Timeline

The current World of Heroes Beta Timeline, from 1943–2008.

July

 * July 5th: Hitler unleashes his Übermenschen, genetically-engineered super soldiers, turning the tide in the Eastern Front

November

 * November 23rd: Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin are simultaneously assassinated at the Tehran Conference by the SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny
 * Henry A. Wallace becomes president of The United States
 * Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister of The United Kingdom
 * The USSR has several internal conflicts over who will lead the USSR
 * Molotov vs. Zhukov + Khrushchev vs. Lavrentiy Beria

December

 * December 20th: Nikita Khrushchev is declared the leader of the USSR

1944

 * Henry A. Wallace is re-elected

1946

 * The Second Battle of Moscow is won by the Germans, though it is a Pyrrhic Victory
 * The United States does not use the atomic bomb on Japan, forcing a long a bloody war over the Japanese homeland, killing millions in the process and decimating the Japanese economy in the upcoming years

August

 * August 28th: Moscow is liberated

September

 * September 20th: The American Agriculture and Industry Community (AAIC) is formed with The United States, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Costa Rica

1948

 * Wallace is not re-elected for a third term

March

 * March 8th: The Second Battle for Berlin is won
 * The world begins searching for Adolf Hitler, who disappeared in the chaos

November

 * November 8th: Wolfgang Braum, an Übermensch, appears on live TV shocking the world with his view of the world, "We are all dust."
 * November 11th: The Nuremburg Trials are televised for the world to see
 * The USSR captures Japan, Korea and Manchuria, puppetting them in the process

1950s

 * Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador join the AAIC
 * The USSR refuses to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, despite negotiations

February

 * February 20th: The United States purchased Greenland from Denmark

September

 * September 1st: Adolf Hitler is found in Guatemala and is captured
 * September 3rd: Hitler is flown to Mexico City for trial
 * September 24th: The trial is televised on Mexico's Channel 1, revealing the true nature of the dying, senile and drug-reliant 61 year old man to the world

1951

 * The first Parahuman, named Walter Krämer, appears in Bielefeld, West Germany

1952

 * A Republican, Gregory McBride, is elected President of The United States
 * The People's Republic of Korea abandons the USSR for an ally in China

1954

 * Wilder declares Gregory McBride a tyrant and declares an Independent Parahuman State, sparking rebellions across the country
 * President McBride declares martial law and declares war on "parahuman kind"
 * The Parahuman Wars begins
 * D.C. is captured and President McBride is forced to move north to New York City

1955

 * As the war moves closer to New York, the President flies out west, setting the new capital to Sacramento, CA
 * Michael Frey is killed. His aura is later transmuted to create anti-power restraints.
 * New York City is ruined in retaliation for Michael Frey's death

September

 * September 13th: Connor McNulty is born in Boston, MA

1959

 * February 3rd: Georges Frey is born
 * The Boston Conference is held, ending the Parahuman Wars

1960s

 * The Bahamas, Antigua & Barbuda, other Caribbean nations, and Honduras join the AAIC

1962

 * Mindy Wu is born in Taipei

1965

 * United States enters The Vietnam War

1968

 * January 3rd: The Vietnam War spirals out of control
 * The Parahuman Brigade is formed as a reaction
 * January 21st: The Parahuman Brigade successfully defeats the North Vietnamese Army
 * March 30th: Shinigami is killed by Akihiro Yoshimoto

1969

 * The Second Korean War begins when North Korea bombs a United States submarine in the Sea of Japan
 * The People's Republic of China joins the war
 * The USSR and Japan stay out of the war

1972

 * Captain Fission's radiokinesis expands to the ability to control matter at an atomic level, destroying the idea that Parahumans cannot enhance their powers or "tap into new potential"
 * President Stephen J. Zapien is elected for his strict drug policy
 * The "Hero Drug", Vitrox (Power), makes its way to the streets and is quickly banned

1974

 * The Second Korean War ends
 * The Republic of China is formed
 * Taiwan unites with the rest of China
 * The Republic of Korea is formed
 * The Kingdom of Tibet is formed
 * October 21st: CJ Blackwater is born in San Jose, CA

1975

 * The Vanguard is established
 * June 3rd: Sterling Jackson is born in Jacksonville, FL
 * The United States goes to war with Cuba over trade violations

1976

 * February 29th: Hayden Crawford is born in New York City

1977

 * February 22nd: Archer Yoshimoto is born in Portland, OR
 * April 18th: Sean O'Hare is born in Los Angeles, CA

June

 * June 4th: Harvey Lewinski is born in Newark, NJ
 * June 13th: Charles Ikazuchi is born in Los Angeles, CA

1978

 * Delilah Adams is "born"
 * 13th May: Darcy Edmonds is born in Sherbrooke, MA
 * 18th December: Nancy Sy is born in Omaha, NE

1982

 * June 6th: Malik Jackson is born in Jacksonvile, FL
 * December 3rd: The Japanese Civil War begins

1983

 * January 29th: The Japanese Civil War ends


 * The Republic of Japan is formed


 * Canada joins the AAIC
 * The United States invades Grenada

October

 * October 23rd: Dragonfly is killed in Lebanon by an act of terrorism
 * October 30th: The United States interferes in the Lebanese Civil War

December

 * December 20th: The USSR collapses after losing Japan and Korea

1985

 * The Lebanese Civil war ends

1988

 * November 22nd: A young hero, Oni is killed at the hands of Bos'n, sparking immense public outrage at The Vanguard's incompetence
 * December 7th: The Vanguard announces a new section of its ranks called "The Wards", dedicated to training young heroes how to fight, before sending them on missions

1989

 * The United States invades Nicaragua
 * Nicaragua joins the AAIC

1990

 * April 1st: The United States funds UNITA in the Angolan Civil War
 * June 7th: The United States interferes in The Somali Civil War
 * August 2nd: The Gulf War begins

1991

 * February 28th: The Gulf War ends

1992

 * May 1st: Vincent and Carolyn McNulty are born in Naples, Italy
 * The Angolan War is abandoned

1993

 * March 6th: Plans are made to construct the Zarathustra Parahuman Academy, under the immense stress of the current Wards system
 * May 11th: The construction of the ZPA begins

1994

 * America enters The Yugoslav Wars

1996

 * February 1st: The Vanguard announces the opening of the Zarathustra Parahuman Academy for fall of next year. Around this time, Class A and B receive their recommendation letters

September

 * September 5th: The Zarathustra Parahuman Academy opens its doors to its first class of students (1996 in the novel adaptation)

October

 * October 15th: "The Proving Grounds" is televised across America

November

 * November 2nd: Yugoslav Wars ends
 * November 20th: Shinigami returns from the dead and kills the Yoshimoto family... Except for one

December

 * December 20th: The second ZPA tournament, "Retribution Night" is airs on TV live

January

 * January 5th: Class C enters the ZPA
 * January 9th: Villains break out of the Parahuman Retention Center, leading to riots across the country

February

 * February 7th: Archer Yoshimoto puts his grandfather, Shinigami, to rest for the last time
 * February 12th: The Reality Machine is destroyed, ending The Doom Disciples' plot. Sterling "Fissure" Jackson dies at the hands of The Doom Disciples

March

 * March 29th: The final tournament, "Survivor" airs live on TV as a farewell to the 1997-1998 Class of the ZPA

July

 * June 6th: The graduation ceremony is held for the first ever class of the ZPA

January

 * January 3rd: Ardent is suspended from teaching at the ZPA. A Parahuman named Jordan Roberts takes her place as the Dean

February

 * February 22nd: Ardent is arrested for "Breaching the Hero Contract" and assisting Vigilantes. She is sent to special retention facility in northern Canada for the foreseeable future

July

 * July 11th: Iran War begins

2000

 * July 22nd: The construction for Epoch Base begins in Los Angeles
 * May 14th: The Millennium Force is established, containing the best of the first ZPA class

2001

 * April 3rd: The Dawn Squad begins operation in New York City
 * August 20th: Cheri finds the "marked" children while on a solo mission in Dallas. The Flame Family is created
 * October 7th: Afghan War begins

June

 * June 17th: Haze and Phoenix's relationship becomes public, along with the presence of The Flame Family, sparking public outrage. The Vanguard chose to indefinitely suspend Haze and kick Phoenix out of The Millennium Force
 * June 20th: Papa Flame, Haze and Phoenix sued The Vanguard in the Supreme Court

July

 * July 19th: They settled on Haze returning to The Vanguard, and Phoenix resuming operations in El Paso

2003

 * March 13th: The Ross Academy is built in El Paso, Texas
 * March 20th: Iraq War begins
 * March 23rd: Brian White announces his intention to run for office
 * October 1st: The Apocrypha, better known as "The Parahuman Forums" is created

August

 * August 3rd: Epoch Base is scheduled to open in the fall. The drafting process for the new hero team for Los Angeles begins

September

 * September 1st: The Los Angeles Rangers are announced to be the prime powered unit of The City of Angels

October

 * October 1st: The Iran War ends
 * October 8th: Epoch Base finishes construction
 * October 14th: The lineup for The Los Angeles Rangers is leaked to the public by an unknown hacker
 * October 15th: Epoch Base publicly opens, with speeches from the new members and several key members of the institution

November

 * November 1st: The first Red Mantle slaying occurs in the Koreatown neighbourhood of Los Angeles
 * November 3rd:  The supervillain Cataclysm destroys New York City, killing the hero Guardian Angel and maiming Ellipses in the process
 * November 20th:  Ellipses rejoins The LA Rangers, having mostly recovered from her injuries


 * December 4th:  The villain Ambrosia (Celia Sommerville) is brought to justice
 * December 7th:  The villain Whisper is brought to justice
 * December 14th:  The villain Vertigo (Carla Bates) is brought to justice
 * December 17th:  The villain Anubis is brought to justice
 * December 20th:  The villain Bloodletter is brought to justice
 * December 23rd:  The villain Vignette is brought to justice
 * December 25th:  The villain Red Trigger is brought to justice

January

 * January 5th:  Purple Tyrant is brought to justice
 * January 11th:  Kojiro is slain by The Hanged Man
 * It was revealed that Kojiro was actually millionaire philanthropist Charles Ikazuchi. He was buried with honours by the state two weeks following his death
 * January 20th: Brian White, Connor McNulty's half-brother, is inaugurated as the 43rd President of The United States of America
 * Smiles is slain by Abbadon

2007

 * October 31st:  The hero Miss Riot is killed in a horrific accident on live television
 * December 20th:  Ex-hero Amber is assassinated in her San Francisco apartment

2008

 * May 13th:  The hero Haze is shot to death in her home by an unknown assassin
 * August 5th:  Captain Fission dies at age 68, due to complications related to colorectal cancer
 * August 28th:  The Awe takes Captain Fission's place as the leader of The Big Five
 * October 3rd:  Darcy Edmonds is killed by an unknown assassin in Baltimore, Marlyand
 * December 3rd:  The Rat King is sentenced to life in prison at the Parahuman Retention Center for the deaths of Delilah Adams, Cheri Ross and Darcy Edmonds