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{{Tocright}}This page is a '''Timeline of events''' as depicted or mentioned in the ''[[Watchmen]]'' Universe. |
{{Tocright}}This page is a '''Timeline of events''' as depicted or mentioned in the ''[[Watchmen]]'' Universe. |
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== Chronology == |
== Chronology == |
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* [[Before 20th Century]] |
* [[Before 20th Century]] |
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* [[1900s]] • [[1910s]] • [[1920s]] • [[1930s]] • [[1940s]] • [[1950s]] • [[1960s]] • [[1970s]] • [[1980s]] • [[1990s]] |
* [[1900s]] • [[1910s]] • [[1920s]] • [[1930s]] • [[1940s]] • [[1950s]] • [[1960s]] • [[1970s]] • [[1980s]] • [[1990s]] |
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| + | === Snyder Timeline === |
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| − | * [[2000s]] • [[2010s]] • [[2020s]] |
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| + | *[[1920s/Snyder|1920s]] • [[1930s/Snyder|1930s]] • [[1940s/Snyder|1940s]] • [[1950s/Snyder|1950s]] • [[1960s/Snyder|1960s]] • [[1970s/Snyder|1970s]] • [[1980s/Snyder|1980s]] |
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| − | === Alternate Timelines === |
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| − | + | === DC Timeline === |
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| + | *[[1920s/DC|1920s]] • [[1930s/DC|1930s]] • [[1940s/DC|1940s]] • [[1950s/DC|1950s]] • [[1960s/DC|1960s]] • [[1970s/DC|1970s]] • [[1980s/DC|1980s]] • [[1990s/DC|1990s]] |
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==== History Altered by Doctor Manhattan ==== |
==== History Altered by Doctor Manhattan ==== |
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| − | + | === HBO Timeline === |
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| − | ==1970== |
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| − | *[[Gila Flats]] is shutdown.<ref name="four">[[Chapter IV: Watchmaker]]</ref> |
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| − | *On [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Juspeczyk's]] 20th birthday, she and [[Jon Osterman]] move into a apartment together in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | *[[Adrian Veidt]] secretly purchases [[Veidt's island|his island]].<ref name="eleven">[[Chapter XI: Look On My Works, Ye Mighty]]</ref> |
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| − | ==1971== |
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| − | * [[Judd Crawford]] enters the [[Vietnam War]] and participates in the Liberation of Vietnam.<ref name=":3">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/02/tulsa-police-chief-feared-slain-revised.pdf CLIPPING: "Tulsa Police Chief Feared Slain"]</ref> |
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| − | * A U.S. military unit in [[Vietnam]] ends up missing in action while trying to locate an enemy landing area. [[The Comedian]] is assigned to find the unit, confirm intelligence of a helicopter gunship ferrying reinforcements for the Đặc Công (Vietnamese Special Forces), and dispose of all hostiles within the vicinity. Blake carries out his mission, killing many enemy soldiers (and noncombatants) in the process. Rescuing the U.S. troops, he scorches an entire village to punish them for covering for the Việt Cộng. |
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| − | * The [[Comedian]] and his military unit, the Blazin' Commandos, burn down [[Bian My|Bian My’s]] village in [[Vietnam]].<ref name=":18">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/06/lady-trieu-fact-or-fiction.pdf CLIPPING: "Lady Trieu: Fact or Fiction"]</ref> |
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| − | * During Operation Wrath of God, photojournalist [[Alain Guillon]] captures images of [[Doctor Manhattan]] grown to enormous size and decimating Việt Cộng forces. Guillon is awed by the superhuman’s power, yet terrified by his lack of emotional reaction to the mass destruction that he causes. Guillon also photographs the [[Comedian]], whom he considers a monster. Guillon’s photos are widely deemed among the defining images of the [[Vietnam War]]. |
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| − | === January === |
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| − | * U.S. Congress considers [[Richard Nixon]]’s plan to send [[Doctor Manhattan]] to [[Vietnam]]. |
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| − | * President [[Richard Nixon]] asks [[Dr. Manhattan|Doctor Manhattan]] to intervene in the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="four" /> Nixon announces his plan to the American public. |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] watches [[Richard Nixon]]'s broadcast from [[Karnak]]. Veidt realizes that there is no turning back now from the path toward war, and from the need to carry out his master plan. |
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| − | === March === |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] secures approval from Congress |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] travels to Saigon to intervene in the [[Vietnam War]]. Manhattan is reintroduced to [[Eddie Blake]].<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] authorizes Operation: Wrath of God.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3220349258/</ref> |
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| − | * Operation Wrath of God begins.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3233948354 Doctor Manhattan in Vietnam]</ref> |
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| − | * NBS Nightly News with [[Ted Philips]] features [[Doctor Manhattan]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd5cInmK6LQ</ref> |
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| − | ==== 18th ==== |
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| − | * The ''[[New York Gazette]]'' publishes [[Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon's]] response to the Soviets concerning [[Vietnam]] and [[Doctor Manhattan]].<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3235212490/</ref> |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] submits articles of incorporation to New York State for Luxor Imports, Inc., registered to Dimensional Developments, Inc. Veidt names Leo Winston CEO, Dimensional Developments a principal owner, and Leroy Gibbons treasurer. |
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| − | === May === |
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| − | * The U.S. government predicts that the Việt Cộng will surrender within a week. |
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| − | * Several of the Việt Cộng soldiers surrender directly to [[Doctor Manhattan]], their terror balanced by an almost religious reverence.<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | * On the 50th anniversary of the [[Tulsa Race Riot|Tulsa race massacre]], [[Nelson Gardner]] modified his will to leave his entire estate to [[Will Reeves]], and if he were to decline he would bequeath all proceeds from any auction of his [[Minutemen]] paraphernalia to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He even went so far as to order that his remains be cremated, with no funeral or grave marker, feeling it was what he deserved.<ref name=":4">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/06/memo-the-will-of-nelson-gardner.pdf MEMO: The Will of Nelson Gardner]</ref> |
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| − | === June === |
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| − | * A soldier named Tyson serves in the [[Vietnam War]]. A fellow soldier saves his life on several occasions, but ends up with his face badly burned, earning the nickname “Rawhead” |
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| − | * The [[Vietnam War]] lasts a few weeks longer than expected, finally ending when [[Doctor Manhattan]] decimates the Việt Cộng’s guerrilla forces by molecularly restructuring the jungles in which they hide into noxious gases. |
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| − | [[Image:The Comedian (movie) in Vietnam.jpg|thumb|Comedian in Saigon]] |
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| − | * Tôn Đức Thắng and Creighton Abrams sign the act of military surrender. The United States wins the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>The [http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3237243522/ image released by the movie merchandise] mistakenly gives the date as 1970</ref> |
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| − | * V.V.N. Day, celebrating American victory in the [[Vietnam War]]. [[President Nixon]] arrives in Saigon by helicopter to great applause. A pregnant [[Vietnamese woman]] named Liao Lin accosts the [[Comedian]]. When he refuses to take responsibility for their baby, she slashes him across the face with a broken bottle, leaving a permanent scar. In return, he shoots her dead. [[Dr. Manhattan|Doctor Manhattan]] watches, but does not interfere.<ref name="two">[[Chapter II: Absent Friends]]</ref><ref name="four" /> |
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| − | * The ''[[New York Gazette]]'' reports on North Vietnam's unconditional surrender. |
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| − | * ''Newsworld'' quotes the [[Comedian]] as expressing relief at how the [[Vietnam War]] ended, since Americans' morale might have been damaged had the [[United States]] lost the war. |
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| − | * [[Eddie Blake]] is court-martialed for killing [[Liao Lin]]. To keep his identity a secret, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff conduct the trial privately. He admits to the shooting, claims it was in self-defense since she was attacking him.<ref name=":25">''DC Heroes: The Watchmen Sourcebook''</ref> |
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| − | === Mid-1971 === |
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| − | * Ken Shade writes a book about his role in the failed assassination of Richard Nixon in 1968 titled ''Sell Your Soul''.<ref name=":30">''DC Heroes Role Playing Module #235: Taking Out the Trash - Curses and Tears''</ref> |
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| − | === September === |
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| − | * The Joint Chiefs of Staff, presiding over [[Eddie Blake]]'s court-martial for killing an unarmed civilian in Saigon, dismiss all charges, citing a lack of evidence.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] learns that [[Wally Weaver]] dies of cancer.<ref name="three">[[Chapter III: The Judge of All the Earth]]</ref> |
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| − | ==1972== |
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| − | *[[Max Shea]] takes up work as an art therapist at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Cleveland, Ohio; he facilitates an art therapy program for [[Vietnam War]] veterans suffering from PTSD. Their poignant stories of shattered worldview and guilty conscience inspires Shea to write ''[[Fogdancing]].''<ref name="seven" /><ref name=":5">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/08/memo-fogdancing.pdf MEMO: Fogdancing]</ref> |
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| − | *[[J. David Keene]] is elected as a senator in New York.<ref name="gaz">http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3266870980/</ref> |
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| − | *[[Moloch]] arranges for the luxury liner ''Queen Elizabeth II'' to be hijacked''.''<ref name="C">''[[Watchmen: The Film Companion]]''</ref> |
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| − | *''[[Fogdancing]]'' by [[Max Shea]] is published. |
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| − | *Chris Deschaines is born. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] is reelected to a second term of office as President of the United States.<ref name="history">Historical date</ref><ref name=":32" /> |
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| − | ==1973== |
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| − | [[File:The Comedian party charmer.jpg|thumb|The Comedian's banquet]] |
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| − | *Devo is formed.<ref name="history" /><ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | *A riot breaks out in [[Sing Sing]] prison resulting in the [[Underboss]] escaping with the help of [[Jimmy the Gimmick]].<ref name="game">''[[Watchmen: The End Is Nigh]]''</ref> |
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| − | *[[Nite Owl II]] and [[Rorschach]] search for [[Jimmy the Gimmick]] who is injured in the process.<ref name="game" /> |
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| − | *They go to the sewers and discover missing FBI associate director, [[Mark Felt]]. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | * Two reporters, [[Bob Woodward]] and [[Carl Bernstein]], are found dead in a garage while investigating the Watergate scandal.<ref name="nine">[[Chapter IX: The Darkness of Mere Being]] |
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| − | * The [[Wall Street Post|''Wall Street Post'']] reports the deaths of [[Bob Woodward]] and [[Carl Bernstein]].<ref name="nine" /> <ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3246779475/</ref> |
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| − | *A banquet is held in honor of [[Eddie Blake]] with [[Gerald R. Ford|Gerald Ford]] and [[G. Gordon Liddy]] in attendance. [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] drunkenly accuses him of attempting to rape her mother. [[Jon Osterman]] is angered and teleports her home.<ref name="nine" /> |
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| − | ==1974== |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] investigates a kidnap case that "drives him nuts".<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zardoz Zardoz]'' is released in the United States and Ireland.<ref name="history" /><ref>https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2019/12/13/lets-take-a-look-inside-the-final-watchmen-soundtrack-release</ref> |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby_(1974_film) The Great Gatsby]'', staring [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]], is released in the [[United States]].<ref name="history" /><ref name=":11" /> |
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| − | *A rally protesting against the repeal of the 22nd Amendment takes place in [[Washington, D.C.]], which [[Nelson Gardner]] attends.<ref name=":4" /> |
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| − | *On his way home, [[Nelson Gardner]] loses control of his car and crashes into a barrier at a high rate of speed. He ejects through the front windshield and is decapitated. His severed head is never recovered.<ref name=":4" /> |
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| − | ==1975== |
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| − | *Newspaper headline: "Third Term for Dick?" and "Ozymandias Quits: Smartest Man in World Goes Public."<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | *[[Gerald Anthony Grice]] kidnaps six-year-old [[Blair Roche]] thinking she was connected to the Roche chemicals fortune. When he realizes his mistakes he murders her in [[Modern Modes]] building.<ref name="six">[[Chapter VI: The Abyss Gazes Also]]</ref> Walter Kovacs intervenes and kills him.<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | *[[Rorschach]]'s activities become more brutal in the wake of the [[Blair Roche]] kidnapping case. |
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| − | *Fast and safe airships are announced to become economically viable. |
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| − | [[File:Grice.jpg|thumb|Birth of Rorscach]] |
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| − | * The 22nd Amendment is abolished, allowing [[Richard Nixon]] to run for a third term as president.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3250581446</ref><ref name="four" /><ref name="ozyint" /> |
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| − | *[[Adrian Veidt]] retires from vigilantism, announces his identity publicly, and markets his image for [[Veidt Enterprises]].<ref name="one">[[Chapter I: At Midnight, All the Agents...]]</ref><ref name="four" /><ref name="ozyint" /> |
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| − | * [[Will Reeves]] is presented with the contents of [[Nelson Gardner|Nelson Gardner’s]] will and accepts the role as beneficiary of Gardner's estate.<ref name=":6">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/07/memo-sister-night.pdf MEMO: The Origin of “Sister Night”]</ref><ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]]'s interview to [[Doug Roth]] is published in ''[[Nova Express]]''.<ref name="ozyint">[[Nova Express interview]]</ref> |
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| − | ==1976== |
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| − | *[[Richard Nixon]] is elected to a third term. |
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| − | *[[Judd Crawford]] marries [[Jane Crawford|Jane Lestley Alexander]].<ref name=":3" /> |
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| − | *Senator [[John David Keene]] allies with the New York Police Officer's Union. |
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| − | *[[Adrian Veidt]] earns a reputation as the "ultimate bachelor and international playboy."<ref>Viral Video: ''Who Watches the Watchmen? A Veidt Music Network (VMN) Special''</ref> |
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| − | *Annie Leibovitz snaps [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt's]] photo as he enters Studio 54 with [[David Bowie]] and Mick Jagger.<ref name=":29">''[[Watchmen (film)]]''</ref><ref name="C" /> |
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| − | *Alan Greenfeldt issues an internal memo discussing two studies conducted by Jacobs employees to prevent fuel tank flare-ups and assess liability in the event of a lawsuit.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | *[[Captain Carnage]] makes his debut begging costumed heroes to beat him up.<ref name="one" /><ref name=":25" /> He devises an fake theft ring that last for months to have [[Silk Spectre II]] track him down.<ref name=":25" /> He approaches [[Nite Owl II]] begging him to beat him up, and but tells him to get lost.<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * [[Probe|''Probe'']] features an interview with [[Adrian Veidt]].<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] finishes constructing a battery-powered exoskeleton prototype capable of increasing a wearer's strength by a factor of sixteen or more. |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] is born in [[Vietnam]] just outside of Saigion.<ref>[[It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice]]</ref><ref name=":16" /> |
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| − | * The Brain Trust take hostages inside the Statue of Liberty and threaten to destroy the monument unless the nine Radical Front prisoners are released. |
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| − | * ''[[Probe]]'' features an interview with [[Sally Jupiter]].<ref name="clip">[[Sally Jupiter clippings]]</ref> |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] is reelected to a third term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /> |
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| − | * [[Calvin Abar|Calvin Jelani]] is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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| − | * While pursuing a dope dealer, [[Dan Dreiberg]] takes a moment to urinate. By the time he finishes and dons his costume, his quarry escapes. Afterward, Dreiberg redesigns his outfit to make it easier to relieve himself in the future. |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] begins making frequent visits to [[Bellevue Hospital]]'s emergency rooms, in costume, to steal medical supplies. Due to the hospital's overcrowded, understaffed conditions, no one notices his supply room raids. |
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| − | * For a time, [[Rorschach]] types [[Rorschach's Journal|his journal]] entries instead of writing them by hand. |
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| − | ==1977== |
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| − | * [[Judd Crawford]] graduates from the University of Oklahoma at Norman on the G.I. Bill with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology.<ref name=":3" /> |
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| − | * [[Moloch the Mystic]] arranges for the New York Stock Exchange to be bombed.<ref name="C" /> |
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| − | * [[Nite Owl II]] and [[Rorschach]] investigate the disappearance of [[Violet Greene]]. They end up pursuing the [[Elizabeth Lane|Twilight Lady]].<ref name="game" /> |
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| − | *"[[Who Watches the Watchmen?]]" graffiti begins to appear all throughout [[New York City]].<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | *Newspaper headlines: "Cops Say 'Let Them Do It'" and "Senator Keene Proposes Emergency Bill".<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | * The [[Police Strike of 1977|police go on strike causing riots spring up]] in [[New York City]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]. |
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| − | * In [[New York]], the [[Comedian]] and [[Nite Owl II]] attempt to keep the peace while [[Rorschach]], who now works alone, is at the lower east side. |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] and [[Silk Spectre II]] settle the riots in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref name="two" /> Manhattan teleports the rioters back to their respective homes.<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | * Dick Cavett interviews John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono.<ref name="C" /> |
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| − | * Francis Giancarlo, president of the New York Police Officers' Union, issues a letter to the city's mayor, warning that the union plans to strike in protest of costumed adventuring making police work increasingly dangerous. |
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| − | * The [[Twilight Lady]] is released from prison after nine years. Returning to her now dilapidated Upper East Side mansion, she resumes the vice trade. |
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| − | === April === |
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| − | * The New York City Police Union enters into negotiations with the city council regarding their annual pay raise. The council denies the request on the grounds that masked adventurers have been doing the cops' job for them. |
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| − | * The [[New York Gazette|''New York Gazette'']]'s front page headline reads "City Council Denies Cops Raise!" Upon reading the article, [[Adrian Veidt]] deems the council's decision shortsighted. |
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| − | [[File:The Comedian in Riot Gear.jpg|thumb|The Comedian over the rioters]] |
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| − | * ''[[Sister Night]]'' is released in [[Vietnam]].<ref name=":6" /> |
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| − | * [[Violet Greene]] starts working for the [[Twilight Lady]], performing sadomasochistic scenes in pornographic movies.<ref name="game" /> |
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| − | * [[Violet Greene]]'s parents receive a excerpt from her first film, ''Schoolgirls in Trouble''. Believing that she has been abducted, they show the excerpt to [[Rorschach]], not realizing that Violet took part in the film voluntary, and he vows to find their daughter for them.<ref name="game" /> |
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| − | === Before July 1977 === |
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| − | * A [[New York City]] movie theater begins showing ''Die Slowly'' and ''Demonoid'' as a double-feature. |
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| − | * The adult film ''Babylon Blue'' is released. |
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| − | * [[Dwayne Carter]] earns Rorschach's attention for his activities selling fake gold chains and drugs. |
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| − | * [[Ronald James Randall]] begins killing women in [[New York City]] as a statement about society's growing decay. |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] records an entry in [[Rorschach's Journal|his journal]] recalling the childhood abuse his mother inflicted on him. |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] interrogates [[Dwayne Carter]]. |
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| − | * After a thorough investigation down the sewers, [[Rorschach]] falls into a trap set up by [[Rawhead]]. |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] visits the [[Gunga Diner]]. |
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| − | * The [[Keene Act]], an emergency bill proposed by Senator [[J. David Keene|Keene]], is passed, outlawing [[Costumed adventurer|costumed superheroes]] that are not government-sanctioned.<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] retire from crime-fighting. |
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| − | * Newspaper headline: "Keene Act Passed: Vigilantes Illegal".<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] kills multiple rapist [[Harvey Charles Furniss]]<ref name="six" /> and leaves his body outside the headquarters of the New York City Police Department with the note "NEVER!" signifying his continuation to fight crime in open defiance of the [[Keene Act]].<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_for_Life_(Iggy_Pop_album) Lust for Life]'' by Iggy Pop is released, featuring the song "Neighborhood Threat". |
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| − | * A federal warrant is issued against [[Rorschach]].<ref name=":8" /> |
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| − | * A second federal warrant is issued against [[Rorschach]].<ref name=":8" /> |
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| − | * "Watching the Detectives" by Elvis Costello is released. |
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| − | ==1978== |
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| − | * United States Congress issues a joint resolution authorizing [[Vietnam]] to draft a state constitution. |
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| − | * [[Alexander Haig]] issues a memorandum on behalf of [[Richard Nixon]] to the directors of the [[CIA]] and the [[FBI]], as well as the U.S. Secretary of Defense. The memo, titled "Special Talent Contingency", expresses concerns about the [[Comedian]] and [[Doctor Manhattan]].<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3272365896/</ref> |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] convenes an off-the-record meeting to assess options for how to deal with [[Doctor Manhattan]], with view toward developing a long-term strategy. |
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| − | === July === |
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| − | ==== 14th ==== |
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| − | * A top secret paper concerning Dr. Manhattan's invasion to [[Afghanistan]] is authored.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3314458022/</ref> |
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| − | === August === |
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| − | ==== 28th ==== |
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| − | * Devo's debut studio album ''Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'' is released, featuring the songs "Space Junk" and "Mongoloid".<ref name="history" /><ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | === September === |
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| − | ==== 6th ==== |
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| − | * Dr. Thomas M. Dewey, the Smithsonian Institute's special programs curator, writes a letter to [[Laurie Juspeczyk]], asking her to donate her Silk Spectre costume for display in the "Law and Order" exhibit. |
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| − | === October === |
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| − | ==== 28th ==== |
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| − | * Rorschach kills [[Franklin Smith]] and [[Daziel Amrand]], suspects of [[Loomis]] murder. |
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| − | * Police Officers [[James Schwarz]], [[Mark Pallazo]] and [[Grevin Adell]] come to apprehend Rorschach but are injured.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3274005299/</ref> |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 27th ==== |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] is declared wanted by the [[FBI]] .<ref name=":8">[https://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3276903748/ FBI Wanted Poster: Official FBI Wanted poster for the vigilante Rorschach. (November 27, 1978)] |
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| − | === Mid-December === |
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| − | * Iranian "anti-Manhattanite" extremists storm the [[United States]] embassy in Tehran. Four days later, the U.S. government authorizes the [[Comedian]] to mount a rescue mission. The Comedian frees fifty-three American hostages and fatally shoots seventeen of the Iranian militants. The survivors are left suffering with PTSD.<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | ==== 21st ==== |
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| − | * [[The Comedian]] returns to the [[United States]] after ending the Iranian hostage crisis, landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | ==== 22nd ==== |
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| − | * The ''[[New York Gazette]]'' covers the [[Comedian]]'s successful rescue of the U.S. hostages.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | ==1979== |
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| − | *The [[United States]] launches a retaliatory bombing of [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] violating international law.<ref name="nf">[[New Frontiersman draft]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Hector Godfrey]], editor-in-chief of the ''[[New Frontiersman]]'', deems the bombing of [[Beirut]] justifiable.<ref name="nf">[[New Frontiersman draft]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Adrian Veidt]] builds a [[Tachyon Ring]], a memory-erasing device to subdue [[Doctor Manhattan]].<ref name=":1">[[A God Walks into Abar]]</ref> |
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| − | === February === |
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| − | * The [[Smithsonian Institute]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], opens its "Law and Order" museum exhibit. Focused on [[costumed adventurer|costumed adventurers]] from the 1930s to the 1970s, ranging from [[Hooded Justice]] to [[Doctor Manhattan]], the exhibit includes numerous weapons, props, and memorabilia. |
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| − | === August === |
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| − | ==== 14th ==== |
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| − | * Pursued by a police officer, [[Rorschach]] runs into an ally. A cab driver recognizes him and offers him a ride, calling the fugitive his hero in the war against sinners, politicians, and false prophets. The vigilante later records a journal entry describing the conversation. |
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| − | ==1980== |
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| − | *[[Judd Crawford]] joins the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department, where he meets [[John David Keene]] while working on Keene’s security detail.<ref name=":3" /> |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 4th ==== |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] is reelected to a fourth term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /> |
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| − | ==1981== |
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| − | *[[Doctor Manhattan]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] move into the Special Talent Quarters at the [[Rockefeller Military Research Center]].<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | ==1982== |
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| − | *[[Dominique Hirsch]] is born.<ref name="five">[[Chapter V]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Laetril]] is outlawed.<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | *An arcade game called ''[[Minutemen (video game)|Minutemen]]'' is released by [[Veidt Enterprises]]. |
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| − | *[[Ronald Reagan]] is elected Governor of California.<ref>The last gubernatorial elections were in 1982, and according to [[Chapter IX]] Ronald Reagan is Governor as of 1985.</ref> |
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| − | === July === |
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| − | * The [[Veidt Foundation]] places the original costume of [[Ozymandias]] up for auction. |
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| − | === August === |
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| − | ==== 22nd ==== |
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| − | * [[World Chess Association]] sends a congratulation letter to [[Veidt|Adrian Veidt]] about his victories.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3284945162/</ref> |
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| − | === September === |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_a_New_Society Music for a New Society]'' by John Cale is released, containing the song, "Sanities".<ref name=":23" /> |
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| − | ==1983== |
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| − | *[[Max Shea]] meets with [[Adrian Veidt]] at the [[Gunga Diner]] in [[New York City|New York]], in which the latter proposes to him about a top secret film production project that requires full discretion and for him to disappear from the public eye. Shea initially refused until he saw the amount of money he would be compensated for and agrees to the project. |
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| − | *[[Max Shea]] disappears from his home in [[Boston]].<ref name="seven">[[Chapter VII: A Brother to Dragons]]</ref> |
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| − | *On the same week of [[Max Shea|Max Shea's]] disappearance [[Robert Deschaines|Robert Deschaines']] brain is stolen while his body lies on a mortuary slab.<ref name="nf" /> |
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| − | *Two months after [[Max Shea|Max Shea's]] disappearance other prominent creative figures disappear including [[Hira Manish]], [[Norman Leith]], [[Linette Paley]], and [[James Trafford March]]. [[Whittaker Furnesse]] and others from the scientific community as well as menial workers also disappear.<ref name="nf" /> |
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| − | *[[Dan Dreiberg]] visits [[Byron Lewis]] in Kennebunkport, Maine. Outside the asylum he hears an owl, an experience that revitalizes his childhood excitement.<ref name="blood">[[Blood from the Shoulder of Pallas]]</ref> |
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| − | === May === |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalghia Nostalghia]'' is released in the [[Soviet Union]] and Italy. |
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| − | ==1984== |
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| − | *DC Comics' Flint Editions imprint publishes ''[[Treasure Island Treasury of Comics]]'', which reprints the first thirty issues of ''[[Tales of the Black Freighter]]''.<ref name="tr">[[Treasure Island Treasury of Comics]]</ref> |
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| − | *The FBI Chicago Field Office is introduced to DEC VAX 2500 with M-class chips to effectively fight crime.<ref name=":7">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/01/the-computer-and-you-memo.pdf MEMO: The Computer and You][https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/01/the-computer-and-you-memo.pdf]</ref> |
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| − | === July === |
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| − | [[File:Famine.jpg|thumb]] |
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| − | ==== 12th ==== |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] holds a benefit for African famine relief at Yankee Stadium.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3308946065/</ref> |
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| − | === August === |
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| − | ==== 12th ==== |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] holds a charity benefit for famine relief in South India.<ref>[[Watchmen: Art of the Film]]</ref> |
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| − | === September === |
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| − | * [[Edgar Jacobi]] receives a sped-up parole for good behavior following a decade of imprisonment, after [[Adrian Veidt]] speaks to the prison's officials and chaplain on his behalf. |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] meets [[Edgar Jacobi]] at the prison exist and offers him a job at [[Dimensional Developments]]. |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] begins to expose [[Edgar Jacobi]]'s office to radiation in order to induce cancerous tumors. |
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| − | === October === |
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| − | ==== 14th ==== |
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| − | * [[Time Magazine|''Time Magazine'']]''<nowiki/>'s'' cover features [[Doctor Manhattan]] and [[Ozymandias]] joining forces under the headline "Supermen Unite for Peace". The issue includes an article calling the American poverty rate a "scandal".<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3325581305/</ref> |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 6th ==== |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] is reelected to a fifth term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32">This presumes Election Day in the United States occurs the same day in the ''Watchmen'' universe as in the real world.</ref> |
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| − | ==1985== |
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| − | *After a mission in Nicaragua, [[Eddie Blake]] comes across [[Veidt's island]]. |
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| − | === April === |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] writes for an ornithological journal.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | === July === |
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| − | * Charity spectacular by [[Adrian Veidt]] in aid of the Indian Famine appeal.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | |||
| − | === August === |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] and [[Doctor Manhattan]] walk to Grand Central Station; they buy a Time issue commemorating "Hiroshima week".<ref name="four" /> [[Dan Dreiberg]] notices the gross pictures of dead kids.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | ==== 26th ==== |
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| − | * ''[[The New Yorker]]'' runs an article about [[Doctor Manhattan]] and [[Ozymandias]] joining their power. |
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| − | === October === |
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| − | * [[Eddie Blake]] visits [[Edgar Jacobi]] drunkenly confesses to the details he has learned of [[Adrian Veidt]]’s plan. Veidt, who had wired Jacobi's home, learns that Blake has discovered his plans.<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] undergoes a third heart operation. |
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| − | ==== 11th ==== |
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| − | * The [[Vietnam Admission Act]] comes into effect, proclaiming the official addition of the [[Vietnam|State of Vietnam]] as the 51st U.S. state to be admitted into the Union. |
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| − | * The [[Soviet Union]] conducts a bomb test in the Bering Sea. |
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| − | * Airing of an episode of late night United Kingdom current affairs review ''World in Focus'' with [[Jeremy Miller]], in which photojournalist [[Alain Guillon]] and author [[Hal Eisner]] discuss the emerging geopolitical crisis.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TShz4VsKeso</ref> |
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| − | * [[Edward Blake|Eddie Blake]] is ambushed in his high-rise apartment and thrown out of the window. Blake dies upon impact.<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | ==== 12th ==== |
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| − | * ''[[New York Times]]'' features headline: "[[Vietnam]] 51st State: Official!".<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * [[Steven Fine]] and [[Joe Bourquin]] investigate Blake's apartment. |
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| − | * [[Dr. Manhattan|Doctor Manhattan]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] are informed of [[Eddie Blake|Eddie Blake's]] death. CIA suspects Libya is behind Blake's death.<ref name="one" /><ref name="four" /> |
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| − | * [[Hollis Mason]] meets his old foe, the [[Screaming Skull]], at a supermarket; they trade addresses.<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * After nightfall, [[Rorschach]] investigates [[Eddie Blake|Eddie Blake's]] apartment and discovers Blake's Comedian costume and a photograph of the [[Minutemen]]. He takes [[Comedian's badge|Blake's blood-stained smiley-face badge]].<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * [[Hollis Mason]] meets [[Dan Dreiberg]] for their customary Saturday beer night. Dreiberg leaves Mason's home shortly before midnight.<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] arrives home to find [[Rorschach]] waiting for him. Dreiberg is informed of the [[Comedian|Comedian's]] death and takes the [[Comedian's badge]].<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * A newspaper features headline: "[[Soviet Union|Russia]] Protests [[United States|U.S.]] Adventurism in [[Afghanistan]]". |
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| − | ==== 13th ==== |
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| − | * A newspaper features headline "Congress Approves Lunar Silos". |
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| − | * [[New York Gazette|''New York Gazette'']] features headline: "Nuclear [[Doomsday Clock]] Stands at Five to Twelve Warn Experts" and "Geneva Talks: [[United States|U.S.]] refuses to discuss [[Dr. Manhattan]]".<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] sleeps through the day and wakes up at 4:37 PM, then continues his investigation at [[Happy Harry's Bar & Grill]]. |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] visits [[Adrian Veidt]] at his office to warn him of a potential 'mask killer'.<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * At 8:30 PM [[Rorschach]] infiltrates [[Rockefeller Military Research Center]] and warns [[Doctor Manhattan]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]].<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | * At 9:30 PM [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] and [[Dan Dreiberg]] meet for dinner at [[Rafael's]].<ref name="one" /> |
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| − | ==== 16th ==== |
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| − | * [[Nova Express|''Nova Express'']]'' ''features headline: "How Sick is Dick? After 3rd Presidential Heart Op?"<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | * A newspaper features headline: "Soviets Will Not Tolerate U.S. Adventurism in Afghanistan."<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] visits her mother, [[Sally Jupiter]], in a [[Nepenthe Gardens|retirement home]] in California. |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]], [[Adrian Veidt]], [[Dan Dreiberg]] and [[Moloch|Edgar Jacobi]] attend [[Eddie Blake|Eddie Blake's]] funeral.<ref name="two" /><ref name="four" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] confronts [[Edgar Jacobi]] at his home who in turn tells him about [[Eddie Blake]]'s visit mentioning a "list", an "[[Veidt's island|island]]" and the "[[Doctor Manhattan|blue guy]]".<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] visits the cemetery alone to pay his last respects to [[Eddie Blake]].<ref name="two" /> |
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| − | [[File:Mars.jpeg|thumb|301x301px|[[Doctor Manhattan]] alone on [[Mars]].]] |
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| − | ==== 19th ==== |
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| − | * ''[[New Frontiersman]]'' features headline: "Missing Writer: Castro to Blame?"; ''[[Nova Express]]'' holds the previous cover while preparing another subject.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * [[Utopia]] advertises ''{{w|This Island Earth}}''.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * Public workers install fallout shelter signs around Manhattan.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * [[Doug Roth]] interviews [[Janey Slater]] about [[Doctor Manhattan]].<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * After an argument, [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] leaves [[Jon Osterman]]. Around 6:00 PM she visits [[Dan Dreiberg]] who is installing a new [[Gordian Knot]] lock after [[Rorschach]] broke the previous one; on their way to [[Hollis Mason]]'s, they are ambushed by [[Knot Tops]]. Laurie decides to check in to a hotel.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] gives a televised interview to [[Benny Anger]] on the {{w|ABC}} network. [[Doug Roth]] of ''[[Nova Express]] ''accuses Manhattan of causing cancer to the people he worked closely with. While being harassed about it by several journalists, Manhattan teleports the crew and audience outside the studio.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * ''[[Nova Express]]'' features headline: "Dr. Manhattan Cancer Link New Evidence; Inside: Janey Slater Speaks"<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] visits [[Hollis Mason]] and witness the televised event concerning [[Doctor Manhattan]].<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] briefly visits the abandoned [[Gila Flats]], picks up an old photo of himself with [[Janey Slater]], then teleports to [[Mars]].<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * {{w|Halley's Comet}} passes near Earth<ref name="five" /> and [[Doctor Manhattan]] can see a meteor shower from [[Mars]].<ref name="four" /> |
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| − | ==== 20th ==== |
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| − | * The main headline of the ''[[New York Gazette]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s morning edition is "Dr. Manhattan Leaves Earth". |
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| − | * ''[[New Frontiersman]]'' features headline: "Our Country's Protector Smeared by the Kremlin". |
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| − | * [[Walter Kovacs]] buys a copy of both papers |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] breaks into [[Dan Dreiberg]]'s house on 7:25 to inform him that another costumed hero is gone.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] returns to the Special Talent Quarters at the [[Rockefeller Military Research Center]] to discover that [[Jon Osterman]] has disappeared, that officials are sweeping the rooms for radiation, and that she is to be given a cancer scan.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | * [[New York Gazette|''New York Gazette'']]''<nowiki/>'s'' evening edition features the following headline: "Russians invade Afghanistan"<ref name="three" />; "Forecast: Cloudy, heavy rain later"<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]], [[G. Gordon Liddy]], [[Henry Kissinger]] and other political officials and scientists meet at the war room.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | ==== 21st ==== |
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| − | * ''[[New York Gazette]]'' features headline: "Afghanistan Fighting Spread" and inside: "Aghanistan: is Pakistan next?"<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * [[Utopia]] advertises {{w|Things to Come}}<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] pays a visit to [[Edgar Jacobi]] asking him about a scheme to discredit [[Dr. Manhattan|Doctor Manhattan]]. He leaves at 2:35.<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * [[Dominique Hirsch|Dominique]] and [[Clare Hirsch]] are murdered by their father; [[Steven Fine]] and [[Joe Bourquin]] investigate.<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * [[Pyramid Deliveries]] man stops by [[Bernard]] to refuel and talk about World War 3.<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * Laurie Juspeczyk is expelled from the military base; Dan Dreiberg buys her a meal at the [[Gunga Diner]] and invites her to his home.<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * Rorschach wakes up from the [[Knot Tops]] making graffiti of the [[Hiroshima lovers]]. |
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| − | * Rorschach has an encounter with [[Dolores Shairp|his landlady]] and goes to [[Gunga Diner]] where Dan Dreiberg and Laurie Juspeczyk are leaving.<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * There is an apparent attempt on [[Adrian Veidt]]'s life. Veidt fends off the [[Roy Victor Chess|attacker]], who dies from ingesting a poison capsule.<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * ''[[New York Gazette]]'' evening edition features headline: "Industrialist in Murder." <ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] receives Edgar Jacobi's note and at 8:30 he takes his gear and neutralizes a mugger along the way. |
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| − | * [[Joey]] forces [[Bernard]] to hang a poster about a [[Pink Triangle]] concert.<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * [[Steven Fine]] receives an anonymous tip about [[Rorschach]].<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | * [[Edgar Jacobi]] is shot in the head by [[Adrian Veidt]] to have [[Rorschach]] framed. |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] is lured to [[Edgar Jacobi]]'s apartment, where he discovers his body and is cornered by the police; Officers [[Shaw]], [[Willis]] and [[Greaves]] are injured. Rorschach's [[Rorschach's mask|mask]] his removed and his arrested by [[Steven Fine]] and [[Joe Bourquin]].<ref name="five" /> |
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| − | ==== 22nd ==== |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] is jailed at [[Sing Sing]] to await trail for the murders of [[Gerald Anthony Grice]], [[Harvey Charles Furniss]], and [[Edgar Jacobi]]. |
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| − | * The [[New York Police Department]] writes down [[Walter Kovacs' arrest file]]. |
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| − | ==== 25th ==== |
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| − | * A tenement building catches fire.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * Fighting in [[Afghanistan]] spreads closer to the borders, [[Soviet Union|Russia]] claims to secure her borders, while Pakistan calls for [[United States]] to intervene. Peace demonstrations at Greenham Base of England with many arrests.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * Police ceases investigation for [[Max Shea]].<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk]]'s stuff arrive from the military base to Dan Dreiberg's house.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] performs maintenance on [[Archie]] and later Laurie Juspeczyk accidentally uses the flamethrower.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * [[Walter Kovacs]], now incarcerated at [[Sing Sing]], attends his first interview with psychoanalyst [[Malcolm Long]].<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * 6:10 PM Dan Dreiberg and Laurie Juspeczyk watch the news and make out<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] does a benefit performance for Indian Famine Relief in the [[Astrodome]]. The performance ends at 6:40.<ref name="seven">[[Chapter VII: A Brother to Dragons]]</ref> |
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| − | * [[Red D'Eath]] of [[Pale Horse]] is featured on [[Benny Anger]]'s show.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | ==== 26th ==== |
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| − | * 2:00 AM, After failing to have sex, [[Dan Dreiberg]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] fall asleep.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * 3:15 AM, [[Dan Dreiberg]] has a nightmare about nuclear war. Dreiberg wakes up and heads down to the basement.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * 4:00 AM, a tenement building catches fire. [[Nite Owl II]] and [[Silk Spectre II]] bring [[Archie]] out for the first time in years, and they and rescue the residents from the fire. |
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| − | * After rescuing the civilians [[Dan Dreiberg]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] have sex.<ref name="seven" /> |
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| − | * [[Walter Kovacs]] tells Malcolm Long about the fabric he used to make [[Rorschach's mask|his mask]], and the murder of [[Kitty Genovese]].<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * Later during lunch, [[Walter Kovacs]] throws a hot cooking pan in the face of [[Otis|another inmate]] who had attempted to murder him. The guards intervene and drag Rorschach away while shouting "''I'm'' not locked up in here with ''you''. ''You're'' locked up in here with ''me''."<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * [[Malcolm Long]] spends his night with a cup of coffee, troubled with [[Walter Kovacs]]. Tension begins with [[Gloria Long|his wife]].<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | ==== 27th ==== |
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| − | * [[Nova Express|''Nova Express'']] features headline: "Superheroes in the News: Spirit of '77."<ref name="eight">[[Chapter VIII: Old Ghosts]]</ref><ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3326470760/</ref> |
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| − | * [[New York Gazette|''New York Gazette'']] features headline: "Reds Cross Pakistan Border"<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Utopia]] is now showing ''{{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}''.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Hollis Mason]] calls up [[Sally Jupiter]] and they talk about the fire rescue and the past.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] plan to break [[Rorschach]] out of prison.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] tells [[Malcolm Long]] about [[Nite Owl II]], the [[Comedian]] and the [[Crimebusters]].<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * [[Malcolm Long]] buys a copy of the ''[[New York Gazette]]'' from [[Bernard]] about [[Walter Kovacs]]<ref name="six" /><ref name="eight" /> and Soviet tanks invading Pakistan. He notices the [[Hiroshima lovers]] graffiti.<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * [[Gloria Long]] attempts to spice up her relationship with [[Malcolm Long|Malcolm]].<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | ==== 28th ==== |
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| − | * ''[[New York Gazette]]'' features headline: "Nixon promises maximum force".<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * [[Malcolm Long]] has fourth session with [[Rorschach]]. Rorschach relates the story of the [[Blair Roche]] kidnapping.<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * Malcolm Long passes by the [[Watch seller]]; he buys another copy of the ''[[New York Gazette]]'' from Bernard about the war on Pakistan and nuclear alert procedure.<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | * In the evening the Longs welcome [[Randy]] and Diana for dinner. [[Malcolm Long|Malcolm]]'s mention of [[Rorschach]] makes them feel uneasy and leave. Furious, [[Gloria Long|Gloria]] refuses to sleep with Malcolm.<ref name="six" /> |
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| − | ==== 29th ==== |
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| − | * [[Malcolm Long]] resigns.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Big Figure]], accompanied by [[Michael]] and [[Lawrence]], threaten [[Rorschach]] in his confinement.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | ==== 30th ==== |
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| − | * ''[[New York Gazette]]'' features headline: Tanks Mass in Eastern Europe: 'Purely Defensive' Say Reds" and "California governor Reagan urges hard line".<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] installs another [[Gordian Knot Lock Co.|Gordian Knot]] lock. Detective [[Steven Fine]], who suspects that Dreiberg is Nite Owl II, visits him and makes remarks in order to warn him.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * 6:35 PM [[Hector Godfrey]] and [[Seymour]] prepare the tomorrow's issue of [[New Frontiersman|''New Frontiersman'']] in response to ''[[Nova Express]]''. They continue the story about [[Max Shea]]'s disappearance and put a filler from the crank file.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * Dan and Laurie study the plans of [[Sing Sing]].<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * William J. Franklin writes a top secret paper concerning [[Dr. Manhattan|Doctor Manhattan]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] aggression; planned to be sent on November 2.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenewfrontiersman/3313632123/</ref> |
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| − | ==== 31st ==== |
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| − | * A ship arrives on [[Veidt's island]], [[Max Shea]] and [[Hira Manish]] discuss the completion of their "baby" while Manish makes a final sketch.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] prepare [[Archie]].<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * ''[[New Frontiersman]]'' features headline: "Honor is Like the Hawk: Sometimes It Must Go Hooded"; includes an article "Jewnited States of America" and the missing writer followup. Inside, it makes an appeal of clemency on behalf of heroes.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Otis]], the prisoner [[Rorschach]] scalded, dies. |
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| − | * [[Sing Sing]] erupts into chaos.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Hollis Mason]] prepares a jack-o-lantern for Halloween, |
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| − | * TV news features the anticipation nuclear war within ten days, and criticism between ''[[New Frontiersman]]'' and [[Doug Roth]].<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Archie|''Archie'']] passes the flood gate of the deserted subway tunnel.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * Knot Tops and Joey convene to the newsstand asking for the evening Gazette. Headline: "Sing-Sing erupts: Captured vigilante sparks riot: Five dead"<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * Archie exits the old warehouse.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * [[Big Figure]] attempts to take his revenge on [[Rorschach]]. ''[[Archie]]'' arrives at [[Sing Sing]]. [[Nite Owl II|Nite Owl]] and [[Silk Spectre II|Silk Spectre]] rescue Rorschach, but not before he kills Big Figure. |
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| − | * 11:00 PM, Dan Dreiberg, Laurie Juspeczyk, and Walter Kovacs return to Dreiberg's home.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * 11:10 PM, [[Doctor Manhattan]] arrives and takes [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] to [[Mars]]. |
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| − | * The police knocks on Dan's door but they pack and leave with Archie.<ref name="eight" /><ref name="nine" /> |
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| − | * After a discussion about the masked heroes, Derf and the Knot Tops high on [[katies]] head out to punish Nite Owl. |
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| − | * 11:55 PM, [[Knot Tops]] storm into [[Hollis Mason]]'s home, believing him to be the [[Dan Dreiberg|current Nite Owl]], and kill him. His body is discovered by a group of kids.<ref name="eight" /> |
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| − | * On [[Mars]], [[Doctor Manhattan]] reveals to [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] that [[Edward Blake]] was her real father, and ultimately decides to return to Earth, his faith in humanity renewed given his theory that all humans are "thermodynamic miracles". |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | * Following the [[Dimensional Incursion Event|squid attack]] on [[New York City]], society becomes massively technophobic, as new technology was viewed as the likely cause for bringing a [[Alien Monster|transdimensional alien]] to Earth.<ref name=":7" /> |
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| − | * The DEC VAX 2500 was thrown out following the [[Dimensional Incursion Event|squid attack]] on [[New York City]].<ref name=":7" /> |
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| − | ==== 1st ==== |
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| − | * On midnight, [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford]] arrive at a secret military bunker and meet [[Henry Kissinger]] and [[G. Gordon Liddy]].<ref name=":22">[[Chapter X: Two Riders Were Approaching...]] |
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| − | * At 4:30 AM, [[Adrian Veidt]] leaves for [[Karnak]].<ref name=":22" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] and [[Nite Owl II]] go to the former's apartment to recover his spare attire and mask.<ref name=":22" /> |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] and [[Nite Owl II]] find the courier at [[Happy Harry's]]. Nite Owl II learns of [[Hollis Mason|Hollis Mason's]] death.<ref name=":22" /> |
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| − | * The participants in the [[Alien Monster|alien monster]] project are taken from [[Veidt's island]] on a [[Pyramid Deliveries]] ship and are all killed by a bomb.<ref name=":22" /> |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] records a video message to [[Robert Redford]] congratulating him on winning the presidency in 1992 and informs him that the attack on [[New York City]] was his doing.<ref name=":19">[[Little Fear of Lightning]]</ref> |
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| − | * [[Bian My]], a cleaning lady on [[Karnak]], sneaks into [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt's]] office and injects a vial of his sperm. She escapes Karnak in the middle of the night.<ref name=":24">[[See How They Fly]]</ref> |
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| − | [[File:The Squid - Watchmen (HBO series).png|thumb|364x364px|The genetically engineered monster is teleported in New York City.]] |
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| − | ==== 2nd ==== |
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| − | * [[Rorschach]] and [[Nite Owl II]] break into [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt's]] office. After uncovering Veidt's crimes, they fly to [[Karnak]] to confront him, but not before Rorschach mails [[Rorschach's journal|his journal]].<ref name=":22" /> |
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| − | * At 2:40 PM a postman brings the mail, including [[Rorschach's journal]], to the offices of the [[New Frontiersman|''New Frontiersman'']].<ref name=":22" /> |
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| − | * [[Pale Horse]] perform with [[Krystalnacht]] at [[Madison Square Garden]]. |
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| − | * Between 11:14 and 11:18 PM [[Adrian Veidt]] watches his TV wall and records.<ref name="eleven" /> (dialogue says 11:18, the panel shows 11:14) |
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| − | * At 11:20 PM [[Aline]] meets [[Joey]] outside the [[Promethean]].<ref name="eleven" /> |
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| − | * At 11:24 PM [[Steven Fine]] goes to interfere.<ref name="eleven" /> |
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| − | * [[Wade Tillman]] travels to a carnival in Hoboken, [[New Jersey]] on a missionary trip as the [[Doomsday Clock]] strikes closer to nuclear annihilation. Tillman gets hassled by a group of [[Knot Tops]], but his taken into the Hall of Mirrors by a young woman named [[Roxi]]. Roxi offered to have sex with Wade given the circumstances before removing all of his clothes, however, she would run off with them leaving him behind in the Hall of Mirrors.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * At 11:25 PM, [[Adrian Veidt]] teleports the [[alien monster]] to [[New York City]].<ref name="eleven" /> |
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| − | * Three million people are killed in [[New York City]] after [[Adrian Veidt]] teleports a [[Alien Monster|giant, telepathic, genetically engineered squid]] into midtown Manhattan.<ref name="eleven" /> |
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| − | * Across the Hudson River in [[Hoboken]], [[Wade Tillman]] survives the psychic shockwave unleashed by [[Alien Monster|the squid]], but is severely traumatized.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] kills his servants.<ref name="eleven" /> |
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| − | * [[Nite Owl II]] and [[Rorschach]] arrive to [[Antarctica]], but the [[Owlship]] breaks down and crashes in the ice. They proceed to reach [[Karnak]] via [[hoverbike]].<ref name=":22" /> |
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| − | * [[Nite Owl II]] and [[Rorschach]] enter [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt's]] dining room. After fighting, he explains his plan and reveals that he had already activated the transmission, initiating the final stage of his sinister plot, "35 minutes ago."<ref name="eleven" /> |
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| − | ==== 3rd ==== |
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| − | * At midnight, [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] and [[Jon Osterman]] return to Earth and witness the devastation on [[New York City]].<ref name=":23">[[Chapter XII: A Stronger Loving World]]</ref> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] and [[Jon Osterman]] arrive at [[Karnak]]. [[Adrian Veidt]] attempts to kill Osterman via [[intrinsic field subtractor]], the same way he was reborn as Doctor Manhattan, decimating him and [[Bubastis]].<ref name=":23" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] shoots [[Adrian Veidt]], who catches the bullet and knocks her to the ground.<ref name=":23" /> |
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| − | * [[Jon Osterman]] returns, lashing out and destroying much of [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt's]] estate.<ref name=":23" /> |
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| − | * The mainstream media announces the devastation in New York City. The ensuing chaos averts World War III and ushers in a new era of global cooperation, much to [[Adrian Veidt]]'s satisfaction. |
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| − | * Having witnessed the media's response to the [[Dimensional Incursion Event|alleged alien invasion]], [[Adrian Veidt]] convinces his fellow [[Costumed adventurer|masks]] that revealing his atrocities would destroy the newly achieved atmosphere of peace between the [[United States]] and [[Soviet Union|Russia]]. Everyone agrees to remain silent, except for [[Rorschach]] who storms out, refusing to cooperate.<ref name=":23" /> |
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| − | * Seeing the potential outcomes of [[Rorschach]]'s assured upcoming actions, [[Jon Osterman]] kills Walter Kovacs.<ref name=":23" /> |
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| − | * [[Jon Osterman]] decides to leave Earth with the intention of creating life of his own; leaving Adrian Veidt to ponder his nefarious actions.<ref name=":23" /> |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] teleports to [[Europa]], and begins terraforming the planet and creates life.<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * [[Cartwithen Castle]] mysteriously vanishes off the face of the earth. The only eyewitnesses were [[Marcus Burrell]], a Jamaican oceanographer, and his family who were renting the estate for the winter.<ref name=":1" /><ref>https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2019/12/13/lets-take-a-look-inside-the-final-watchmen-soundtrack-release</ref> |
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| − | ==== 4th ==== |
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| − | * ''[[New York Times]]'' writes an article featuring the headline "Millions Feared Dead" regarding the [[New York City Massacre]]. |
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| − | ==== 27th ==== |
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| − | * [[Veidt Enterprises]] holds a board meeting at 3:00 PM.<ref name=":20" /> |
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| − | ==== 28th ==== |
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| − | * Ted, an acquaintance of [[Adrian Veidt]], has a birthday party.<ref name=":20" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | ==== 25th ==== |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] and [[Dan Dreiberg]] visits [[Sally Jupiter]] under their new identities.<ref name=":23" /> |
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| − | ==1986== |
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| − | * A Saturday morning cartoon series about [[Adrian Veidt]]'s exploits as Ozymandias is released.<ref name=":20">Ozymandias correspondence</ref> |
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| − | * [[Veidt Enterprises]]' Veidt Cosmetics & Toiletries division introduces its Millennium line, the new re-branding of [[Nostalgia]].<ref name=":20" /> |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] diversifies the Sundance Labs into a network of art colleges.<ref name=":9">https://www.slashfilm.com/robert-redford-watchmen/</ref> |
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| − | * The Dorchester family donates the building containing the [[Minutemen]]'s former headquarters to [[New York City]] for public viewing.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | * ''[[Who Watches the Watchmen?]]'' by Joel H. Keesman is published.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacrifice The Sacrifice]'' is released. |
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| − | === January === |
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| − | ==== 1st ==== |
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| − | * ''[[New Frontiersman]]'' editor [[Hector Godfrey]] starts burning most of the crank-file submissions that he and [[Seymour David]] have never featured.<ref name=":22" /> |
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| − | === March === |
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| − | ==== 21st ==== |
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| − | * [[New Frontiersman|''New Frontiersman'']] begins running excerpts from [[Rorschach's journal]] along with a summary of its contents.<ref name=":12" /> |
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| − | === April === |
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| − | * [[Janey Slater]] dies of lung cancer.<ref name="three" /> |
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| − | === July === |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] is born in [[Vietnam]].<ref name=":24" /> |
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| − | * Honduras is devastated by mudslides and an earthquake leaving thousands without food or water.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | * A series of Quake Aid concerts raise money to purchase supplies and equipment to help the survivors of Honduras.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | === October === |
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| − | ==== 4th ==== |
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| − | * An airplane carrying supplies and equipment purchase with funds from July's Quake Aid concerts crashes while en route to help earthquake survivors in Honduras. The crash kills two pilots and seventeen people on the ground, and the plane lands in the only operational fresh-water tank within seventy miles of a makeshift Red Cross landing strip |
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| − | == 1987 == |
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| − | * ''[[Manhattan: An American Life]]'' is released in the [[United States]].<ref name=":10">[[An Almost Religious Awe]]</ref> |
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| − | * [[June Abar]] learns of her [[Marcus Abar|son's]] death. She also learns about her now orphaned granddaughter, [[Angela Abar]], and flies to [[Vietnam]] to meet her.<ref name=":10" /> |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] is placed in an orphanage; she meets her grandmother, [[June Abar]], for the first time who tells her that their family has roots in [[Tulsa]], Oklahoma.<ref name=":10" /> |
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| − | * On her way to the airport, [[June Abar]] suffers a heart attack and dies, leaving [[Angela Abar]] an orphan once more.<ref name=":10" /> |
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| − | * ''[[Run for the Shadows: The Story of Ursula Zandt]]'' by [[Martha McCormick]] is published.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | * [[New York City]] raises funds to renovate the [[Minutemen]]'s [[Minutemen Headquarters|former headquarters]] as a public museum.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | === June === |
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| − | ==== 29th ==== |
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| − | * On VVN Day [[Marcus Abar|Marcus]] and [[Elise Abar]] are killed by members of the [[Vietnamese Liberation Front]].<ref name=":10" /> |
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| − | ==1988== |
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| − | *[[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] runs for President of the United States, but loses to [[Richard Nixon]].<ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | === October === |
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| − | * [[The Nine Inch Nails|Nine Inch Nails]] perform their first concert at the Phantasy Theater in Lakewood, Ohio; Sean Parker and his parents are in attendance. |
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| − | * [[Sean Parker]] sneaks backstage to meet Nine Inch Nails and suggests that they add 'The' to the band's name. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 8th ==== |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] is reelected to a sixth term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | == 1989 == |
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| − | * [[Richard Nixon]] dies in office. [[Gerald Ford]] takes over as President of the United States.<ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | * Chris Deschaines finds refuge in alternative rock bands like Jane's Addiction and [[The Nine Inch Nails]], and is inspired to become a musician. |
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| − | * [[New York City]] opens the doors of the [[Minutemen]]'s former headquarters as a public museum and begins offering tours.<ref name=":25" /> |
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| − | == 1990 == |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 2nd ==== |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder_(1990_film) Jacob’s Ladder]'' is released in the [[United States]].<ref name="history" /> |
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| − | == 1991 == |
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| − | * [[Chris Deschaines]] runs a [[Burgers 'N Borscht]] pop-up near [[Microsoft]]'s campus. |
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| − | === July === |
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| − | * [[Bian My]] allows [[Lady Trieu|her daughter]] to choose her own name. She chooses to name herself after the third century Vietnamese freedom fighter Lady Trieu. |
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| − | == 1992 == |
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| − | * ''The Pelican Disposition'' by [[John Grisham]] is published.<ref name="history" /><ref name=":11">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/03/new-frontiersman-revised.pdf CLIPPING: White Flight to Mars]</ref> |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 3rd ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford]] defeats [[Gerald Ford]] to become the new President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | ==== 3rd ==== |
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| − | * On his 13th birthday, [[Sean Parker]]'s father gives him $1300 dollars and suggests that he invest in that money. |
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| − | ==1993== |
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| − | *The [[Tech Recall and Reintroduction Act|Tech Recall and Reintroduction Act of 1993]] is passed under [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]], a thirty year, five-stage plan that grants the President of the United States authority to draft federal employees into the work of reintroducing technologies once deemed unsafe or illegal back into the public space.<ref name=":7" /> |
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| − | *The [[Campaign Finance Reform and Donor Disclosure Act of 1993]] is passed under [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]], preventing corporate pact money in politics that would normally influence government policy.<ref name=":15">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/01/veidt-declared-dead.pdf CLIPPING: "Veidt Declared Dead"]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] appoints [[Andres Serrano]] to rebuild the National Endowment for the Arts following decades of reduction and gutting by the administrations of [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford|Ford]].<ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | *[[Sean Parker]] becomes a millionaire after investing in industries that he predicted would take off due to post 11/2 technophobia and xenophobia such as print media; and even invested in "[[squidsploitation]]" markets like [[Extra-Dimentional Security]]. |
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| − | *[[Sean Parker]] invests in [[Tromaville Studios]] |
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| − | === January === |
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| − | ==== 20th ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (actor)|Robert Redford]] is officially sworn in as President of the United States.<ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | ==== 21st ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford]] views [[Adrian Veidt]]'s video message.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg Steven Spielberg] releases <em>[[Pale Horse (film)|Pale Horse]]</em>, a film about the [[Dimensional Incursion Event]].<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | * [[The Nine Inch Nails]] perform at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley_Stadium Wembley Stadium] with special guests [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Day Green Day] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suede_(band) Suede]. |
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| − | == 1993/Doomsday Clock == |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 22nd ==== |
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| − | * [[National News Network]] is established in the [[United States]]. |
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| − | |||
| − | == 1994 == |
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| − | * [[Matthew Crawford|Matthew Wayne Crawford]] dies in the line of duty as an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer.<ref name=":3" /> |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] graduates from [[Anh Linh High School]]. Upon graduating she joins the [[Saigon Police Department]] and becomes an officer. |
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| − | == 1995 == |
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| − | * ''[[New Frontiersman]]'' publishes [[Rorschach's journal|Rorschach’s journal]] in its entirety.<ref name=":12">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/01/rorschachs-journal-memo.pdf MEMO: "Rorschach's Journal"]</ref> |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] designs a blue vibrator called [[Excalibur]] which he gives to [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] purely out of spite when he realized that she stilled harbored feelings for [[Doctor Manhattan]].<ref name=":21">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/04/interrogation-juspeczyk.pdf INTERROGATION (REDACTIONS): Juspeczyk, Laurel Jane (4/25/95)]</ref> |
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| − | * The [[New York Police Department]] cedes custody of [[Rorschach's journal|Rorschach's first journal]] to the [[FBI]]’s Behavioral Sciences Division.<ref name=":12" /> |
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| − | === April === |
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| − | ==== 15th ==== |
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| − | * [[Dan Dreiberg]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] are arrested for violations of the [[Keene Act]], in the process of stopping [[Timothy McVeigh]] from carrying out a terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":21" /> |
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| − | ==== 25th ==== |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk]] is interrogated by Special Agent [[David Latimer]] of the FBI’s Vigilante Operations division following her arrest. She cooperates and reveals the truth behind what really happened to [[New York]] on [[Timeline#1985|November 2, 1985]].<ref name=":21" /> |
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| − | ==== 28th ==== |
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| − | * [[MerlinCorp]], the technology company owned and operated by [[Dan Dreiberg]], is raided by the [[FBI]] and recovers the blueprints to his inventions.<ref>[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/04/excalibur-design.jpg EVIDENCE: "Excalibur," MerlinCorp. Raid (4/28/95)]</ref> |
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| − | * [[The Nine Inch Nails]] hold a concert at the Urban Outfitters Amphitheater in [[Saigon]], [[Vietnam]]. [[Trent Reznor]] unexpectedly walks out during the show announcing that this is his final appearance. |
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| − | == 1996 == |
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| − | * KROQ goes off the air. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 5th ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] is reelected to a second term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | == 1997 == |
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| − | * A geological survey at "[[The Crater]]" is conducted by the [[International Institute of Extraspatial Studies]]. Scientists concluded that The Crater is contaminated with Cherenkov-Glass Radiation - the unique energy signature of [[Doctor Manhattan]]. Thus, the Crater becomes a worthless tourist trap. |
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| − | == 1998 == |
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| − | * [[Sean Parker]] purchases the land that once held the site of [[Cartwithen Castle]]. |
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| − | * ''The Horse Whisperer'', starring Scott Glenn, is released in the [[United States]]. The film came late in a wave of “rural chic” films that began in the late eighties amid the urban flight movements that followed the [[Dimensional Incursion Event]]. Directed by George T. Miller, it was a modest success and it successfully launched the career of Scarlett Johansson.<ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | == 1999 == |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] regains the wealth [[Veidt Enterprises]] lost in the aftermath of the [[Dimensional Incursion Event|New York City massacre]] by licensing proprietary technology to other fields, most notably, pet cloning, through a subsidiary called Bubastis.<ref name=":15" /> |
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| − | == 2000 == |
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| − | === June === |
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| − | ==== 26th ==== |
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| − | * The [[Extraterrestrial Squid Society]] awards [[Wade Tillman]] a certificate in [[Extraterrestrial Squid Science]]. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 2nd ==== |
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| − | * <em>[[The Book of Rorschach]]</em>, an album based on the[[Rorschach's journal| journal]] of [[Walter Kovacs]] is released by [[Sons of Pale Horse]].<ref name=":17" /> |
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| − | ==== 7th ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] is reelected to a third term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | ==== 1st ==== |
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| − | * [[Sons of Pale Horse]] prepare to perform their first concert in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], but walk off stage as soon as they saw the crowd of people wearing [[Rorschach's mask|Rorschach masks]]. |
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| − | == 2001 == |
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| − | * The [[Robert Redford (character)|Redford administration]] begins taking steps to accelerate the complete reintroduction of electronic media into the public sphere.<ref name=":7" /> |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford]] appoints [[Martin Scorsese]] to oversee the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Preservation_Foundation National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF)], further adding to his administration's records as a supporter of the arts. |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] graduates from the [[Myanmar Institute of Technology]] with PhDs in astrophysics, nuclear fission, bioengineering, and nanochemistry.<ref name=":18" /> |
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| − | * [[Russia]] and [[China]] start seeing a disproportionate amount of [[Exotic Cephalopodian Entity|exotic cephalopodian entity]] showers. |
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| − | * [[The Nine Inch Nails]] record their studio album at [[the Crater]]. |
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| − | * [[Chris Deschaines]] apologizes for the creation of ''[[The Book of Rorschach]]'' in ''[[Might Magazine]]''. |
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| − | * [[Chris Deschaines]] disappears from the public eye. |
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| − | * ''The Last Castle'', starring Peter Fonda, is released in the United States. Set during a fictional war, film was one of many films that began to reassess the imperialism during the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon era]] and [[United States|America]]’s conduct during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | === January === |
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| − | ==== 1st ==== |
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| − | * Los Angeles' KROQ radio station relaunches after five years off the air and at midnight played The Book of Rorschach in its entirety. |
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| − | === February === |
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| − | ==== 28th ==== |
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| − | * ''[[The Final Report of the Oklahoma Commission to Study the 1921 Tulsa Massacre]]'' is published. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 1st ==== |
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| − | * [[The Nine Inch Nails]] begins recording their studio album ''[[The Manhattan Project]]'' at "The Crater" in North Wales. |
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| − | == 2002 == |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] appoints [[John Grisham]] to the Supreme Court, confirming him after a contentious process in the Senate. |
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| − | == 2003 == |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_Island Shutter Island] ''by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Lehane Dennis Lehane] is published.<ref name="history" /> |
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| − | == 2004 == |
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| − | * [[Judd Crawford|Judd]] and [[Jane Crawford]] moves back to [[Tulsa]] and the former joins the [[Tulsa Police Department|police department]] as a senior detective.<ref name=":3" /> |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 2nd ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] is reelected to a fourth term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | ==== 13th ==== |
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| − | * The 10th Circuit decides <em>[[Greenwood Survivors v. State of Oklahoma]]</em>, laying the legal groundwork for reparations. |
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| − | == 2005 == |
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| − | * [[Bian My]] dies; [[Lady Trieu]] "harvests her memories," and recreates her through cloning technology. |
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| − | |||
| − | * [[Dale Petey]] writes a summary of the plot of ''[[Fogdancing]]'' and sends it as an entry for the annual recap contest for the periodical journal, ''[[Nothing Ever Ends]]''. |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] purchases the [[Myanmar Institute of Technology]].<ref name=":10" /> |
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| − | |||
| − | == 2006 == |
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| − | === August === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 26th ==== |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Little_Bird You Are My Little Bird]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Mitchell_(musician) Elizabeth Mitchell] is released, featuring the song "Three Little Birds".<ref name="history" /><ref name=":0">[[It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice]]</ref> |
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| − | == 2007 == |
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| − | * [[Kenya]] awards [[Adrian Veidt]] its highest civilian honor, the Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart, on the 40th anniversary of one of Veidt’s signature accomplishments as a [[Costumed adventurer|masked vigilante]]. It was his last known public appearance.<ref name=":15" /> |
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| − | * [[Trieu Industries]] introduces [[Nostalgia (drug)|Nostalgia]] to the market. |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] becomes the world's first trillionaire following the success of her pharmaceutical memory pills, [[Nostalgia (drug)|Nostalgia]]. |
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| − | * A report from the [[Department of Extra-Dimensional Affairs]] releases information regarding the phenomena of [[Squidfall|Squidfalls]]. |
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| − | == 2008 == |
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| − | * The [[Redfordations|Victims of Racial Violence Act of 2008]] is passed under [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]], declaring reparations to victims of 50 defined instances of racial discrimination/violence in the form of a lifetime tax exemption for victims of, and the direct descendants of, designated areas of racial injustice throughout [[United States|America]]’s history. |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] creates the "[[Eye over Mars]]" satellite probe to detect [[Doctor Manhattan|Doctor Manhattan]]'s activity on [[Mars]]. |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] learns that [[Doctor Manhattan]] is not on [[Mars]], and so she sends out a satellite probe to [[Europa]], where she suspects Manhattan is residing. |
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| − | * [[Trieu Industries]] begins setting up [[Manhattan Booth|Manhattan Booths]] across every major city in the world. |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] travels to [[Karnak]], [[Antarctica]] and meets her biological father [[Adrian Veidt]]. |
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| − | * Information regarding [[Extra-Dimensional Anxiety]] is released to the public. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 4th ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] is reelected to a fifth term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /> |
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| − | == 2009 == |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford]] is pressured by conservative Democrats and Independents to appoint Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura to the Vice Presidency after the resignation of Carol Moseley Braun. |
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| − | === March === |
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| − | * [[Calvin Abar|Calvin Jelani]] arrives in [[Vietnam]] for work with Pyramid Global Construction.<ref>https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/07/calvin-medical-chart.pdf</ref> |
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| − | === April === |
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| − | * [[Calvin Abar|Calvin Jelani]] is laid off from his job at Pyramid Global Construction.<ref>https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/07/calvin-medical-chart.pdf</ref> |
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| − | === June === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 29th ==== |
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| − | * [[File:Doctor Manhattan arrives to Saigon - Watchmen (TV series).jpeg|thumb|296x296px|[[Doctor Manhattan]] teleports to Saigon, [[Vietnam]] on V.V.N. Day.]][[Doctor Manhattan]] decides to leave [[Europa]] and teleports to Saigon, [[Vietnam]] on V.V.N. Day; he meets [[Angela Abar]] and the two form a relationship.<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | === July === |
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| − | * Dao Van Noi dies in an accidental gas leak.<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * Michael Declan dies of a heroin overdose.<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * William Heath commits suicide.<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * [[Calvin Abar|Calvin Jelani]] dies of a heart attack.<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] takes on the identity of the recently deceased [[Calvin Abar|Calvin Jelani]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 13th ==== |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] and [[Angela Abar]] get into a major fight and break up<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] travels to [[Karnak]], [[Antarctica]] to visit [[Adrian Veidt]]. Manhattan receives the tachyon ring from Veidt; in return he sends Veidt to Europa where he can enjoy utopia.<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] travels to [[New York City]] to visit [[Will Reeves]], Angela Abar's paternal grandfather. He sets up an alliance with the old man and informs him of his plans to marry his granddaughter and move to [[Tulsa]]. Manhattan creates a grandfather paradox by speaking to Abar in 2019; she asks Manhattan to ask to Reeves how he knew about [[Judd Crawford|Judd Crawford's]] hidden Klan robe.<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 23rd ==== |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] proposes to [[Angela Abar]] and allows her to use the tachyon ring that would wipe his memory and suppress his powers. Manhattan officially adopts the identity of [[Calvin Abar]].<ref name=":1" /> |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] takes [[Calvin Abar|Calvin Jelani]] to the hospital to undergo treatment regarding his memory loss he received from a "car crash". Abar gathers background information and medical data from Jelani's last employer, Pyramid Global Construction. |
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| − | == 2010 == |
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| − | * [[Trieu Industries]] begins launching Voyager-class probes into outer space. |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 13th ==== |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] begins writing his play <em>[[The Watchmaker’s Son]]</em>. That night, he celebrates his first year on [[Europa]] with champagne and cake. |
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| − | |||
| − | == 2011 == |
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| − | |||
| − | === December === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 13th ==== |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] celebrates his second anniversary on [[Europa]]. To celebrate, he puts on a play, ''The Watchmaker's Son'', dramatizing how [[Jon Osterman]] became Doctor Manhattan. |
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| − | == 2012 == |
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| − | * Jesse Ventura leverages the Redford administration with evidence about the government’s involvement in the [[Dimensional Incursion Event]]. |
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| − | * [[Trieu Industries]] purchases [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt’s]] companies. |
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| − | * Members of [[Veidt Enterprises|Veidt Enterprises’]] board of directors visited [[Antarctica]] to seek [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt’s]] blessing on the sale of his company only to find [[Karnak]] completely unoccupied. |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] is declared missing. |
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| − | * Jesse Ventura passes away two weeks after the election under mysterious circumstances. |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford]] appoints Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his Vice President. |
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| − | * The 2012 edition of ''Ebert’s Guide to Practical Filmgoing'' is released. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 6th ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] is reelected to a sixth term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /> |
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| − | == 2013 == |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] uses the bodies of his servants to spell out the words “Save me [[Lady Trieu|daughter]]” on the surface of [[Europa]], just in time for one of [[Trieu Industries]]’ space probes to fly by and see it. Shortly after, Veidt is put on trial by the inhabitants of Europa for attempting to escape. |
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| − | == 2014 == |
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| − | * ''[[Marauders: The Winter Pirate]]'' is released in the [[United States]] by Charlton Studios. The roles of Black Sash and Admiral Pierce are portrayed by Scarlett Johansson and Terry O’Quinn respectively.<ref name=":9" /> |
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| − | == 2015 == |
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| − | * The trial of [[Adrian Veidt]] concludes, and he is sent to prison. |
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| − | * [[Trieu Industries]] licensed patented micro-fusion propulsion technology to the SDI alliance, China, and the Egyptian Union |
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| − | == 2016 == |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] designs and launches the first micro-fusion spacecraft which she sends to [[Europa]] to return [[Adrian Veidt]] safely back to Earth by 2018. |
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| − | * Mike Ennis' father dies |
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| − | * Mike Ennis liquidates Black Freighter Records, donates most of his profits to the Three Million Foundation. Ennis also reconciled with Dao X and Gene Casablancas and gave them the rights to [[Sons of Pale Horse#The Book of Rorschach|''The Book of Rorschach'']]. |
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| − | === November === |
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| − | ==== 8th ==== |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] is reelected to a seventh term of office as President of the United States.<ref name=":32" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | ==== 14th ==== |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] is given a horseshoe hidden inside his seventh anniversary cake. |
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| − | ==== 24th ==== |
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| − | * [[File:Angela and Cal Abar celebrate Christmas - Watchman (TV series).jpg|thumb|284x284px|[[Angela Abar|Angela]] and [[Cal Abar]] celebrate Christmas.]][[Seventh Kalvary]] implements a coordinated strike on police officers around the country, which is later dubbed "[[White Night]]". During one such operation, Mike, a member of the Seventh Kalvary, is mysteriously teleported to [[Gila Flats]] during his attack on the Abar residence, raising suspicions that [[Doctor Manhattan]] is living in [[Tulsa]]. |
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| − | * A [[Tulsa]] police officer named Doyle and his wife were targeted during the [[White Night]]. His son, [[Topher Abar|Topher]], had no choice but to hide with his younger sisters, [[Emma Abar|Emma]] and Rosie, in a closet while their parents were brutally murdered in the next room by [[Seventh Kalvary]] foot soldiers. |
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| − | ==== 27th ==== |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] wakes up in the hospital to find [[Judd Crawford]] there. |
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| − | == 2017 == |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar|Angela]] and [[Cal Abar]] decide to adopt her late partner's, Doyle, children |
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| − | * [[Ronnie Ngo Dinh]], governor of [[Vietnam]], causes an international incident by claiming that the [[Vietnamese Liberation Front]] had assassinated [[Adrian Veidt]] as an act of terror against the [[United States]]. He used the assertion to justify an escalation of actions against VLF militants. The ensuing police actions resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths and condemnation from nations who’ve expressed support for the “[[Free Vietnam]]” movement, including the [[United Kingdom]] and [[China]].<ref name=":15" /> |
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| − | * [[Trieu Industries]] officially acquires [[Veidt Enterprises]].<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" /> |
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| − | * Senator [[Joe Keene|Joe Keene Jr.]] writes an additional amendment to the [[Keene Act]] called the [[Defense of Police Act|Defense of Police Act (DOPA)]], which allows police officers to wear masks which would protect their identities. A pilot program for the amendment is enforced by [[Tulsa]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":16" /> |
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| − | * [[Judd Crawford]] oversees the [[Tulsa Police Department]]'s transition to masking police officers following the passage of [[Defense of Police Act|DOPA]].<ref name=":3" /> |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] dons on the masked identity of Sister Night.<ref name=":6" /> |
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| − | * A Harlem movie theater, owned by [[Will Reeves]], starts showing [[Sister Night|''Sister Night'']] every Sunday at midnight.<ref name=":6" /> |
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| − | * A man calling himself “[[Barry D. Shanes]]” told ''[[Squidworld Digest]]'' that he worked as [[Lady Trieu]]’s personal tutor during her childhood and that he quit after [[Bian My]] ordered him to give Trieu a "duel to the death on multiple planes of existence, corporal and mental".<ref name=":18" /> |
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| − | === December === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 13th ==== |
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| − | * [[File:Trieu Industries Microfusion Spacecraft.png|thumb|299x299px|[[Adrian Veidt]] escaping [[Europa]].]][[Lady Trieu]]'s [[Trieu Industries Microfusion Spacecraft|rescue spaceship]] arrives on [[Europa]], on the day [[Adrian Veidt]] is “celebrating” eight years there. Veidt escapes his prison and heads toward the spaceship, but is confronted by the [[Game Warden]] who shoots him. Veidt, however, manages to catch the bullet with his hand and kills him. Veidt steps aboard the ship and escapes Europa. He is enclosed in a solid gold casing to survive the year long journey back to Earth.<ref name=":24" /> |
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| − | == 2018 == |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] lays the groundwork of the [[Millennium Clock]] in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]. |
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| − | * [[Roger Ailes]] files a lawsuit against [[Veidt Enterprises]] and [[Trieu Industries]] claiming a “systematic campaign of harassment, intimidation, and sabotage” against him and his employees for publishing reports that the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] had killed [[Adrian Veidt]] for secrets he possessed regarding the [[Dimensional Incursion Event]]. The lawsuit was dismissed and the federal government subsequently ordered [[Newspaper Corporation of America]] to either publish an apology to Veidt or pay a $100,000 for violating the [[Content Code Act]]. They chose to pay the fine. |
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| − | * [[Judd Crawford]] is appointed full-time chief of the [[Tulsa Police Department]]. |
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| − | * The first season of ''[[American Hero Story]]'' premieres, centered on [[Rorschach]]. |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] purchases the [[Clark Farm|Clark's family farm]], shortly before her [[Trieu Industries Microfusion Spacecraft|Mircofusion Spacecraft]] carrying [[Adrian Veidt]] lands nearby. |
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| − | * [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] announces that he will not be running for an eighth term. |
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| − | * Cameron Crowe writes the liner notes for a 2018 reissue of the Nine Inch Nails entire discography. |
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| − | === October === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 19th ==== |
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| − | * ''The Talk of Tulsa'' section of the ''Tulsa Star-Sentinel'' releases "Lady Trieu: Fact or Fiction".<ref name=":18" /> |
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| − | == 2019 == |
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| − | |||
| − | === January === |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 18th ==== |
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| − | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizrd The Wizrd]'' by Future is released, featuring the song "Crushed Up".<ref name="history" /><ref name=":0" /> |
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| − | === August === |
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| − | ==== 29th ==== |
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| − | *Director James Doyan writes a memo to the Anti-Vigliante Task Force regarding the reintroduction of STAGE FIVE technologies.<ref name=":7" /> |
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| − | *The IBM NetVista X41 is introduced to the FBI's Anti-Vigilante Task Force by Director James Doyan.<ref name=":7" /> |
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| − | |||
| − | === September === |
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| − | * The [[Soviet Union]] begins development on an [[Intrinsic field subtractor|intrinsic field chamber]].<ref name=":16" /> |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 1st ==== |
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| − | * Special Agent [[Dale Petey]] writes a memo urging the FBI not to declare [[Adrian Veidt]] dead, for fear of angering right-wingers who want him found and punished for his role in [[Rorschach|Rorschach’s]] disappearance.<ref name=":12" /> |
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| − | ==== 3rd ==== |
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| − | * [[Dale Petey]] writes a memo regarding the upcoming release of [[American Hero Story|''American Hero Story'']]''<nowiki/>'s'' second season titled ''Minutemen'' and the upcoming re-release of ''The Book of Rorschach'' by [[Sons of Pale Horse]].<ref name=":17">[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/02/masked-vigilantes-in-pop-culture-memo.pdf MEMO: Masked Vigilantes in Pop Culture]</ref> |
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| − | ==== 8th ==== |
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| − | *[[Robert Redford (character)|President Redford]] nominates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to replace the retiring Justice John Grisham on the Supreme Court.<ref name=":11" /> |
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| − | *John Grisham retires from the Supreme Court.<ref name=":16">[[She Was Killed by Space Junk]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Dale Petey]] writes a memo providing his analysis and criticism of the series <em>[[American Hero Story|American Hero Story: Minutemen]]</em>.<ref>[https://www.hbo.com/content/dam/hbodata/series/watchmen/peteypedia/03/memo-ahs.pdf MEMO: AHS: Based on UNFactual Events]</ref> |
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| − | *The Federal Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with local law enforcement officials in [[New York]] and [[Vietnam]], legally declares [[Adrian Veidt]] dead.<ref name=":15" /> |
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| − | *[[Intrinsic field subtractor|Intrinsic field]] talks begin in Moscow.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| − | *[[Judd Crawford|Sheriff Crawford]] and his wife, [[June Abar|June]], attend a production of <em>Oklahoma!</em>.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| − | *Officer [[Charlie Sutton]] of the [[Tulsa Police Department]] is shot dead by a [[Seventh Kavalry]] member named [[Carmichael]] during a routine traffic stop.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| − | ==== 9th ==== |
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| − | *The Morning Edition of the [[New Frontiersman|''New Frontiersman'']] releases "Honor is Like a Hawk: If You Love It, Set It Free" following Robert Redford's nomination of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez into the Supreme Court.<ref name=":11" /> |
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| − | *[[Angela Abar]] attends Career Day at her son’s school.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| − | *A squidfall hits [[Tulsa]] (as well as Vancouver, Jakarta, and Leningrad).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":14">[[Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship]]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Angela Abar]] kidnaps a [[Seventh Kavalry]] member to interrogate about the shooting.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| − | *[[Carmichael's Safehouse Raid|Carmichael's Safehouse]] is raided by the [[Tulsa Police Department]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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| − | *The ''Washington Post-Intelligencer'' releases a story titled "Veidt Declared Dead" following a declaration from the FBI after years of investigation into [[Adrian Veidt]]'s disappearance<ref name=":15" /> |
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| − | ==== 10th ==== |
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| − | *Senator [[Joe Keene]] announces he is running for president. |
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| − | ==== 15th ==== |
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| − | *[[Dale Petey]] writes a memo criticizing the portrayal of [[Sally Jupiter]]'s attempted rape by the [[Comedian]] in the ''[[American Hero Story]] ''episode "Internal Affairs". |
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| − | *The Crawfords have dinner at Cal and Angela Abar’s house. |
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| − | |||
| − | ==== 16th ==== |
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| − | *[[Will Reeves]] hypnotizes [[Judd Crawford]] into hanging himself.<ref name=":2">[[This Extraordinary Being]]</ref> |
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| − | *The [[Tulsa Police Department]] finds Crawford’s body and rousts the local [[Nixonville]]. |
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| − | *Sources close to [[Joe Keene]] told ''Washington Post-Intelligencer'' that his office was in the process of cancelling and rescheduling events for the week, including an interview with WPI about his presidential campaign. |
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| − | *[[Angela Abar]] visits the Greenwood Center for Cultural Heritage and drops off Will Reeves’ DNA sample. |
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| − | *<em>[[American Hero Story|American Hero Story: Minutemen]] </em>premieres nationwide. |
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| − | *[[Angela Abar]] visits [[Jane Crawford]] and is surprised to discover a Klansman robe in Judd Crawford’s closet. |
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| − | *[[Angela Abar]] arrests [[Will Reeves]], but he escapes in a flying car. |
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| − | ==== 17th ==== |
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| − | * The ''Washington Post-Intelligencer'' releases "Tulsa Police Chief Feared Slain" following the announcment of [[Judd Crawford]]'s death. |
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| − | * Laurie Blake and the Anti-Vigilante Task Force sets up a fake bank robbery to lure in and capture [[Mister Shadow]]. |
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| − | * Senator [[Joe Keene]] visits her that night at her apartment and asks her to travel to [[Tulsa]] the next morning to look into the murder of [[Judd Crawford|Sheriff Crawford]] in exchange, he promises to pardon [[Dan Dreiberg]] if he becomes president. |
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| − | ==== 18th ==== |
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| − | * Agents [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] and [[Dale Petey]] attend a briefing on the [[Seventh Kavalry]]; they then fly to [[Tulsa]].<ref name=":16" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] visits the crime scene, the Crawford home, a [[Tulsa Police Department]] interrogation site, and the mote she and [[Dale Petey]] are staying at. |
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| − | * [[Judd Crawford|Judd Crawford’s]] funeral is held. |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] meets [[Angela Abar]] and her family. |
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| − | * A member of [[Seventh Kavalry|Seventh Kavalry’s]] attacks the funeral using a homemade bomb.<ref name=":16" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] and [[Dale Petey]] hook up.<ref name=":16" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] heads to a [[Manhattan Booth]] in downtown [[Tulsa]] and gives [[Doctor Manhattan]] a call; she sees [[Angela Abar]]'s car fall from the skies. Abar is there to hear it land, because she’s been paying a late-night visit to the Greenwood Center for Cultural Heritage.<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":31">[[If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own]]</ref> |
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| − | ==== 19th ==== |
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| − | * [[Sister Night]] gives [[Looking Glass]] the [[Ku Klux Klan|Klan]] robe and [[Nostalgia (drug)|Nostalgia pills]]. |
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| − | * [[Sister Night]] confronts [[Lube Man]]. |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] pays [[Cal Abar]] a visit at his home. |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] and [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] visit [[Lady Trieu]] to ask about her drones. |
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| − | * [[Bian My]] has a nightmare about the [[Vietnam War]]. |
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| − | * [[Looking Glass]] spends the morning consulting on a PR campaign for [[New York City]].<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] takes over the investigation into the [[Seventh Kavalry]] and sends the [[Tulsa Police Department|Tulsa PD]] to canvas local churches to find the Kavalry’s headquarters.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * [[Looking Glass]]' alarm system acts up.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * [[Looking Glass]] consults on a breakfast cereal campaign and visits his ex-wife to find out what [[Will Reeves|Will Reeves’]] [[Nostalgia (drug)|pills]] are.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * [[File:Wade finds out about the hoax in S 1 E 5 .jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Wade Tillman]] finds out about the hoax.]][[Wade Tillman]] meets a radiologist named Renee at a meeting of [[Extra-Dimensional Anxiety]] sufferers.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * Renee introduces Wade Tillman to Senator [[Joe Keene]], who reveals himself to be the leader of the [[Seventh Kalvary]]. He shows him a pirated copy of [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt's]] message to [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]]; Wade learns the truth that the [[alien monster]] that materialized in [[New York City]] was a hoax perpetuated by Veidt to prevent World War III.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * [[Looking Glass]] consults on an ad campaign for a new perfume.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * At the Tulsa Police Station, [[Looking Glass]] turns [[Angela Abar]] over to [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]]. Abar takes [[Will Reeves]]' [[Nostalgia (drug)|Nostalgia]].<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * The [[Seventh Kavalry]] pays [[Looking Glass]] a visit at his home.<ref name=":19" /> |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] writes a memo regarding [[Angela Abar]]'s overdose and her discovery of the identity of [[Hooded Justice]] as [[Will Reeves]]. |
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| − | * [[Dale Petey]] writes a memo regarding [[Nelson Gardner]]'s last will and testament as well as an attached copy of his will. |
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| − | * [[Dale Petey]] writes a memo regarding the film ''[[Sister Night (film)|Sister Night]]'', the film's connection to Angela Abar's costumed persona, and the history of the “Black Mask” subgenre. |
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| − | * Members of [[Cyclops]] and [[Seventh Kalvary]], including [[John David Keene|J. David Keene]] and [[Jane Crawford]], arrive to witness [[Joe Keene]]'s extraction of [[Doctor Manhattan]]'s powers. Keene prepares to enter the chamber as he gives a speech regarding Cyclops plans of restoring "racial balance" in [[United States|America]] and putting an end to [[Robert Redford (character)|President Redford]]'s liberal policies. |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] arrives to stop [[Joe Keene]] from entering the chamber, warning him that [[Lady Trieu]] let the [[Seventh Kalvary]] steal the lithium batteries they needed to build the cage to take [[Doctor Manhattan]]'s powers for herself; Keene ignores her warning and enters the transference chamber with [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]], Abar, [[Wade Tillman]] and the [[Cyclops]] and Seventh Kalvary members in attendance. The system activates and a blue wave hits, and everyone is suddenly teleported to Greenwood by Trieu. [[Adrian Veidt]] and Laurie Blake are reunited for the first time in thirty-four years. |
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| − | * Due to the [[Seventh Kavalry]]'s lack of knowledge regarding safety measures, [[Joe Keene]] is liquefied during the process and his remains spill across the area and into [[Doctor Manhattan]]'s cage once [[Lady Trieu]] opens the booth. |
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| − | * [[Lady Trieu]] reads a letter written by [[Will Reeves]] highlighting [[Cyclops]]' white supremacy and history of crimes against people of color for a century, including the [[Tulsa race massacre|Greenwood Massacre of 1921]]. Trieu then proceeds to kill [[John David Keene|J. David Keene]], [[Jane Crawford]], and all the remaining Cyclops and [[Seventh Kalvary]] members on behalf of Reeves. |
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| − | * [[Doctor Manhattan]] uses [[Joe Keene]]'s liquid remains to teleport [[Adrian Veidt]], [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]], and [[Wade Tillman]] to [[Karnak]], [[Antarctica]]. Manhattan tells [[Angela Abar]] he did not send her away as he did not want to be alone when he dies, as [[Lady Trieu]] activates the floating sphere to take Manhattan's powers. Manhattan tells Abar he loves her before he is destroyed and his powers captured. |
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| − | * At [[Karnak]], [[Adrian Veidt]] uses his squid rain device to send frozen squid to fall in Greenwood, which will obliterate anything in the nearby area. [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] calls [[Angela Abar]] in time to warn her, allowing her and [[Bian]] to take cover, while the [[Exotic Cephalopodian Entity#Squidfall|squid rain]] destroys the sphere and kills [[Lady Trieu]] before the transfer can be completed.[[File:See How They Fly Promotional Image 10.jpg|thumb|234x234px]] |
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| − | * [[Angela Abar]] takes shelter at the Dreamland Theater, where [[Will Reeves]] is waiting for her with her children. Reeves reveals his past as [[Hooded Justice]] and that [[Doctor Manhattan]] had made a deal with him and convinced him to make a deal with [[Lady Trieu]], knowing this end had to happen so that his powers would not be taken by those that would abuse them. |
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| − | * [[Adrian Veidt]] offers [[Nite Owl II]]'s airship [[Archie|''Archie'']] to [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] and [[Wade Tillman]] to return to civilization. Blake prepares to arrest Veidt, with Tillman possessing the 1985 video confession to [[Robert Redford (character)|Robert Redford]] as evidence that he was behind the [[Dimensional Incursion Event|squid attack]]. Veidt attempts to talk his way out of it, but Tillman knocks him out, and he and Blake drag him aboard the ship. |
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| − | * Martial law remains in effect throughout the city of [[Tulsa]] as Haz-Mat teams continue to collect the remains of [[Joe Keene]] and [[Lady Trieu]]. |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] is considered missing by the FBI. |
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| − | * [[Dale Petey]] writes a memo regarding the novel ''[[Fogdancing]]'' and its influence. |
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| − | * [[Halo Ten Records]] re-releases [[the Nine Inch Nails]] studio album ''[[The Manhattan Project]]'' featuring a comprehensive essay by [[Allan Kurtis Shea]]. |
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| − | * [[Dale Petey]] is fired from the [[FBI]] and his employment by the [[Anti-Vigilante Task Force]] is terminated. |
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| − | * The [[Tulsa Police Department]] and the [[FBI]] learn that [[Dale Petey]] has taken it upon himself to continue the investigation and has gone into hiding. |
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| − | * Deputy Director [[Max Farragut]] of the [[FBI]] writes a memo regarding [[Dale Petey]]'s termination, as well as the events surrounding [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]. |
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| − | * [[Laurie Juspeczyk|Laurie Blake]] returns home safely and is debriefed at a secure and classified location due to the sensitive nature of the discoveries she made over the course of her investigations. |
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| − | * [[Blue Sun Laboratories]] receives mineral samples harvested from [[The Crater|M-Site//11.3.85/UK]] (marketed as [[Blue Sunday]]). |
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| − | * [[Charlton Home Records]] re-releases [[Sons of Pale Horse|Sons of Pale Horse's]] studio album ''[[Sons of Pale Horse#The Book of Rorschach|The Book of Rorschach]]'' featuring a comprehensive essay by [[Seymour David]].<ref name=":17" /> |
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| − | * [[Harris Greenwald]] of ''[[Revolver Magazine]]'' writes a critical review of [[Sons of Pale Horse]] re-release of ''The Book of Rorschach''.<ref>https://www.revolvermag.com/music/review-sons-pale-horses-book-rorschach-still-mess</ref> |
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| − | * [[Edward Corey Jr.]] reports his findings regarding the mineral samples ([[Blue Sunday]]) harvested from [[The Crater|M-Site//11.3.85/UK]]. |
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| + | * [[Before 20th Century/HBO|Before 20th Century]] |
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| + | * [[1920s/HBO|1920s]] • [[1930s/HBO|1930s]] • [[1940s/HBO|1940s]] • [[1950s/HBO|1950s]] • [[1960s/HBO|1960s]] • [[1970s/HBO|1970s]] • [[1980s/HBO|1980s]] • [[1990s/HBO|1990s]] • |
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| − | * The events of ''[[Rorschach (Comic)|Rorschach]]'' take place. |
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| + | * [[2000s/HBO|2000s]] • [[2010s/HBO|2010s]] • [[2020s/HBO|2020s]] |
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| − | * ''[[Pontius Pirate: War of the West Indies]]'' is released in the [[United States]]. |
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Revision as of 00:33, 28 December 2021
This page is a Timeline of events as depicted or mentioned in the Watchmen Universe.
- NOTE: These links contain spoilers.
Chronology
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History Altered by Doctor Manhattan
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- Before 20th Century
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