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===Dated Events===
 
===Dated Events===
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[January 2]].''' Japan captures Manila.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[January 2]].''' Japan captures Manila.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[January 11]].''' Japan declares war on the Netherlands, then proceeds to invade the Netherlands East Indies. Japan also conquers Kuala Lumpur.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[January 11]].''' Japan declares war on the Netherlands, then proceeds to invade the Netherlands East Indies. Japan also conquers Kuala Lumpur.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[January 19]].''' Japan invades Burma.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[January 19]].''' Japan invades Burma.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[January 20]].''' The Nazis decide on their "final solution" for the Jews- relocation and extermination.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[January 20]].''' The Nazis decide on their "final solution" for the Jews- relocation and extermination.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[January 25]].''' Thailand declares war on the U.K. and the U.S.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[January 25]].''' Thailand declares war on the U.K. and the U.S.
  
 
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Amalgam|Amalgam]]:''' '''[[:Category:February|February]].''' By this time, the [[All-Star Winners Squadron]] has been founded. [[Super-Soldier]] and [[Rock, Sgt. (Amalgam)|Sgt. Rock]] and his [[Howling Commandoes (Amalgam)|Howling Commandoes]] defeat [[Major Zemo]] and his [[War Wheel (Amalgam)|War Wheel]]. (''Super-Soldier: Man of War'' #1)
 
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Amalgam|Amalgam]]:''' '''[[:Category:February|February]].''' By this time, the [[All-Star Winners Squadron]] has been founded. [[Super-Soldier]] and [[Rock, Sgt. (Amalgam)|Sgt. Rock]] and his [[Howling Commandoes (Amalgam)|Howling Commandoes]] defeat [[Major Zemo]] and his [[War Wheel (Amalgam)|War Wheel]]. (''Super-Soldier: Man of War'' #1)
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[February 15]].''' Singapore surrenders to Japan.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[February 15]].''' Singapore surrenders to Japan.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[February 19]].''' Japanese warplanes attack Darwin, Australia. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, which creates "exclusionary zones" affecting Japanese-Americans on the West Coast and German- and Italian-Americans on the East Coast.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[February 19]].''' Japanese warplanes attack Darwin, Australia. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, which creates "exclusionary zones" affecting Japanese-Americans on the West Coast and German- and Italian-Americans on the East Coast.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[February 22]].''' President Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur to leave the Philippines as the U.S. defense of the nation collapses. MacArthur swears "I shall return."
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[February 22]].''' President Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur to leave the Philippines as the U.S. defense of the nation collapses. MacArthur swears "I shall return."
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[February 23]].''' A Japanese boat fires at an oil refinery in Santa Barbara, California, but only inflicts negligible damage.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[February 23]].''' A Japanese boat fires at an oil refinery in Santa Barbara, California, but only inflicts negligible damage.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[February 24]].''' The Voice of America radio broadcasts begin.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[February 24]].''' The Voice of America radio broadcasts begin.
  
 
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Amalgam|Amalgam]]:''' '''[[:Category:March|March]].''' In battle with [[Ultra-Metallo]], Super-Soldier (and the robot) disappear over the Atlantic Ocean. (''Super-Soldier'' #1, ''Super-Soldier: Man of War'' #1)
 
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Amalgam|Amalgam]]:''' '''[[:Category:March|March]].''' In battle with [[Ultra-Metallo]], Super-Soldier (and the robot) disappear over the Atlantic Ocean. (''Super-Soldier'' #1, ''Super-Soldier: Man of War'' #1)
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[April 3]].''' Japanese forces launch an all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at the Bataan Peninsula.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[April 3]].''' Japanese forces launch an all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at the Bataan Peninsula.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[April 9]].''' Defense of the Bataan Peninsula collapses. Captured soldiers are forced to begin what becomes known as the Bataan Death March.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[April 9]].''' Defense of the Bataan Peninsula collapses. Captured soldiers are forced to begin what becomes known as the Bataan Death March.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[May 6]].''' The remaining U.S. forces in the Philippines surrender to Japan.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[May 6]].''' The remaining U.S. forces in the Philippines surrender to Japan.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[June 4]].''' The Battle of Midway begins.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[June 4]].''' The Battle of Midway begins.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[June 7]].''' The Battle of Midway ends with a U.S. victory, marking a turning point in the Pacific War. Japanese forces invade the Aleutian Islands.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[June 7]].''' The Battle of Midway ends with a U.S. victory, marking a turning point in the Pacific War. Japanese forces invade the Aleutian Islands.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[August 7]].''' U.S. forces make their first offensive against the Japanese with the Battle of Guadalcanal.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[August 7]].''' U.S. forces make their first offensive against the Japanese with the Battle of Guadalcanal.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[August 8]].''' Six Germans who attempted to become saboteurs in the United States are executed. The Quit India Movement, led by Mohandas Gandhi, begins a campaign of civil disobedience intended to give India independence from British rule.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[August 8]].''' Six Germans who attempted to become saboteurs in the United States are executed. The Quit India Movement, led by Mohandas Gandhi, begins a campaign of civil disobedience intended to give India independence from British rule.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[August 13]].''' Scientists in London detect a massive burst of cosmic rays.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[August 13]].''' Scientists in London detect a massive burst of cosmic rays.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[August 22]].''' Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[August 22]].''' Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[October 3]].''' The A4 rocket is launched from Peenemunde, Germany, becoming the first manmade object to reach space.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[October 3]].''' The A4 rocket is launched from Peenemunde, Germany, becoming the first manmade object to reach space.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[October 16]].''' A hurricane strikes Bombay; the hurricane and the flooding caused by it cause 40,000 deaths.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[October 16]].''' A hurricane strikes Bombay; the hurricane and the flooding caused by it cause 40,000 deaths.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[November 10]].''' Nazi Germany invades Vichy France after it reaches an armistice with the Allies.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[November 10]].''' Nazi Germany invades Vichy France after it reaches an armistice with the Allies.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[November 19]].''' Soviet General Georgy Zhukov launches Operation Uranus, which turns the tide of the Battle of Stalingrad in favor of Russian forces.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[November 19]].''' Soviet General Georgy Zhukov launches Operation Uranus, which turns the tide of the Battle of Stalingrad in favor of Russian forces.
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Reality|Real World]]:''' '''[[December 2]].''' A team led by Enrico Fermi create the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago.
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*'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[December 2]].''' A team led by Enrico Fermi create the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago.
  
 
===Undated Events===
 
===Undated Events===
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*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Amalgam|Amalgam]]:''' [[Guardian Angel (Amalgam)|Guardian Angel]] makes his debut. (Amalgam Trading Cards)
 
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Amalgam|Amalgam]]:''' [[Guardian Angel (Amalgam)|Guardian Angel]] makes his debut. (Amalgam Trading Cards)
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:DC (Generations)|DC (Generations)]]:''' The [[Justice Society of America (Generations)|Justice Society of America]] teams with the [[Blackhawks (Generations)|Blackhawks]] and [[Superman (Generations)|Superman]] to defeat a Nazi war machine built by the [[Ultra-Humanite (Generations)|Ultra-Humanite]] (who confirms his theory that Superman is an alien by his reaction to [[Kryptonite|kryptonite]] radiation). [[Wonder Woman (Generations)|Wonder Woman]] makes her debut. [[Batman (Generations)|Batman]] and [[Robin (Generations)|Robin]] help save [[Kent, Lois|Lois Lane]] and capture [[Luthor, Lex (Generations)|Lex Luthor]] in [[Gotham City]].  (''Superman & Batman: Generations II'')
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*'''[[:Category:Chronology:DC (Generations)|DC (Generations)]]:''' The [[Justice Society of America (Generations)|Justice Society of America]] teams with the [[Blackhawks (Generations)|Blackhawks]] and [[Superman (Generations)|Superman]] to defeat a Nazi war machine built by the [[Ultra-Humanite (Generations)|Ultra-Humanite]] (who confirms his theory that Superman is an alien by his reaction to [[Kryptonite|kryptonite]] radiation). [[Wonder Woman (Generations)|Wonder Woman]] makes her debut. [[Batman (Generations)|Batman]] and [[Robin (Generations)|Robin]] help save [[Kent, Lois|Lois Lane]] and capture [[Lex Luthor (Generations)|Lex Luthor]] in [[Gotham City]].  (''Superman & Batman: Generations II'')
  
*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Universal Monsters|Universal Monsters]]:''' [[Griffin, Frank|Frank Griffin]] ([[Raymond, Frank|Frank Raymond]]) injects himself with his [[Griffin, Dr. Jack|grandfather]]'s invisibility formula to become a secret agent for the United States, to spy on Nazi Germany. (''Invisible Agent'')
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*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Gargoyles|Gargoyles]], [[:Category:Chronology:Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles|Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles]]:''' [[Maza, Peter|Peter Maza]] is born. (''[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg Ask Greg]'')
  
==Births==
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*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Universal Monsters|Universal Monsters]]:''' [[Griffin, Frank|Frank Griffin]] ([[Raymond, Frank|Frank Raymond]]) injects himself with his [[Jack Griffin|grandfather]]'s invisibility formula to become a secret agent for the United States, to spy on Nazi Germany. (''Invisible Agent'')
 
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*[[Baines, Milton]] ([[:Category:Chronology:Back to the Future|Back to the Future])<br>''(Unsourced information from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_timeline Back to the Future timeline])''
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*[[Maza, Peter]] ([[:Category:Chronology:Gargoyles|Gargoyles]], [:Category:Chronology:Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles|Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles]])<br>''([http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg Ask Greg])''
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==Deaths==
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*[[Chuck (Generations)|Chuck]] (of the [[Blackhawks (Generations)|Blackhawks]]) ([[:Category:Chronology:DC (Generations)|DC (Generations)]])<br>''(Superman & Batman: Generations II)''
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*[[Heiser, Karl]] ([[:Category:Chronology:Universal Monsters|Universal Monsters]])<br>''(Invisible Agent)''
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*[[Ikito, Baron]] ([[:Category:Chronology:Universal Monsters|Universal Monsters]])<br>''(Invisible Agent)''
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*[[Stauffer, Conrad]] ([[:Category:Chronology:Universal Monsters|Universal Monsters]])<br>''(Invisible Agent)''
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==New Fictional Works==
 
==New Fictional Works==
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[[Category:Chronology:DC (Generations)]]
 
[[Category:Chronology:DC (Generations)]]
 
[[Category:Chronology:Universal Monsters]]
 
[[Category:Chronology:Universal Monsters]]
[[Category:Chronology:Back to the Future]]
 
 
[[Category:Chronology:Gargoyles]]
 
[[Category:Chronology:Gargoyles]]
 
[[Category:Chronology:Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles]]
 
[[Category:Chronology:Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles]]

Latest revision as of 06:39, 18 July 2007

Contents

Events

Dated Events

  • Real World: January 11. Japan declares war on the Netherlands, then proceeds to invade the Netherlands East Indies. Japan also conquers Kuala Lumpur.
  • Real World: January 20. The Nazis decide on their "final solution" for the Jews- relocation and extermination.
  • Real World: February 19. Japanese warplanes attack Darwin, Australia. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, which creates "exclusionary zones" affecting Japanese-Americans on the West Coast and German- and Italian-Americans on the East Coast.
  • Real World: February 22. President Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur to leave the Philippines as the U.S. defense of the nation collapses. MacArthur swears "I shall return."
  • Real World: February 23. A Japanese boat fires at an oil refinery in Santa Barbara, California, but only inflicts negligible damage.
  • Amalgam: March. In battle with Ultra-Metallo, Super-Soldier (and the robot) disappear over the Atlantic Ocean. (Super-Soldier #1, Super-Soldier: Man of War #1)
  • Real World: April 3. Japanese forces launch an all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at the Bataan Peninsula.
  • Real World: April 9. Defense of the Bataan Peninsula collapses. Captured soldiers are forced to begin what becomes known as the Bataan Death March.
  • Real World: May 6. The remaining U.S. forces in the Philippines surrender to Japan.
  • Real World: June 7. The Battle of Midway ends with a U.S. victory, marking a turning point in the Pacific War. Japanese forces invade the Aleutian Islands.
  • Real World: August 7. U.S. forces make their first offensive against the Japanese with the Battle of Guadalcanal.
  • Real World: August 8. Six Germans who attempted to become saboteurs in the United States are executed. The Quit India Movement, led by Mohandas Gandhi, begins a campaign of civil disobedience intended to give India independence from British rule.
  • Real World: October 3. The A4 rocket is launched from Peenemunde, Germany, becoming the first manmade object to reach space.
  • Real World: October 16. A hurricane strikes Bombay; the hurricane and the flooding caused by it cause 40,000 deaths.
  • Real World: November 10. Nazi Germany invades Vichy France after it reaches an armistice with the Allies.
  • Real World: November 19. Soviet General Georgy Zhukov launches Operation Uranus, which turns the tide of the Battle of Stalingrad in favor of Russian forces.
  • Real World: December 2. A team led by Enrico Fermi create the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago.

Undated Events

New Fictional Works

Notable Films

Casablanca, Castle in the Desert, Cat People, The Corpse Vanishes, Ghost of Frankenstein, I Married a Witch, Invisible Agent, Jungle Book, Les Visiteurs du Soir, Mad Monster, The Mummy's Tomb, Night Monster, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, Spy Smasher (serial), Tarzan's New York Adventure, The Undying Monster. Fleischer Superman serials Billion Dollar Limited, The Arctic Giant, The Bulleteers, The Magnetic Telescope, Electric Earthquake, Volcano, Terror on The Midway, Japoteurs, Showdown, Eleventh Hour, and Destruction, Inc.


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