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POD: On August 28, 2001, the world was changed when radio astronomers at Chilbolton, England and Arecibo, Puerto Rico reported an alien radio signal which appears to be a response to a radio signal sent in 1977.
August 30, 2001: Warners Bros. green-lights a Batman vs. Superman project in light of renewed interest in aliens.
September 1st, 2001: The researchers at Chilbolton and Arecibo confirm that the signal is an extraterrestrial radio signal. They also state that they will translate the signal. Researchers, including Jill Tarter, Frank Drake, and the aging Phillip Morrison, go to Arecibo to advise the translation.
September 2,2001:The Church of Scientology proclaims that the Arecibo Signal is a message sent from Lord Xenu that announces his return to Earth.This announcement is met with massive dirision from the media and as a source of embarrassment for Scientology movie stars such as John Trovolta and Kirsty Alley.
September 11th, 2001: A minor check at Portland International Airport leads to the arrest of Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari. One plane crashes into the World Trade Center, and another at the Pentagon. A third attempted hijacking is foiled by the passengers, who subdue them, and the plane lands safely in Pennsylvania.
September 15,2001: Police find the body of psychic Richard Irons in Liverpool, Britain. He died of an apparent suicide after the news of the Arecibo Signal, saying in his suicide not that "the Dark Ones are coming”.
September 26, 2001: Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN-TV) starring Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer, feeds on the interest in space created by the "Arecibo signal". Jolene Blalock is considered a major sex symbol by Maxim magazine.
October 1, 2001: The alien signal renews interest in Artisan's The Mighty Thor television series, which they adapt to the new interest in aliens and push through production (past their also planned Captain America movie).
October 2nd, 2001: In the news hype around the Arecibo signal, Pope John Paul II announces that extraterrestrials can fit into Catholic theology. He also encourages research into the field.
October 5th, 2001: A local Russian man tells local police and news media in Novosibirsk, Russia tells that near Mirny he saw a massive elephant like creature covered in hair. Most people believe his tall tale is nothing but vodka and being lost in the tundra too long.
October 21st, 2001: As a result of Walt Disney's purchase of the Power Ranger franchise, Disney announces that they have brought the rights to adapt Kamen Rider for the West from Toei, to appeal to the Power Rangers slightly older and mature audience.
October 24th, 2001: The West Wing (NBC-TV) airs an episode revolving around SETI receiving a signal (a clear commentary on the Arecibo discovery), and the White House reacting to it. In the end, the President meets with several officials from NASA and SETI to have the President make a formal message to send out to the stars. This, and a NASA scientist (Christina Chang) become recurring characters in the series.
November 4, 2001: "Toy" album by David Bowie, makes its hit debut, with many citing the "cosmic sound ", sparking international attention,...
November 15th, 2001: Another sighting of the "hairy elephant" is made to authorities in Novosibirsk. Still most believe it is drunks claiming that they saw a different kind of cow.
November 15,2001:Halo:Combat Evolved is released on the Xbox and is a smash hit.
November 23,2001:A series of UFO sightings occur in Charleston, West Virginia,heighting fears of an extraterrestrial invasion.
2 December 2001 - Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the 101-year old mother of the long-time monarch of Great Britain Queen Elizabeth II changes her schedule in order to view a series of programs on the BBC regarding the SETI signal.
December 21, 2001: The Captain & the Shark, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Mel Gibson and Michael Bienh makes its hit debut,...
January 5,2002:Scientists at SETI,after intense government scrutiny,announce that they have decisively proven that the Arecibo Signal was extraterrestrial in origin. Despite this evidence,many observers including a significant majority of Protestant fundamentalists refuse to accept the idea of extraterrestrial life and insist that it is either a government hoax or a plot of Satan.
January 16, 2002: 3 people are killed in Muskegon, Michigan triggering debate about the country's gun laws,....
January 23,2002:Conspiracy theorist William J. Birnes claims that the Arecibo Signal was smokescreen by the aliens as they prepare to take control of the world via The New World Order.
February 9-21 2002:The figure skating event at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were marred when allegations of cheating arose at the pairs event when Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia won the Gold over Canadian couple Jamie Sale and David Pelletier. Despite complaints from the Canadian skating federation, the International Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union refused to review the event and the Russian couple as able to keep their Gold Medal. The results caused much anger and frustration in Canada.
15 February 2002 - At the funeral of her daughter Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is overheard remarking to her daughter the Queen that it should have been her own health that was bad instead of Prince Margaret's and even though she was 101 years old, she still felt pretty good.
February 24, 2002: The 2002 Winter Olympics end in Salt Lake City, United States with Germany taking the most gold medals with 14 breaking the record set by the Soviet Union in 1976.
March 20th, 2002: At the insistence of Vice President Cheney Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Richard Myers; President Bush authorizes a military space shuttle program and a possible kinetic satellite weapon.
March 22, 2002: Josh Duggar, son of Jim Bob Duggar, is arrested on charges of sexual molestation of minors in Springdale, Arkansas,...
March 29, 2002: Palestinian officials launch a Second Intifada, starting with terrorist attacks along the West Bank, sparking international attention,...
March 31st 2002: Digimon Tamers ends (in Japan). The divergence in the series while popular cin the future will be a source of fan debate.
April 9th, 2002: Disney starts broadcasting Masked Rider Warrior with Tom Welling as the titular character.
April 13, 2002: Pedro Carmona overthrows Hugo Chavez in a U.S.-backed coup in Caracas, Venezuela, fueling civil unrest and panic across the region,....
April 13, 2002: Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action Committee (X-PPAC) is established in Baltimore, Maryland by Steve Bassett, demanding "full disclosure" of extraterrestrial life by the Bush Administration,...
April 23rd, 2002: President George W Bush meets with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastsert. The President gets the Speaker to get the money for the military space program.
May 4th 2002: After a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschel the military space shuttle program will begin in a couple of years.
May 16,2002: Star Wars Episode II:Attack of the Clones debuts in theaters and although a box office hit,it is generally panned by critics as the weakest entry in the prequel trilogy.
May 31, 2002: "Gravedancer" single by Pig Destroyer makes its hit musical debut, fueling interest in Grindcore and Crustpunk scenes amongst American youth...
June 6, 2002: Meteor strikes the Assam/Kashmir region with high-energy upper atmosphere explosion in Srinagar killing 85,230 people on impact, threatening to cause a nuclear escalation of the Indo-Pakistani crisis. Ironically, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Ill declares the asteroid impact in Assam/Kashmir was a first strike by aliens and places North Korean forces on maximum alert.This leads to a series of counter-alerts by North and South Korea until emergency talks defuse the situation.
June 16, 2002: UNHCR calls upon India and Pakistan to open up its borders in the wake of the waves of refugees in Assam and Kashmir, sparking international attention,...
June 17, 2002: Pakistan launches a military buildup stating that it can't take the refugees from the Srinagar Disaster, fueling tensions in the region,...
June 24, 2002: United Nations officials select Lakhdar Brahimi to head up the humanitarian aid relief efforts by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in New York City, New York,...
June 27th, 2002: Who Bassist John Entwhistle goes to the hospital due to a heart attack in the Hard Rock Hotel. He manages to survive, and the Who return to their normally scheduled tour.
July 13, 2002: Refugees from the Assam/Kashmir region overwhelm local Pakistani forces and overrun the border, fueling ethnic and sectarian tensions in the region,...
July 18th, 2002: Researcher confirm that the Arecibo signal appears to be a response to the 1977 signal, meaning the aliens sent the same binary code back to confirm they got the message. However, they appear to have added certain signals on to the message, which the researchers believe to be indications as to their location in the M13 cluster.
July 29,2002: M.Night Shyamalan releases Signs and is a smash hit.The stared Mel Gibson and Rory Culkin. Many experts noted that this was the first movie to tie into the later became the Arecibo Effect.
July 31, 2002: French justice officials go forward with a 13-year old case, alleging the Church of Scientology is guilty of fraud, fueling accusations of "religious persecution" by Church of Scientology members in Paris, France,....
August 2, 2002: Starship Disco, comedy starring Adam Sandler, Brent Spiner, and Dana Carvey, flops at the box office,...
August 2, 2002: UN Ambassador Juraj Priputen warns of the ongoing refugee crisis between Afghanistan, Pakistan and India serves as a possible recruiting hotbed for Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in the aftermath of the Kashmir Disaster,....
August 3, 2002: Peace talks are launched between India and Pakistan, backed by Great Britain, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and the United States, in a effort to prevent further nuclear escalation in the region; many are concerned that the United States is attempting to use the talks to position itself in the region for a possible future invasion of Iraq,...
August 5th, 2002: The President of the United States, George W. Bush, taps USAF General Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong as commander for the new military space program, Now being called Capricorn
August 6, 2002: UNHCR calls for the enlargement of its refugee program to deal with the current humanitarian crisis in Assam/Kashmir; American ambassador John Bolton claims that the humanitarian aid will only help the Taliban and Al-Qaeda without proper military support,....
August 21, 2002: United Nations General Assembly passes resolution #56/166 proclaiming the human right of exodus by refugees; Social conservatives including Pete Wilson (R-CA) and Pat Buchanan immediately claim that the organization is attempting to "flood nations with Third World refugees and terrorists..."
August 28th, 2002: On the one-year anniversary of the Arecibo Signal, Congress holds hearings for restoring federal funding to SETI. Phillip Morrison and Nobel Prize winner Baruch Blumberg are among those who testified in favor of restoring funding.
September 9, 2002: N'Synch singer Lance Bass becomes the first tourist launched into space from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, sparking international attention,...
September 12, 2002: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that an invasion of Iraq will "pay for itself", during Congressional hearings in Washington D.C.,...
September 17, 2002: Singers Justin Timberlake and Brittney Spears are married in a private ceremony in Shreveport, Louisiana,....
September 20th, 2002: Firefly debuts on the Fox Network. Due to Arecibo, an alien character is added to the cast.
September 20, 2002: The Mighty Thor also debuts on Fox Network, playing immediately after Firefly. It depicts the Asgardians as "sufficiently advanced aliens" whose technology appears to be magic to regular humans. Most noted for it's various hints to other Marvel-held properties, it does okay with ratings but is not the juggernaut that Artisan and Marvel were hoping for.
September 24,2002:An minor altercation occurs at a fundamentalist rally between attendees and a group of Scientologist who disrupted a speech by Pat Robertson who was denouncing the Arecibo Signal as a government hoax.7 people were arrested.
September 30,2002: Kingdom Hearts, a video game developed in collaboration between Disney and Square Enix,is released on the PlayStation 2 to critical acclaim.
October 1, 2002: UFO cultists Raelism led by Claude Vorilhon, launch anti-Catholic clergy rallies in Montreal, Quebec, and Paris, France,...
October 15,2002: Pat Robertson ignites controversy when he calls for assassination of Claude Vorhilon, leader of the Raelist cult and the heads of the Church of Scientology on his show,The 700 Club.He said they were a cancer on Christian church and that they should be slain so that they could be with their true master, Satan. His statements were condemned by both mainstream and other Fundamentalist pastors and ministers and calls for his suspension intensify.
October 16th, 2002: George Bush commissions the "Space Council" to discuss the reaction of the Space program based off of Arecibo. The Council consists of several SETI researchers, as well as Hayden Planetarium director, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
October 19-27, 2002: Bay Bridge Series; Oakland A's Manager Billy Beane is credited with leading the team to the World Series against the San Francisco Giants led by outfielder Barry Bonds, sparking national attention,...
October 22, 2002: "The Millions Dollar Demos" album by the Foo Fighters makes its hit musical debut, sparking international attention,...,
November 6th, 2002: At a conference looking at Space colonization, sponsored by the Space Council, Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal and founder of Space company, SpaceX, sees a presentation of Mars Direct by Robert Zubrin. They meet later to discuss the proposal, and Musk's company..
November 7, 2002: "Robert Smith " album by Robert Smith, former lead singer of the Cure, makes its hit musical debut,...
November 21,2002:Michael Jackson and Snoop Dog hold a concert in New Delhi to raise money for the disaster relief efforts in Kashmir/Assam area. Also in attendance were numerous Bollywood celebrities. The event was a success and helped with the disaster relief.
November 22, 2002: Phone Booth directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Colin Farrell and Kiefer Sutherland flops at the box office,...
December 9, 2002: "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" single by the British singing group the Cheeky Girls, makes its hit debut,..,
December 11, 2002: Artisan decides that it will not produce a second season of The Mighty Thor, citing lower-than-expected ratings.
December 20, 2002: Nightfall directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert Downey Jr., taps into the zeitgeist of alienation of the "post-Arecibo" and post-9/11 society,....
December 20th, 2002: Fox cancels Firefly, leaving 3 of the fourteen produced episodes unaired.
December 20, 2002: Due to the cancellation of Firefly, The Mighty Thor is moved up on Fox's programming schedule. This gives it's last two episodes a much needed boost in screenings and it gains a pop-culture following right before it goes off air.
December 21,2002:Scientologists announce that Lord Xenu will return on December 21,2012,tying in with the Mayan Doomsday craze.
December 26, 2002: Raelism leaders led by Bridgette Boisselier, CEO of Clonaid proclaim the development of human cloning in the Bahamas, fueled by interest in the "Arecibo Message",...
December 27, 2002: To the White Sea starring Brad Pitt, directed by Joel & Ethan Coen, makes its debut, with many pointing to its anti-war message,...
December 27, 2002: The Church of Scientology is denied tax-free status after a close parliamentary vote in New Zealand, sparking international attention,....
December 30, 2002: Artisan denies claims that they intend to revive The Mighty Thor for a second season, despite it's good ratings during it's last two episodes.
January 7, 2003: Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) launches his campaign for the presidency in Des Moines, Iowa,...
January 9, 2003: United Nations officials led by Lakhdar Rahimi call for further humanitarian aid in an effort to deal with the Indo-Pakistani border,...
January 13, 2003: Steve Bassett and Steven Greer testify before the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. demanding "full disclosure " policies on UFOs from the Bush Administration,...
January 14th, 2003: With Jill Tarter and Neil Tyson in attendance, President Bush unveils the "Vision for Space Exploration," which will detail the next ten years of Space exploration, including probes for Mars and Venus, a manned return to the Moon, and new radio communications satellites. The most ambitious is a probe for Saturn's moon Titan.
January 26th, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia launches. On board is a SETI communicator, that could receive Radio waves from Space, undisturbed by atmosphere. At the same time, it is forced to stay at the ISS, when it is revealed a piece of foam fell out of its side. It was replaced.
January 30th, 2003: Robert Zubrin joins SpaceX as an advisor. A version of Mars Direct becomes the Mars plan for SpaceX.
February 1st, 2003: Columbia lands safely in Texas.
February 10, 2003: UFO Raelism leaders, along with Clonaid officials announce the construction of a corporate office in Hiroshima, Japan,...
February 11, 2003: Iranian officials report Israeli air strikes against its uranium stockpile in Yazd, Iran, fueling tensions across the Middle East,....
February 12,2003:After the meteor impact in Assam/Kashmir,a conference is held at the UN to establish a meteor watch organization in order to provide a early warning system for Kashmir style event.
February 14th, 2003: Due to the strong fan reaction, Fox brings Firefly back on the air. Ironically, the controversy ends up increasing viewership, and by the end, it is revived for a second season. It would go on to have four seasons.
February 14, 2003: Spawn: Reborn, comic book adaptation starring Wesley Snipes flops at the box office, despite a screenplay by Todd MacFarlane himself and links to the continuity,...
March 3, 2003: The Lysistrata Project is launched by Kathryn Blume and Sharron Bower in New York City, New York, with women in 100 cities, calling for a sex denial protest regarding the possibility of war in Iraq,....
March 9th, 2003: A planned invasion of Iraq is scrapped, due to a hint on the location of Osama bin Laden....
March 18, 2003: Kuwaiti emir Saad Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah claims that the failure to invade Kuwait has placed Kuwait in "eminent danger", sparking international attention and concern,....
March 18, 2003: Government officials in Guinea report an outbreak of the Ebola virus, sparking international attention and concern,...
March 19,2003:Scientologist stage a massive protest in front of the French embassy in Washington D.C. in protest of what they call a "religious persecution."
March 23, 2003: Australia defeat India in the 2003 Cricket World Cup final held at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg with Ricky Ponting being the man of the match. But this World Cup would be later be famous for the start of the end for the West Indies with them only winning against Canada.
March 24, 2003: Health officials in Liberia report an outbreak of the Ebola virus, WHO/CDC officials voice concern about a possible epidemic; Doctors Without Borders (MSF) begins the immediate deployment of personnel to the region,...,
March 25, 2003: WHO officials confirm an Ebola virus outbreak during a press conference in Lyon, France, sparking international attention and concern,....
March 30th, 2003: Digimon Frontier ends in Japan. It will be the last Digimon TV show for several years.
April 7, 2003: Iraqi General Ali Hassan al- Majid dies in Basra, after Israeli air strikes into the area, fueling concerns about retaliatory measures,...
April 16, 2003: Fidel Castro dies of a heart attack in Havana, Cuba, fueling a succession crisis, as Raul Castro is named president in the aftermath,...
April 17th, 2003: Security Forces at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida spot a bizarre bigfoot like creature. Many think it is the Skunk Ape.
April 22, 2003: "Cigarettes & Valentines " album by Green Day makes its hit musical debut,...
April 28, 2003: France won the bid to host the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
May 2, 2003: 20th Century Fox reacquires the rights to Iron Man from New Line Cinema.
May 4, 2003: Artisan and Microsoft jointly announce that E.T. the Extra Terrestrial will be the first release of an HD-DVD which can currently only be played on a PC with Windows XP.
May 5, 2003: Nuwabian cult members, including actor Wesley Snipes, enter into an armed standoff in Putnam County, Georgia,...
May 5,2003:A congressional fight erupts after Republican congressman with Fundamentalist beliefs try to defund SETI. This effort was thwarted by moderate Republicans who vote with the Democratic minority to continue funding.
May 12, 2003: "Tapeworm" album by Trent Reznor, makes its hit musical debut,...
May 17, 2003: Captain America (a joint Artisan-Marvel production starring Chris O'Donnel) is released into theaters just a month after Fox's X2 and receives comparable ratings. The scene that leaves people talking is "Agent Loki"* from The Mighty Thor appearing in the Stinger where Captain America wakes up in the present. *The Mighty Thor left off with Loki taking over the identity of a SHIELD agent on Earth.
June 4, 2003: Marvel Enterprises purchases Artisan Entertainment and merges it with Marvel Studios. This gives Marvel Entertainment the film libraries of Republic Pictures, ITC Entertainment, and Carolco Pictures. They assign someone to look at the marketability / worth of these libraries and how much (and if) they will sell for. Additionally, Marvel announces that Captain America will be the second film released on HD-DVD.
June 17, 2003: Swamp Thing, comic book adaptation remake starring Aaron Eckart flops at the box office, despite featuring major stars and fan promotion efforts, but becomes a cult classic in later years
June 20, 2003: Flowers for Alan, romantic comedy starring Brad Pitt and Rachel McAdams flops at the box office, despite heavy ad promotion,...
June 27, 2003: The Affair, starring Tommy Wiseau, is considered by the Los Angeles Times as "the Citizen Kane of all bad films..." developing a cult following,...
June 28,2003: Disney releases Pirates of the Caribbean:Curse of the Black Pearl starring Johnny Depp as Capt.Jack Sparrow, Heath Ledger as Will Turner and Nattalie Portman as Elizabeth Swan,and it is a box office hit.The film would later spawn 3 sequels and be one of the few films to ignore the Arecibo Effect.
June 30, 2003: Los Angeles Lakers NBA player Kobe Bryant is arrested in Edwards, Colorado with an underage prostitute, sparking a massive controversy,...
July 2, 2003: Star Trek: Lions of the Night starring George Takei, Christian Slater and Tim Russ, makes ots hit debut, introducing the voyages of the Enterprise-B and the feline Kzinti race,...
July 2, 2003: Pyeongchang wins the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics as they defeated Vancouver and Bern.
July 11, 2003: Talk-show host Jerry Springer announces his bid for the U.S. Senate, outside the state capitol building in Columbus,...
July 13, 2003: Valerie Plame Scandal; CIA Agent Valerie Plame and husband Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson are killed by Boko Haram guerrillas, after their names are leaked in the Washington Post by columnist Robert Novak, fueling tensions in the region,...
August 6, 2003: Raelism leaders launch a commercial campaign backed by the Monsanto Corporation called "GMOs Yes!" starting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...
August 8, 2003: Batman vs. Superman is released as a huge box office success, matching the first Spiderman movie in terms of box office gross. It focuses on a young Batman (Christian Bale) conflicting with Superman (Josh Hartnet) an alien raised on Earth who is having trouble controlling his powers thanks to a plot from Lex Luthor (Liam Neeson).
August 14-15, 2003: Great Atlantic Seaboard Blackout causes power loss for 56 million people across Canada and the United States, temporarily,...
September 18, 2003: Legally Blonde (ABC-TV) sitcom series based on the hit films starring Jennifer Hall, makes its hit debut,....
September 20,2003:Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran publish Weird Earth:Your Travel Guide to Earth's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets.The book details strange events and unidentified phenomenon reported throughout the world in the form of a travel book.The book was a smash hit and a country by country series was announced.
October 3, 2003: Rush Limbaugh collapses on the air after suffering an overdose from oxycotin pills, in New York City, New York,...
October 3, 2003: Roy Horn, of the magical duo "Siegfried & Roy" dies after being mauled by a 7-year old Siberian white tiger, during a performance in Las Vegas, Nevada,...
October 7, 2003: California Lieutenant-Governor Cruz Bustamante is named governor of California in the special election, with growing resentment to ENRON becoming an issue,....
October 8, 2003: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis, Indiana, during Monday Night Football ( ABC-TV),....
October 15, 2003: Yang Liwei becomes the first Chinese national launched into space from Jiuquan aboard Shenzhou-5, fueling calls for a "New Space Race",....
October 15, 2003: Pastor John Haggee says the Ebola virus represents "God's Judgment of America,..." fueling civil unrest,...
October 18-25, 2003: The Unlikeliest Series; Chicago Cubs led by Sammy Sosa win the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, sparking international attention,...
October 21, 2003: Representative Steve King (R-IA) proclaims that illegal immigrants are "bringing the Ebola virus and beheadings across the border" in A Des Moines rally,...
October 22, 2003: William Gheen, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, and James Neighbors, Overpass for America, launnches "border patrols" claiming that illegal immigrants are spreading the Ebola virus,...
October 27, 2003: Church of Scientology is ruled guilty of fraud by a criminal court in Paris, France; Scientologists led by Tom Cruise and John Travolta vow never to film in France, citing the "religious persecution",....
October 30, 2003: North Korean officials impose a 21-day quarantine period on all foreign nationals and those eho have traveled abroad in Pyongyang, North Korea, triggering tensions across the region,...
October 31st, 2003: A proper response to the Arecibo signal is sent to the Hercules cluster, where the original signal had originated from. It elaborates on the 1977 signal, by adding more information on Earth (specifically its composition). Using the incomplete signals from Arecibo, researchers pinpoint the possible part of the cluster the original signal was sent from, and directs the new signal there.
October 31,2003:A UFO sighting in Austin Texas is revealed to be a hoax after a local man admitted to using Chinese lanterns to fake a triangle shaped UFO.
November 1st, 2003: Congress approves the "Space Exploration Act" based off a moderated version of Bush's agenda. Among the items is a return to the Moon by the year 2013...
November 5, 2003: The Matrix: Dark Inception starring Lawrence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, and Jada Pinkett-Smith, reveals that the Matrix has contacted an alien race in the Crab Nebula, but reveals that first contact went horribly wrong, calling for man and machine to unite in combat,...
November 5, 2003: President George W. Bush calls for a formal ban on travel to and from the nations hit by the Ebola virus, and calls upon the Department of Homeland Security to tighten controls over the borders,....
November 22, 2003: Australia defeat England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final in extra time by a score of 20-17.
December 4, 2003: Outfielder Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants is arrested on drug possession charges after being caught with anabolic steroids in San Francisco, California,...
December 5th, 2003: The Pentagon opens bidding for the new military space shuttle.
December 6, 2003: Dallas Mavericks defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, California, despite a powerful offense by Kobe Bryant,....
December 18,2003:The NSA thwarts a terrorist attack on the Arecibo Array. The suspect was a man affiliated with the Westboro Baptist Church.
December 24, 2003: Ralph Nader announces his bid for the presidency on the Green Party. Platform in Boston, Massachusetts,...
December 25th, 2003: The Beagle 2 lands safely on the Martian surface, making ESA the third space agency (after the Soviet and American agencies) to land a craft on Mars
December 31, 2003: Iraqi officials in Mosul, claim that Al-Qaeda guerrillas of African origin were infected with the Ebola virus,...
January 4, 2004: Al-Qaeda propaganda claiming an Ebola outbreak in Mosul, Iraq triggers riots and civil unrest across Iraq,..
January 15th, 2004: Congress approves the "Department of Science and Technology." NASA, NOAA, EPA, NIH, NSF, and other scientific posts are placed under this department. The first "Secretary of Science and Technology" is former astronaut Sally Ride...
January 22, 2004: Celebrity couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are married in Boston, Massachusetts, sparking national attention,...
January 24th, 2004: Three weeks after Spirit, Opportunity crash lands on Mars.
February 1, 2004: Carolina Panthers led by Mushin Muhammad defeat the New England Patriots, 32-29, in Super Bowl XXXVIII; Female singer Lindsay Lohan sparks controversy after a "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl, sparking international attention...
February 5, 2004: Oprah hosted by Oprah Winfrey conducts a special warning of lawn darting teenage trend, which many sociologists claim is a result of the "Arecibo effect "
February 13, 2004: Phyllis Schlafly claims right-wing "border patrols" are keeping America safe from the Ebola virus,...
February 22, 2004: Ralph Nader claims "Democrats have sold out to corporate America, and left us with the bill..." during a rally in Seattle, Washington,...
March 5, 2004: Residents of Mexico City, Mexico videotape sightings of UFOs, sparking national attention,..
April 4, 2004: Shia militias led by Muqtada al-Sadr, backed with Iranian arms and volunteers begin an armed insurrection in Fallujah, sparking tensions in the region,...
April 14th, 2004: Richard Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States suffered a debilitating heart attack. It lands the VP in Bethesda Naval Hospital in a coma for a week.
April 16, 2004: Halloween Scream features a clash between the two horror franchises of Halloween and Scream becoming a major hit at the box office,....
April 21st, 2004: Doctor Gavin Reed, chief cardiologist at Walter Reed tells the Vice President's family he must leave public life once he is recovered enough to resign.
April 25, 2004: Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking warns that first contact with aliens could be dangerous for humanity, citing the issue of Native Americans in Cambridge, England,...
April 29, 2004: Baltimore Ravens NFL player Ray Lewis is killed in a revenge shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, fueling controversy about professional football players,...,
April 30, 2004: Queen Bees, comedy starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, is a surprise hit with fans,....
May 1, 2004: United Nations officials estimate 52,600 cases and 21,800 reported deaths of Ebola patients across West Africa, sparking international concern,...
May 1,2004:Neil deGrasse Tyson criticizes Professer Hawking's statements saying that any warlike alien civilization would have self-destructed before attaining the technology to travel to other stars.
May 5 2004:Stephen Hawking fires back at deGrass Tyson, saying that intelligence is a mark of a predator and as such opens the posibility that some alien civilizations could be hostile.
May 11, 2004: Michael Savage claims Democrats will use the Ebola virus as a context to takeover the federal government,....
May 15, 2004: Morocco defeats South Africa to gain the rights to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Power Pack (Marvel Studios) (May 15, 2004) ~ Focusing on a group of four children who gain superpowers from a dying alien: Alex (Haley Joel Osment), Julie (Larisa Oleynik), Jack (Jonathan Lipnicki), and Katie (Taylor Dooley). Marketed as a kids movie, it is well received for that type of movie.
May 17th, 2004: Reports from Iquitos, Peru natives from the rain forest claim to have encountered a terrifying creature. Local authorities say it is a big cat. But the natives say they have never seen anything like this before.
May 30th, 2004: Vice President Cheney resigns. Though many in Washington here rumors that his replacement will be Bill First, Majority leader in the Senate and Senator from a Tennessee.
June 6, 2004: Iranian and Iraqi government officials report a truce, during peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, sparking international attention,...
June 8th, 2004: Howard Dean wins the Democratic primaries for President. For his Vice-Presidential nominee, he chooses his opponent Wesley Clark..
June 11, 2004: "Fall" storyline in Marvel Comics retcons acclaimed character Ms. Marvel being the victim of rape back in Avengers #200, by having the character Immortus (and by extension, his son Marcus) erased completely from reality....
June 12, 2004: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi announces that it will not tolerate American political and economic sanctions, during debate in Tehran,...
June 14, 2004: Paramount agrees to partner with Marvel Studios, making a multi-part deal which will include work on the sequel to Paramount's 2003 Hulk movie.
June 18th, 2004: After much debate between Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Hawking, a formal debate is held between the two regarding the intentions of the Arecibo Aliens, in the halls of Trinity College in Cambridge. Tyson argues that the aliens would not have sent back the signal with hints to their location if they were malicious. However, Hawking counters that they could possibly want more information on the Earth to properly invade.
Spiderman 2 (Sony) (June 30, 2004) ~ In order the cash in on the alien fixation, Sony changes Spiderman 2's script to include the Venom symbiote storyline along with Doc Ock remaining as the main villain. It does well at the box office, matching Spiderman 1 and Batman vs. Superman in terms of profits.
July 10, 2004: GOP leaders are revealed to have contributed c.$150 million to the Nader presidential campaign according to the San Francisco Chronicle ,...
July 15th, 2004: I, Robot, based off the novel by Isaac Asimov and the screenplay by Harlan Ellison, starring Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell, is released
Fantastic Four (Fox) (July 22, 2004) ~ Brought forward a year in production thanks to the cancellation of Daredevil, this one relies on a solid story to make up for it's poor CGI (which they didn't have time to meticulously pour over thanks to the expedited production). Probably the least well received in of the summer.
July 23, 2004: Guardians of the Galaxy, comic book adaptation starring John Cena, Samuel Jackson, and Anne Hathaway, flops at the box office despite heavy media promotion and fast food marketing,.
July 22, 2004: Israeli Mossad Intelligence reports state that Iraq is close to developing a nuclear weapon, sparking international calls for a Iraqi invasion,....
July 27, 2004: IAEA officials report that Iranian officials have obtained refined uranium at Bushehr, Iran, fueling calls for American military action in the region,...
July 28, 2004: Michael Moore warns that Ralph Nader is acting as a "spoiler" during an interview in Atlanta, Georgia, sparking national attention,...
July 29, 2004: Female WWE wrestler Joan "Chyna"Lauer is fired after a sex tape goes online of her in Los Angeles, California,...
July 30, 2004: President George W. Bush calls for executive authority to bomb portions of Iraq, sparking debate about presidential powers,..
August 5-27, 2004: Shia guerrillas launch a series of attacks on Najaf, sparking international attention and concern,...
August 6, 2004: Temptation musical starring Alice Ripley and Zoe Saldana makes its hit debut,...
August 8th, 2004: Reports of the Yeren swell from a few to dozens as reports of the Chinese wildman ( or bigfoot) overwhelm the local Police in Yichang, Hubei Provence.
Green Lantern (Warner Bros) (August 11, 2004) ~ Written by David S. Goyer, this focuses on Hal Jordan (Nathan Fillion of Firefly fame)'s origin story, training with the Green Lanterns, and conflict with Krona (a renegade Guardian). This one makes more money than Fantastic Four - which is still a healthy 400 million dollar gross.
August 17, 2004: Iranian Ali Shamkhani confirms that Iran is developing uranium enrichment capabilities but that it is purely for civilian energy usage. In Geneva, Switzerland,...
August 28, 2004: James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj launch a suicide attack against the 34th Street-Herald Square subway station, the day before the GOP Convention in New York City, New York, killing 16 people, sparking international attention and concerns,...
September 3, 2004: National Duty starring Jon Voight, Scott Baio, and Vanessa Angel, flops at the box office,...
September 13,2004: Disney and Square Enix release Kingdom Hearts:Castle Oblivion on the Gameboy Advance and as a hit.The game is set between Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 which is expected to be released in 2006.
September 24, 2004: $aucers starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and directed by Edgar Wright, does a British comedic spin on the alien invasion storyline,.....
Ocober 3,2004: Ghostseekers,a new paranormal reality show premieres on the Sci-Fi channel.The show shows Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson as they investigate allegedly haunted locations.Despite a strong start,the show was cancelled after a single season to a ratings drop.
October 11,2004: Frustrated that the investigation of UFOs has been hijacked by" tin foil hat folks and conspiracy theorists", a group of UFO investigators form the Committee for the Logical Investigation of UFOs, or CLIUFO. This organization forbids conspiracy theorists from joining and expels members for making conspiratorial claims. The group says they will attempt to find a logical explanation for UFO sightings but will remain open to the extraterrestrial hypothesis.
October 15,2004:Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon,the live action adaptation of Sailor Moon debuts in Japan and is a smash hit.The series follows the storyline of the anime/manga until midway through when a mysterious alien race attacks both the Sailor Senshi and the Dark Kingdom.The show is notable for beginning the Anilive craze and the first Japanese show to tie into the Arecibo effect.The show would later debut in the U.S. and spark a craze for the sailor moon franchise there.
October 18, 2004: Battlestar Galactica (SYFY-TV) starring Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict, follows the new adventures featuring Katie Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, and Grace Park as descendents of the original crew,...
October 31,2004: UFO sightings occur in Praetoria, South Africa, fuelling fears of an alien invasion.
November 2nd, 2004: Bush/First defeats Dean/Clark in a close election. Nader carries Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, giving him eleven electoral votes.
November 9,2004:Halo 2 is released on the Xbox and is smash hit,the game featured the revelation that the Halo arrays sent the Arecibo Signal.
November 11, 2004: Local residents of Accra, Ghana claim that teenagers are Numb-chucking as a result of the "Arecibo effect",...
December 11, 2004: Raelism leaders launch a rally in support of greater space exploration and atheism in Rome, Italy, sparking international attention,...
December 26, 2004: 9.1 earthquakes devastates Sumatra-Adaman, Indonesia, collapse of the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta, Indonesia, amidst reports of corruption,....
January 6th, 2005: Ralph Nader announces his retirement from public life.
January 8, 2005: Youngblood, comic book adaptation film starring Christian Slater flops at the box office, despite heavy media promotion and campaigning, helping blacklist Rob Liefeld from the industry.
January 15th, 2005: The Huygens lander portion of the Cassini Saturn probe lands on Titan. There is a brief media flare when there is a brief shadow in the clouds. However, this is determined to an image formed from the clouds of Titan.
January 24, 2005: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is briefed that a "nuclear Iraq" will occur within the coming year, citing reports by Mossad leaders,....
January 28, 2005: Castlevania, directed by Uwe Boll, starring Christian Slater, Tara Reid, and Stephen Dorrf flops, based on a hit video game,...
February 2005:After the disastrous flop of Castlevania,experts have noted a decrease in the popularity of fantasy films while Sci-Fi has a experienced something of a surge in popularity.Film experts have traced this change to the Arecibo effect.In order to survive,the fantasy genre has had embrace a lot of science fiction tropes.The lone exceptions to this rule have been the popularity of the Lord of the Rings and Narnia films.
February 1, 2005: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson becomes the subject of a series of popular jokes exaggerating their strength and abilities,....
February 1, 2005: Ecofin Council in Brussels, Belgium warns Greece, Portugal and Ireland that they are in danger of economic default, sparking international attention,....
10 February 2005 - One hundred and four-year-old Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother attends the wedding reception held at Windsor Castle for her beloved grandson, Prince Charles on the occasion of his marriage to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
February 16 2005: 20th Century Fox announces plans for a sequel to Independence Day.The movie is expected to be released in 2007.
March 9, 2005: Jim Shooter announces that investors Peter David, Tim Truman, and Larry Hama have contacted him about reviving the defunct Defiant Comics brand.
March 17, 2005: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz warns that Iraq is less than a year away from developing a nuclear weapon, during a press conference in Tel Aviv, sparking international attention and concern,....
March 23,2005:In the wake of the disasterous flop of the Castlevania movie,the Great Konami Purge begins as Koji Igarashi and the Konami Board of Executives begins firing those responsible for hiring Uwe Boll to direct the Castlevania film.Koji Igarashi was reputed to say"I never want see the sight of Boll again,if I ever see that gaijin again,I'll disembowel him with a katana."
March 26th, 2005: The rebooted series of Doctor Who is released starring Hugh Grant as the Ninth Doctor
April 1,2005:Code Pink and other anti-war activists announces that until President Bush ends the war in Afghanistan,they will not have sex. Despite the media attention,this form of protest proved to be wildly unpopular with most activists and quickly died out.
April 1, 2005: Uwe Boll uploads a German and Japanese expletive video filled with nude obese porn stars and excrement targeting Konami executives on Youtube. The video quickly becomes an Internet meme with te entrance of "Let me tell you what I really think of you..."
April 5,2005:The National Geographic Channel airs Alien Safari and is a hit.The show details 3 hypothetical planets and the lifeforms on them.The success of the documentary would inspire similar documentaries throughout the decade.
April 12, 2005: Raelism UFO cult members pose nude in Playboy magazine, sparking interest in the rapidly growing organization,...
April 19, 2005: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (a.k.a. Pope Francis I) is named successor to Pope John Paul II by the College of Cardinals in the Vatican City,....
April 22, 2005: The Magic 7 science fiction film starring Michael J. Fox, Jeremy Irons, and James Earl Jones, makes its debut in time for Earth Day, sparking international attention,...
May 3, 2005: Pope Francis I condemns the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing human rights abuses,....,
May 6, 2005: Jerusalem, historical period piece starring Orlando Bloom, Edward Norton, and Liam Neeson, directed by Ridley Scott, makes its hit debut,...
May 13,2005:The Sci-Fi show Stargate SG-1 ends it's run on television.The last three seasons of the show had dealt with a vicious race of squid like aliens with ties to the Arecibo Signal that were rampaging across the Milky Way Galaxy bringing the Gou-uld to their knees.A spinoff series called Stargate: Atlantis was announced.
May 19, 2005: Star Wars Episode III:Fall of the Old Republic debuts in theaters and is a resounding hit.Many experts atribute this due to George Lucas handing the director reigns to Steven Spielberg. The film becomes the target of conservative boycotts after the revelation is made that Jar-Jar Binks is a Sith Lord and Master, who manipulated Senator Palpatine and subsequently Anakin Skywalker; many Republicans led by Michelle Bachmann claim Jar-Jar Binks is supposef to represent George W. Bush while Palpatine represents Vice-President Dick Cheney,...
May 25, 2005: X-Men III by Bryan Singer is released, utilizing Robert Downey, Jr. as the corrupt Iron Man figure who is overseeing the registration and force-able curing of all mutants. The story ends with Magneto power-less, but approached by a figure who looks much like Jean Grey.
May 27, 2005: The Arecibo Effect film starring Jim Carrey is dubbed the first film to tap into the "Arecibo Effect" and its effect on society,....
June 7, 2005: Sega announces that it will release a new console, titled the Sega Hyperion which will run games on HD-DVD disks and support a widespread online gaming network (which is a carry-over from the Dreamcast's Cloud Network).
June 10, 2005: "10 The Hard Way" rap/hip-hop album by Outkast makes its hit musical debut, sparking international attention,....
June 15, 2005: Batman is released, the first direct sequel to 2003's Batman vs. Superman, it stars Robin Williams as the Joker, Batman's first real archenemy after dealing with (and befriending) Superman in the previous movie. A cameo by Nathan Fillion's Green Lantern brings 2004's Green Lantern movie officially into canon.
June 18th, 2005: On Doctor Who (BBC-TV) Peter Capaldi replaces Grant as the Doctor, and enters canon as the Tenth Doctor
June 18th, 2005: Watchmen, directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Jude Law as Rorschach, Slyvester Stallone as the Comedian, Daniel Craig as Ozymandias, Joaquin Phoenix as Nite Owl, Hilary Swank as Silk Spectre, and Leonard Nimoy as Doctor Manhattan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Manhattan as a human) is released, and is universally acclaimed by critics, and very financially successful.
June 22, 2005: Pope Francis I surprises many with his call for tolerance of the LGBT community, sparking outrage from social conservatives,...
July 6, 2005: Comedian Bill Cosby is arrested on drug possession charges, after purchasing quaaludes from undercover agents, sparking national controversy,...,
July 6th, 2005: Robert Zubrin announces he is leaving SpaceX due to personal differences between him and founder Elon Musk.
July 8th, 2005: HBO releases a James Cameron produced miniseries based off of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy, simply called Mars, making three seasons 15 episodes each.
July 21, 2005: Terrorists led by Muktar Said Ibrahim and Yasin Hassan Omar bomb the London underground, killing 42 people, triggering calls for police action nationwide,....
7 August 2005 - Death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother a few days after her 105th birthday, in her sleep at Royal Lodge.
August 13, 2005: Magician David Copperfield marries supermodel Claudia Schiffer in a secret ceremony in Rheinberg, Germany, sparking international attention,...
August 17, 2005: CDC claim teenagers in the United States are killing each other over Numb-chucking in the aftermath of the "Arecibo effect",..,
August 30,2005:Hurricane Katrina makes landfall around New Orleans.Although the storm was initially a Category 5 storm,Katrina had weakened to a Cat 1 system by the time it hit New Orleans. Except for minor flooding,Katrina did no significant damage to the area and there was no casualties.
August 31, 2005: Terrorist group Jamiyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheed kills 6 people outside the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles, California, sparking international attention and concern,....
September 5, 2005: IAEA officials report to the United Nations Security Council that Iran has developed weapons-grade refinement capability at. Bushehr,...
September 5th, 2005: In Expedition National Park, Australia several locals claim to have seen the Yowie.
September 14, 2005: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks on the need for "full disclosure " regarding UFOs and extraterrestrial life, during a speech in Hong Kong,...,
September 20, 2005: Iranian officials state their absolute refusal to cease the refinement of uranium, before the United Nations in New York City, New York,...
September 22, 2005: Galveston Flood; FEMA efforts in the effort to deal with flooding and evacuation efforts for Galveston, Texas when Hurricane Rita, a category F-5 hurricane hits the region, leaving thousands homeless, and causing massive oil slicks with the dislodging of several rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, embarassing the Bush administration in its home state, and sending the impression that the admimistration is unprepared to deal with crises at home,...
October 6, 2005: Members of the NFL Minnesota Vikings are scandalized after video of team members engaging in sexual acts with several prostitutes on Lake Minnetonka, is leaked onto the Internet, forcing a 12-game suspension
October 12, 2005: Liu Yang becomes the first Chinese woman launched into space aboard Shenzhou-6 from Jiuquan, sparking international attention,....
October 27, 2005: Bloggers led by the Huffington Post report that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has been implicated in a sexual abuse scandal from Yorkville, Illinois,.....
November 2, 2005: Joss Whedon announces that he has purchased the rights to the Terminator franchise, with the blessings of director James Cameron and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, sparking international attention,...
Novemver 14, 2005: New York Times reports that FOX-TV and FOX News Corporation officials tapped into the cellphones and PCs of several members of Congress including Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL),...
November 17, 2005: Japan wins the bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
November 23, 2005: Pride & Prejudice with Zombies starring Keira Knightley, Amanda Seyfried, makes its hit debut,...
December 7, 2005: Hulk: Hunted is released, with Marvel's Captain America and Agent Loki reprising their roles, with the latter slowly manipulating the team hunting down Bruce Banner until in the end he kidnaps the Hulk, setting Marvel and Paramount up for their new announced film - the Avengers.
December 9, 2005: The Lady from Shanghai directed by Wong Kar-Wai, starring Nicole Kidman, Gong Li, and Takeshi Kitano, in a neo-noir classic,...
December 9, 2005: Actress Rachel McAdams announces that she will be posing nude in Playboy magazine for an undisclosed amount of money,...
December 31, 2005: Vatican officials deny that Pope Francis supports same-sex unions, citing them as threats to the institution of marriage,...
January 13, 2006: Actor David Hasselhoff is found dead of a cocaine overdose in Sydney, Australia, sparking international attention,....
January 16th, 2006: The Pluto Kuiper Express is launched, as part of the Space Exploration Act, meant to make a flyby of Pluto by the year 2012
January 26, 2006: "Curry N' Hurry" fast food restaurant chain, opens 500 restaurants across the United States and an additional 150 in Canada, popularizing Indian,...,
January 31, 2006: Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) reports that much of the technology used by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) is being used to monitor civilians through the National Security Agency (NSA),...
February 2006:The ladies figure skating at the Torino Winter Olympics ended when Irina Slutskaya of Russia claimed the Gold Medal with Sasha Cohen of the United States claiming Silver and Shizuka Arakawa of Japan settling for Bronze.Slutskaya is the first Russian women to win Gold in this event.It also marked the end of Russian dominance in Pairs when the Russian favorites lost in a surprise upset when Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China claimed Gold.
February 6, 2006: "The Fugees" album by the Fugees and Lauryn Hill makes its hit musical debut, sparking international attention,...
February 6, 2006: National Hockey League (NHL) is scandalized after Janet Jones and Wayne Gretzky are implicated in a system wide bribery and extortion scandal in New York City, New York,...
February 20, 2006: Nicholas Pope and David Icke praise the release of Ministry of Defense files regarding UFOs in London, England, sparking international attention,...
February 24, 2006: Philippine military forces overthrow President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a coup in Manila, Philippines, fueling civil unrest and panic in the region,....
February 28, 2006: Comic writer Frank Miller is fired from Dark Horse Comics, and banned from DC Comics after making extremely racist comments on YouTube about the Islamic community,...
March 5, 2006: Brokeback Mountain starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, wins the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Best Director for Ang Lee, in Los Angeles, California,...
March 5, 2006: CIA officials brief President George W. Bush that Iranian officials have begun refining yellowcake uranium at its facilities in Isfahan, Iran,...
March 9,2006: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon:Resistance debuts in Japan to critical acclaim.The show is a sequel to Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon and much darker and edgier then the previous series as it details a mysterious organisation that is attempting to eliminate the Sailor Senshi and the survivors of the Dark Kingdom.Large portions of the show have homages to the X-Files and the actor who potrayed the Cigarette Man even guest stars at one point.The also premiered in the U.S. and sparked a strong interest in the Magical Girl genre.
March 17,2006: Arecibo premiers on NBC-TV to critical acclaim,the show details a CIA agent who alongside an female MSS agent discovers a sinister conspiracy tied to the Arecibo signal and the aliens themselves.The show stars Nathan Fillion as Agent Jonathan McCoy and Li Bingbing as Liu Han.
March 19, 2006: Russian Foreign Minister announces the annexation of Belarus, upon a signed agreement between President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, sparking tensions across NATO and European Union nations,....
March 19, 2006: New York Times publishes reports by Manfred Nowak, exposing government led organ harvesting in Shenyang,...
April 14, 2006: Another Superhero Film (20th Century Fox) parodies Marvel/DC comics starring Jack Black, John Leguizamo, Maya Rudolph,....
April 24, 2006: Kenya gains test status as they defeat Zimbabwe to replace them as the tenth test nation.
April 28, 2006: Rush Limbaugh is found dead at his Palm Beach, Florida home due to a drug overdose from oxycotin,....
May 5, 2006: Marvel Studios' release of The Avengers is a smash hit, bringing together Captain America (Chris O'Donnell), The Power Pack (Larisa Oleynik, Jonathan Lipnicki, and Taylor Dooley), the Abomination (Lynn Williams), and Thor (Tyler Mane) to fight against Loki (Colm Feore)'s plot to use a captured Hulk (Edward Norton) and a mind-controlled Alex Powers (Haley Joel Osment) to take over the world.
May 10, 2006: Representatives John Conyers (D-MI) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) launch impeachment hearings against the White House in Washington D.C.,.....
May 14, 2006: Living Universe Foundation (LUF) announces the creation of an office in Washington D.C. aimed at lobbying for issues for space travel, nuclear power, and oceanic thermal energy conversion.
May 17, 2006: Celebrity magician David Blaine drowns to death during a performance at the Lincoln Center in New York City, New York,....
May 24, 2006: We Are Here documentary by former vice-president Al Gore, discusses the impact of the Arecibo signal and its implications for life on Earth,....
June 1,2006: Dylan Avery and Alex Jones release First Strike at Kashmir, a documentary that claims that the Assam/Kashmir impact was in reality a barely thwarted alien attack.As "evidence",the documentary claims that no impact crater was ever found.
June 13, 2006: Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond commits suicide in Beverly Hills, California after his sex tape is lealed on the Internet,....
June 15, 2006: Living Universe Foundation (LUF) members , including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates, announce efforts to further sponsor commercial space flight at the CNN Future Summit in Atlanta, Georgia,...
June 16, 2006: Not to be outdone by Marvel's The Avengers, Warner Bros. releases Wonder Woman which stars Morena Baccarin as the titular character and Heath Ledger as Aquaman who takes on Steve Trevor's comic book role.
June 21,2006: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the DS is released and is a hit.The game details the adventures of Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin and the damphyir Lecarde sisters as they explore Dracula's castle in 2000.The game helped save the franchise after the flop of the Castlevania movie.
July, 2006: Marvel: Ragnarok is released, featuring Asgard invading the United States. It prominently Thor fighting Iron Man and Captain America, splitting up the Avengers. It turns out to be the machinations of Loki. The Event leaves Asgard and New York heavily damaged. It also begins what critics call the "MCU-ification" of the comics.
July 5, 2006: Pacific Domes is launched in Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Living Universe Foundation (LUF) promotes the construction of geodesic domes as a means to "do more with less",...
July 9th, 2006 : France wins the Football World Cup 3-0 against a demoralized Italian team, scoring a goal in the third minute of the game. Raymond Domenech concludes saying "never understate the role of morale, be it in football or in war".
July 11th, 2006 : the French football team, back from Germany, is given a triumphal tour on the Champs-Élysées, among the once again popular "Et un, et deux, et Trois-Zéro!"
July 12, 2006: Bigelow Corporation, backed by the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) announces the successful launch of the first portions of Alpha Town, the first commercial space station from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...
July 15, 2006: Fictional Internet blogger Jon Thompson becomes the subject of a national obsession, around her alleged encounters with UFOs,....
July 15,2006:Writing an Op Ed in Scientific American, Neil DeGrass Tyson counters First Strike at Kashmir's assertions with evidence that the meteor was an airburster and as such would not leave an impact crater. He also debunks the documentary's other claims.
July 19, 2006-January 24, 2007: DC Civil War storyline is published where superheroes are divided into factions led by Superman and Batman ending after the destruction of Gotham
July 19,2006: Disney announces that it has acquired Konami and that Disney will continue the Castlevania games. Fantasy games are still popular despite the influence of the Arecibo Effect and as such Disney hopes it can revitalize the Castlevania franchise,though Disney says it will begin adding Sci-fi tropes into the series.
July 20, 2006: U.S. 9th Circuit Court denies the government's case that the DST operations fall under States Secrets Privilege, during a ruling in San Francisco, California,...
August, 2006: "One Moment" is published in the Spider Man books by Marvel. After Ragnarok, Aunt May is critically injured. Peter and Mary Jane are approached by Mephisto to erase their marriage in exchange for Aunt May's life. Whilst tempted, Aunt May and Uncle Ben appear before Peter, who tells him to let her go. With that, Peter rejects the offer, and remains married to Mary Jane.
August 6, 2006: Actors Mark Wahlberg and Seth Green are arrested after a brawl in Las Vegas, Nevada, fueling concern about child actors,....
August 8, 2006: Huffington Post reveals the broad extent Cabinet officials and Congressional officials were tapped, fueling calls for hearings against Rupert Murdoch and FOX News Corporation in Washington D.C.,...
August 9,2006: Kingdom Hearts II is released on the PS2 and like it's predecessor is a smash hit.
August 18, 2006: Have A Good Night film starring Richard Gere becomes extremely popular, based on its one-note title premise,....
September 1, 2006: Now You See Me, film starring James Franco and Guy Pearce details the story of dueling magicians,....
September 15,2006: A frightening report surfaces in India when a man claims he was attacked by a bizarre creature in New Delhi,the creature was descriped as being for 4 foot tall and having no head but having a single large red eye in it's chest and having tentacles for hands.The supposed entity is dubbed the New Delhi Horror.
September 19, 2006: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is killed in a military coup in Bangkok, Thailand, fueling civil unrest across the region,....
September 22, 2006: The Mighty Thor is brought back for a second season on Fox, replacing Firefly's timeslot and riding off the high of The Avengers, the show is a lot better received than the first season (which premiered four years ago).
September 23, 2006: Anbar Awakening ; Sunni fundamentalist forces from 30 tribes launch an armed insurrection in Anbar province led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,....
September 26, 2006: Ultimate Fighting Championship under Lorenzo Fertitta is purchased by Paramount Studios in a announcement in Los Angeles, California,...
September 27, 2005: Commander-in-Chief (ABC-TV) starring Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland, makes its hit debut; many critics claim the series helped the rise of Hillary Clinton,...
September 28th, 2006: Pokemon Diamond and Pearl is released. As a result of the new alien craze, there is a scene set on the moon, where you could encounter a Pokemon called Deoxys, and learn more about its history. You could also enter the Distortion World from here...
October 16th, 2006: 2061: Odyssey Three, starring Tom Hanks (who is also the producer) as Haywood Floyd, is released, making it the third film in the "Space Odyssey" series. "3001" is also confirmed for production.
October 17, 2006: Iranian-backed Shiite guerillas seize control of Amarah, Iraq, triggering concern about American control of the region,....
October 22, 2006: The British scifi series Torchwood, a spinoff of Doctor Who, airs on BBC and is a smash hit. The show stared John Barrowman as Capt. Jack Harkness, Billie Piper as Gwen Cooper, David Tenant as Ianto Jones, and Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato.
October 24, 2006: Former vice-president Al Gore is accused of sexual assault by Molly Haggerty of Portland, Oregon, sparking conservative messages that Democrats are sex fiends,...
October 24, 2006: Project H.A.M.M.E.R. video game is released for the Nintendo Systems, becoming a major bestseller for the Christmas shopping season,....
October 26, 2006: Chinese SSN nuclear submarine fires warning shots at the USS Kitty Hawk in the East China Sea, triggering tensions between the United States and Peoples' Republic of China,....
October 27, 2006: Dracula's Daughter, horror film starring Rebekah Kochan, makes its hit debut, launching a film franchise,....
October 31, 2006: "Playing With Fire" music album by Kevin Federline makes its hit debut, receiving major radio airplay,...,
October 31,2006: Actress Lindsey Lohan is found dead after a drug overdose at a Halloween party in San Francisco.
November 5, 2006: Actor Jaleel White of Family Matters (ABC-TV) dies in a car accident in Los Angeles, California, sparking international attention,...
November 7, 2006: Eric Cantor (R-VA) is named acting Speaker of the House, replacing outgoing Dennis Hastert (R-IL) amidst growing revelations of a sex abuse scandal,...
November 7th, 2006: The Independence Party has gained two seats in Congress, NY-1 and NY-13. This is a historic first.
November 7, 2006: Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake break up in a celebrity divorce in Los Angeles, California citing "irreconcilable differences ",...
November 11, 2006: The PlayStation 3 is released across America. It has Blu-Ray support, but it lacks backwards compatibility of many popular PS2 and PS1 games (the type of compatibility offered by the Hyperion, 360, and the Revolution, and also doesn't have any strong titles going for it.
November 18, 2006: College quarterback Brian Brohm is signed to the NFL Green Bay Packers, sparkling national attention
November 19th, 2006: The Nintendo Revolution is released in North America. It features motion control controllers, and Online capabilities. It also has partnerships with companies like Marvel and Disney to release certain consoles with downloadable games available...
November 21, 2006: Pope Francis condemns the environmental policies of First World, citing the United States and European Union,....
November 21st, 2006: NASA announces Oddyseus Program in an effort to learn about Europa and to seek life in its oceans. This program, set to cost over $500 Billion over 10 years facing NASA's budget increases
December 13, 2006: Pope Francis calls for greater flexibility and understanding regarding contraception and birth control during mass in Manila, Philippines,...
December 27th, 2006: Reported sightings of wolves on the island of Honshu in Fukushima and Iwate Prefectures. Many people claim these wolves are smaller than American and European wolves leading to claims that they are the extinct Honshu wolf.
January 30, 2007: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge claims that China will not impose censorship on the media,....
January 31, 2007: Canadian MP David Kilgour exposes massive himan rights abuses before the United Nations in New York City, New York,...
February 1st, 2007: Beagle 3 is launched from Kourou.
February 2, 2007: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is hospitalized after he suffers from a cocaine overdose,...
February 2, 2007: Hell on Earth,controversial film makes its hit debut, despite being banned in 43 countries,...
February 2nd, 2007: A Father and son report while driving home near Stockholm Wisconsin, are chased by a mysterious flying humanoid. The father claims they encountered the mothman months later.
February 12, 2007: Trolley Square Massacre; Sulejman Talović shoots 14 people in Salt Lake City, Utah, sparking national attention and concern about the nation's gun laws,....
February 16, 2007: Ant-Man begins on Fox, starring Harold Perrineau as Hank Pym, Milo Ventimiglia as Scott Lang, and Matthew Fox as Bruce Banner (after Edward Norton refused to appear on a "damn television show!"). It has a few cameos from Tyler Mane's Donald Blake (Thor's secret identity) and one episode featuring the Power Pack. As a follow-up to The Mighty Thor it does very well.
February 16, 2007: Raelism UFO cult members unveil their world headquarters in Palm Springs, California, with media hype in the form of Rosanne Barr, Lindsay Lohan, and Kevin Federline attending,...
March 9th, 2007: A large unknown primate like creature is spotted near the Colombian-Venezuelan Border by locals. The local authorities claim it is a a known ape that people are misjudging the size of.
March 16, 2007: Aumika Canadian science fiction film starring Billy Connolly and Carrie Anne-Moss, is seen as a commentary on the war in the Middle East, with an alternate timeline of alien invasion in the 1950s,....
March 22, 2007: Senator John Edwards (D-NC) is scandalized after mistress Rielle Hunter discloses her pregnancy to wife Elizabeth Edwards in Washington D.C., fueling concern about the presidential candidates,...
March 22, 2007: French government led by French President Jacques Chirac, releases 50 years of files regarding UFOs online, sparking international attention and concern in Paris, France,...
March 23, 2007: The West Indies get eliminated in the group stage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup at home.
April 2, 2007: Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) announces his presidential bid, calling for a "secure America" during a speech in Denver, Colorado,...
April 5, 2007: Russian government officials led by President Vladimir Putin announce a crackdown on the Church of Scientology in Russia, citing them as a "foreign cult", .....
April 11, 2007: Six members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team are convicted in the gang rape of a stripper in Durham, North Carolina, fueling calls for accountability,....
April 18, 2007: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a major crackdown on the Church. Of Scientology during a televised address in Moscow,...
April 27, 2007: Senator David Vitter (R-LA) commits suicide after being exposed as part of local madame Deborah Jeane Palfrey, and receiving divorce papers from his wife in Washington D.C.,...
April 28, 2007: Australia defeat Sri Lanka in the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup by 47 runs. Muttiah Muralitharan was the Man of the Tournament for taking 26 wickets at an average of 15.52.
May 4th, 2007: Spider Man 3 is released, featuring the Lizard and Sandman as main villains.
May 4, 2007: Madame Deborah Jeane Palfrey, DC brothel owner, exposes several prominent Republican leaders as clients including Senator David Vitter (R-LA) on CNN-TV, fueling concern about the Republican leadership,...
May 6, 2007: French Presisdent Ségolène Royal is elected, amidst growing corruption scandal UMP scandal involving Nicolas Sarkozy, sparking national attention,...
May 6, 2007: Fanboys comedy starring Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, and Fan Folger, makes its hit debut, spoofing the lives of comic book film fans,...,
May 7, 2007: Canada reports that it has been attacked by Russia in a series of cybernetic attacks,..,
May 8, 2007: Raelism UFO cult members announce the creation of a temple in Las Vegas, Nevada, sparking national controversy,...
May 12th, 2007: Alan Moore announces that he will be working exclusively for Dark Horse Comics.
May 18, 2007: Superman/Flash is released by Warner Brothers, with Josh Hartnet reprising his role as Superman and Patrick Wilson premiering as Barry Allen (The Flash). The movie depicts a race designed to give Superman good publicity and raise money for charity, one which goes awry. It competes with Spider Man 3 at the box office.
May 24, 2007: Pope Francis I, spaks controversy by drafting an encyclical calling for action to protect the environment, fueling condemnation by conservatives worldwide,...
May 25, 2007: 2012 disaster film starring Brendan Fraiser and Neil Patrick Harris highlights fears of an apocalyptic disaster,...
May 27, 2007: Living Universe Foundation (LUF) launches a national membership drive in Washington D.C., in an effort to further the cause of space travel,....
May 28, 2007: Republican leaders led by Speaker Eric Warner condemn the environmental policies of Pope Francis I, saying "Leave the policies to scientists..."
June 2, 2007: British Prime Minister Tony Blair successfully wins against a "no-confidence" vote led by members of the Labor Party Edward Milliband and Gordon Brown,....
June 5, 2007: Friends With Benefits (FOX-TV) soap opera/telenovela/ sitcom starring Jean-Pierre Parent makes its hit television debut; Rules of Deception (FOX-TV) starring Rachelle Woods and AnnaLynne McCord makes its hit debut, ....
June 11, 2007: Zika virus is first detected on Yap Island, in the Federated States of Micronesia, considered as a 'emerging virus" by the WHO/CDC officials,....
June 14, 2007: Barbara Boxer declared her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in San Francisco, California.
June 15, 2007: Actress Jessica Alba slams Marvel Comics for being "pathologically unable to write decent female characters during an interview in San Diego, California,...
June 16, 2007: On Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston is revealed not to be a future iteration of the doctor, but rather "The Master" demanding retribution and revenge,...
June 25,2007: A massive rally of ufologists takes place in Washington D.C.The protestors demand that the "truth" about the Kashmir Impact be made to the public.
July 1, 2007: Denmark announces that it is in an economic recession, sending shockwaves throughout Europe,...
July 3, 2007: Voltron, Defender of the Universe directed by Michael Bay, starring Keanu Reeves and Mark Wahlberg, beats Superman/Flash at the box office despite terrible film reviews, and planting the lions in post-apocalyptic Mexico,...
July 4, 2007: Pat Buchanan declares his intention for the Republican nomination in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
July 4th, 2007: At least twenty eyewitnesses claim to see the Mothman of Wisconsin but across Lake Pepin in Lake City Minnesota.
July 8th, 2007: There is a brief panic in South India, after a fake news broadcast details a landing by Alien beings.
July 17th-23rd, 2007: The Monster Shark of Tuvalu is spotted in all seven people are reported killed by the shark.
August 1, 2007: European Interbank markets seize up, following widespread uncertainty as to the creditworthiness of banking counterparties and potential exposures to US subprime credit derivative, furthering the economic crisis,....
August 10, 2007: Captain America 2 is released, introducing Don Cheadle as Falcon.
August 13, 2007: Russian officials claim outstanding debts from Estonia, threatening to collect on the debts, frightening many NATO officials,...
August 15, 2007: U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals begins hearings over DST and its role in domestic surveillance of citizens nationwide,...
August 19 2007: Independence Day 2:Ressurection is released and is a blockbuster hit. Plans for a third movie commence.
September 6, 2007: Disney actress Vanessa Hudgens and actor Zack Ephron are scandalized after a webcam sex video is released on the Internet in Los Angeles, California,...
September 8th, 2007: Phoenix, an anime created by Studio Ghibli, based off the first volume of the manga by Osamu Tezuka is released....
September 8, 2007: Russian officials claim outstanding debts from Latvia, threatening to collect on the debt, fueling political and economic tensions in the Baltic region,..
September 12, 2007: Trouble at Tsiolkovsky's,science fiction film starring Lorenzo Lamas, Sean Lawlor, and Kerry Washington, makes its hit debut,...
September 13, 2007: During a MSNBC-TV interview with O.J. Simpson, the former athlete and actor confesses to murdering his wife Nicole Brown Simpson, sparking national attention in Los Angeles, California,...,
September 15, 2007: Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, triggering a massive economic panic within the United States and Western Europe,....
September 20, 2007: Irish officials led by President Mary McAleese announce a policy of "full disclosure " of UFOs and extraterrestrial life in Dublin, Ireland,...
September 21, 2007: Marvel's Tales to Astonish is released in the former timeslot for The Mighty Thor (and before that Firefly). It is the result of The Mighty Thor's third season and Ant-Man's second season being melded into one project. It focuses on all aspects of the Marvel Universe.
September 22, 2007: Glenn Beck accuses Hillary Clinton of being a "closet lesbian " during an interview on FOX-TV, shocking many people,...
September 24, 2007: Area 57 (NBC-TV) sitcom written and produced by Craig Ferguson, starring Paul Reubens as an alien, makes it hit television series debut,....
September 26, 2007: The IT Crowd (NBC-TV) American remake of the British TV sitcom, starring Joel McHale, David Guarascio and Moses Port, makes its hit debut,...
September 30, 2007: Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan commits suicide in Dublin, amidst a failed of the government to guarantee all deposits and debts of six major Irish banks and their subsidiaries abroad,....
October 19, 2007: Guide to the Stars, starring Vincent Kartheiser as Carl Sagan, Jodie Foster as Jill Tarter, and Jon Voight as Frank Drake details the story
of the SETI project and its many members,....
October 19,2007:A flash run occurs in Seattle with women dressed up as Sailor Moon characters.Many experts have noted that thanks to the live action Sailor Moon,anime and the Otaku sub-culture have started to manifest in a more open manner in the U.S.
October 20, 2007: New Zealand defeat South Africa in the 2007 Rugby World Cup final by a score of 20-13
October 29, 2007: Residents of Kolkata, India report seeing UFOs off the national highway system, sparking international attention,...
October 30, 2007: Brazil becomes the host of the 2014 World Cup after having no competition from other federations.
October 31, 2007: Cyclist Lance Armstrong announces that he has impregnated Ashley Olsen, younger sister to the Olsen twins, in New York City, New York,...
October 31, 2007: Spanish officials announce that they do not recognize the Church of Scientology during a parliamentary vote in Madrid, Spain, fueling a perceived "oppression of Scientology members",....
November 1st, 2007: Super Mario Galaxy is released. In a little reference to Arecibo, there is a "radio" galaxy signalling Mario for help...
November 5, 2007: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is released. The videogame takes place in 2010. In the story of the game, a team of British SAS soldiers sent to the Baltic States that are under Russian military control.
November 7, 2007: COSCO Busan oiltanker crashes into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, causing the San Francisco Bay to be polluted by c. 44,000 gallons of oil, fueling anger against petroleum companies,....
November 14, 2007: European Union officials announce that the Eurozone has slipped into recession, fueling stock market falls,...
November 14th, 2007: League of the Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, is released by Dark Horse Comics, the first of the next 6 issues of the series.
November 16, 2007: Queen of Media starring Robin Givens, Fredo Starr and Michael Boatman, based on the life of radio personality Wendy Williams makes its hit debut,...
November 20th, 2007: Mass Effect is released, positing that the Arecibo signal is actually coming from defunct technology from Mars, which allows humanity to expand across the stars...
November 23, 2007: NYSE and NASDAQ stock exchanges crash amidst reports of failed Fannie Mae loans in the housing market,...
November 29, 2007: Opposition leader Senator Antonio Trillanes is assassinated in Manila, Philippines, sparking national attention,....
December 1, 2007: Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) threatens to shutdown the DST claiming that it is nothing but "Congressional pork hiding behind big brother,..."
December 5, 2007: In a controversial move, The Avengers (Marvel Comics) confirms the incestuous sexual relationship between Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, sparking massive debate in the comic community,...
December 7, 2007: Marvel's Tales to Astonish goes on it's mid-season break over the winter.
December 7, 2007: German federal and state ministers led by Chancellor Angela Merkel warn that the Church of Scientology is actively pursuing "anti-constitutional goals" calling an active ban of the organization, fueling Scientologist paranoia of "religious oppression",...
December 9, 2007: Matthew Murray shoots 16 people in the New Life Church in Colorado, Springs, Colorado, sparking national attention and concern,.....
December 18, 2007: Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy warns marijuana contains 200% more toxins than marijuana, sparking intense debate in Washington D.C.,...
December 20, 2007: 16-year old actress/singer Jamie Lynn Spears launches a national campaign for "promise rings", claiming that she will "only have sex with her husband in the bonds of Christian marriage,.."
December 21, 2007: White Jazz starring George Clooney, Charlize Theron, Chris Pine, and Jason Bateman, based on the James Ellroy noir thriller, makes its hit debut,...
December 21, 2007: Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba resists calls for "full disclosure " of UFO issues citing "legal liabilities " in Tokyo, Japan,...
POD: On August 28, 2001, the world was changed when radio astronomers at Chilbolton, England and Arecibo, Puerto Rico reported an alien radio signal which appears to be a response to a radio signal sent in 1977.
August 30, 2001: Warners Bros. green-lights a Batman vs. Superman project in light of renewed interest in aliens.
September 1st, 2001: The researchers at Chilbolton and Arecibo confirm that the signal is an extraterrestrial radio signal. They also state that they will translate the signal. Researchers, including Jill Tarter, Frank Drake, and the aging Phillip Morrison, go to Arecibo to advise the translation.
September 2,2001:The Church of Scientology proclaims that the Arecibo Signal is a message sent from Lord Xenu that announces his return to Earth.This announcement is met with massive dirision from the media and as a source of embarrassment for Scientology movie stars such as John Trovolta and Kirsty Alley.
September 11th, 2001: A minor check at Portland International Airport leads to the arrest of Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari. One plane crashes into the World Trade Center, and another at the Pentagon. A third attempted hijacking is foiled by the passengers, who subdue them, and the plane lands safely in Pennsylvania.
September 15,2001: Police find the body of psychic Richard Irons in Liverpool, Britain. He died of an apparent suicide after the news of the Arecibo Signal, saying in his suicide not that "the Dark Ones are coming”.
September 26, 2001: Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN-TV) starring Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer, feeds on the interest in space created by the "Arecibo signal". Jolene Blalock is considered a major sex symbol by Maxim magazine.
October 1, 2001: The alien signal renews interest in Artisan's The Mighty Thor television series, which they adapt to the new interest in aliens and push through production (past their also planned Captain America movie).
October 2nd, 2001: In the news hype around the Arecibo signal, Pope John Paul II announces that extraterrestrials can fit into Catholic theology. He also encourages research into the field.
October 5th, 2001: A local Russian man tells local police and news media in Novosibirsk, Russia tells that near Mirny he saw a massive elephant like creature covered in hair. Most people believe his tall tale is nothing but vodka and being lost in the tundra too long.
October 21st, 2001: As a result of Walt Disney's purchase of the Power Ranger franchise, Disney announces that they have brought the rights to adapt Kamen Rider for the West from Toei, to appeal to the Power Rangers slightly older and mature audience.
October 24th, 2001: The West Wing (NBC-TV) airs an episode revolving around SETI receiving a signal (a clear commentary on the Arecibo discovery), and the White House reacting to it. In the end, the President meets with several officials from NASA and SETI to have the President make a formal message to send out to the stars. This, and a NASA scientist (Christina Chang) become recurring characters in the series.
November 4, 2001: "Toy" album by David Bowie, makes its hit debut, with many citing the "cosmic sound ", sparking international attention,...
November 15th, 2001: Another sighting of the "hairy elephant" is made to authorities in Novosibirsk. Still most believe it is drunks claiming that they saw a different kind of cow.
November 15,2001:Halo:Combat Evolved is released on the Xbox and is a smash hit.
November 23,2001:A series of UFO sightings occur in Charleston, West Virginia,heighting fears of an extraterrestrial invasion.
2 December 2001 - Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the 101-year old mother of the long-time monarch of Great Britain Queen Elizabeth II changes her schedule in order to view a series of programs on the BBC regarding the SETI signal.
December 21, 2001: The Captain & the Shark, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Mel Gibson and Michael Bienh makes its hit debut,...
January 5,2002:Scientists at SETI,after intense government scrutiny,announce that they have decisively proven that the Arecibo Signal was extraterrestrial in origin. Despite this evidence,many observers including a significant majority of Protestant fundamentalists refuse to accept the idea of extraterrestrial life and insist that it is either a government hoax or a plot of Satan.
January 16, 2002: 3 people are killed in Muskegon, Michigan triggering debate about the country's gun laws,....
January 23,2002:Conspiracy theorist William J. Birnes claims that the Arecibo Signal was smokescreen by the aliens as they prepare to take control of the world via The New World Order.
February 9-21 2002:The figure skating event at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were marred when allegations of cheating arose at the pairs event when Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia won the Gold over Canadian couple Jamie Sale and David Pelletier. Despite complaints from the Canadian skating federation, the International Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union refused to review the event and the Russian couple as able to keep their Gold Medal. The results caused much anger and frustration in Canada.
15 February 2002 - At the funeral of her daughter Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is overheard remarking to her daughter the Queen that it should have been her own health that was bad instead of Prince Margaret's and even though she was 101 years old, she still felt pretty good.
February 24, 2002: The 2002 Winter Olympics end in Salt Lake City, United States with Germany taking the most gold medals with 14 breaking the record set by the Soviet Union in 1976.
March 20th, 2002: At the insistence of Vice President Cheney Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Richard Myers; President Bush authorizes a military space shuttle program and a possible kinetic satellite weapon.
March 22, 2002: Josh Duggar, son of Jim Bob Duggar, is arrested on charges of sexual molestation of minors in Springdale, Arkansas,...
March 29, 2002: Palestinian officials launch a Second Intifada, starting with terrorist attacks along the West Bank, sparking international attention,...
March 31st 2002: Digimon Tamers ends (in Japan). The divergence in the series while popular cin the future will be a source of fan debate.
April 9th, 2002: Disney starts broadcasting Masked Rider Warrior with Tom Welling as the titular character.
April 13, 2002: Pedro Carmona overthrows Hugo Chavez in a U.S.-backed coup in Caracas, Venezuela, fueling civil unrest and panic across the region,....
April 13, 2002: Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action Committee (X-PPAC) is established in Baltimore, Maryland by Steve Bassett, demanding "full disclosure" of extraterrestrial life by the Bush Administration,...
April 23rd, 2002: President George W Bush meets with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastsert. The President gets the Speaker to get the money for the military space program.
May 4th 2002: After a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschel the military space shuttle program will begin in a couple of years.
May 16,2002: Star Wars Episode II:Attack of the Clones debuts in theaters and although a box office hit,it is generally panned by critics as the weakest entry in the prequel trilogy.
May 31, 2002: "Gravedancer" single by Pig Destroyer makes its hit musical debut, fueling interest in Grindcore and Crustpunk scenes amongst American youth...
June 6, 2002: Meteor strikes the Assam/Kashmir region with high-energy upper atmosphere explosion in Srinagar killing 85,230 people on impact, threatening to cause a nuclear escalation of the Indo-Pakistani crisis. Ironically, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Ill declares the asteroid impact in Assam/Kashmir was a first strike by aliens and places North Korean forces on maximum alert.This leads to a series of counter-alerts by North and South Korea until emergency talks defuse the situation.
June 16, 2002: UNHCR calls upon India and Pakistan to open up its borders in the wake of the waves of refugees in Assam and Kashmir, sparking international attention,...
June 17, 2002: Pakistan launches a military buildup stating that it can't take the refugees from the Srinagar Disaster, fueling tensions in the region,...
June 24, 2002: United Nations officials select Lakhdar Brahimi to head up the humanitarian aid relief efforts by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in New York City, New York,...
June 27th, 2002: Who Bassist John Entwhistle goes to the hospital due to a heart attack in the Hard Rock Hotel. He manages to survive, and the Who return to their normally scheduled tour.
July 13, 2002: Refugees from the Assam/Kashmir region overwhelm local Pakistani forces and overrun the border, fueling ethnic and sectarian tensions in the region,...
July 18th, 2002: Researcher confirm that the Arecibo signal appears to be a response to the 1977 signal, meaning the aliens sent the same binary code back to confirm they got the message. However, they appear to have added certain signals on to the message, which the researchers believe to be indications as to their location in the M13 cluster.
July 29,2002: M.Night Shyamalan releases Signs and is a smash hit.The stared Mel Gibson and Rory Culkin. Many experts noted that this was the first movie to tie into the later became the Arecibo Effect.
July 31, 2002: French justice officials go forward with a 13-year old case, alleging the Church of Scientology is guilty of fraud, fueling accusations of "religious persecution" by Church of Scientology members in Paris, France,....
August 2, 2002: Starship Disco, comedy starring Adam Sandler, Brent Spiner, and Dana Carvey, flops at the box office,...
August 2, 2002: UN Ambassador Juraj Priputen warns of the ongoing refugee crisis between Afghanistan, Pakistan and India serves as a possible recruiting hotbed for Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in the aftermath of the Kashmir Disaster,....
August 3, 2002: Peace talks are launched between India and Pakistan, backed by Great Britain, Russia, the People's Republic of China, and the United States, in a effort to prevent further nuclear escalation in the region; many are concerned that the United States is attempting to use the talks to position itself in the region for a possible future invasion of Iraq,...
August 5th, 2002: The President of the United States, George W. Bush, taps USAF General Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong as commander for the new military space program, Now being called Capricorn
August 6, 2002: UNHCR calls for the enlargement of its refugee program to deal with the current humanitarian crisis in Assam/Kashmir; American ambassador John Bolton claims that the humanitarian aid will only help the Taliban and Al-Qaeda without proper military support,....
August 21, 2002: United Nations General Assembly passes resolution #56/166 proclaiming the human right of exodus by refugees; Social conservatives including Pete Wilson (R-CA) and Pat Buchanan immediately claim that the organization is attempting to "flood nations with Third World refugees and terrorists..."
August 28th, 2002: On the one-year anniversary of the Arecibo Signal, Congress holds hearings for restoring federal funding to SETI. Phillip Morrison and Nobel Prize winner Baruch Blumberg are among those who testified in favor of restoring funding.
September 9, 2002: N'Synch singer Lance Bass becomes the first tourist launched into space from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, sparking international attention,...
September 12, 2002: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that an invasion of Iraq will "pay for itself", during Congressional hearings in Washington D.C.,...
September 17, 2002: Singers Justin Timberlake and Brittney Spears are married in a private ceremony in Shreveport, Louisiana,....
September 20th, 2002: Firefly debuts on the Fox Network. Due to Arecibo, an alien character is added to the cast.
September 20, 2002: The Mighty Thor also debuts on Fox Network, playing immediately after Firefly. It depicts the Asgardians as "sufficiently advanced aliens" whose technology appears to be magic to regular humans. Most noted for it's various hints to other Marvel-held properties, it does okay with ratings but is not the juggernaut that Artisan and Marvel were hoping for.
September 24,2002:An minor altercation occurs at a fundamentalist rally between attendees and a group of Scientologist who disrupted a speech by Pat Robertson who was denouncing the Arecibo Signal as a government hoax.7 people were arrested.
September 30,2002: Kingdom Hearts, a video game developed in collaboration between Disney and Square Enix,is released on the PlayStation 2 to critical acclaim.
October 1, 2002: UFO cultists Raelism led by Claude Vorilhon, launch anti-Catholic clergy rallies in Montreal, Quebec, and Paris, France,...
October 15,2002: Pat Robertson ignites controversy when he calls for assassination of Claude Vorhilon, leader of the Raelist cult and the heads of the Church of Scientology on his show,The 700 Club.He said they were a cancer on Christian church and that they should be slain so that they could be with their true master, Satan. His statements were condemned by both mainstream and other Fundamentalist pastors and ministers and calls for his suspension intensify.
October 16th, 2002: George Bush commissions the "Space Council" to discuss the reaction of the Space program based off of Arecibo. The Council consists of several SETI researchers, as well as Hayden Planetarium director, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
October 19-27, 2002: Bay Bridge Series; Oakland A's Manager Billy Beane is credited with leading the team to the World Series against the San Francisco Giants led by outfielder Barry Bonds, sparking national attention,...
October 22, 2002: "The Millions Dollar Demos" album by the Foo Fighters makes its hit musical debut, sparking international attention,...,
November 6th, 2002: At a conference looking at Space colonization, sponsored by the Space Council, Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal and founder of Space company, SpaceX, sees a presentation of Mars Direct by Robert Zubrin. They meet later to discuss the proposal, and Musk's company..
November 7, 2002: "Robert Smith " album by Robert Smith, former lead singer of the Cure, makes its hit musical debut,...
November 21,2002:Michael Jackson and Snoop Dog hold a concert in New Delhi to raise money for the disaster relief efforts in Kashmir/Assam area. Also in attendance were numerous Bollywood celebrities. The event was a success and helped with the disaster relief.
November 22, 2002: Phone Booth directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Colin Farrell and Kiefer Sutherland flops at the box office,...
December 9, 2002: "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" single by the British singing group the Cheeky Girls, makes its hit debut,..,
December 11, 2002: Artisan decides that it will not produce a second season of The Mighty Thor, citing lower-than-expected ratings.
December 20, 2002: Nightfall directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert Downey Jr., taps into the zeitgeist of alienation of the "post-Arecibo" and post-9/11 society,....
December 20th, 2002: Fox cancels Firefly, leaving 3 of the fourteen produced episodes unaired.
December 20, 2002: Due to the cancellation of Firefly, The Mighty Thor is moved up on Fox's programming schedule. This gives it's last two episodes a much needed boost in screenings and it gains a pop-culture following right before it goes off air.
December 21,2002:Scientologists announce that Lord Xenu will return on December 21,2012,tying in with the Mayan Doomsday craze.
December 26, 2002: Raelism leaders led by Bridgette Boisselier, CEO of Clonaid proclaim the development of human cloning in the Bahamas, fueled by interest in the "Arecibo Message",...
December 27, 2002: To the White Sea starring Brad Pitt, directed by Joel & Ethan Coen, makes its debut, with many pointing to its anti-war message,...
December 27, 2002: The Church of Scientology is denied tax-free status after a close parliamentary vote in New Zealand, sparking international attention,....
December 30, 2002: Artisan denies claims that they intend to revive The Mighty Thor for a second season, despite it's good ratings during it's last two episodes.
January 7, 2003: Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) launches his campaign for the presidency in Des Moines, Iowa,...
January 9, 2003: United Nations officials led by Lakhdar Rahimi call for further humanitarian aid in an effort to deal with the Indo-Pakistani border,...
January 13, 2003: Steve Bassett and Steven Greer testify before the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. demanding "full disclosure " policies on UFOs from the Bush Administration,...
January 14th, 2003: With Jill Tarter and Neil Tyson in attendance, President Bush unveils the "Vision for Space Exploration," which will detail the next ten years of Space exploration, including probes for Mars and Venus, a manned return to the Moon, and new radio communications satellites. The most ambitious is a probe for Saturn's moon Titan.
January 26th, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia launches. On board is a SETI communicator, that could receive Radio waves from Space, undisturbed by atmosphere. At the same time, it is forced to stay at the ISS, when it is revealed a piece of foam fell out of its side. It was replaced.
January 30th, 2003: Robert Zubrin joins SpaceX as an advisor. A version of Mars Direct becomes the Mars plan for SpaceX.
February 1st, 2003: Columbia lands safely in Texas.
February 10, 2003: UFO Raelism leaders, along with Clonaid officials announce the construction of a corporate office in Hiroshima, Japan,...
February 11, 2003: Iranian officials report Israeli air strikes against its uranium stockpile in Yazd, Iran, fueling tensions across the Middle East,....
February 12,2003:After the meteor impact in Assam/Kashmir,a conference is held at the UN to establish a meteor watch organization in order to provide a early warning system for Kashmir style event.
February 14th, 2003: Due to the strong fan reaction, Fox brings Firefly back on the air. Ironically, the controversy ends up increasing viewership, and by the end, it is revived for a second season. It would go on to have four seasons.
February 14, 2003: Spawn: Reborn, comic book adaptation starring Wesley Snipes flops at the box office, despite a screenplay by Todd MacFarlane himself and links to the continuity,...
March 3, 2003: The Lysistrata Project is launched by Kathryn Blume and Sharron Bower in New York City, New York, with women in 100 cities, calling for a sex denial protest regarding the possibility of war in Iraq,....
March 9th, 2003: A planned invasion of Iraq is scrapped, due to a hint on the location of Osama bin Laden....
March 18, 2003: Kuwaiti emir Saad Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah claims that the failure to invade Kuwait has placed Kuwait in "eminent danger", sparking international attention and concern,....
March 18, 2003: Government officials in Guinea report an outbreak of the Ebola virus, sparking international attention and concern,...
March 19,2003:Scientologist stage a massive protest in front of the French embassy in Washington D.C. in protest of what they call a "religious persecution."
March 23, 2003: Australia defeat India in the 2003 Cricket World Cup final held at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg with Ricky Ponting being the man of the match. But this World Cup would be later be famous for the start of the end for the West Indies with them only winning against Canada.
March 24, 2003: Health officials in Liberia report an outbreak of the Ebola virus, WHO/CDC officials voice concern about a possible epidemic; Doctors Without Borders (MSF) begins the immediate deployment of personnel to the region,...,
March 25, 2003: WHO officials confirm an Ebola virus outbreak during a press conference in Lyon, France, sparking international attention and concern,....
March 30th, 2003: Digimon Frontier ends in Japan. It will be the last Digimon TV show for several years.
April 7, 2003: Iraqi General Ali Hassan al- Majid dies in Basra, after Israeli air strikes into the area, fueling concerns about retaliatory measures,...
April 16, 2003: Fidel Castro dies of a heart attack in Havana, Cuba, fueling a succession crisis, as Raul Castro is named president in the aftermath,...
April 17th, 2003: Security Forces at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida spot a bizarre bigfoot like creature. Many think it is the Skunk Ape.
April 22, 2003: "Cigarettes & Valentines " album by Green Day makes its hit musical debut,...
April 28, 2003: France won the bid to host the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
May 2, 2003: 20th Century Fox reacquires the rights to Iron Man from New Line Cinema.
May 4, 2003: Artisan and Microsoft jointly announce that E.T. the Extra Terrestrial will be the first release of an HD-DVD which can currently only be played on a PC with Windows XP.
May 5, 2003: Nuwabian cult members, including actor Wesley Snipes, enter into an armed standoff in Putnam County, Georgia,...
May 5,2003:A congressional fight erupts after Republican congressman with Fundamentalist beliefs try to defund SETI. This effort was thwarted by moderate Republicans who vote with the Democratic minority to continue funding.
May 12, 2003: "Tapeworm" album by Trent Reznor, makes its hit musical debut,...
May 17, 2003: Captain America (a joint Artisan-Marvel production starring Chris O'Donnel) is released into theaters just a month after Fox's X2 and receives comparable ratings. The scene that leaves people talking is "Agent Loki"* from The Mighty Thor appearing in the Stinger where Captain America wakes up in the present. *The Mighty Thor left off with Loki taking over the identity of a SHIELD agent on Earth.
June 4, 2003: Marvel Enterprises purchases Artisan Entertainment and merges it with Marvel Studios. This gives Marvel Entertainment the film libraries of Republic Pictures, ITC Entertainment, and Carolco Pictures. They assign someone to look at the marketability / worth of these libraries and how much (and if) they will sell for. Additionally, Marvel announces that Captain America will be the second film released on HD-DVD.
June 17, 2003: Swamp Thing, comic book adaptation remake starring Aaron Eckart flops at the box office, despite featuring major stars and fan promotion efforts, but becomes a cult classic in later years
June 20, 2003: Flowers for Alan, romantic comedy starring Brad Pitt and Rachel McAdams flops at the box office, despite heavy ad promotion,...
June 27, 2003: The Affair, starring Tommy Wiseau, is considered by the Los Angeles Times as "the Citizen Kane of all bad films..." developing a cult following,...
June 28,2003: Disney releases Pirates of the Caribbean:Curse of the Black Pearl starring Johnny Depp as Capt.Jack Sparrow, Heath Ledger as Will Turner and Nattalie Portman as Elizabeth Swan,and it is a box office hit.The film would later spawn 3 sequels and be one of the few films to ignore the Arecibo Effect.
June 30, 2003: Los Angeles Lakers NBA player Kobe Bryant is arrested in Edwards, Colorado with an underage prostitute, sparking a massive controversy,...
July 2, 2003: Star Trek: Lions of the Night starring George Takei, Christian Slater and Tim Russ, makes ots hit debut, introducing the voyages of the Enterprise-B and the feline Kzinti race,...
July 2, 2003: Pyeongchang wins the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics as they defeated Vancouver and Bern.
July 11, 2003: Talk-show host Jerry Springer announces his bid for the U.S. Senate, outside the state capitol building in Columbus,...
July 13, 2003: Valerie Plame Scandal; CIA Agent Valerie Plame and husband Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson are killed by Boko Haram guerrillas, after their names are leaked in the Washington Post by columnist Robert Novak, fueling tensions in the region,...
August 6, 2003: Raelism leaders launch a commercial campaign backed by the Monsanto Corporation called "GMOs Yes!" starting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...
August 8, 2003: Batman vs. Superman is released as a huge box office success, matching the first Spiderman movie in terms of box office gross. It focuses on a young Batman (Christian Bale) conflicting with Superman (Josh Hartnet) an alien raised on Earth who is having trouble controlling his powers thanks to a plot from Lex Luthor (Liam Neeson).
August 14-15, 2003: Great Atlantic Seaboard Blackout causes power loss for 56 million people across Canada and the United States, temporarily,...
September 18, 2003: Legally Blonde (ABC-TV) sitcom series based on the hit films starring Jennifer Hall, makes its hit debut,....
September 20,2003:Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran publish Weird Earth:Your Travel Guide to Earth's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets.The book details strange events and unidentified phenomenon reported throughout the world in the form of a travel book.The book was a smash hit and a country by country series was announced.
October 3, 2003: Rush Limbaugh collapses on the air after suffering an overdose from oxycotin pills, in New York City, New York,...
October 3, 2003: Roy Horn, of the magical duo "Siegfried & Roy" dies after being mauled by a 7-year old Siberian white tiger, during a performance in Las Vegas, Nevada,...
October 7, 2003: California Lieutenant-Governor Cruz Bustamante is named governor of California in the special election, with growing resentment to ENRON becoming an issue,....
October 8, 2003: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis, Indiana, during Monday Night Football ( ABC-TV),....
October 15, 2003: Yang Liwei becomes the first Chinese national launched into space from Jiuquan aboard Shenzhou-5, fueling calls for a "New Space Race",....
October 15, 2003: Pastor John Haggee says the Ebola virus represents "God's Judgment of America,..." fueling civil unrest,...
October 18-25, 2003: The Unlikeliest Series; Chicago Cubs led by Sammy Sosa win the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, sparking international attention,...
October 21, 2003: Representative Steve King (R-IA) proclaims that illegal immigrants are "bringing the Ebola virus and beheadings across the border" in A Des Moines rally,...
October 22, 2003: William Gheen, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, and James Neighbors, Overpass for America, launnches "border patrols" claiming that illegal immigrants are spreading the Ebola virus,...
October 27, 2003: Church of Scientology is ruled guilty of fraud by a criminal court in Paris, France; Scientologists led by Tom Cruise and John Travolta vow never to film in France, citing the "religious persecution",....
October 30, 2003: North Korean officials impose a 21-day quarantine period on all foreign nationals and those eho have traveled abroad in Pyongyang, North Korea, triggering tensions across the region,...
October 31st, 2003: A proper response to the Arecibo signal is sent to the Hercules cluster, where the original signal had originated from. It elaborates on the 1977 signal, by adding more information on Earth (specifically its composition). Using the incomplete signals from Arecibo, researchers pinpoint the possible part of the cluster the original signal was sent from, and directs the new signal there.
October 31,2003:A UFO sighting in Austin Texas is revealed to be a hoax after a local man admitted to using Chinese lanterns to fake a triangle shaped UFO.
November 1st, 2003: Congress approves the "Space Exploration Act" based off a moderated version of Bush's agenda. Among the items is a return to the Moon by the year 2013...
November 5, 2003: The Matrix: Dark Inception starring Lawrence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, and Jada Pinkett-Smith, reveals that the Matrix has contacted an alien race in the Crab Nebula, but reveals that first contact went horribly wrong, calling for man and machine to unite in combat,...
November 5, 2003: President George W. Bush calls for a formal ban on travel to and from the nations hit by the Ebola virus, and calls upon the Department of Homeland Security to tighten controls over the borders,....
November 22, 2003: Australia defeat England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final in extra time by a score of 20-17.
December 4, 2003: Outfielder Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants is arrested on drug possession charges after being caught with anabolic steroids in San Francisco, California,...
December 5th, 2003: The Pentagon opens bidding for the new military space shuttle.
December 6, 2003: Dallas Mavericks defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, California, despite a powerful offense by Kobe Bryant,....
December 18,2003:The NSA thwarts a terrorist attack on the Arecibo Array. The suspect was a man affiliated with the Westboro Baptist Church.
December 24, 2003: Ralph Nader announces his bid for the presidency on the Green Party. Platform in Boston, Massachusetts,...
December 25th, 2003: The Beagle 2 lands safely on the Martian surface, making ESA the third space agency (after the Soviet and American agencies) to land a craft on Mars
December 31, 2003: Iraqi officials in Mosul, claim that Al-Qaeda guerrillas of African origin were infected with the Ebola virus,...
January 4, 2004: Al-Qaeda propaganda claiming an Ebola outbreak in Mosul, Iraq triggers riots and civil unrest across Iraq,..
January 15th, 2004: Congress approves the "Department of Science and Technology." NASA, NOAA, EPA, NIH, NSF, and other scientific posts are placed under this department. The first "Secretary of Science and Technology" is former astronaut Sally Ride...
January 22, 2004: Celebrity couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are married in Boston, Massachusetts, sparking national attention,...
January 24th, 2004: Three weeks after Spirit, Opportunity crash lands on Mars.
February 1, 2004: Carolina Panthers led by Mushin Muhammad defeat the New England Patriots, 32-29, in Super Bowl XXXVIII; Female singer Lindsay Lohan sparks controversy after a "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl, sparking international attention...
February 5, 2004: Oprah hosted by Oprah Winfrey conducts a special warning of lawn darting teenage trend, which many sociologists claim is a result of the "Arecibo effect "
February 13, 2004: Phyllis Schlafly claims right-wing "border patrols" are keeping America safe from the Ebola virus,...
February 22, 2004: Ralph Nader claims "Democrats have sold out to corporate America, and left us with the bill..." during a rally in Seattle, Washington,...
March 5, 2004: Residents of Mexico City, Mexico videotape sightings of UFOs, sparking national attention,..
April 4, 2004: Shia militias led by Muqtada al-Sadr, backed with Iranian arms and volunteers begin an armed insurrection in Fallujah, sparking tensions in the region,...
April 14th, 2004: Richard Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States suffered a debilitating heart attack. It lands the VP in Bethesda Naval Hospital in a coma for a week.
April 16, 2004: Halloween Scream features a clash between the two horror franchises of Halloween and Scream becoming a major hit at the box office,....
April 21st, 2004: Doctor Gavin Reed, chief cardiologist at Walter Reed tells the Vice President's family he must leave public life once he is recovered enough to resign.
April 25, 2004: Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking warns that first contact with aliens could be dangerous for humanity, citing the issue of Native Americans in Cambridge, England,...
April 29, 2004: Baltimore Ravens NFL player Ray Lewis is killed in a revenge shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, fueling controversy about professional football players,...,
April 30, 2004: Queen Bees, comedy starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, is a surprise hit with fans,....
May 1, 2004: United Nations officials estimate 52,600 cases and 21,800 reported deaths of Ebola patients across West Africa, sparking international concern,...
May 1,2004:Neil deGrasse Tyson criticizes Professer Hawking's statements saying that any warlike alien civilization would have self-destructed before attaining the technology to travel to other stars.
May 5 2004:Stephen Hawking fires back at deGrass Tyson, saying that intelligence is a mark of a predator and as such opens the posibility that some alien civilizations could be hostile.
May 11, 2004: Michael Savage claims Democrats will use the Ebola virus as a context to takeover the federal government,....
May 15, 2004: Morocco defeats South Africa to gain the rights to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Power Pack (Marvel Studios) (May 15, 2004) ~ Focusing on a group of four children who gain superpowers from a dying alien: Alex (Haley Joel Osment), Julie (Larisa Oleynik), Jack (Jonathan Lipnicki), and Katie (Taylor Dooley). Marketed as a kids movie, it is well received for that type of movie.
May 17th, 2004: Reports from Iquitos, Peru natives from the rain forest claim to have encountered a terrifying creature. Local authorities say it is a big cat. But the natives say they have never seen anything like this before.
May 30th, 2004: Vice President Cheney resigns. Though many in Washington here rumors that his replacement will be Bill First, Majority leader in the Senate and Senator from a Tennessee.
June 6, 2004: Iranian and Iraqi government officials report a truce, during peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, sparking international attention,...
June 8th, 2004: Howard Dean wins the Democratic primaries for President. For his Vice-Presidential nominee, he chooses his opponent Wesley Clark..
June 11, 2004: "Fall" storyline in Marvel Comics retcons acclaimed character Ms. Marvel being the victim of rape back in Avengers #200, by having the character Immortus (and by extension, his son Marcus) erased completely from reality....
June 12, 2004: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi announces that it will not tolerate American political and economic sanctions, during debate in Tehran,...
June 14, 2004: Paramount agrees to partner with Marvel Studios, making a multi-part deal which will include work on the sequel to Paramount's 2003 Hulk movie.
June 18th, 2004: After much debate between Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Hawking, a formal debate is held between the two regarding the intentions of the Arecibo Aliens, in the halls of Trinity College in Cambridge. Tyson argues that the aliens would not have sent back the signal with hints to their location if they were malicious. However, Hawking counters that they could possibly want more information on the Earth to properly invade.
Spiderman 2 (Sony) (June 30, 2004) ~ In order the cash in on the alien fixation, Sony changes Spiderman 2's script to include the Venom symbiote storyline along with Doc Ock remaining as the main villain. It does well at the box office, matching Spiderman 1 and Batman vs. Superman in terms of profits.
July 10, 2004: GOP leaders are revealed to have contributed c.$150 million to the Nader presidential campaign according to the San Francisco Chronicle ,...
July 15th, 2004: I, Robot, based off the novel by Isaac Asimov and the screenplay by Harlan Ellison, starring Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell, is released
Fantastic Four (Fox) (July 22, 2004) ~ Brought forward a year in production thanks to the cancellation of Daredevil, this one relies on a solid story to make up for it's poor CGI (which they didn't have time to meticulously pour over thanks to the expedited production). Probably the least well received in of the summer.
July 23, 2004: Guardians of the Galaxy, comic book adaptation starring John Cena, Samuel Jackson, and Anne Hathaway, flops at the box office despite heavy media promotion and fast food marketing,.
July 22, 2004: Israeli Mossad Intelligence reports state that Iraq is close to developing a nuclear weapon, sparking international calls for a Iraqi invasion,....
July 27, 2004: IAEA officials report that Iranian officials have obtained refined uranium at Bushehr, Iran, fueling calls for American military action in the region,...
July 28, 2004: Michael Moore warns that Ralph Nader is acting as a "spoiler" during an interview in Atlanta, Georgia, sparking national attention,...
July 29, 2004: Female WWE wrestler Joan "Chyna"Lauer is fired after a sex tape goes online of her in Los Angeles, California,...
July 30, 2004: President George W. Bush calls for executive authority to bomb portions of Iraq, sparking debate about presidential powers,..
August 5-27, 2004: Shia guerrillas launch a series of attacks on Najaf, sparking international attention and concern,...
August 6, 2004: Temptation musical starring Alice Ripley and Zoe Saldana makes its hit debut,...
August 8th, 2004: Reports of the Yeren swell from a few to dozens as reports of the Chinese wildman ( or bigfoot) overwhelm the local Police in Yichang, Hubei Provence.
Green Lantern (Warner Bros) (August 11, 2004) ~ Written by David S. Goyer, this focuses on Hal Jordan (Nathan Fillion of Firefly fame)'s origin story, training with the Green Lanterns, and conflict with Krona (a renegade Guardian). This one makes more money than Fantastic Four - which is still a healthy 400 million dollar gross.
August 17, 2004: Iranian Ali Shamkhani confirms that Iran is developing uranium enrichment capabilities but that it is purely for civilian energy usage. In Geneva, Switzerland,...
August 28, 2004: James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj launch a suicide attack against the 34th Street-Herald Square subway station, the day before the GOP Convention in New York City, New York, killing 16 people, sparking international attention and concerns,...
September 3, 2004: National Duty starring Jon Voight, Scott Baio, and Vanessa Angel, flops at the box office,...
September 13,2004: Disney and Square Enix release Kingdom Hearts:Castle Oblivion on the Gameboy Advance and as a hit.The game is set between Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts 2 which is expected to be released in 2006.
September 24, 2004: $aucers starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and directed by Edgar Wright, does a British comedic spin on the alien invasion storyline,.....
Ocober 3,2004: Ghostseekers,a new paranormal reality show premieres on the Sci-Fi channel.The show shows Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson as they investigate allegedly haunted locations.Despite a strong start,the show was cancelled after a single season to a ratings drop.
October 11,2004: Frustrated that the investigation of UFOs has been hijacked by" tin foil hat folks and conspiracy theorists", a group of UFO investigators form the Committee for the Logical Investigation of UFOs, or CLIUFO. This organization forbids conspiracy theorists from joining and expels members for making conspiratorial claims. The group says they will attempt to find a logical explanation for UFO sightings but will remain open to the extraterrestrial hypothesis.
October 15,2004:Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon,the live action adaptation of Sailor Moon debuts in Japan and is a smash hit.The series follows the storyline of the anime/manga until midway through when a mysterious alien race attacks both the Sailor Senshi and the Dark Kingdom.The show is notable for beginning the Anilive craze and the first Japanese show to tie into the Arecibo effect.The show would later debut in the U.S. and spark a craze for the sailor moon franchise there.
October 18, 2004: Battlestar Galactica (SYFY-TV) starring Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict, follows the new adventures featuring Katie Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, and Grace Park as descendents of the original crew,...
October 31,2004: UFO sightings occur in Praetoria, South Africa, fuelling fears of an alien invasion.
November 2nd, 2004: Bush/First defeats Dean/Clark in a close election. Nader carries Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, giving him eleven electoral votes.
November 9,2004:Halo 2 is released on the Xbox and is smash hit,the game featured the revelation that the Halo arrays sent the Arecibo Signal.
November 11, 2004: Local residents of Accra, Ghana claim that teenagers are Numb-chucking as a result of the "Arecibo effect",...
December 11, 2004: Raelism leaders launch a rally in support of greater space exploration and atheism in Rome, Italy, sparking international attention,...
December 26, 2004: 9.1 earthquakes devastates Sumatra-Adaman, Indonesia, collapse of the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta, Indonesia, amidst reports of corruption,....
January 6th, 2005: Ralph Nader announces his retirement from public life.
January 8, 2005: Youngblood, comic book adaptation film starring Christian Slater flops at the box office, despite heavy media promotion and campaigning, helping blacklist Rob Liefeld from the industry.
January 15th, 2005: The Huygens lander portion of the Cassini Saturn probe lands on Titan. There is a brief media flare when there is a brief shadow in the clouds. However, this is determined to an image formed from the clouds of Titan.
January 24, 2005: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is briefed that a "nuclear Iraq" will occur within the coming year, citing reports by Mossad leaders,....
January 28, 2005: Castlevania, directed by Uwe Boll, starring Christian Slater, Tara Reid, and Stephen Dorrf flops, based on a hit video game,...
February 2005:After the disastrous flop of Castlevania,experts have noted a decrease in the popularity of fantasy films while Sci-Fi has a experienced something of a surge in popularity.Film experts have traced this change to the Arecibo effect.In order to survive,the fantasy genre has had embrace a lot of science fiction tropes.The lone exceptions to this rule have been the popularity of the Lord of the Rings and Narnia films.
February 1, 2005: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson becomes the subject of a series of popular jokes exaggerating their strength and abilities,....
February 1, 2005: Ecofin Council in Brussels, Belgium warns Greece, Portugal and Ireland that they are in danger of economic default, sparking international attention,....
10 February 2005 - One hundred and four-year-old Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother attends the wedding reception held at Windsor Castle for her beloved grandson, Prince Charles on the occasion of his marriage to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
February 16 2005: 20th Century Fox announces plans for a sequel to Independence Day.The movie is expected to be released in 2007.
March 9, 2005: Jim Shooter announces that investors Peter David, Tim Truman, and Larry Hama have contacted him about reviving the defunct Defiant Comics brand.
March 17, 2005: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz warns that Iraq is less than a year away from developing a nuclear weapon, during a press conference in Tel Aviv, sparking international attention and concern,....
March 23,2005:In the wake of the disasterous flop of the Castlevania movie,the Great Konami Purge begins as Koji Igarashi and the Konami Board of Executives begins firing those responsible for hiring Uwe Boll to direct the Castlevania film.Koji Igarashi was reputed to say"I never want see the sight of Boll again,if I ever see that gaijin again,I'll disembowel him with a katana."
March 26th, 2005: The rebooted series of Doctor Who is released starring Hugh Grant as the Ninth Doctor
April 1,2005:Code Pink and other anti-war activists announces that until President Bush ends the war in Afghanistan,they will not have sex. Despite the media attention,this form of protest proved to be wildly unpopular with most activists and quickly died out.
April 1, 2005: Uwe Boll uploads a German and Japanese expletive video filled with nude obese porn stars and excrement targeting Konami executives on Youtube. The video quickly becomes an Internet meme with te entrance of "Let me tell you what I really think of you..."
April 5,2005:The National Geographic Channel airs Alien Safari and is a hit.The show details 3 hypothetical planets and the lifeforms on them.The success of the documentary would inspire similar documentaries throughout the decade.
April 12, 2005: Raelism UFO cult members pose nude in Playboy magazine, sparking interest in the rapidly growing organization,...
April 19, 2005: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (a.k.a. Pope Francis I) is named successor to Pope John Paul II by the College of Cardinals in the Vatican City,....
April 22, 2005: The Magic 7 science fiction film starring Michael J. Fox, Jeremy Irons, and James Earl Jones, makes its debut in time for Earth Day, sparking international attention,...
May 3, 2005: Pope Francis I condemns the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing human rights abuses,....,
May 6, 2005: Jerusalem, historical period piece starring Orlando Bloom, Edward Norton, and Liam Neeson, directed by Ridley Scott, makes its hit debut,...
May 13,2005:The Sci-Fi show Stargate SG-1 ends it's run on television.The last three seasons of the show had dealt with a vicious race of squid like aliens with ties to the Arecibo Signal that were rampaging across the Milky Way Galaxy bringing the Gou-uld to their knees.A spinoff series called Stargate: Atlantis was announced.
May 19, 2005: Star Wars Episode III:Fall of the Old Republic debuts in theaters and is a resounding hit.Many experts atribute this due to George Lucas handing the director reigns to Steven Spielberg. The film becomes the target of conservative boycotts after the revelation is made that Jar-Jar Binks is a Sith Lord and Master, who manipulated Senator Palpatine and subsequently Anakin Skywalker; many Republicans led by Michelle Bachmann claim Jar-Jar Binks is supposef to represent George W. Bush while Palpatine represents Vice-President Dick Cheney,...
May 25, 2005: X-Men III by Bryan Singer is released, utilizing Robert Downey, Jr. as the corrupt Iron Man figure who is overseeing the registration and force-able curing of all mutants. The story ends with Magneto power-less, but approached by a figure who looks much like Jean Grey.
May 27, 2005: The Arecibo Effect film starring Jim Carrey is dubbed the first film to tap into the "Arecibo Effect" and its effect on society,....
June 7, 2005: Sega announces that it will release a new console, titled the Sega Hyperion which will run games on HD-DVD disks and support a widespread online gaming network (which is a carry-over from the Dreamcast's Cloud Network).
June 10, 2005: "10 The Hard Way" rap/hip-hop album by Outkast makes its hit musical debut, sparking international attention,....
June 15, 2005: Batman is released, the first direct sequel to 2003's Batman vs. Superman, it stars Robin Williams as the Joker, Batman's first real archenemy after dealing with (and befriending) Superman in the previous movie. A cameo by Nathan Fillion's Green Lantern brings 2004's Green Lantern movie officially into canon.
June 18th, 2005: On Doctor Who (BBC-TV) Peter Capaldi replaces Grant as the Doctor, and enters canon as the Tenth Doctor
June 18th, 2005: Watchmen, directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Jude Law as Rorschach, Slyvester Stallone as the Comedian, Daniel Craig as Ozymandias, Joaquin Phoenix as Nite Owl, Hilary Swank as Silk Spectre, and Leonard Nimoy as Doctor Manhattan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Manhattan as a human) is released, and is universally acclaimed by critics, and very financially successful.
June 22, 2005: Pope Francis I surprises many with his call for tolerance of the LGBT community, sparking outrage from social conservatives,...
July 6, 2005: Comedian Bill Cosby is arrested on drug possession charges, after purchasing quaaludes from undercover agents, sparking national controversy,...,
July 6th, 2005: Robert Zubrin announces he is leaving SpaceX due to personal differences between him and founder Elon Musk.
July 8th, 2005: HBO releases a James Cameron produced miniseries based off of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy, simply called Mars, making three seasons 15 episodes each.
July 21, 2005: Terrorists led by Muktar Said Ibrahim and Yasin Hassan Omar bomb the London underground, killing 42 people, triggering calls for police action nationwide,....
7 August 2005 - Death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother a few days after her 105th birthday, in her sleep at Royal Lodge.
August 13, 2005: Magician David Copperfield marries supermodel Claudia Schiffer in a secret ceremony in Rheinberg, Germany, sparking international attention,...
August 17, 2005: CDC claim teenagers in the United States are killing each other over Numb-chucking in the aftermath of the "Arecibo effect",..,
August 30,2005:Hurricane Katrina makes landfall around New Orleans.Although the storm was initially a Category 5 storm,Katrina had weakened to a Cat 1 system by the time it hit New Orleans. Except for minor flooding,Katrina did no significant damage to the area and there was no casualties.
August 31, 2005: Terrorist group Jamiyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheed kills 6 people outside the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles, California, sparking international attention and concern,....
September 5, 2005: IAEA officials report to the United Nations Security Council that Iran has developed weapons-grade refinement capability at. Bushehr,...
September 5th, 2005: In Expedition National Park, Australia several locals claim to have seen the Yowie.
September 14, 2005: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks on the need for "full disclosure " regarding UFOs and extraterrestrial life, during a speech in Hong Kong,...,
September 20, 2005: Iranian officials state their absolute refusal to cease the refinement of uranium, before the United Nations in New York City, New York,...
September 22, 2005: Galveston Flood; FEMA efforts in the effort to deal with flooding and evacuation efforts for Galveston, Texas when Hurricane Rita, a category F-5 hurricane hits the region, leaving thousands homeless, and causing massive oil slicks with the dislodging of several rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, embarassing the Bush administration in its home state, and sending the impression that the admimistration is unprepared to deal with crises at home,...
October 6, 2005: Members of the NFL Minnesota Vikings are scandalized after video of team members engaging in sexual acts with several prostitutes on Lake Minnetonka, is leaked onto the Internet, forcing a 12-game suspension
October 12, 2005: Liu Yang becomes the first Chinese woman launched into space aboard Shenzhou-6 from Jiuquan, sparking international attention,....
October 27, 2005: Bloggers led by the Huffington Post report that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has been implicated in a sexual abuse scandal from Yorkville, Illinois,.....
November 2, 2005: Joss Whedon announces that he has purchased the rights to the Terminator franchise, with the blessings of director James Cameron and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, sparking international attention,...
Novemver 14, 2005: New York Times reports that FOX-TV and FOX News Corporation officials tapped into the cellphones and PCs of several members of Congress including Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL),...
November 17, 2005: Japan wins the bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
November 23, 2005: Pride & Prejudice with Zombies starring Keira Knightley, Amanda Seyfried, makes its hit debut,...
December 7, 2005: Hulk: Hunted is released, with Marvel's Captain America and Agent Loki reprising their roles, with the latter slowly manipulating the team hunting down Bruce Banner until in the end he kidnaps the Hulk, setting Marvel and Paramount up for their new announced film - the Avengers.
December 9, 2005: The Lady from Shanghai directed by Wong Kar-Wai, starring Nicole Kidman, Gong Li, and Takeshi Kitano, in a neo-noir classic,...
December 9, 2005: Actress Rachel McAdams announces that she will be posing nude in Playboy magazine for an undisclosed amount of money,...
December 31, 2005: Vatican officials deny that Pope Francis supports same-sex unions, citing them as threats to the institution of marriage,...
January 13, 2006: Actor David Hasselhoff is found dead of a cocaine overdose in Sydney, Australia, sparking international attention,....
January 16th, 2006: The Pluto Kuiper Express is launched, as part of the Space Exploration Act, meant to make a flyby of Pluto by the year 2012
January 26, 2006: "Curry N' Hurry" fast food restaurant chain, opens 500 restaurants across the United States and an additional 150 in Canada, popularizing Indian,...,
January 31, 2006: Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) reports that much of the technology used by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) is being used to monitor civilians through the National Security Agency (NSA),...
February 2006:The ladies figure skating at the Torino Winter Olympics ended when Irina Slutskaya of Russia claimed the Gold Medal with Sasha Cohen of the United States claiming Silver and Shizuka Arakawa of Japan settling for Bronze.Slutskaya is the first Russian women to win Gold in this event.It also marked the end of Russian dominance in Pairs when the Russian favorites lost in a surprise upset when Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao of China claimed Gold.
February 6, 2006: "The Fugees" album by the Fugees and Lauryn Hill makes its hit musical debut, sparking international attention,...
February 6, 2006: National Hockey League (NHL) is scandalized after Janet Jones and Wayne Gretzky are implicated in a system wide bribery and extortion scandal in New York City, New York,...
February 20, 2006: Nicholas Pope and David Icke praise the release of Ministry of Defense files regarding UFOs in London, England, sparking international attention,...
February 24, 2006: Philippine military forces overthrow President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a coup in Manila, Philippines, fueling civil unrest and panic in the region,....
February 28, 2006: Comic writer Frank Miller is fired from Dark Horse Comics, and banned from DC Comics after making extremely racist comments on YouTube about the Islamic community,...
March 5, 2006: Brokeback Mountain starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, wins the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Best Director for Ang Lee, in Los Angeles, California,...
March 5, 2006: CIA officials brief President George W. Bush that Iranian officials have begun refining yellowcake uranium at its facilities in Isfahan, Iran,...
March 9,2006: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon:Resistance debuts in Japan to critical acclaim.The show is a sequel to Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon and much darker and edgier then the previous series as it details a mysterious organisation that is attempting to eliminate the Sailor Senshi and the survivors of the Dark Kingdom.Large portions of the show have homages to the X-Files and the actor who potrayed the Cigarette Man even guest stars at one point.The also premiered in the U.S. and sparked a strong interest in the Magical Girl genre.
March 17,2006: Arecibo premiers on NBC-TV to critical acclaim,the show details a CIA agent who alongside an female MSS agent discovers a sinister conspiracy tied to the Arecibo signal and the aliens themselves.The show stars Nathan Fillion as Agent Jonathan McCoy and Li Bingbing as Liu Han.
March 19, 2006: Russian Foreign Minister announces the annexation of Belarus, upon a signed agreement between President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, sparking tensions across NATO and European Union nations,....
March 19, 2006: New York Times publishes reports by Manfred Nowak, exposing government led organ harvesting in Shenyang,...
April 14, 2006: Another Superhero Film (20th Century Fox) parodies Marvel/DC comics starring Jack Black, John Leguizamo, Maya Rudolph,....
April 24, 2006: Kenya gains test status as they defeat Zimbabwe to replace them as the tenth test nation.
April 28, 2006: Rush Limbaugh is found dead at his Palm Beach, Florida home due to a drug overdose from oxycotin,....
May 5, 2006: Marvel Studios' release of The Avengers is a smash hit, bringing together Captain America (Chris O'Donnell), The Power Pack (Larisa Oleynik, Jonathan Lipnicki, and Taylor Dooley), the Abomination (Lynn Williams), and Thor (Tyler Mane) to fight against Loki (Colm Feore)'s plot to use a captured Hulk (Edward Norton) and a mind-controlled Alex Powers (Haley Joel Osment) to take over the world.
May 10, 2006: Representatives John Conyers (D-MI) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) launch impeachment hearings against the White House in Washington D.C.,.....
May 14, 2006: Living Universe Foundation (LUF) announces the creation of an office in Washington D.C. aimed at lobbying for issues for space travel, nuclear power, and oceanic thermal energy conversion.
May 17, 2006: Celebrity magician David Blaine drowns to death during a performance at the Lincoln Center in New York City, New York,....
May 24, 2006: We Are Here documentary by former vice-president Al Gore, discusses the impact of the Arecibo signal and its implications for life on Earth,....
June 1,2006: Dylan Avery and Alex Jones release First Strike at Kashmir, a documentary that claims that the Assam/Kashmir impact was in reality a barely thwarted alien attack.As "evidence",the documentary claims that no impact crater was ever found.
June 13, 2006: Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond commits suicide in Beverly Hills, California after his sex tape is lealed on the Internet,....
June 15, 2006: Living Universe Foundation (LUF) members , including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates, announce efforts to further sponsor commercial space flight at the CNN Future Summit in Atlanta, Georgia,...
June 16, 2006: Not to be outdone by Marvel's The Avengers, Warner Bros. releases Wonder Woman which stars Morena Baccarin as the titular character and Heath Ledger as Aquaman who takes on Steve Trevor's comic book role.
June 21,2006: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the DS is released and is a hit.The game details the adventures of Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin and the damphyir Lecarde sisters as they explore Dracula's castle in 2000.The game helped save the franchise after the flop of the Castlevania movie.
July, 2006: Marvel: Ragnarok is released, featuring Asgard invading the United States. It prominently Thor fighting Iron Man and Captain America, splitting up the Avengers. It turns out to be the machinations of Loki. The Event leaves Asgard and New York heavily damaged. It also begins what critics call the "MCU-ification" of the comics.
July 5, 2006: Pacific Domes is launched in Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Living Universe Foundation (LUF) promotes the construction of geodesic domes as a means to "do more with less",...
July 9th, 2006 : France wins the Football World Cup 3-0 against a demoralized Italian team, scoring a goal in the third minute of the game. Raymond Domenech concludes saying "never understate the role of morale, be it in football or in war".
July 11th, 2006 : the French football team, back from Germany, is given a triumphal tour on the Champs-Élysées, among the once again popular "Et un, et deux, et Trois-Zéro!"
July 12, 2006: Bigelow Corporation, backed by the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) announces the successful launch of the first portions of Alpha Town, the first commercial space station from Cape Canaveral, Florida,...
July 15, 2006: Fictional Internet blogger Jon Thompson becomes the subject of a national obsession, around her alleged encounters with UFOs,....
July 15,2006:Writing an Op Ed in Scientific American, Neil DeGrass Tyson counters First Strike at Kashmir's assertions with evidence that the meteor was an airburster and as such would not leave an impact crater. He also debunks the documentary's other claims.
July 19, 2006-January 24, 2007: DC Civil War storyline is published where superheroes are divided into factions led by Superman and Batman ending after the destruction of Gotham
July 19,2006: Disney announces that it has acquired Konami and that Disney will continue the Castlevania games. Fantasy games are still popular despite the influence of the Arecibo Effect and as such Disney hopes it can revitalize the Castlevania franchise,though Disney says it will begin adding Sci-fi tropes into the series.
July 20, 2006: U.S. 9th Circuit Court denies the government's case that the DST operations fall under States Secrets Privilege, during a ruling in San Francisco, California,...
August, 2006: "One Moment" is published in the Spider Man books by Marvel. After Ragnarok, Aunt May is critically injured. Peter and Mary Jane are approached by Mephisto to erase their marriage in exchange for Aunt May's life. Whilst tempted, Aunt May and Uncle Ben appear before Peter, who tells him to let her go. With that, Peter rejects the offer, and remains married to Mary Jane.
August 6, 2006: Actors Mark Wahlberg and Seth Green are arrested after a brawl in Las Vegas, Nevada, fueling concern about child actors,....
August 8, 2006: Huffington Post reveals the broad extent Cabinet officials and Congressional officials were tapped, fueling calls for hearings against Rupert Murdoch and FOX News Corporation in Washington D.C.,...
August 9,2006: Kingdom Hearts II is released on the PS2 and like it's predecessor is a smash hit.
August 18, 2006: Have A Good Night film starring Richard Gere becomes extremely popular, based on its one-note title premise,....
September 1, 2006: Now You See Me, film starring James Franco and Guy Pearce details the story of dueling magicians,....
September 15,2006: A frightening report surfaces in India when a man claims he was attacked by a bizarre creature in New Delhi,the creature was descriped as being for 4 foot tall and having no head but having a single large red eye in it's chest and having tentacles for hands.The supposed entity is dubbed the New Delhi Horror.
September 19, 2006: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is killed in a military coup in Bangkok, Thailand, fueling civil unrest across the region,....
September 22, 2006: The Mighty Thor is brought back for a second season on Fox, replacing Firefly's timeslot and riding off the high of The Avengers, the show is a lot better received than the first season (which premiered four years ago).
September 23, 2006: Anbar Awakening ; Sunni fundamentalist forces from 30 tribes launch an armed insurrection in Anbar province led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,....
September 26, 2006: Ultimate Fighting Championship under Lorenzo Fertitta is purchased by Paramount Studios in a announcement in Los Angeles, California,...
September 27, 2005: Commander-in-Chief (ABC-TV) starring Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland, makes its hit debut; many critics claim the series helped the rise of Hillary Clinton,...
September 28th, 2006: Pokemon Diamond and Pearl is released. As a result of the new alien craze, there is a scene set on the moon, where you could encounter a Pokemon called Deoxys, and learn more about its history. You could also enter the Distortion World from here...
October 16th, 2006: 2061: Odyssey Three, starring Tom Hanks (who is also the producer) as Haywood Floyd, is released, making it the third film in the "Space Odyssey" series. "3001" is also confirmed for production.
October 17, 2006: Iranian-backed Shiite guerillas seize control of Amarah, Iraq, triggering concern about American control of the region,....
October 22, 2006: The British scifi series Torchwood, a spinoff of Doctor Who, airs on BBC and is a smash hit. The show stared John Barrowman as Capt. Jack Harkness, Billie Piper as Gwen Cooper, David Tenant as Ianto Jones, and Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato.
October 24, 2006: Former vice-president Al Gore is accused of sexual assault by Molly Haggerty of Portland, Oregon, sparking conservative messages that Democrats are sex fiends,...
October 24, 2006: Project H.A.M.M.E.R. video game is released for the Nintendo Systems, becoming a major bestseller for the Christmas shopping season,....
October 26, 2006: Chinese SSN nuclear submarine fires warning shots at the USS Kitty Hawk in the East China Sea, triggering tensions between the United States and Peoples' Republic of China,....
October 27, 2006: Dracula's Daughter, horror film starring Rebekah Kochan, makes its hit debut, launching a film franchise,....
October 31, 2006: "Playing With Fire" music album by Kevin Federline makes its hit debut, receiving major radio airplay,...,
October 31,2006: Actress Lindsey Lohan is found dead after a drug overdose at a Halloween party in San Francisco.
November 5, 2006: Actor Jaleel White of Family Matters (ABC-TV) dies in a car accident in Los Angeles, California, sparking international attention,...
November 7, 2006: Eric Cantor (R-VA) is named acting Speaker of the House, replacing outgoing Dennis Hastert (R-IL) amidst growing revelations of a sex abuse scandal,...
November 7th, 2006: The Independence Party has gained two seats in Congress, NY-1 and NY-13. This is a historic first.
November 7, 2006: Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake break up in a celebrity divorce in Los Angeles, California citing "irreconcilable differences ",...
November 11, 2006: The PlayStation 3 is released across America. It has Blu-Ray support, but it lacks backwards compatibility of many popular PS2 and PS1 games (the type of compatibility offered by the Hyperion, 360, and the Revolution, and also doesn't have any strong titles going for it.
November 18, 2006: College quarterback Brian Brohm is signed to the NFL Green Bay Packers, sparkling national attention
November 19th, 2006: The Nintendo Revolution is released in North America. It features motion control controllers, and Online capabilities. It also has partnerships with companies like Marvel and Disney to release certain consoles with downloadable games available...
November 21, 2006: Pope Francis condemns the environmental policies of First World, citing the United States and European Union,....
November 21st, 2006: NASA announces Oddyseus Program in an effort to learn about Europa and to seek life in its oceans. This program, set to cost over $500 Billion over 10 years facing NASA's budget increases
December 13, 2006: Pope Francis calls for greater flexibility and understanding regarding contraception and birth control during mass in Manila, Philippines,...
December 27th, 2006: Reported sightings of wolves on the island of Honshu in Fukushima and Iwate Prefectures. Many people claim these wolves are smaller than American and European wolves leading to claims that they are the extinct Honshu wolf.
January 30, 2007: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge claims that China will not impose censorship on the media,....
January 31, 2007: Canadian MP David Kilgour exposes massive himan rights abuses before the United Nations in New York City, New York,...
February 1st, 2007: Beagle 3 is launched from Kourou.
February 2, 2007: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is hospitalized after he suffers from a cocaine overdose,...
February 2, 2007: Hell on Earth,controversial film makes its hit debut, despite being banned in 43 countries,...
February 2nd, 2007: A Father and son report while driving home near Stockholm Wisconsin, are chased by a mysterious flying humanoid. The father claims they encountered the mothman months later.
February 12, 2007: Trolley Square Massacre; Sulejman Talović shoots 14 people in Salt Lake City, Utah, sparking national attention and concern about the nation's gun laws,....
February 16, 2007: Ant-Man begins on Fox, starring Harold Perrineau as Hank Pym, Milo Ventimiglia as Scott Lang, and Matthew Fox as Bruce Banner (after Edward Norton refused to appear on a "damn television show!"). It has a few cameos from Tyler Mane's Donald Blake (Thor's secret identity) and one episode featuring the Power Pack. As a follow-up to The Mighty Thor it does very well.
February 16, 2007: Raelism UFO cult members unveil their world headquarters in Palm Springs, California, with media hype in the form of Rosanne Barr, Lindsay Lohan, and Kevin Federline attending,...
March 9th, 2007: A large unknown primate like creature is spotted near the Colombian-Venezuelan Border by locals. The local authorities claim it is a a known ape that people are misjudging the size of.
March 16, 2007: Aumika Canadian science fiction film starring Billy Connolly and Carrie Anne-Moss, is seen as a commentary on the war in the Middle East, with an alternate timeline of alien invasion in the 1950s,....
March 22, 2007: Senator John Edwards (D-NC) is scandalized after mistress Rielle Hunter discloses her pregnancy to wife Elizabeth Edwards in Washington D.C., fueling concern about the presidential candidates,...
March 22, 2007: French government led by French President Jacques Chirac, releases 50 years of files regarding UFOs online, sparking international attention and concern in Paris, France,...
March 23, 2007: The West Indies get eliminated in the group stage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup at home.
April 2, 2007: Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) announces his presidential bid, calling for a "secure America" during a speech in Denver, Colorado,...
April 5, 2007: Russian government officials led by President Vladimir Putin announce a crackdown on the Church of Scientology in Russia, citing them as a "foreign cult", .....
April 11, 2007: Six members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team are convicted in the gang rape of a stripper in Durham, North Carolina, fueling calls for accountability,....
April 18, 2007: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a major crackdown on the Church. Of Scientology during a televised address in Moscow,...
April 27, 2007: Senator David Vitter (R-LA) commits suicide after being exposed as part of local madame Deborah Jeane Palfrey, and receiving divorce papers from his wife in Washington D.C.,...
April 28, 2007: Australia defeat Sri Lanka in the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup by 47 runs. Muttiah Muralitharan was the Man of the Tournament for taking 26 wickets at an average of 15.52.
May 4th, 2007: Spider Man 3 is released, featuring the Lizard and Sandman as main villains.
May 4, 2007: Madame Deborah Jeane Palfrey, DC brothel owner, exposes several prominent Republican leaders as clients including Senator David Vitter (R-LA) on CNN-TV, fueling concern about the Republican leadership,...
May 6, 2007: French Presisdent Ségolène Royal is elected, amidst growing corruption scandal UMP scandal involving Nicolas Sarkozy, sparking national attention,...
May 6, 2007: Fanboys comedy starring Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, and Fan Folger, makes its hit debut, spoofing the lives of comic book film fans,...,
May 7, 2007: Canada reports that it has been attacked by Russia in a series of cybernetic attacks,..,
May 8, 2007: Raelism UFO cult members announce the creation of a temple in Las Vegas, Nevada, sparking national controversy,...
May 12th, 2007: Alan Moore announces that he will be working exclusively for Dark Horse Comics.
May 18, 2007: Superman/Flash is released by Warner Brothers, with Josh Hartnet reprising his role as Superman and Patrick Wilson premiering as Barry Allen (The Flash). The movie depicts a race designed to give Superman good publicity and raise money for charity, one which goes awry. It competes with Spider Man 3 at the box office.
May 24, 2007: Pope Francis I, spaks controversy by drafting an encyclical calling for action to protect the environment, fueling condemnation by conservatives worldwide,...
May 25, 2007: 2012 disaster film starring Brendan Fraiser and Neil Patrick Harris highlights fears of an apocalyptic disaster,...
May 27, 2007: Living Universe Foundation (LUF) launches a national membership drive in Washington D.C., in an effort to further the cause of space travel,....
May 28, 2007: Republican leaders led by Speaker Eric Warner condemn the environmental policies of Pope Francis I, saying "Leave the policies to scientists..."
June 2, 2007: British Prime Minister Tony Blair successfully wins against a "no-confidence" vote led by members of the Labor Party Edward Milliband and Gordon Brown,....
June 5, 2007: Friends With Benefits (FOX-TV) soap opera/telenovela/ sitcom starring Jean-Pierre Parent makes its hit television debut; Rules of Deception (FOX-TV) starring Rachelle Woods and AnnaLynne McCord makes its hit debut, ....
June 11, 2007: Zika virus is first detected on Yap Island, in the Federated States of Micronesia, considered as a 'emerging virus" by the WHO/CDC officials,....
June 14, 2007: Barbara Boxer declared her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in San Francisco, California.
June 15, 2007: Actress Jessica Alba slams Marvel Comics for being "pathologically unable to write decent female characters during an interview in San Diego, California,...
June 16, 2007: On Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston is revealed not to be a future iteration of the doctor, but rather "The Master" demanding retribution and revenge,...
June 25,2007: A massive rally of ufologists takes place in Washington D.C.The protestors demand that the "truth" about the Kashmir Impact be made to the public.
July 1, 2007: Denmark announces that it is in an economic recession, sending shockwaves throughout Europe,...
July 3, 2007: Voltron, Defender of the Universe directed by Michael Bay, starring Keanu Reeves and Mark Wahlberg, beats Superman/Flash at the box office despite terrible film reviews, and planting the lions in post-apocalyptic Mexico,...
July 4, 2007: Pat Buchanan declares his intention for the Republican nomination in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
July 4th, 2007: At least twenty eyewitnesses claim to see the Mothman of Wisconsin but across Lake Pepin in Lake City Minnesota.
July 8th, 2007: There is a brief panic in South India, after a fake news broadcast details a landing by Alien beings.
July 17th-23rd, 2007: The Monster Shark of Tuvalu is spotted in all seven people are reported killed by the shark.
August 1, 2007: European Interbank markets seize up, following widespread uncertainty as to the creditworthiness of banking counterparties and potential exposures to US subprime credit derivative, furthering the economic crisis,....
August 10, 2007: Captain America 2 is released, introducing Don Cheadle as Falcon.
August 13, 2007: Russian officials claim outstanding debts from Estonia, threatening to collect on the debts, frightening many NATO officials,...
August 15, 2007: U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals begins hearings over DST and its role in domestic surveillance of citizens nationwide,...
August 19 2007: Independence Day 2:Ressurection is released and is a blockbuster hit. Plans for a third movie commence.
September 6, 2007: Disney actress Vanessa Hudgens and actor Zack Ephron are scandalized after a webcam sex video is released on the Internet in Los Angeles, California,...
September 8th, 2007: Phoenix, an anime created by Studio Ghibli, based off the first volume of the manga by Osamu Tezuka is released....
September 8, 2007: Russian officials claim outstanding debts from Latvia, threatening to collect on the debt, fueling political and economic tensions in the Baltic region,..
September 12, 2007: Trouble at Tsiolkovsky's,science fiction film starring Lorenzo Lamas, Sean Lawlor, and Kerry Washington, makes its hit debut,...
September 13, 2007: During a MSNBC-TV interview with O.J. Simpson, the former athlete and actor confesses to murdering his wife Nicole Brown Simpson, sparking national attention in Los Angeles, California,...,
September 15, 2007: Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, triggering a massive economic panic within the United States and Western Europe,....
September 20, 2007: Irish officials led by President Mary McAleese announce a policy of "full disclosure " of UFOs and extraterrestrial life in Dublin, Ireland,...
September 21, 2007: Marvel's Tales to Astonish is released in the former timeslot for The Mighty Thor (and before that Firefly). It is the result of The Mighty Thor's third season and Ant-Man's second season being melded into one project. It focuses on all aspects of the Marvel Universe.
September 22, 2007: Glenn Beck accuses Hillary Clinton of being a "closet lesbian " during an interview on FOX-TV, shocking many people,...
September 24, 2007: Area 57 (NBC-TV) sitcom written and produced by Craig Ferguson, starring Paul Reubens as an alien, makes it hit television series debut,....
September 26, 2007: The IT Crowd (NBC-TV) American remake of the British TV sitcom, starring Joel McHale, David Guarascio and Moses Port, makes its hit debut,...
September 30, 2007: Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan commits suicide in Dublin, amidst a failed of the government to guarantee all deposits and debts of six major Irish banks and their subsidiaries abroad,....
October 19, 2007: Guide to the Stars, starring Vincent Kartheiser as Carl Sagan, Jodie Foster as Jill Tarter, and Jon Voight as Frank Drake details the story
of the SETI project and its many members,....
October 19,2007:A flash run occurs in Seattle with women dressed up as Sailor Moon characters.Many experts have noted that thanks to the live action Sailor Moon,anime and the Otaku sub-culture have started to manifest in a more open manner in the U.S.
October 20, 2007: New Zealand defeat South Africa in the 2007 Rugby World Cup final by a score of 20-13
October 29, 2007: Residents of Kolkata, India report seeing UFOs off the national highway system, sparking international attention,...
October 30, 2007: Brazil becomes the host of the 2014 World Cup after having no competition from other federations.
October 31, 2007: Cyclist Lance Armstrong announces that he has impregnated Ashley Olsen, younger sister to the Olsen twins, in New York City, New York,...
October 31, 2007: Spanish officials announce that they do not recognize the Church of Scientology during a parliamentary vote in Madrid, Spain, fueling a perceived "oppression of Scientology members",....
November 1st, 2007: Super Mario Galaxy is released. In a little reference to Arecibo, there is a "radio" galaxy signalling Mario for help...
November 5, 2007: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is released. The videogame takes place in 2010. In the story of the game, a team of British SAS soldiers sent to the Baltic States that are under Russian military control.
November 7, 2007: COSCO Busan oiltanker crashes into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, causing the San Francisco Bay to be polluted by c. 44,000 gallons of oil, fueling anger against petroleum companies,....
November 14, 2007: European Union officials announce that the Eurozone has slipped into recession, fueling stock market falls,...
November 14th, 2007: League of the Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, is released by Dark Horse Comics, the first of the next 6 issues of the series.
November 16, 2007: Queen of Media starring Robin Givens, Fredo Starr and Michael Boatman, based on the life of radio personality Wendy Williams makes its hit debut,...
November 20th, 2007: Mass Effect is released, positing that the Arecibo signal is actually coming from defunct technology from Mars, which allows humanity to expand across the stars...
November 23, 2007: NYSE and NASDAQ stock exchanges crash amidst reports of failed Fannie Mae loans in the housing market,...
November 29, 2007: Opposition leader Senator Antonio Trillanes is assassinated in Manila, Philippines, sparking national attention,....
December 1, 2007: Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) threatens to shutdown the DST claiming that it is nothing but "Congressional pork hiding behind big brother,..."
December 5, 2007: In a controversial move, The Avengers (Marvel Comics) confirms the incestuous sexual relationship between Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, sparking massive debate in the comic community,...
December 7, 2007: Marvel's Tales to Astonish goes on it's mid-season break over the winter.
December 7, 2007: German federal and state ministers led by Chancellor Angela Merkel warn that the Church of Scientology is actively pursuing "anti-constitutional goals" calling an active ban of the organization, fueling Scientologist paranoia of "religious oppression",...
December 9, 2007: Matthew Murray shoots 16 people in the New Life Church in Colorado, Springs, Colorado, sparking national attention and concern,.....
December 18, 2007: Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy warns marijuana contains 200% more toxins than marijuana, sparking intense debate in Washington D.C.,...
December 20, 2007: 16-year old actress/singer Jamie Lynn Spears launches a national campaign for "promise rings", claiming that she will "only have sex with her husband in the bonds of Christian marriage,.."
December 21, 2007: White Jazz starring George Clooney, Charlize Theron, Chris Pine, and Jason Bateman, based on the James Ellroy noir thriller, makes its hit debut,...
December 21, 2007: Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba resists calls for "full disclosure " of UFO issues citing "legal liabilities " in Tokyo, Japan,...