CHRONOLOGY OF THE ANDERSON UNIVERSE.
YEAR. DAY/MONTH. EVENT. SOURCE.
1456 BC   Mysterons land on and colonise Mars. 1(h)
1834   Zelda created on Guk. 1(s)
1835 14th. December. Titan born in Hydroma. 2(f)
1848 6th. November. Tex Tucker born. mh(c)
1874   Cystar created on Guk. 3(s)
1880   Events in Four Feather Falls begin.  mh(c)
1884   Yung Star created on Guk. 3(s)
1900   Lazoons left on Earth.                ka(w)
1901   Mysterons flee Mars leaving active computer  
    complex behind. 1(h)
1902 30th. October. Professor  Rudolph  Popkiss born. mh(d)
1912 23rd. July. Doctor Horatio Beaker born. mh(d)
1915 29th. January.   Masterspy (Alexandr Slanovicz) born. mh(d)
1918 19th. December. Emil Zarin born. mh(d)
1920   General James L. Henderson born.      ls(m)
1929   Popkiss moves to USA and builds his  
    laboratory at Black Rock, Nevada. (d)
1930 22nd. November. Mike Mercury  born. mh(d)
1932   Professor Gerhard Stein born. 1(s)
1932 22nd. November. Harry Rule born.          fab(n)
1933   Chino born.       ka(n)
1935   Doctor Doug Jackson born. 5(m)
1935 10th. June.    Commander Ed Straker born. 5(m)
    (other sources give 10/7/40).  
1938 19th. February. Bill Gibson born. mh(d)
1938 15th. July.  Colonel Alec E. Freeman born. 5(m)
    (other sources give 31/8/38)  
1940   Contessa Caroline di Contini born. mh(n)
1940 27th. June. Professor Victor Bergman born. 4(q)
1942 19th. January.  Paul Buchet born. mh(n)
1942   Dr.John Kane born. mh(l)
1943   Lieutenant Keith Ford born. ls(m)
1947   Captain Peter Carlin born. hm(m)
1948   Captain Lew Waterman born. ka(m)
1949   Colonel Glenn Ross born. mh(l)
1950   Grandma (Cecilia Tracy) born. ka(g)
1950   Suki born. ka(n)
1950 3rd. August.   Jimmy Gibson born. mh(d)
1951 30th. September Colonel Paul J. Foster born. 5(m)
    (other sources give 25/11/51).  
1952   Lieutenant Joan Harrington born. mh(m)
1952 4th. November. Lieutenant Mark Bradley born. (m)
1953   Beaker meets Popkiss. mh(d)
1953   Lieutenant Nina Barry born. ls(m)
1953 5th May. Colonel Virginia Lake born. 5(m)
    (other sources give year as 1946).  
1954   Lieutenant Gay Ellis born. mh(m)
1955   Beaker joins Popkiss in Nevada and begin  
    constructing Supercar. (d)
1956   'The Adventures of Twizzle' produced for  
    children's television. (a)
1956   Mitch the monkey is born. ka(d)
1956   Jimmy Gibson's parents killed. mh(d)
1957   'Torchy the Battery Boy' produced for  
    children's television. (b)
1958 1st. April. Surface Agent X-20 (Artura) born in  
    Khazu-ma. 2(f)
1958 8th. November. Mrs. Ada Harris born. ka(j)
1958 7th. June. Father Stanley Unwin born. mh(k)
1959 17th. March.  Commander John Robert Koenig born. 4(q)
1960   Supercar completed. (d)
1960   Events in Supercar begin. (d)
1960   Jimmy Gibson joins Supercar team. (d)
1960 18th. February. Mrs. Emily Appleby born.  mh(k)
1960 5th. August. Doctor Helena Susan Russell born. 4(q)
1962   Revolutionary spaceship Super-R built by  
    Supercar team for NASA. 1(d)
1962   Commander John Westley born. ka(s)
1963 5th. August. Doctor Robert Mathias born. 4(q)
1963 14th. September The Bishop (David Fairweather) born. mh(k)
1964 24th. July. Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine born. 2(j)
1965   Aphony born in Pacifica. 1(f)
1965 29th. January. David Kano born. 4(q)
1966 9th. November. Anthony Dean Verdeschi born.  4(q)
1968 10th. January. Shane Weston born. 2(j)
    (Other sources give year as 1967).  
1968 15th. December. Samuel William Loover born. 2(j)
1969 19th. December. Captain Alan Carter born (not 1966). 4(q)
1970   International Astrophysical Commission  
    agrees to set up SHADO. (m)
1970 2nd. January. Jeff Tracy born.   1(g)
1970 3rd. May.  Sandra Benes (Sahn) born.   4(q)
1970 29th. October. Paul Michael Morrow born. 4(q)
1971   Glenn Field Controller Colonel McMaster  
    born. ka(g)
1972   Events in The Protectors begin. (n)
1973   Events in The Investigator. (p)
1973 20th. December. Commander Dr. Tiger Ninestein clones  
    born' (i.e. nine clones of Professor Gerhard Stein). 1(s)
1974   Maya born on Psychon (Alphan reckoning). 4(q)
1974 30th. May. Aloysius 'Nosey' Parker born. 1(g)
1974 31st. December. Paul Blake born. mh(k)
1975   Kyrano born? (Birth certificate lost). ka(g)
1975   Lucille Tracy born.   ls(g)
1979 17th. July.     The Hood (Belah Gaat) born.   1(g)
1980 June SHADO becomes fully operational. (m)
1980 24th. August. Events in UFO begin. (m)
1980   UFO's increase their raids on the Earth. ka(m)
1983 3rd. February. Construction of Moonbase Alpha begins. 4(q)
1984   Captain Rexton Podly born on Altor ( not Danae). ka(u)
1986 11th. February. Colonel Harry Denton born.    ka(e)
1986   Counter-Earth detected by Eurosec Sunprobe ka(l)
1986   Glenn Ross makes two orbital flights to Mars for  
    NASA in preparation for a manned landing. ka(l)
1986   Uranus probe lost in space. (q)
1987   Dick Spanner P.I.' produced for children's television (t)
1987   Events in Doppleganger. ka(l)
1987   Space warp to Counter-Earth closes forever. ka(w)
1987   Relationships between West and Arab states  
    begin to deteriorate rapidly. ka(w)
1987   Titan leaves underwater city of Hydroma  
    (Marine Year 1072). 2(f)
1987   Hydroma destroyed by shockwaves from  
    US atom bomb tests - Titan swears revenge  
    on all terraineans. 2(f)
1987   Switzerland destroyed in disastrous thermonuclear  
    explosion - Jean Koenig killed in the blast. 4(q)
1987   Arab terrorists blamed for destruction of  
    Switzerland. ka(w)
1987   World War III begins as a result of tensions  
    between West and Arab states. (q)/ka(w)
1987 20th. May. Matthew Harding born. mh(k)
1988   Pharos drawn into Solar System and takes  
    up orbit between Earth and Mars. ka(w)
1988   France and other European countries  
    occupied by Arab forces. 7(k)
1989   World War III ends with the overthrowing  
    of 'The Butcher of Baghdad'. ka(w)
1989   Western and Arab leaders sign peace treaty. ka(w)
1989   The New United Nations formed and given  
    authority to form the World Army, World Navy  
    and World Airforce to act as the ultimate  
    peacekeepers (not 2012). ka(w)
1989   Unmanned probe lands on Pharos. ka(w)
1990   Doctor Tony Grant born. ka(g)
1990   Unmanned probe lands on Mars. 1(h)
1990   Super conductive ciluvium discovered on Pharos ka(e)
1991   Joint venture to land man on Pharos and  
    mine ciluvium begins. Manned Mars-landing  
    postponed. ka(w)
1991 23rd. July. Captain Mary Falconer born. 1(s)
1992   Jeff Tracy marries Lucille. 1(g)
1993   SHADO makes peace with aliens in exchange  
    for medical knowledge to help save their  
    dying/sterile race. hm(w)
1993   Peter Carlin commits suicide hm(w)
    (other sources say he died in action in 1981).  
1993   Captain Paul Travers born. 6(g)
1994   Sergeant Thorald Fredo born on Simter. ka(u)
1994   Doctor Ray Pierce born. ka(g)
1995   Underwater city of Titanica completed -  
    Titan's sub-sea conquests begin (MY1080). 2(f)
1995 1st. April. Captain Kate Kestrel (Katherine Westley) is 1(s)
    born.  
1995 10th. April. W.I.N. formed from merger between MI5/  
    KGB/CIA (not 1975) - fully operational by 1997. 2(j)
1995   Stewart Dapples born. ka(s)
1995   Moonbase Alpha completed. ka(q)
1995   Original date planned for 'Man on Mars'. 2(h)
1995   Captain Greg Martin born.        6(g)
1995 1st. December Air Marshal Maxwell 'Steve' Zodiac (Steve  
    Kalinski) born. 6(v)
1996   Koenig first assigned CiC Alpha - but then  
    grounded due to failure of the Ultra Probe. (q)
1996 14th. April. Scott Tracy born 1(g)
    (other sources say 4th. April).  
1998   Ciluvium mine opened on Pharos. (e)
1998   Meta enters the solar system. ka(q)
1998 18th. February. Lieutenant Hedley Howard 'Hawkeye'  
    Henderson born. 1(s)
1999   U.N. forms World Space Agency. 1(g)
1999   Events in Into Infinity begin. mr(r)
1999 15th. August. Virgil Tracy born.  1(g)
1999   Koenig persuaded to return to Alpha as CiC  
    responsible for the Meta Probe. (q)
1999 9th. September. Events in Space:1999 begin. (q)
1999 13th. September. The Moon blasted out of Earth's orbit.  
1999   Meta apparently drawn into Earth orbit. ka(w)
1999 24th. December. Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward born. 1(g)
2000 1st. January. Lieutenant Hiro born. 1(s)
2000   Meta (?)  renamed Luna II. ka(w)
2000 7th. January. Jeff Tracy is one of first men to land on the  
    new moon in 21st Century 1(g)
2000   Original date planned for Mars colonisation  
    programme. 2(h)
2000 17th. July. Paul Morrow and David Kano killed on  
    runaway Moon (Alphan calendar). 4(q)
2000 7th. August. Victor Bergman killed on runaway Moon  
    (Alphan calendar). 4(q)
2000 26th. August. Psychon destroyed - Maya joins Moonbase  
    Alpha survivors on runaway Moon (Alphan 4(q)
    calendar).  
2001 7th. March. Lieutenant Patrick Brogan born. (u)
2001   Martian Exploration Centre established  
    at Glenn Field Space Port, Nevada, USA. ka(w)
2001   Earth attacked by giant automated spaceships  
    from Jupiter. 8(e)
2001   NASA moonbase constructed and John  
    Westley appointed CiC. 1(s)
2001   Lieutenant Brad Newman born. 6(g)
2001 28th. October. John Tracy born. 1(g)
    (other sources say 8th. October 1991).  
2001 14th. November. Brains (Hiram K. Hackenbacker) born 1(g)
    (other sources give his true name as Homer Newton III)  
2002-15   Tracy Construction and Aerospace companies developed 1(g)
2003   Hyperdrive theory conceived. ka(w)
2003   Sally Brogan born. ka(u)
2003   Officer Lionel Carson born. ka(u)
2003 7th. July. Joe McClaine is born (not 1st. April). (j)
2004   Original date for completion of Martian colony. 2(h)
2004 20th. June. Tin Tin Kyrano born. 1(g)
2004 14th. February. Gordon Tracy born. 1(g)
2004 July. Joe McClaine's natural parents killed in car  
    crash - he is orphaned at only twelve months old. 2(j)
2005   The creatures to be known as lazoons  
    discovered in Himalayas. ka(w)
2005 12th. March. Alan Tracy born (other sources suggest 2007). 1(g)
2005   Lucille Tracy killed in accident 1(g)
    (other sources say 2022).  
2005   General George Rossiter born. ka(e)
2006   Shane Weston becomes Deputy Head of W.I.N.,  
    Washington. 2(j)
2007   First World President Nikita Bandranaik born. ka(v)
2007   General Victor McCormack born. ka(f)
2008   Jeff Tracy's company wins contract to  
    construct moon colony. 6(g)
2008   Kranol of Jupiter openly declares war on  
    Earth and her colonies and bases in the Solar System. 6(g)
2008   Ian and Mary McClaine adopt Joe. 2(j)
2009   Officer Silas Romek born on Altor. ka(u)
2009   Officer Beezle born on Altor. ka(u)
2009   U.N. Space Patrol formed to safeguard  
    ciluvium shipments to Earth. ka(w)
2009   Kranol attacks the moon colony and is  
    captured by Jeff Tracy. Jovian invasion force surrenders. 6(g)
2009   Mary McClaine killed in motor accident. Grief-  
    ridden, Mac begins work on BIG RAT. 2(j)
2009   John Westley appointed first officer of top-secret  
    NASA Mars landing mission - his team included  
    Brent Cleever's future parents. nb. Before  
    experiments with hyperdrive or the 'conventional'  
    Zero-X programme were underway NASA  
    decided to establish a base (code named Kahra)  
    on Mars for sending probes manned by clones out  
    to the nearer stars. To avoid a public outcry about  
    NASA's use of clones the flight was kept secret.  
    With improved fuels (and later the hyperdrive) the  
    use of clones for long term exploration became redundant 1(s)/ka(w)  
2010 10th. January. Admiral Jack Denver born. mh(f)
2010   Civil wars break out in central Europe. ka(w)
2010   Russia send newly-formed Berezniki Division of  
    their army into central Europe to end hostilities  
    and establish military control - in direct  
    opposition to U.N. policy. ka(w)
2010   Neutroni radio invented.  ka(e)
2011   United Nations Interplanetary Communications  
    (UNIPC) founded and John Westley appointed CiC. 1(s)
2011   Zelda's forces detected approaching Solar System.  
    UNIPC attempts contact without success. ka(w)
2011   Weston promoted Head of W.I.N., London. 2(j)
2012   U.N. form World Council at specially constructed  
    Unity City, Bermuda to bring the free-world  
    countries into a closer relationship and unite them  
    against the aggressive Eastern Alliance. John S.  
    Franklin is appointed Head of the World Council  
    and honoury World President. n.b. This the first  
    move towards establishing a world government. ka(w)
2012   The World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) is  
    formed as a special division of the World Navy  
    Submarine Service. ka(w)
2012   Last case of milomytosis amongst Earth lazoons. (e)
2012   Admiral Washington Beatty born. 6(f)
2012   Mac completes BIG RAT. (j)
2012   Events in Joe 90 begin. (j)
2012   9 year old Joe McClaine becomes W.I.N.'s 'Most  
    Special Agent' - Joe 90. (j)
2012 5th. December. Professor Matthew Matic born. ka(e)
2013   Alien training school founded by UNIPC. 6(g)
2013   Alien hospital established in Earth orbit by UNIPC. 6(g)
2013 7th. July. Joe McClaine's 10th. birthday (on a Sunday). (j)
2014   The formation of a top secret Earth defence  
    squadron code-named Terrahawks is proposed by  
    UNIPC to combat the suspected impending alien attack. 1(s)
2014   The hyperdrive theory is proved by prototype  
    space patrol ship TA1 - but found to be unstable. ka(w)
2014 3rd. May. Officer Jackson Haldane born. (u)
2015 7th. February. Officer Jane Castle born. (u)
2015   Professor Wilhelm Humbert gives Father Unwin  
    the minimiser for safekeeping minutes before he dies. 7(k)
2015   Unwin agrees to use the minimiser for his  
    country and work for British Intelligence Service  
    Headquarters - Operation Priest (B.I.S.H.O.P.). 7(K)
2015   Events in The Secret Service begin mh(k)
    (other sources suggest  1969).  
2015   Supreme Commander Earth Forces General Ian  
    Loover (son of  Sam Loover) born. ka(h)
2015   TA2 lost in space with Colonel Harry Denton -  
    hyperdrive testing halted by MEC in lieu of more  
    conventional Zero X programme. (e)
2015 27th. September. Commander Samuel Arthur Shore born. 9(f)
2016   Officer Hubble Orrin born on Altor. ka(u)
2016   General Jim Martin born. ka(f)
2016 7th. July. Boris 'Spacespy' born. ka(e)
2017   Earth attacked by Zelda's forces for the first time. 1(s)
2017   First artificial gravity generator built. ka(w)
2017 25th. June. Commander Jonathan Wilbur Zero born. ka(e)
2017 14th. July. Colonel White (Charles Gray) born. 1(h)
2018   Third World President John Roberts born. ka(h)
2018   Officer Aurelia Took born on Altor. ka(u)
2018 6th. September. John 'Jock' Campbell born. ka(e)
2018 October. First batch of zeroids produced (inc. Sergeant  
    Major Zero). 1(s)
2018 November. Second batch of zeroids produced (inc. Space  
    Sergeant 101). 1(s)
2018   Terrahawks become operational. 1(s)
2018 2nd. December. General Brent Cleever (William Frazer Jr.) born  
    on Mars. 6(v)
2020 5th. January. Tina Palamac - USS Agent 23 born. 6(v)
2020   NASA's secret base on Mars is completed. (s)
2020 December. 2 year old Brent Cleever and parents return to  
    Earth. ka(w)
2020 December. Zelda's forces attack and destroy NASA's base on  
    Mars and establish their own over the ruins. (s)
2020 December. Events in Terrahawks begin. (s)
2022   Jeff Tracy meets Brains. 1(g)
2022   John S. Franklin Jr. (son of 1st. HWP) is elected  
    6th. Head of the World Council and Honorary  
    World President. (s)
2022 17th. March. Grizelda 'Space Spy' born. ka(e)
2023   Admiral Cooper Bristol born. ka(v)
2023   It-Star (Birlgoy/Goybirl) created on Mars. 1(s)
2023   Jeff Tracy begins to set up International Rescue. 1(g)
2023   Zelda's forces discover and attack the Mysteron  
    complex on Mars. ka(w)
2023   Zelda leaves Mars with her whole fleet as an  
    agent of the Mysterons - with instructions to  
    begin a war of nerves against Guk in response to  
    her unprovoked attack on their complex. ka(w)
2024   With Zelda's forces gone exploration of the Solar  
    System begins again. ka(w)
2024 June. Attempting first public manned landing on Mars  
    the revolutionary spacecraft Zero X is destroyed  
    on take off - because of sabotage. (g)
2024   Matthew Brogan born. ka(u)
2025 20th. May. Doctor Graham born. ka(f)
2025 25th. October. International Rescue is ready to go into operation. (g)
2025   Maiden flight of Fireflash airliner. (g)
2025   Events in Thunderbirds begin (g)
    (other sources suggest 2065).  
2025   Hydromic fuel is produced from seawater. (g)
2025 26th. September. Eleanor Zero born. ka(e)
2026 7th. July. Jack Reed (Samuel McClaine) born. ka(v)
2026   Second World President Tiberius James 'Patrick'  
    Younger born. ka(h)
2026 20th. July. Zero X MK.II makes first public manned landing  
    on Mars but is destroyed in a disastrous crash-  
    down on her return to Earth as per 'Thunderbirds  
    Are Go' on 2nd. September. (g)
2026   Martian colonisation programme begins. ka(w)
2026   Captain Ken Ross is born. ka(e)
2026   Martian Exploration Centre renamed the  
    Solar System Exploration Centre. 6(v)
2027   Zero X MK.III is upgraded for hydromic fuel to  
    allow practical exploration of the Solar System,  
    i.e. six week flight to Mars reduced to three days. 6(v)
2027   Elizabeth Brogan born. ka(u)
2027   Russia continually refuses to pull its troops out of  
    central Europe (which the occupying forces have  
    unofficially named Bereznik after their division). ka(w)
2027   World Council disbanded as tensions mount  
    between the West and Russia over central Europe. ka(w)
2028   The maiden flight of Skyship One ends in disaster -  
    only for Thunderbird 6 to save the day. (g)
2028   FAB 1 destroyed with Skyship One. (g)
2028 2nd. April. Captain Ken Johnson is born. ka(e)
2028 8th. April. 'Great' Atomic War in Europe begins as a result of  
    an accidental communications breakdown - only  
    tactical nuclear weapons used. 6(v)
2028   Military dictatorship of Bereznik carved out of  
    ruins of Poland and surrounding Balkan states by  
    occupying forces (not 2010). 6(v)
2028   Military dictatorships seize power in Great Britain  
    and Russia. 6(v)
2029 17th. March. Captain Black (Conrad Turner) born. 6(h)
2029 October. Conrad Turner orphaned as result of atomic war. 2(h)
2030 15th. March. The domed city of Kahra (capital of the Mars  
    colony) is completed. 6(v)
2030   UNIPC moves to Kahra Mars and becomes the  
    Universal Secret Service. ka(v)
2030   Zero X upgraded with stable hyperdrive to allow  
    limited interstellar exploration. ka(v)
2030   Creon and Tarn Alliance contacts United Nations  
    with offer of mankind sharing in the development  
    of Altor ( a planet in the Epsilon Erandi star  
    system ) in exchange for help from Earth's police  
    forces in stopping the mounting crime wave there. ka(u)
2030   Creon and Tarn Alliance forms the League of Planets. ka(u)
2030   Earth joins the League of Planets and commits to  
    exchanging officers with the Space Police on Altor ka(u)
2030   Earth's largest companies begin to establish plants  
    on Altor. ka(u)
2030 29th. October. Colonel Steve Zodiac born on Mars. ka(e)
2031 10th. July. Doctor Fawn (Edward Wilkie) born. 1(h)
2032   U.N. fails to stop the war in Europe. ka(w)
2033 14th. January. Captain Brown (Alan Stephens) born. ls(h)
2033 4th. March. Captain Grey (Bradley Holden) born. 1(h)
2033 1st. September. Captain Indigo (Andrew Laurence) born. ls(h)
2034 1st. February. 'Great' Atomic War ends in Europe - peace treaty  
    signed by all participants. 6(v)
2034   United Nations proposes fully empowered World  
    Government to safeguard against such a disaster  
    ever occurring again. 6(v)
2034 17th. May. Captain Magenta (Patrick Donaghue) born. 1(h)
2034 15th. September Lieutenant George Lee 'Phones' Sheridan born. 2(f)
2035 10th. February. Doctor Venus Crabtree (Lily Lumiere) born (not 2043). ka(e)
2035 23rd. February. Captain Ochre (Richard Fraser) born. 1(h)
2035 26th. August. Captain Blue (Adam Svenson) born. 1(h)
2036   WASP base at Marineville proposed by WN. ka(w)
2036 17th. December. Captain Scarlet (Paul Metcalfe) born. 1(h)
2038   Air Marshal Zodiac becomes USS Operations  
    Director  code named 'S'. 6(v)
2038   Slomo, a purpose built  RSA (Robotic Secretarial  
    Assistant ) , comes into service on Altor with  
`   the  Space Police, DCPD Precinct 88. ka(u)
2038 4th. January. Captain Troy Tempest born. 2(f)
2038   Jane Castle transfers  to the Space Police and  
    moves to Demeter Station (DCPD, Precinct 88) on Altor ka(u)
2039 7th. January. Lieutenant Joseph Ninety (Josef Nineski) born. ka(e)
2039   Brogan and Haldane transfer to the Space Police  
    and move to Demeter Station (DCPD, Precinct 88) on Altor ka(u)
2040   Events in Space Precinct begin. (u)
2040   Evil organisation SOFRAM formed. 6(v)
2040   USS take over Century 21 Toys, Inc. as cover. 6(v)
2040 23rd. August. Destiny Angel (Juliette Pontoin) born. 1(h)
2041   Brent Cleever becomes USS Senior Special Agent 21. 6(v)
2041 18th. January. Lieutenant Green (Seymour Griffiths) born. 1(h)
2042 6th. January. Symphony Angel (Karen Wainwright) born. 1(h)
2042 1st. May. Lieutenant Atlanta Shore born. 2(f)
2042 19th. June.  Harmony Angel (Chan Kwan) born. 1(h)
2043 10th. January. Melody Angel (Magnolia Jones) born. 1(h)
2043 25th. January. Sub-lieutenant John Horatio Fisher born. 10(f)
2043 27th. April. Rhapsody Angel (Dianne Simms) born. 1(h)
2045 23rd. June.  World Government established in Unity City,  
    Bermuda. Senators from every major country in  
    The world (except Bereznik and Britain) vote  
    Nikita Bandranaik into power as the first  
    World President (not 2012). 6(v)
2045   Mars becomes first member of World Space Empire. 6(v)
2045   The World Security Patrol Organisation is formed  
    (HQ Washington DC) with the following sections:  
    1. The World Space Patrol (formed from the old  
    UN Space Patrol).  
    2. The World Navy (incorporating the elite special  
    division of the Submarine Service - the World  
    Aquanaut Security Patrol).  
    3. The World Army.  
    4. The World Airforce.  
    5. The World Intelligence Network (now a division  
    of the USS.) 6(f)
2046   World Security Patrol Guards formed as a general  
    auxiliary force to support main sections. ka(f)
2046   Construction of Space City begins. 6(e)
2046   Futura City, USA, established as financial capital  
    of the world. ka(h)
2046 28th. May. Marina born in Pacifica. 2(f)
2046 December. Civil war Great Britain erupts and dictatorship is  
    overthrown (not 2047). 6(v)
2047 February. Victorious freedom fighters take Britain into the  
    World Government (not 2046). 6(v)
2047   Tina Palamac killed by Bereznik agents. 6(v)
2047   World Space Patrol academy opened. ka(e)
2048   Space City completed. 6(e)
2048   Fireball XL programme begun.   6(e)
2048   Cahelium Extract X4 developed on Mars by Prof.Carrel 6(v)
2048 15th. November. Marineville completed (not 2036). 6(f)
2050   Colonies established on all viable worlds in Solar System. 6(v)
2050   Construction of XL fleet begun at Space City by  
    Universal Engineering, Inc. ka(e)
2051   Failed democratic revolt in Bereznik (inspired by  
    WG) starts cold war with World Government. 1(f)
2051   Ciluvium mine on Pharos exhausted. ka(e)
2051   Matthew Matic designs first nutomic hyperdrive system. ka(e)
2052   General Rossiter promoted to head of World  
    Space Patrol with seat on World Security Council. ka(e)
2052   Wilbur Zero promoted to CiC WSP HQ, Space City. ka(e)
2052   Anti-Bereznik riot in USA. 2(h)
2052   Major Jim Ireland sets off on his historic 10-year  
    exploration of the local star systems in prototype  
    nutomic hyperdrive ship Explorer 10. (e)
2052   World Army-Airforce founded (by merging the two  
    previously separate forces) under General McCormack 6(v)
2053   Prototype XL1 Alpha completed. ka(e)
2053 24th. March. Jonathan Zero Jr. born. ka(e)
2054   Oxygen pills replace standard space suits. ka(e)
2054   Fireball XL fleet (30 ships) commissioned by the WSP. ka(e)
2055   Steve Zodiac becomes co-pilot of XL5. ka(e)
2055   Brent Cleever takes over from 'S' as Operations  
    Director of the USS -'S' promoted to Director-in-  
    Chief of USS with seat on WSC (and also joins  
    W.P.'s advisory staff). 6(v)
2056   Friendly contact is made with a number of planets  
    in the local star systems who wish to trade with Earth. ka(w)
2056   The United Planets Organisation is formed (to  
    promote friendship and understanding between  
    alien races and aid interstellar trade). ka(e)
2057   Interstellar trading begins between UPO members. ka(w)
2057   XL ships upgraded with nutomic hyperdrives. ka(w)
2057   Steve Zodiac promoted to Colonel and given  
    command of XL5. ka(e)
2058   Sam Shore's wife dies. 2(f)
2058 10th. July. First CB29 Neptune probe launched from Moon. (h)
2059   Admiral Beatty promoted to head of World Navy  
    with seat on WSC. 6(f)
2060   Steve Zodiac appointed Chief Astronaut of WSP. ka(e)
2060   Troy Tempest meets 'Phones' Sheridan and  
    persuades him to join the World Navy Submarine Service. 2(f)
2060   Top WASP aquanaut Captain Sam Shore is  
    crippled in action (while seconded to the WSPO  
    Guards to appraise their new one-man guard subs.) (f)
2062   Zoonie the lazoon born on planet Colevio (e)
2062   Robert the Robot constructed by Matthew Matic. (e)
2062   Venus adopts Zoonie, the last Colevian lazoon. (e)
2062   The Subterrains of Planet 46 attack the Earth with  
    planatomic missiles. (e)
2062   Events in Fireball XL5 begin. (e)
2062   General McCormack appointed head of World Security  
    Patrol Organisation and Chairman of the World Security  
    Council (the policy making body of the WSPO). ka(f)
2062   The WASPs split from World Navy and founded as  
    separate section of the World Security Patrol. 2(f)
2062   Sam Shore promoted to Commander-in-Chief of  
    WASP based at Marineville (with a seat on the WSC). 2(f)
2062   Prototype submarine later to become Stingray  
    (MK.III) completed and put through sea trials by  
    the WASPs with Bradley Holden in command. 2(h)
2062   The Space Exploration Taskforce (SET) is formed ka(e)
2063   Pharos has become a danger to passing spaceships  
    and is destroyed by the XL5 crew. (e)
2063   The Earth is almost destroyed in the 'Firecloud' incident. (e)
2063   Steve Zodiac is made 'Astronaut of the Year'. (e)
2063   General Jim Martin becomes Deputy Head of the  
    World Security Patrol Organisation. ka(f)
2063   Marina kidnapped and enslaved by Titan. ka(f)
2063   The revolutionary new combat sub Stingray  
    (MK.III) is launched with Bradley Holden in command. 2(f)
2064   Troy Tempest is promoted to Captain and  
    transferred to the WASPs to take command of  
    Stingray following a serious injury suffered by Holden. 2(f)
2064   World Security Patrol submarine Seaprobe  
    exploring the deep sea trenches of the Pacific is  
    destroyed by Titan's Mechanical Terror Fish. (f)
2064   Events in Stingray begin. (f)
2064   First recorded contact with Titan and other  
    undersea races is made by Stingray crew. (f)
2064   Marina helps Troy Tempest and Phones escape  
    from Titanica and becomes the third member of  
    the Stingray crew. (f)
2064   Titan swears revenge on Tempest and begins to  
    plan his long-delayed invasion of the surface world. (f)
2065   WASP plans to commission further Stingray-class  
    subs sanctioned by WG. ka(w)
2065 23rd. January. The first issue of the children's comic magazine  
    TV Century 21 is published featuring fictional  
    stories of the world's heroes - past and present. (v)
2065 January. The World Government elects to form Spectrum  
    as an elite security force to relieve pressure on the  
    specialised World Security Patrol sections. 1(h)
2065   General Rossiter retires. ka(e)
2065   Commander Zero succeeds Rossiter as Head of  
    the World Space Patrol (with seat on WSC). 6(e)
2065   WSP advise limited use of oxygen pills due to  
    possible health risks. 6(w)
2065   Charles Grey nominated Air-Marshal Zodiac's  
    successor as Head of USS but he refuses in favour  
    of becoming Spectrum CiC. 1(h)
2065 28th. September Spectrum is launched under the command of  
    Colonel White. 1(h)
2065   World Security Patrol Guards become Spectrum  
    Auxiliary. ka(w)
2065   Troy Tempest is awarded Aquanaut of the Year. (f)
2066   W.P. Nikita Bandranaik announces he will not be  
    standing for re-election in 2067. After a period of  
    ill-health he has decided to retire (having served  
    three 7-year terms in office). 6(v)
2066   Admiral Beatty accused of treason. He resigns. 6(f)
2066   Admiral Bristol succeeds Beatty as Head of World  
    Navy (with seat on WSC). 6(v)
2066 19th. July. Captain Ochre joins Spectrum. 1(h)
2066   General McCormack retires and succeeded by Jim Martin. ka(f)
2066   Air Marshal Maxwell 'S' Zodiac retires. ka(v)
2067   T.J. Younger is elected second World President. 6(h)
2067   Supreme Headquarters Earth Forces (SHEF)  
    established in New York, USA. ka(h)
2067   General Ian Loover is appointed Supreme  
    Commander of Earth Forces responsible for over-  
    seeing following security organisations:  
    1. Spectrum.  
    2. World Security Patrol.  
    3. Universal Secret Service.  
    4. World Government Police Corps. ka(w)
2067 10th. July. Spectrum officially inaugurated by World  
    President Younger. (h)
2067   Strange radio signals are detected coming from  
     an unexplored region of Mars by Cloudbase. (h)
2067 October. Captain Black chosen to head Zero X mission to  
    find source of the signals. (h)
2068   Events in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons begin. (h)
2068 January. Captain Black discovers and mistakenly attacks  
    the source of the signals - the Mysteron complex   
    (not October). (h)
2068   Captain Black returns to Glenn Field as an agent  
    of the Mysterons with instructions to begin a war  
    of nerves against the Earth in response to his  
    unprovoked attack on their complex. (h)
2068   The Mysterons threaten to assassinate World  
    President Younger. (h)
2068   Captain Scarlet is killed and reconstructed as an  
    indestructible agent of the Mysterons. (h)
2068   Captain Scarlet falls 800ft. from the top of the  
    London Car-Vu Tower and the Mysteron control  
    of his mind is broken - but he remains virtually  
    indestructible. (h)
2068   Captain Scarlet becomes Spectrum's leading agent  
    in their fight against the Mysterons. (h)
2069   T.J. Younger stands down as World President. 6(h)
2069   US President John Roberts is elected  3rd. World  
     President. 6(h)
2069   The fight against the Mysterons, other aliens and  
    the undersea races continues... ka(w)
       

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