===May, 1948=== | ||
| + | * May 14: The Sentinels of Magic are sent in by the U.S. Army to investigate Grim Island, but they leave their mascot, 12-year-old Gary the Miracle Boy (Gareth Gallowglass) behind. Gary soon discovers that the commanding officer, Major Henry Valdemir, intends to not only let the Sentinels die on the island, but also have Gary killed according to his plan. Gary confronts Major Valdemir, who reveals that he killed Gary's parents before he uses his own mystical abilities to gouge out Gary's left eye, while Valdemir himself has every bone in his body broken and is crippled for life by Gary's power. Battling demons that emerge from a pit leading from Hell, the Sentinels are each killed in their ultimately successful efforts to close the gate and prevent a giant demonic menace from reaching Earth. Two Sentinels, Johnny Constantine and Doc Harvard Yale, deliberately sacrifice themselves in an occult rite that effectively purchases the island with their own blood, thus thwarting Valdemir' | ||
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| ===February, | ===February, | ||
| * February 5: Perry White is hired as a full-time reporter at the Daily Planet. //Note: Previously, Perry was a cub reporter at the Chicago Journal in the mid-1930s, then a cub reporter at the Daily Planet as a cub reporter from 1937 to about 1938 or so, then as a full reporter at the Gotham Gazette until 1949, probably acting as a war correspondent from 1942-1945 for that paper.// ["The Most Amazing Camera in the World," | * February 5: Perry White is hired as a full-time reporter at the Daily Planet. //Note: Previously, Perry was a cub reporter at the Chicago Journal in the mid-1930s, then a cub reporter at the Daily Planet as a cub reporter from 1937 to about 1938 or so, then as a full reporter at the Gotham Gazette until 1949, probably acting as a war correspondent from 1942-1945 for that paper.// ["The Most Amazing Camera in the World," | ||
| + | * February 20: Hal Jordan is born. //Note: Hal Jordan appears to be about a year older than Clark Kent, according to The New Adventures of Superboy #13, which portrays Hal applying to Metropolis University during a time when Clark was only 16 years old.// | ||
| ===March, 1949=== | ===March, 1949=== | ||
| * March 19: Barry Allen is born to Dr. Henry and Nora Allen in Fallville, Iowa. | * March 19: Barry Allen is born to Dr. Henry and Nora Allen in Fallville, Iowa. | ||