November 8

• 1767: Heroes - Joseph Priestley writes in his journal a detailed account of what Benjamin Franklin told him about his famous kite experiment. (Comic: "A Lesson in Electricity")

• 1968: Heroes - Arthur Petrelli, as "Dallas", sets out with his crew on the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam to recover a downed A4 Skyhawk. (Comic: "War Buddies, Part 2")

• 1973: Marvel Cinematic Universe - Wilson Fisk, sick of his father's abusive behavior towards him and his mother, commits patricide. (Daredevil: "Shadows in the Glass")

• 1988: DC (Generations) - Hal Jordan is elected President of the United States. (Comic: "Superman & Batman: Generations")

• 1989: Doctor Who (Expanded Universe) - In an alternate timeline created by the Elder Gods in the hope of destroying Earth, the prospect of nuclear war looms, prompting the Archbishop of Canterbury to appeal for calm and prayers for peace while the British government place all emergency services on standby. This timeline is ultimately negated by the Seventh Doctor. (Audio: "Protect and Survive")

• 2006: Heroes - A nuclear explosion occurs at Kirby Plaza in New York City across two timelines, albeit in different ways.

• Main Timeline: Hiro Nakamura teleports himself and Ando Masahashi to Tokyo, where he leaves Ando because he believes that he must face Sylar alone. Hiro then teleports back to America with Ando's sword. Meanwhile, Peter Petrelli, Noah Bennet, Matt Parkman, Mohinder Suresh, Molly Walker, Niki Sanders, D.L. Hawkins, Micah Sanders, and Claire Bennet all converge on Kirby Plaza for the final confrontation with Sylar. Hiro incapacitates Sylar with a stab through the chest, but Peter's radiation emission ability activates against his will, which will lead to a devastating nuclear explosion if allowed to reach its apex. As Claire prepares to shoot Peter, Nathan Petrelli arrives and flies Peter into the upper atmosphere, where the explosion occurs. (TV: "How To Stop An Exploding Man") Though there are no fatalities, Nathan is scorched by the blast and falls unconscious, but Peter catches him and delivers him to a hospital. Peter then turns invisible and tries to leave, but is attacked and apprehended outside by Company members Bob and Elle Bishop. Later, Bob visits Niki at a hospital where D.L. has been nursed back to health and asks her to join the Company. (TV: "Four Months Ago...") Meanwhile, Ando and Kimiko are harassed by a biker gang, but Kimiko scares them away. (Comic: "Heroism Is Found in the Heart")
• Explosion Timeline: Hiro teleports to the 8th of November in Times Square (TV: "Genesis") and notices a prophetic comic book, an issue of 9th Wonders!, that appears to feature him on its cover. Hiro tracks down the artist, Isaac Mendez, to his apartment, but finds him dead with his brain removed. The apartment is then stormed by police and Hiro is questioned as a suspect in Isaac's murder. As Hiro tries to convince them that he is innocent, a nuclear explosion occurs and begins to engulf the city, causing Hiro to panic and teleport back to his own time. (TV: "Don't Look Back") It is later revealed that the heroes were unable to stop the explosion in this timeline (though it is unclear how), so Peter exploded and destroyed most of New York City. (TV: "Five Years Gone")

• 2007: Heroes (Explosion Timeline) - Hiro and Peter break into a prison to free its evolved human prisoners, but run into Matt Parkman's agents. (Comic: "Walls, Part 1") With the help of Niki Sanders, Hiro and Peter defeat the agents and free the prisoners. (Comic: "Walls, Part 2")

• 2010: Heroes (Explosion Timeline) - Hiro, writing under the alias of "Jotaro Kujo", publishes a blog post with a hidden message intended for Hana Gitelman that reads "flower,contact me.kaiton@primatechpaper.com". (Tie-in site: "Hiro's Blog")

• 2011: Heroes (Explosion Timeline) - The Hiro and Ando of 2006 are teleported to the New York City of November 8th, 2011, where they find themselves in a future where the explosion destroyed most of the city. (TV: "Parasite") Hiro decides to stay to learn how the explosion occurred so that he can go back in time and prevent it. The two men then meet the Hiro of this timeline, ("Future Hiro") (TV: ".07%") who believes that Sylar was the cause of the explosion and urges Past Hiro to go back in time and kill him. The events of TV: "Five Years Gone" take place.

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