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Welcome to the 21st Century, a collaborative project that attempts to mold a plausible vision of the century ahead. This timeline stretches from the end of 2009 until the year 2100, and potentially even beyond.
The Teens (2009-2019):
December 10th, 2009 : The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee passes a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. The bill is expected to be voted on by the Senate by the end of the week.
December 12th, 2009 : Student protests erupt in Iran against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khameini, with chants of "death to the dictator!" Many call for democratic reforms in the nation's religious government.
December 14th, 2009 : The U.S. Senate introduces the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), after passing the House of Representatives in July.
December 17th, 2009: Paul Reynolds Thurmond, son of the legendary Strom Thurmond, announces he will challenge Jim DeMint for his Senate Seat in 2010.
December 21st, 2009 : SETI detects a synchronized pattern of radio burst emitting from Arcturus. This sparks much debate and excitement in the scientific community. The general public is largely indifferent.
December 23rd, 2009: Later than expected, the "Freedom to Same-Sex Marriage" bill is voted upon in the New Jersey Senate. The vote is divided 24-16, the 23 Democrats and 1 Republican voting in favor of the bill. The bill moves to the lower house.
December 26th, 2009: The Committee appointed to oversee the implementation of the American Clean Energy and Security Act sets the cap for American Greenhouse Gas emissions for the year of 2010 at 5500 Megatonnes, down from the estimated emissions of 5600 Megatonnes in the year of 2009.
December 28th, 2009: Popular Science journalist David Rogsbee publishes an article concerning the signals coming from Arcturus, bashing those who think that it is "Our alien brothers contacting us from the stars!" Stating that even if there were aliens in Arcturus, the likelihood of the transmission being any sort of contact would be astronomical.
December 31st, 2009: President Obama makes a speech to the American People in Manhattan before the New Year's Celebration begins, urging for Healthcare reform to be passed before 2011.
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January 4th, 2010: The Burj Dubai is completed. It is the tallest skyscraper in the world.
January 19th, 2010: The Athens Stalemate; Gregory Maklai leads a riot in Athens, Greece, killing 7 and injuring an estimated 53.
January 20th, 2010: Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba, and Nicaragua form the Caracas Pact, a trade organization designed to damage the economy of Colombia.
January 21st, 2010: Mythbusters (Discovery Channel) is renewed for three more seasons.
January 24th, 2010: The East Africa Community (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Urundi) sets a June 11th, 2013 date for a referendum to federalize into a single nation. Kenya and the smaller nations support the move, Tanzania is lukewarm at best. To prepare for this, the East Africa Shilling is released.
January 27th, 2010: Greek violence spills over into other Balkan Nations, including Serbia, Bosnia, and Hungary.
January 30th, 2010: Neil deGrasse Tyson comments on the signals from Arcturus, describing them as "Exciting, but unlikely".
February 2nd, 2010: Queen Elizabeth dies, and Prince Charles assumes the throne as George VII.
February 5th, 2010: The President and Prime Minister of Pakistan are both killed in the capital by a car bomb. While it is unconfirmed who did it, many blame AQ.
February 7th, 2010: Taking advantage of the instability in the region, India begins to assert diplomatic pressure on gaining all of Kashmir. Also on this date, The New Orleans Saints win a surprise victory against the Indianapolis Colts, 34-38 in Super Bowl XLIV.
February 8th, 2010: Future acclaimed author, Richard Roathe Elm, is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
February 12th, 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics open in Vancouver.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is released in theaters, and is a modest hit at the box office. 20th Century Fox hints at a film adaptation for the sequel, The Sea of Monsters.
February 14th, 2010: First flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9.
February 15-19th, 2010: Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report, Comedy Central) does his "Canuck Olympics: Operation Annexation" week-long special for the Colbert Report.
February 22nd, 2010: Four high schools students in Texas form an impromptu band, most commonly known as Rebels Without Cause.
February 24th, 2010: First flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9.
February 28th, 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics end, with the United States, Canada, and Finland as the main winners.
March 7th, 2010: Lou Dobbs suffers from a heart attack in his home, sending him into a comatose state.
March 11th, 2010: Sebastian Pinera is inaugurated as Chile's President, replacing outgoing Michelle Bachelet.
March 17th, 2010: CERN announces the LHC will be brought fully online by the end of July.
March 20th, 2010: Major anti-war protests organized by MoveOn.org and the World Can't Wait, organized throughout the United States, calling for withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan....
March 25th, 2010 : The Department of Labor releases its monthly jobs report, which indicates the first significant drop in unemployment in over two years. Many economic analysts state that the "Great Recession", as the media calls it, is "nearing its end".
April 2nd, 2010: Lou Dobbs finally dies due to complications from his March 7th Heart Attack.
April 11th, 2010 : Former "No on Prop 8" campaign manager Steve Smith states in a CNN interview that there will be no active movement to repeal Proposition 8 in the 2010 elections, citing potential backlash after trying only two years later. But he explains that a petition is inevitable within the next few years, stating "California will realize its mistake against equality".
April 16th, 2010: Kick-Ass starring Nicholas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Chloe Moretz makes its hit film debut.
April 22nd, 2010: Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), says that "The situation in Greece requires significant review and concern from [The President]".
April 30th, 2010: Reports of "copy-cat" crimes similar to the film Kick-Ass occur in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 1st, 2010: The 2010 World Expo opens in Shanghai.
May 4th, 2010: After a quite tight election, with a higher turnout than usual, the Conservative party is elected in the UK General Election, with David Cameron as Prime Minister. He has a comfortable majority, though has by no means won by a landslide. What is notable is the popularity of the smaller third parties, primarily the Green Party and BNP.
May 10th, 2010: EU President Herman Von Rompuy once again raises the issue of a European tax to be passed through the European Parliament. British, Polish and Czech leaders are the most critical of the proposal.
May 12th, 2010: Rebels Without Cause have their first gig at a local place that is having open mic night. They do instrumental covers of "I Got A Feelin" by Black Eyed Peas, "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin, "The Good Life" by Three Days Grace, and "Six Gun Quota" by Seether.
May 15th, 2010: The American Troop Surge; 30,000 American Troops are sent into Afghanistan to reinforce the American Forces already stationed there. Former President Jimmy Carter dies in his sleep, at the age of 85.
June 1st, 2010: The "Morning Bloodbath"; 71 American Soldiers are killed in an ambush by Taliban Forces in Afghanistan.
June 9th, 2010: "Mondary Morning Surprise"; Stocks Soar in the American Stock Market, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls it "The death-date of the Recession".
June 14th, 2010: Kim Jong Il dies suddenly in his sleep.
June 20th, 2010: A military junta takes command of the DPRK. Instability begins to rock North Korea.
June 25th, 2010: Claira Roberts graduates from George Washington High School in Seattle, Washington. She privately tells her family that she will be going to law school at Harvard, with the ultimate hopes of going into politics.
June 26th, 2010: Ali Burke, Middle-age Muslim man, is found beaten to death in London.
June 27th, 2010: Jack Layton, of the NDP in Canada, announces he will be stepping down as leader of the party.
June 28th, 2010: Rebels Without Cause gets their second gig at another open mic night, and play mores covers, as before. But this time, they actually sing during their covers, most notable is the voice of the drummer Joshua Blunt.
June 30th, 2010: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo hands over to Benigno Aquino Jr., then is sworn in as Representative for Pampanga-2nd.
Twilight: Eclipse flops at the box office, and receives generally negative reviews.
July 9th, 2010: The beginning of "Third Balkan War"; The Greek Parliament building is destroyed by a car bomb, killing c. 294 people.
July 11th, 2010: Brian Williams (NBC Nightly News) makes his famous "Live from Waziristan" report, in which he interviews soldiers and follows an average day on the Waziristani Front.
July 13th, 2010: The 4th Hellenic Republic is declared in Athens by revolutionaries. Prime Minister George Papanderou travels to Crete as most of the country falls to anti-government forces.
July 16th, 2010: Thessaloniki falls to revolutionaries.
July 17th, 2010: Major riots effect Greek Cyprus, with radical groups calling for Enosis.
July 21st, 2010: NATO officially declares support for the Greek government in Crete.
July 24th, 2010: Turkey threatens intervention in Greece
July 26th, 2010: Turkish Armed Forces move onto border of Greece and prepare for the possibility of operations in Cyprus.
July 27th, 2010: Greek Government in Crete collapsed due to Public Pressure, Greek Prime Minister travels to Cairo, then Brussels.
July 28th, 2010: NATO dispatches forces to Greece, in order to restore order to the nation. The Large Hadron Collider, after numerous false starts, finally comes fully online. Despite everyone's fears, the universe does not implode and the laws of reality are not warped. CERN physicists begin studying the results.
August 1st, 2010: The Serbian Invasion of Kosovo starts.
August 5th, 2010: Police report a rise in vigilante activity in New York City, New York, FOX-TV blames "failed liberal anti-crime policies".
August 7th, 2010: Serbian Forces re-capture Kosovo in a week long war, casualties are estimated at 351 total.
August 9th, 2010: NATO peace keeping forces are sent to Cyprus to prevent any more violence on the Island. Other forces are sent to multiple Aegean Islands that could be contested in the war.
August 10th, 2010: The 4th Hellenic Republic, lead by a coalition of parties, declares the main political parties, New Democracy and Panhellenic Socialist Movement to be banned and all major members to be investigated for corruption.
August 14th, 2010: The first Youth Olympics open in Singapore.
August 18th, 2010: NATO peace keeping forces declare Cyprus under control, as well some major Aegean islands.
August 20th 2010: A video of Rush Limbaugh mooning whilst drunk is uploaded to YouTube. It gains three million hits in 12 hours.
August 21st, 2010: Caroline Kennedy is killed in a car crash in Buffalo, New York.
August 22, 2010: NATO and the European Union both hold meetings on what to do with the Greek situation. Instead, both Germany and France support working with the new government and sending in peace keepers.
August 29th, 2010: Greek community in Albania continues to riot against Albanian government.
August 31st, 2010 : All U.S. combat troops are withdrawn from Iraq. 50,000 troops are stationed to assist in training the Iraqi security forces, so that the nation doesn't fall into chaos.
August 31st, 2010: Greek government complains of unprovoked attacks by Albanian border guards against their own.
September 1st, 2010: Michael Bueton starts his Middle School Career at West Richmond Middle School.
September 2nd, 2010: Bill O'Reilly suffers from a minor heart attack, and is admitted to the hospital.
September 5th, 2010: Bill O'Reilly begins a month long medical leave from hosting the "O'Reilly Factor", Laura Ingram will host the show in his absence.
September 8th, 2010: Hamas/Hezbollah terrorists launch attack outside Jerusalem in an effort to protest the the Israeli construction of the West Bank barrier.
September 18th, 2010: Filmmaker Michael Moore claims that "[President Obama] is 'killing' the nation" by continuing the war in Afghanistan.
September 21st, 2010: Canadian PM Stephen Harper wins a majority government and a third term with 166 of 308 Commons seats.
September 22, 2010: Fallowing the end of the Canadian Federal Election, Jack Layton, of the NDP in Canada, announces he will be stepping down as leader of the party.
September 25th, 2010: World's End, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is released; It recieves excellent reviews and becomes one of the most popular cult films of all time.
Also on this day, China unveils the J-14, supposedly a craft that is equal to or superior than most aircraft fielded by the USAF.
September 29th, 2010: Start of the final STS shuttle mission.
October 2nd, 2010: Meetings between Albania and Macedonia collapse after disagreements over ethnic issues.
October 3rd, 2010: After weeks of disagreement, NATO officially goes with a plan to work with the Current government, send in peace keepers, immediately hold free and democratic elections, and call of Turkey to end its war Immediately.
October 4th, 2010: NATO sends both Serbia and Albania a Ultimatum to stop their war of aggression. It demands they both leave Bosnia & Herzegovina, and that Serbia gets out of Kosovo.
October 9th, 2010: Bulgaria and Romania forces move troops onto the border with Serbia.
October 10th, 2010: The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved. The Dutch government begins debate on their fate.
October 15th 2010: With political backing from the US a counter coup is launched to reinstate Honduran Manuel Zelaya .
October 17th 2010: after several days of fighting the counter coup fails and the democratically elected President of Honduras having been killed by Zelaya supporting revolutionaries is replaced by a five Generals appointed by the Honduran Supreme Court, who will supervise the recohesion of the nation.
October 19-30th, 2010: Bosnia & Herzegovina collapses into chaos; Serbian and Albanian forces move into the collapsing nation, and begin dividing the land up.
October 19th 2010: Manuel Zelaya is Killed by the Honduran military while trying to flee the country.
October 20th 2010: President Obama calls for sanctions against Honduras and calls for the Military Court to step down and allow free election immediately.
October 21st, 2010: General Patreaus advises President Obama to send at least 50,000 more troops to Afghanistan by January 2011.
October 22nd, 2010: Alternate History Author Harry Turtledove announces his new "Kennedy Saga", in which John F. Kennedy survives his Assassination Attempt.
October 24th, 2010: NATO sends a final ultimatum to Albania and Serbia to withdraw from Bosnia & Herzegovina, and for Serbia to withdraw from Kosovo. Fearing a military intervention, Albania announces a withdrawal of troops; Serbia defies the ultimatum, but halts troop movements in Bosnia and Kosovo.
October 25th, 2010: NATO meets in Brussels to deal with Serbia's aggression in Bosnia and Kosovo. A decision is made to perform air strikes on Serbian military positions to pressure Belgrade to withdraw, named Operation Allied Strike.
November 2nd, 2010 : U.S. Midterm Elections;
House of Representatives
Democrats 225 (-31)
Republicans 210 (+31)
Senate
Democratic Holds: California (Barbara Boxer), Connecticut (Richard Blumenthal), Delaware (Beau Biden), Hawaii (Colleen Hanabusa), Illinois (Alexi Giannoulias), Indiana (Evan Bayh), Maryland (Barbara Mikulski), New York C1 (Chuck Schumer), New York C3 (Kirsten Gillibrand), Oregon (Ron Wyden), Pennsylvania (Arlen Specter), Vermont (Patrick Leahy), Washington (Pat Murray), Wisconsin (Russ Feingold)
Democratic Gains: Ohio (Jennifer Brunner)
Republican Holds: Alabama (Richard Shelby), Alaska (Lisa Murkowski), Arizona (John McCain), Florida (Marco Rubio), Georgia (Johnny Isakson), Idaho (Mike Crapo), Iowa (Chuck Grassley), Kansas (Jerry Moran), Kentucky (Rand Paul), Louisiana (David Vitter), Missouri (Roy Blunt), New Hampshire (Kelly Ayotte), North Carolina (Richard Burr), Oklahoma (Tom Coburn), South Carolina (Paul Thurmond), South Dakota (John Thune), Utah (Bob Bennett)
Republican Gains: Arkansas (John Boozman), Colorado (Jane Norton), Nevada (Susan Lowden), North Dakota (John Hoeven)
Democrats 54 (-5) *incl. 2 Independents
Republicans 46 (+5)
The California governor's race ends in a tie between former Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and former eBay CEO Margaret "Meg" Whitman (R), 49-49. Both Brown and Whitman appeal for a recount of the votes, and thus begins the longest recount in the state's history.
November 2nd-8th, 2010: Operation Allied Strike; NATO aircraft from bases in Italy and USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Adriatic launch air strikes at Serbian military positions in eastern Bosnia and Kosovo. After six days of heavy losses (approx. 620 dead), Serbia finally agrees to withdraw from Bosnia and Kosovo, fearing further NATO intervention if it continued to defy the ultimatum.
November 7th, 2010: Tiger Woods announces that he will return to the PGA Tour in early 2012.
November 9th, 2010: Stephen King releases his new Dark Tower book.
November 11th, 2010: Treaty of Pristina; The Balkan War of 2010 officially comes to a close with Albania and Serbia withdrawing forces from Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo. Serbia is forced to recognize the independence of Kosovo. NATO peacekeepers are sent into Bosnia & Herzegovina to reestablish the government and prevent another crisis, as well as Kosovo to deter future Serbian aggression.
November 14th, 2010: Peru, with Russian aid, launches its first nanosatellite. Also on this day, GM unveils the 2011 Hywire Hybrid Car.
November 20th, 2010: Half Life 2: Episode 3 is finally released, and is given good reviews all around, and even scores a 95 on "Metacritic". Also included is Portal 2, which recieves good reviews aswell.
November 29th-December 10th, 2010: Conservative leaders launch protests outside the UN Conference on Climate Change in Mexico City, claiming that the efforts will stifle American growth....
November 30th, 2010 : The much-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner enters commercial service with All Nippon Airways (ANA).
December 1st, 2010: Valve Inc. announces that it has begun talking with Quentin Tarantino to produce a film version of Left 4 Dead.
December 3rd, 2010 : The results for the recount of California's hotly contested gubernatorial election ends in Meg Whitman winning over Jerry Brown, by a margin of 2,647 votes. Whitman is the first woman to be elected governor in California's history.
December 4th, 2010: Each of the five islands in the former Netherlands Antilles - Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustasius, and Sint Maarten - is given statehood in the Netherlands. This act prompts Puerto Ricans to ask Washington "Well?"
December 29th, 2010: A new season of Pawn Stars (The History Channel) begins airing.
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January 1st, 2011: Estonia adopts the euro.
January 2nd, 2011: After months of speculation and competition, the NDP of Canada makes Paul W. Dewar the new leader of the NDP. In his first speech as party leader, Dewar promises to fight for "Better education, better health care, and greater economic growth for all Canadians everywhere."
Jan. 10th, 2011: Gov. Tim Pawlenty announces his candidacy.
January 14th, 2011: Southern Sudan votes for independence.
January 20th, 2011: Vince Offer, better known as the "Shamwow Guy", dies from a drug overdose
January 27th, 2011: The previous Greek government is formally re-established in Athens by NATO, and new elections are called to rein in a new democratic government.
February 2nd, 2011 : Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declares his candidacy for the 2012 Republican nomination.
A large group of Somali mercenaries show up in the capital of Somaliland, and there is a massacre of the entire government.
February 3rd, 2011: The final arrangements are made, and the first Dark Tower movie has begun filming. Russell Crowe stars as Roland the Gunslinger, with Edward Norton rumored to star as Eddie, Johnny Depp as the Man In Black, and a new actor, Dick Walters, will play as Jake. Other acting parts are unconfirmed.
February 3rd-5th, 2011: Mercenaries group destroy any and all attempts to retain stability, and Somaliland destabilizes just like it's neighbor to the south.
February 6th, 2011 : Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces her intention to seek the 2012 Republican nomination.
Feb. 10th, 2011: Gov. Bobby Jindal announces he will not seek the GOP nomination in 2012, nor will he accept the vice-presidency "under any circumstances."
March 7th, 2011: Pirate raids have picked up with the destabilization of Somaliland, and a secret meeting is held in Delhi between multiple diplomats to discuss the Somali situation.
March 13th, 2011 : The Boeing 787-9, the largest variant of the Dreamliner family, takes its maiden flight.
March 15th, 2011: A coalition of forces made up of Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen, India, Australia, Canada, Britain, France, and America invade Somali with a force of 20,000 troops invade Somalia.
March 18th, 2011: MESSENGER arrives at Mercury.
March 20th, 2011: Organized resistance in Somalia is ripped to pieces, ending the Battle of Somalia. Now all that remains is the insurgency.
March 25th, 2011: In the wake of criticism over more foreign wars, President Obama declares that the USA will pull out of Somalia by mid-2012, so that the AU can do most of the work.
April 9th, 2011: Pakistan launches its first satellite.
June 22nd, 2011: US Airways implements the infamous "potty fee", charging passengers a small fee to use the lavatories. The move does not go over well with customers, and is repealed by the end of summer.
July 12th, 2011 : The Department of Labor releases its monthly jobs report, indicating that unemployment in the U.S. has dropped to 8.2%. President Obama declares the announcement as the "end of the recession", and his approval rating rises from 54% to 59%.
July 15th, 2011: Barack Obama narrowly avoids assassination in Munich, Germany, when an unkown assailent fires 3 shots off towards the speaking pedestal.
July 19th, 2011: The First Dark Tower movie, called The Gunslinger, is released in theaters in America, Europe, Japan, and Australia. It is a box office hit, and the next Dark Tower movie is already underway.
July 23rd, 2011: The potential assassin of the President of the United States is revealed to be Elias Malaki, an 55 year old German man suffering from Post Mortem Depression and clinical Paranoia.
August 4th, 2011: Romania and Bulgaria enter the Schengen Agreement.
September 11th, 2011: The September 11th Memorial and Museum open, with a ceremony lead by President Obama and former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush. Despite some fears, a terrorist attack does not occur.
September 16th, 2011 : President Obama announces that in response to decreased violence in Afghanistan thanks to the 2009 troop surge, he will begin a phased withdrawal of troops, to be completed by 2014, and maintain a force of 5,000 to be permanently stationed on bases in the nation to help preserve the peace.
October 1st, 2011: Former Republican Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, declares his candidacy for the Republican Nomination for President.
October 3rd, 2011 : The new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport officially opens for business, and Berlin Tegel is closed in correspondence.
November 7th, 2011: Former Republican Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, declares his candidacy for the Republican Nomination for President.
December 7th, 2011: House Speaker Gloria Arroyo is elected Prime Minister of the Philippines following the October 2011 Constitutional Convention and the November 30 federal election. A disgraced President Aquino resigns, Vice President Roxas is sworn in. Foreign journalists call this "Putin/Medvedev, Pacific".
December 31st, 2011: Freedom Tower is completed in New York City.
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January 3rd, 2012 : Sam Brownback edges out Mitt Romney 33-29 in the Iowa GOP primary. Tim Pawlenty comes in a close third, while Sarah Palin comes in fourth. Newt Gingrich comes in a distant fifth, and drops put soon after.
January 10th, 2012 : Mitt Romney wins the New Hampshire primary over Sam Brownback, Tim Pawlenty, and Sarah Palin. Pawlenty drops out and endorses Romney.
January 13th, 2012: The first Youth Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck.
February 7th, 2012 : Mitt Romney sweeps the Super Tuesday primaries, despite Brownback's impressive campaign. Brownback concedes and endorses Romney, while Palin stubbornly vows to continue on, although she eventually drops out a few weeks later.
February 9th, 2012: Russian PM Vladimir Putin is elected for a third term as President, Medvedev is appointed PM.
March 5th, 2012 : The groundbreaking ceremony for the future Transbay Terminal in San Francisco is attended by President Obama and Gov. Meg Whitman (R-CA). Construction on the California High Speed Rail system is expected to begin within the following months, with a target date of January 2019.
March 7th, 2012: Terrance Kane, future POTUS, is born on this date in Providence, Rhode Island.
March 29th, 2012: Vice President Joe Biden announces that he has been diagnosed with cancer of the liver, and makes his decision to resign as Vice President, in order to receive chemotherapy with his family.
April 1st, 2012: Joe Biden officially resigns as Vice President, in order to deal with his liver cancer. President Obama states that he regrets Biden resigning, but expresses his condolences to the Biden family.
April 17th, 2012: The United States cedes military control back to South Korea, which is considering launching a police action to deal with North Korea.
May 17th, 2012: Blockbuster once again shuts down multiple scores to compensate for it's revenue being less than it's expenses.
June 7th, 2012: A video is leaked on to YouTube showing a severely brutal crackdown on Green Movement protesters in the streets of Tehran by Basij paramilitary forces. The crackdown is widely condemned by the international community, but the Iranian government simply dismisses the condemnations and claims the protests were encouraged by the U.S. and U.K.
July 4th, 2012: Kick-Ass II makes its debut, starring Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Chloe Moretz reprising their roles.
July 27th, 2012: The 2012 Summer Olympics open in London.
August 12th, 2012: The 2012 Olympics close, with the UK, India, and South Africa in the lead.
August 15th, 2012: President Obama announces that former Virginia Governor and current Democratic Party Chairman, Tim Kaine, will be his running mate.
August 22nd, 2012 : Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney announces that his running mate will be former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in an effort to please the disgruntled conservative wing of the party.
September 21st, 2012: The last American withdrawal from Somalia. By 2015, most of the coalition will have done so as well, leaving Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa to do the occupying. Regardless, a few American bases will remain within the country for the next three decades.
October 21st, 2012: Left 4 Dead, a movie adaptation based upon the zombie shooter game of the same name, is released in U.S. Theaters. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, and starring Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, and newcomers Rob Donovan and Onasi Zachari quickly becomes one of the highest grossing movies of the year, and becomes revered as one of the greatest cult classics of all time.
November 6th, 2012 : President Barack Obama (D) is reelected with his new running mate Tim Kaine, defeating the Romney/Gingrich ticket (R).
November 19th, 2012: The second Dark Tower movie, Drawing of the Three, is released in the same places as the first movie, and is an even greater hit than the previous movie. Dick Walters, Russell Crowe, Edward Norton, and Johnny Depp return to their previous roles, and Halle Berry joins the crew as Susannah.
December 21st, 2012: The Earth continues existing. Doomsayers are disappointed.
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January 1st, 2013: The Gulf Cooperation Council adopts a single currency, the Gulf dinar.
Iceland is officially integrated into the European Union.
January 17th, 2013: EU-wide driver's licences are adopted.
February 5th, 2013 : After several delays, mainly due to weight issues, the Boeing 787-9 enters commercial service with Air New Zealand.
February 11, 2013- President Pratibha Patil is assassinated in Dehli, India, sparking tensions between Indian and Pakistani governments.
February 13th, 2013: Chinese Spy Scandal; Chinese government claims "espionage" after several representatives of Google are caught campaigning for Internet rights in Shanghai.
February 18th, 2013: Police in Albany, New York arrest "Captain C***" after attempting to stop a domestic dispute.
March 25th, 2013: Negotiations between Iran, United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China break down after the Iranian delegation walks out. Iran continually refused to outsource its uranium enrichment, despite the threat of further economic sanctions and continuing Green Movement protests.
May 21st, 2013: When Nate Mendell passes out during a Foo Fighters concert, Garret Shankel, bassist of Rebels Without Cause, goes up on stage (coming from the audience) and finishes the concert with the band. This ends up giving them a lot of publicity.
May 30th, 2013: The various members of Rebels Without Cause finish High School together.
June 11th, 2013: The East Africa Union referendum fails, as Tanzania votes "Nay", causing the smaller nations to fear any resulting federation would be dominated from Nairobi. A new referendum is set for August 17th, 2020.
June 15th, 2013: Rebels Without Cause are invited to a studio by a few producers in WMG, and they accept. While there they record demos for what will later become their first album. They record "You Attention Whores", "Like Everyone Else", and "Be With My Friends".
June 30th, 2013: Rebels Without Cause sign their first record deal, with WMG.
July 26th, 2013: Raul Castro announces a political purge against "counter-revolutionaries" in Havana, Cuba....
July 27th, 2013: U.S. troops begin their withdrawal from Iraq, after security agreements established with the Iraqi government along with Israel, Turkey, and NATO allies.
July 29th, 2013: The International Olympics Committee announces that the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Minneapolis.
August 11th, 2013: Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran gives the formal blessing of allowing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to remain in office, despite the Iranian Constitution mandating a two-term presidency.
August 14th, 2013: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that the Iranian nuclear program will resume at "full force", following the collapse of negotiations in March 2013 with the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China over suspending its nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad also announces a nationwide crackdown targeted at Green Movement leaders, including 2009 presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, despite him being relatively out of the public spotlight since 2010.
August 19th, 2013: The various sessions are finished being mixed, and are put together in an album called "Liberation Front". It is set to sell around Thanksgiving season.
September 1st, 2013: Michael Bueton begins attending West Richmond High School.
October 11th, 2013: After three years of planning and construction,
Orion I (unmanned) takes off from Cape Canaveral, marking the official start of Project Constellation.
November 11th, 2013: After over a decade of delays, George R.R. Martin's "A Dance of Dragons" is finally released in bookstores.
November 20th, 2013: "Liberation Front", an album by Rebels Without Cause, is released.
September 27th, 2013: Two days after celebrating their 20th birthday, William Davis, an Aerospace Engineering student from Texas, after finishing his sophomore year in college, moves from Texas to Britain and signs up for the Royal Marines on the 30th.
October 19th, 2013: The third Dark Tower movie, The Wastelands, is released in the same places as usual. While still a hit, it receives less money than the first and second movies. It wasn't received well in Europe and Japan, but was a hit everywhere else.
November 5th, 2013 : New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) loses reelection to Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) in a hotly contested race, 52% to 48%.
December 30th, 2013: Liberation Front is a hit, and has sold over 150,000 copies so far.
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January 1st, 2014: Romania and Bulgaria adopt the Euro.
January 12th, 2014: Using the money gained from Liberation Front, the various members of Rebels Without Cause disband and go to various colleges.
February 7th, 2014: 2014 Winter Olympics open in Sochi, Russia.
Proposition 9 is added to November ballot in California. If passed, the proposal would repeal the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marraige in the state, effectively overturning the infamous Proposition 8.
March 1st, 2014: Washington D.C., lone gunman fires AK-47 near the White House in Washington D.C., sparking national attention.
March 17th, 2014: A man from a small town in Wisconsin, named Harold Farley, begins the "Lets Be Like Christ" (LBLC) Movement, a pacifistic Christian movement, and in comparison to many supposed Christian far right groups in the Republican party.
February 23rd, 2014: The 2014 Winter Olympics conclude with the United States, Canada, and dark horse Peru in the lead.
April 7th, 2014: NASA launches Orion II, the first manned Orion mission, to test the new Ares I booster and dock with the ISS. A lunar landing for 2019 is announced.
April 17th, 2014: Batman: Dark Vengeance is released in theaters. Though for the most part it is viewed as a good movie (David Tennent's portrayal of the Riddler being the most well remembered) the movie falls short of its predecessors. Ironically, Bale's own portrayal of the Caped Crusader had gone from "original" to "same old, same old," and is viewed as the weak link.
April 22nd, 2014: U.S. Senate begins investigative hearings into the influence of comic-books on vigilante activity in Washington D.C.,.
May 4th, 2014 : In a stunning move in an interview with CNN's John King, former V.P. Dick Cheney expresses his support of California's Proposition 9. He famously states "marriage is for everyone", which quickly becomes a focal point for the Yes on 9 campaign.
May 24th, 2014: Leftist government seizes power in Guatemala, backed by Venezuela and Cuba.
October 6th, 2014: Ayatollah Khamenei suffers a fatal heart attack while leading a mass prayer service at a Tehran mosque.
October 17th, 2014: Masdar City is completed.
November 4th, 2014 : California Gov. Meg Whitman (R) wins reelection over former SF mayor Gavin Newsom (D) 53-47. During the campaign, she emphasized her success on lifting the California economy from the brink of collapse thanks to drastic, but necessary cuts to jobs and government spending.
Proposition 9, the ballot measure intended to repeal Proposition 8 of 2008, passes with 51% of the vote. Many gay rights groups hail the passage as a "victory for equality", while conservative groups and churches call it "an attack against God."
December 21st, 2014 : Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denies rumors that she will run in 2016, stating that her "time has passed".
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January 7th, 2015 : Vice President Tim Kaine declares his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in 2016.
January 8th, 2015 : Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in 2016.
January 11th, 2015 : Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces that he will seek the 2016 Republican nomination in a CNN interview.
February 15th, 2015 : Maine Sen. Susan Collins announces that she will seek the GOP nomination in 2016.
February 17th, 2015: South Dakota Senator John Thune declares his candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination for President. He is quickly labeled as an underdog candidate, due to his relative national obscurity.
February 28th, 2015: Gods of Carnage starring James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, and Marcia Gay Harden makes its hit debut.
March 14th, 2015: Warner Brothers anounces a reboot to the Superman movie franchise, titled "Last Son" will be released in Summer 2017, and will take place in the same continuity as Nolan's Batman movies and the soon to be released Justice League movie. Details are otherwise scarce.
March 29th, 2015: Stephen Colbert announces that he will run for President, as a theme for The Colbert Report.
April 9th, 2015: Christian Coalition leaders call for greater regulation of the storylines and content of comic books, during hearings in Washington D.C.,
May 6th, 2015: Atlas Shrugged starring Russell Crowe, Brad Pitt, Anne Hathaway, and Angelina Jolie, makes its hit debut.
May 20th, 2015: A little over a year after LBLC began, it covers the entirety of Wisconsin, but not all Christians join the movement, despite the LBLC movement primarily basing it's platform in scripture alone, which leads to the following.
June 19th, 2015: After a brief hiatus, the Wizard and Glass movie is released, with Jennifer Hudson replacing Halle Berry in the role of Susannah, and Nathan Walters (younger brother of Dick) will be taking the role of Jake. Through the use of clever camera angles, CGI, and make-up, most people do not realize that two actors have been replaced until the credits roll. Either way, the fourth Dark Tower movie receives about the same amount of money that the first movie did.
July 14th, 2015: The first image of Pluto and it's moon Charon are taken by the New Horizons probe; Nix and Hydra are also pictured.
July 17th, 2015: The IOC announces that Queenstown, New Zealand, will host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
August 14th, 2015: The ESA launches Darwin, which will search for Earth-like extrasolar planets.
November 22nd, 2015: Into the Woods musical film starring Anne Hathaway, Robin Williams, and Susan Sarandon
December 11th, 2015: New Songdo City is completed in South Korea.
December 16th, 2015: Meghan McCain announces that she will seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by her father, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
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February 9th, 2016 : In a surprising upset on Super Tuesday, South Dakota Sen. John Thune sweeps a majority of the primaries, overwhelming early frontrunner Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. Santorum becomes the presumptive GOP nominee within the next few weeks.
V.P. Tim Kaine sweeps the Super Tuesday primaries, becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee.
April 14th, 2016: The LBLC, now a strong force in the American Midwest, officially endorses the Gay Marriage bill currently running through Congress, and this final push allows it to be passed.
April 17th, 2016: Gay marriage is now legal across the entire United States. This is considered one of Obama's biggest victories while in office.
May 2nd, 2016: V.P. Tim Kaine (D-VA) applauds President Obama's signing of the American Marriage Equality Act, while Republican nominee Sen. John Thune (R-SD) condemns the legislation as "an attack on American family values."
May 28th, 2016: Claira Roberts Graduates from Harvard with a degree in Law. She joins a law firm located in Seattle, which specializes in cases involving Empolyment and Labour issues. At 24 she is the youngest lawyer at her firm, but soon manages to gain a reputation for success.
June 7th, 2016: Batman: Gotham Crusaders is released, starring Christian Bale as Wayne, and Dick Walters (the first of two Jakes in the Dark Tower movie series) co-stars as Timothy Drake, a 19 year old delinquent who blackmails Wayne to pay for his father's debts to the mob. The movie ends with Wayne breaking his back, and Drake is forced to take up the mantel as the movie ends.
August 5th, 2016: The 2016 Summer Olympics open in Rio de Janeiro.
August 10th, 2016: Terrance Kane's mother decides to send her son to school earlier than most children after he exhibits a higher than average level of intelligence.
August 19th, 2016 : Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the GOP nominee, announces that his running mate will be Sen. Paul Thurmond (R-SC), the son of the legendary Sen. Strom Thurmond.
August 21st, 2016: The 2016 Olympics close, with Ireland, Brazil, and Spain in the lead.
August 22nd, 2016 : V.P. Tim Kaine (D-VA), the Democratic nominee, announces that his running mate will be former Commerce Secretary and Gov. Gary Locke (D-WA). Locke is the first Asian-American to be nominated for the vice presidential slot of both parties.
September 19th, 2016: The fifth Dark Tower movie, Wind Through the Keyhole, is released in theaters, and brings in more money than the first movie but less than the third.
November 1st, 2016 - Firearms Control Act of 2016 passed by the Parliament in London, England, amidst concerns of rising crime.
November 8th, 2016 : The Democratic ticket of Kaine/Locke is elected over the GOP ticket of Thune/Thurmond. Kaine receives 52% of the popular vote to Thune's 47%.
Meghan McCain (R) wins the Arizona Senate race 51-49, after a brutal campaign battle against former Gov. Janet Napolitano (D).
December 2nd, 2016: ITER, an experiment to test the feasiblity of fusion power, comes online.
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January 2nd, 2017: Historian and political scientist D.E. Thornsburg's first non-fiction book comes out, titled Hope and Change: The Presidency Of Barack H. Obama. It becomes a best-seller, and send Thornburg to the top of the American political scene.
February 7th, 2017: Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to cut natural gas shipments to the Ukraine in response to recent disputes over pipeline agreements and warming of relations with the EU.
February 15th, 2017: China launches its first lunar probe.
March 25th, 2017: Treaty of Rome; European Union (EU) begin talks to establish a European Federation in Rome, Italy.
April 13, 2017: Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 93 in Kennebunkport, Maine.
April 21st, 2017: U.S. Justice Department announces a crackdown on "unlicensed viglante activity", during a press conference in Washington D.C.,.
May 7th, 2017: Construction begins on several "spaceports" to accomadate the new spaceplanes. Some, like Miami International, Heathrow, and GHW Bush Airport, are expansions of existing airports. Others, like Goddard Spaceport in Tuscon, Arizona, are new constructions.
May 10th, 2017: Narcotrafficante launch an abortive coup attempt in Bogota, Colombia. Many leftist leaders claim "an American coup attempt".
June 7th, 2017: Michael Bueton graduates from High School.
July 3rd, 2017: U.S. government announces the final withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, sparking civil unrest and violence.
July 16th, 2017: Superman: Last Son is released. Though it differs from continuity in several areas (not the least of which is Krypton being destroyed by main villain Darkseid), many fans say it help make the story more relateable, an it becomes the highest-grossing movie of the year.
August 5th, 2017: Michael Bueton is accepted into MIT.
October 1st, 2017: Conservative Talk Radio host Rush Limbaugh dies of natural causes.
October 3rd, 2017: South Korea launches its first satellite.
October 22nd, 2017: Presidential elections under UN observation in Port-au-Prince, signal political and economic reforms for the region.
November 7th, 2017 : New Jersey Gov. Cory Booker (D) is re-elected in a landslide due to his popularity from successful urban redevelopment policies and weeding out corruption in the state government.
November 17th, 2017 : Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) announces that she will not seek re-election, preferring to retire in her old age.
November 19th, 2017: Wolves of the Calla is released, with an elderly James Cromwell playing as Father Callahan. It tops the box office in two weeks.
December 1st, 2017 : George P. Bush, the nephew of former President Bush and son of Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL), declares his candidacy for Hutchinson's Senate seat. He runs as a Republican candidate.
December 7th, 2017: William Davis is admitted to a psychiatric ward in London after apparently suffering delusions. This comes just one week after he is released from the Royal Marines.
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January 1st, 2018: Incandescent lightbulbs are completely phased out of production and replaced by more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs).
January 2nd, 2018: Chinese officials announce a "Third Revolution" , with the emergence of China as the second largest economy on Earth.
January 9th-22nd, 2018: The 2018 Winter Olympics are held in Munich Germany, with the United States, Germany, and South Africa in the lead.
January 11th, 2018: Honda introduces its first full-electric car, the Dragonfly, at the Detroit Auto Show.
January 18th, 2018: T-Mobile announces "Captain Cellular" during a press conference in Los Angeles, California, in an attempt to tap into the "urban culture".
March 4th, 2018: Former vice president Dick Cheney passes away in Washington, D.C. from a massive heart attack.
May 1st, 2018: China retires the One Child policy.
May 4th, 2018: Captain Metropolis becomes the "local hero" of Seattle, Washington after appearing at several police functions.
May 6th, 2018 : The new Transbay Terminal in San Francisco is officially opened 6 months ahead of schedule. Caltrain operates the first train out of the new station, bound for San Jose.
June 3rd, 2018: The members of Rebels Without Cause meet again in San Antonio, Texas. They rejoin and sign a record deal with Universal Music Group to record their second album, "Abridged Thoughts".
June 18th, 2018: William Davis reveals to his physician that he hasn't been taking his medicine for a month, and reveals that he has overcome his delusions through constantly working on designs for various space ships.
June 23rd, 2018: Mt. Hood in the Cascades Range erupts unexpectedly and violently, in a manner similar to Mt. Saint Helens in 1980. Approximately 120 people fall victim and ash falls over much of the Pacific Northwest.
June 25th, 2018: Sudan's government grants de facto independence to Darfur, preferring to focus on modernizing it's own territory than continue prolonged hostilities with the native populace.
June 27th, 2018: One of Davis' designs ends up at the ESA after it is discovered that it has serious potential. Davis gets a scholarship to complete his Aerospace Engineering degree at Cambridge, which he accepts.
July 5th, 2018: First recording sessions for "Abridged Thoughts" is done, and "Jump off the Bridge", "Standing on the Edge", and "Just Want Me For My Body" are all recorded.
July 14th, 2018: Second recording session for "Abridged Thoughts", where "Name It George", "Popo", "Ran Real Fast", and "Access" are recorded.
July 29th, 2018: Third recording session for "Abridged Thoughts", and these songs are recorded: "The Cool Man", "Of Mushrooms and Turtles", "Verona Times", and "Khan and the Wall" are recorded.
August 1st, 2018: AT&T announces plans to purchase wireless rival Sprint-Nextel.
August 7th, 2018: Mt. Kilimanjaro is discovered to be partially active by geologists.
October 31st, 2018: The second Rebels Without Cause album, "Abridged Thinking" (name was changed), is released.
November 6th, 2018 : The GOP retakes control of the House of Representatives, after the Democrats narrowly captured it on President Kaine's coattails in the 2016 elections. Democrats narrowly hold the Senate with 51 seats to the Republicans' 49.
Republican candidate George P. Bush wins the Texas Senate seat held by outgoing Sen. Hutchinson.
November 20, 2018: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper resigns and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Jason Kenney.
December 10th, 2018: Collapse of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), amidst concerns of "American hegemony".
December 19th, 2018: Song of Susannah is released, and is also a hit.
December 30th, 2018: "Abridged Thinking" has sold over 500,000 copies, and is eventually considered a classic album.
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January 1st, 2019 : Democratic government elected in Havana, Cuba, sparking international attention.
January 2nd, 2019: Las Vegas' Ivanpah Valley Airport is officially opened after two years of delays. The airport is planned to gradually phase out the capacity-strained McCarran International Airport by 2027.
January 5th, 2019: Nandigram Riots; Leftist guerillas in West Bengal demand further financial reforms as the unemployment rate continues to rise in the rural provinces.
January 7th, 2019 : The California High Speed Rail system is officially opened to the public, operating between San Francisco and Los Angeles at speeds of 200 mph. Initial ridership figures are higher than expected, with President Kaine calling the system "a symbol of America's future".
January 13th, 2019 : Outgoing California Gov. Meg Whitman (R) announces that she will not seek the Republican nomination in 2020, but states that she is "open to possibilities" of being offered the V.P. slot on the GOP ticket.
January 29th, 2019: Ex-Beatle and mucisian Paul Mcartney passes away at the age of 76, thus making the last surviving Beatle Ringo Star.
April 19, 2019 - President Hamid Ansari is assassinated in Mumbai, India, sparking concerns of border conflict between India and Pakistan.
June 10th, 2019: Riots erupt in Glen Shiel, Scotland, calling for greater Scottish autonomy.
June 19th, 2019: The "Sons of Liberty" American activist group is founded by Rod Banker.
June 28th, 2019: Panama announces its alliance with Venezuela and Cuba via the Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA) in Panama City, Panama.
July 23rd, 2019: Orion XIII lands on the Moon, 50 years after Apollo XI.
August 14th, 2019: "Superhero Fight" single by the Thrashers makes its hit musical debut in Los Angeles, California.
October 19th, 2019: "My Superhero" single by Rossana makes its hit musical debut in San Francisco, California.
August 23rd, 2019: Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) announces the beginning of "peace-keeping" operations in the Persian Gulf.
December 25th, 2019: The LBLC movement holds a large Christmas Party in Topeka, Kansas. It is now a large force in the Central United States.
December 18th, 2019: In the ESA, construction begins on the "Davis Design" for a manned Mars spaceship. While initially a happy day, it ends badly when Davis ends up being returned to the psychiatric ward after Davis suffers from new delusions.
December 31st, 2019 : A 7.7 earthquake rips along the San Andreas Fault in California in the late afternoon. San Francisco takes a direct hit from the shock waves, and suffers devastating damage. The Central Valley is also hit hard, with parts of the California Aqueduct heavily damaged.
Welcome to the 21st Century, a collaborative project that attempts to mold a plausible vision of the century ahead. This timeline stretches from the end of 2009 until the year 2100, and potentially even beyond.
The Teens (2009-2019):
December 10th, 2009 : The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee passes a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. The bill is expected to be voted on by the Senate by the end of the week.
December 12th, 2009 : Student protests erupt in Iran against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khameini, with chants of "death to the dictator!" Many call for democratic reforms in the nation's religious government.
December 14th, 2009 : The U.S. Senate introduces the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), after passing the House of Representatives in July.
December 17th, 2009: Paul Reynolds Thurmond, son of the legendary Strom Thurmond, announces he will challenge Jim DeMint for his Senate Seat in 2010.
December 21st, 2009 : SETI detects a synchronized pattern of radio burst emitting from Arcturus. This sparks much debate and excitement in the scientific community. The general public is largely indifferent.
December 23rd, 2009: Later than expected, the "Freedom to Same-Sex Marriage" bill is voted upon in the New Jersey Senate. The vote is divided 24-16, the 23 Democrats and 1 Republican voting in favor of the bill. The bill moves to the lower house.
December 26th, 2009: The Committee appointed to oversee the implementation of the American Clean Energy and Security Act sets the cap for American Greenhouse Gas emissions for the year of 2010 at 5500 Megatonnes, down from the estimated emissions of 5600 Megatonnes in the year of 2009.
December 28th, 2009: Popular Science journalist David Rogsbee publishes an article concerning the signals coming from Arcturus, bashing those who think that it is "Our alien brothers contacting us from the stars!" Stating that even if there were aliens in Arcturus, the likelihood of the transmission being any sort of contact would be astronomical.
December 31st, 2009: President Obama makes a speech to the American People in Manhattan before the New Year's Celebration begins, urging for Healthcare reform to be passed before 2011.
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January 4th, 2010: The Burj Dubai is completed. It is the tallest skyscraper in the world.
January 19th, 2010: The Athens Stalemate; Gregory Maklai leads a riot in Athens, Greece, killing 7 and injuring an estimated 53.
January 20th, 2010: Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba, and Nicaragua form the Caracas Pact, a trade organization designed to damage the economy of Colombia.
January 21st, 2010: Mythbusters (Discovery Channel) is renewed for three more seasons.
January 24th, 2010: The East Africa Community (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Urundi) sets a June 11th, 2013 date for a referendum to federalize into a single nation. Kenya and the smaller nations support the move, Tanzania is lukewarm at best. To prepare for this, the East Africa Shilling is released.
January 27th, 2010: Greek violence spills over into other Balkan Nations, including Serbia, Bosnia, and Hungary.
January 30th, 2010: Neil deGrasse Tyson comments on the signals from Arcturus, describing them as "Exciting, but unlikely".
February 2nd, 2010: Queen Elizabeth dies, and Prince Charles assumes the throne as George VII.
February 5th, 2010: The President and Prime Minister of Pakistan are both killed in the capital by a car bomb. While it is unconfirmed who did it, many blame AQ.
February 7th, 2010: Taking advantage of the instability in the region, India begins to assert diplomatic pressure on gaining all of Kashmir. Also on this date, The New Orleans Saints win a surprise victory against the Indianapolis Colts, 34-38 in Super Bowl XLIV.
February 8th, 2010: Future acclaimed author, Richard Roathe Elm, is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
February 12th, 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics open in Vancouver.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is released in theaters, and is a modest hit at the box office. 20th Century Fox hints at a film adaptation for the sequel, The Sea of Monsters.
February 14th, 2010: First flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9.
February 15-19th, 2010: Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report, Comedy Central) does his "Canuck Olympics: Operation Annexation" week-long special for the Colbert Report.
February 22nd, 2010: Four high schools students in Texas form an impromptu band, most commonly known as Rebels Without Cause.
February 24th, 2010: First flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9.
February 28th, 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics end, with the United States, Canada, and Finland as the main winners.
March 7th, 2010: Lou Dobbs suffers from a heart attack in his home, sending him into a comatose state.
March 11th, 2010: Sebastian Pinera is inaugurated as Chile's President, replacing outgoing Michelle Bachelet.
March 17th, 2010: CERN announces the LHC will be brought fully online by the end of July.
March 20th, 2010: Major anti-war protests organized by MoveOn.org and the World Can't Wait, organized throughout the United States, calling for withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan....
March 25th, 2010 : The Department of Labor releases its monthly jobs report, which indicates the first significant drop in unemployment in over two years. Many economic analysts state that the "Great Recession", as the media calls it, is "nearing its end".
April 2nd, 2010: Lou Dobbs finally dies due to complications from his March 7th Heart Attack.
April 11th, 2010 : Former "No on Prop 8" campaign manager Steve Smith states in a CNN interview that there will be no active movement to repeal Proposition 8 in the 2010 elections, citing potential backlash after trying only two years later. But he explains that a petition is inevitable within the next few years, stating "California will realize its mistake against equality".
April 16th, 2010: Kick-Ass starring Nicholas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Chloe Moretz makes its hit film debut.
April 22nd, 2010: Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), says that "The situation in Greece requires significant review and concern from [The President]".
April 30th, 2010: Reports of "copy-cat" crimes similar to the film Kick-Ass occur in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 1st, 2010: The 2010 World Expo opens in Shanghai.
May 4th, 2010: After a quite tight election, with a higher turnout than usual, the Conservative party is elected in the UK General Election, with David Cameron as Prime Minister. He has a comfortable majority, though has by no means won by a landslide. What is notable is the popularity of the smaller third parties, primarily the Green Party and BNP.
May 10th, 2010: EU President Herman Von Rompuy once again raises the issue of a European tax to be passed through the European Parliament. British, Polish and Czech leaders are the most critical of the proposal.
May 12th, 2010: Rebels Without Cause have their first gig at a local place that is having open mic night. They do instrumental covers of "I Got A Feelin" by Black Eyed Peas, "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin, "The Good Life" by Three Days Grace, and "Six Gun Quota" by Seether.
May 15th, 2010: The American Troop Surge; 30,000 American Troops are sent into Afghanistan to reinforce the American Forces already stationed there. Former President Jimmy Carter dies in his sleep, at the age of 85.
June 1st, 2010: The "Morning Bloodbath"; 71 American Soldiers are killed in an ambush by Taliban Forces in Afghanistan.
June 9th, 2010: "Mondary Morning Surprise"; Stocks Soar in the American Stock Market, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls it "The death-date of the Recession".
June 14th, 2010: Kim Jong Il dies suddenly in his sleep.
June 20th, 2010: A military junta takes command of the DPRK. Instability begins to rock North Korea.
June 25th, 2010: Claira Roberts graduates from George Washington High School in Seattle, Washington. She privately tells her family that she will be going to law school at Harvard, with the ultimate hopes of going into politics.
June 26th, 2010: Ali Burke, Middle-age Muslim man, is found beaten to death in London.
June 27th, 2010: Jack Layton, of the NDP in Canada, announces he will be stepping down as leader of the party.
June 28th, 2010: Rebels Without Cause gets their second gig at another open mic night, and play mores covers, as before. But this time, they actually sing during their covers, most notable is the voice of the drummer Joshua Blunt.
June 30th, 2010: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo hands over to Benigno Aquino Jr., then is sworn in as Representative for Pampanga-2nd.
Twilight: Eclipse flops at the box office, and receives generally negative reviews.
July 9th, 2010: The beginning of "Third Balkan War"; The Greek Parliament building is destroyed by a car bomb, killing c. 294 people.
July 11th, 2010: Brian Williams (NBC Nightly News) makes his famous "Live from Waziristan" report, in which he interviews soldiers and follows an average day on the Waziristani Front.
July 13th, 2010: The 4th Hellenic Republic is declared in Athens by revolutionaries. Prime Minister George Papanderou travels to Crete as most of the country falls to anti-government forces.
July 16th, 2010: Thessaloniki falls to revolutionaries.
July 17th, 2010: Major riots effect Greek Cyprus, with radical groups calling for Enosis.
July 21st, 2010: NATO officially declares support for the Greek government in Crete.
July 24th, 2010: Turkey threatens intervention in Greece
July 26th, 2010: Turkish Armed Forces move onto border of Greece and prepare for the possibility of operations in Cyprus.
July 27th, 2010: Greek Government in Crete collapsed due to Public Pressure, Greek Prime Minister travels to Cairo, then Brussels.
July 28th, 2010: NATO dispatches forces to Greece, in order to restore order to the nation. The Large Hadron Collider, after numerous false starts, finally comes fully online. Despite everyone's fears, the universe does not implode and the laws of reality are not warped. CERN physicists begin studying the results.
August 1st, 2010: The Serbian Invasion of Kosovo starts.
August 5th, 2010: Police report a rise in vigilante activity in New York City, New York, FOX-TV blames "failed liberal anti-crime policies".
August 7th, 2010: Serbian Forces re-capture Kosovo in a week long war, casualties are estimated at 351 total.
August 9th, 2010: NATO peace keeping forces are sent to Cyprus to prevent any more violence on the Island. Other forces are sent to multiple Aegean Islands that could be contested in the war.
August 10th, 2010: The 4th Hellenic Republic, lead by a coalition of parties, declares the main political parties, New Democracy and Panhellenic Socialist Movement to be banned and all major members to be investigated for corruption.
August 14th, 2010: The first Youth Olympics open in Singapore.
August 18th, 2010: NATO peace keeping forces declare Cyprus under control, as well some major Aegean islands.
August 20th 2010: A video of Rush Limbaugh mooning whilst drunk is uploaded to YouTube. It gains three million hits in 12 hours.
August 21st, 2010: Caroline Kennedy is killed in a car crash in Buffalo, New York.
August 22, 2010: NATO and the European Union both hold meetings on what to do with the Greek situation. Instead, both Germany and France support working with the new government and sending in peace keepers.
August 29th, 2010: Greek community in Albania continues to riot against Albanian government.
August 31st, 2010 : All U.S. combat troops are withdrawn from Iraq. 50,000 troops are stationed to assist in training the Iraqi security forces, so that the nation doesn't fall into chaos.
August 31st, 2010: Greek government complains of unprovoked attacks by Albanian border guards against their own.
September 1st, 2010: Michael Bueton starts his Middle School Career at West Richmond Middle School.
September 2nd, 2010: Bill O'Reilly suffers from a minor heart attack, and is admitted to the hospital.
September 5th, 2010: Bill O'Reilly begins a month long medical leave from hosting the "O'Reilly Factor", Laura Ingram will host the show in his absence.
September 8th, 2010: Hamas/Hezbollah terrorists launch attack outside Jerusalem in an effort to protest the the Israeli construction of the West Bank barrier.
September 18th, 2010: Filmmaker Michael Moore claims that "[President Obama] is 'killing' the nation" by continuing the war in Afghanistan.
September 21st, 2010: Canadian PM Stephen Harper wins a majority government and a third term with 166 of 308 Commons seats.
September 22, 2010: Fallowing the end of the Canadian Federal Election, Jack Layton, of the NDP in Canada, announces he will be stepping down as leader of the party.
September 25th, 2010: World's End, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is released; It recieves excellent reviews and becomes one of the most popular cult films of all time.
Also on this day, China unveils the J-14, supposedly a craft that is equal to or superior than most aircraft fielded by the USAF.
September 29th, 2010: Start of the final STS shuttle mission.
October 2nd, 2010: Meetings between Albania and Macedonia collapse after disagreements over ethnic issues.
October 3rd, 2010: After weeks of disagreement, NATO officially goes with a plan to work with the Current government, send in peace keepers, immediately hold free and democratic elections, and call of Turkey to end its war Immediately.
October 4th, 2010: NATO sends both Serbia and Albania a Ultimatum to stop their war of aggression. It demands they both leave Bosnia & Herzegovina, and that Serbia gets out of Kosovo.
October 9th, 2010: Bulgaria and Romania forces move troops onto the border with Serbia.
October 10th, 2010: The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved. The Dutch government begins debate on their fate.
October 15th 2010: With political backing from the US a counter coup is launched to reinstate Honduran Manuel Zelaya .
October 17th 2010: after several days of fighting the counter coup fails and the democratically elected President of Honduras having been killed by Zelaya supporting revolutionaries is replaced by a five Generals appointed by the Honduran Supreme Court, who will supervise the recohesion of the nation.
October 19-30th, 2010: Bosnia & Herzegovina collapses into chaos; Serbian and Albanian forces move into the collapsing nation, and begin dividing the land up.
October 19th 2010: Manuel Zelaya is Killed by the Honduran military while trying to flee the country.
October 20th 2010: President Obama calls for sanctions against Honduras and calls for the Military Court to step down and allow free election immediately.
October 21st, 2010: General Patreaus advises President Obama to send at least 50,000 more troops to Afghanistan by January 2011.
October 22nd, 2010: Alternate History Author Harry Turtledove announces his new "Kennedy Saga", in which John F. Kennedy survives his Assassination Attempt.
October 24th, 2010: NATO sends a final ultimatum to Albania and Serbia to withdraw from Bosnia & Herzegovina, and for Serbia to withdraw from Kosovo. Fearing a military intervention, Albania announces a withdrawal of troops; Serbia defies the ultimatum, but halts troop movements in Bosnia and Kosovo.
October 25th, 2010: NATO meets in Brussels to deal with Serbia's aggression in Bosnia and Kosovo. A decision is made to perform air strikes on Serbian military positions to pressure Belgrade to withdraw, named Operation Allied Strike.
November 2nd, 2010 : U.S. Midterm Elections;
House of Representatives
Democrats 225 (-31)
Republicans 210 (+31)
Senate
Democratic Holds: California (Barbara Boxer), Connecticut (Richard Blumenthal), Delaware (Beau Biden), Hawaii (Colleen Hanabusa), Illinois (Alexi Giannoulias), Indiana (Evan Bayh), Maryland (Barbara Mikulski), New York C1 (Chuck Schumer), New York C3 (Kirsten Gillibrand), Oregon (Ron Wyden), Pennsylvania (Arlen Specter), Vermont (Patrick Leahy), Washington (Pat Murray), Wisconsin (Russ Feingold)
Democratic Gains: Ohio (Jennifer Brunner)
Republican Holds: Alabama (Richard Shelby), Alaska (Lisa Murkowski), Arizona (John McCain), Florida (Marco Rubio), Georgia (Johnny Isakson), Idaho (Mike Crapo), Iowa (Chuck Grassley), Kansas (Jerry Moran), Kentucky (Rand Paul), Louisiana (David Vitter), Missouri (Roy Blunt), New Hampshire (Kelly Ayotte), North Carolina (Richard Burr), Oklahoma (Tom Coburn), South Carolina (Paul Thurmond), South Dakota (John Thune), Utah (Bob Bennett)
Republican Gains: Arkansas (John Boozman), Colorado (Jane Norton), Nevada (Susan Lowden), North Dakota (John Hoeven)
Democrats 54 (-5) *incl. 2 Independents
Republicans 46 (+5)
The California governor's race ends in a tie between former Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and former eBay CEO Margaret "Meg" Whitman (R), 49-49. Both Brown and Whitman appeal for a recount of the votes, and thus begins the longest recount in the state's history.
November 2nd-8th, 2010: Operation Allied Strike; NATO aircraft from bases in Italy and USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Adriatic launch air strikes at Serbian military positions in eastern Bosnia and Kosovo. After six days of heavy losses (approx. 620 dead), Serbia finally agrees to withdraw from Bosnia and Kosovo, fearing further NATO intervention if it continued to defy the ultimatum.
November 7th, 2010: Tiger Woods announces that he will return to the PGA Tour in early 2012.
November 9th, 2010: Stephen King releases his new Dark Tower book.
November 11th, 2010: Treaty of Pristina; The Balkan War of 2010 officially comes to a close with Albania and Serbia withdrawing forces from Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo. Serbia is forced to recognize the independence of Kosovo. NATO peacekeepers are sent into Bosnia & Herzegovina to reestablish the government and prevent another crisis, as well as Kosovo to deter future Serbian aggression.
November 14th, 2010: Peru, with Russian aid, launches its first nanosatellite. Also on this day, GM unveils the 2011 Hywire Hybrid Car.
November 20th, 2010: Half Life 2: Episode 3 is finally released, and is given good reviews all around, and even scores a 95 on "Metacritic". Also included is Portal 2, which recieves good reviews aswell.
November 29th-December 10th, 2010: Conservative leaders launch protests outside the UN Conference on Climate Change in Mexico City, claiming that the efforts will stifle American growth....
November 30th, 2010 : The much-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner enters commercial service with All Nippon Airways (ANA).
December 1st, 2010: Valve Inc. announces that it has begun talking with Quentin Tarantino to produce a film version of Left 4 Dead.
December 3rd, 2010 : The results for the recount of California's hotly contested gubernatorial election ends in Meg Whitman winning over Jerry Brown, by a margin of 2,647 votes. Whitman is the first woman to be elected governor in California's history.
December 4th, 2010: Each of the five islands in the former Netherlands Antilles - Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustasius, and Sint Maarten - is given statehood in the Netherlands. This act prompts Puerto Ricans to ask Washington "Well?"
December 29th, 2010: A new season of Pawn Stars (The History Channel) begins airing.
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January 1st, 2011: Estonia adopts the euro.
January 2nd, 2011: After months of speculation and competition, the NDP of Canada makes Paul W. Dewar the new leader of the NDP. In his first speech as party leader, Dewar promises to fight for "Better education, better health care, and greater economic growth for all Canadians everywhere."
Jan. 10th, 2011: Gov. Tim Pawlenty announces his candidacy.
January 14th, 2011: Southern Sudan votes for independence.
January 20th, 2011: Vince Offer, better known as the "Shamwow Guy", dies from a drug overdose
January 27th, 2011: The previous Greek government is formally re-established in Athens by NATO, and new elections are called to rein in a new democratic government.
February 2nd, 2011 : Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declares his candidacy for the 2012 Republican nomination.
A large group of Somali mercenaries show up in the capital of Somaliland, and there is a massacre of the entire government.
February 3rd, 2011: The final arrangements are made, and the first Dark Tower movie has begun filming. Russell Crowe stars as Roland the Gunslinger, with Edward Norton rumored to star as Eddie, Johnny Depp as the Man In Black, and a new actor, Dick Walters, will play as Jake. Other acting parts are unconfirmed.
February 3rd-5th, 2011: Mercenaries group destroy any and all attempts to retain stability, and Somaliland destabilizes just like it's neighbor to the south.
February 6th, 2011 : Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces her intention to seek the 2012 Republican nomination.
Feb. 10th, 2011: Gov. Bobby Jindal announces he will not seek the GOP nomination in 2012, nor will he accept the vice-presidency "under any circumstances."
March 7th, 2011: Pirate raids have picked up with the destabilization of Somaliland, and a secret meeting is held in Delhi between multiple diplomats to discuss the Somali situation.
March 13th, 2011 : The Boeing 787-9, the largest variant of the Dreamliner family, takes its maiden flight.
March 15th, 2011: A coalition of forces made up of Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen, India, Australia, Canada, Britain, France, and America invade Somali with a force of 20,000 troops invade Somalia.
March 18th, 2011: MESSENGER arrives at Mercury.
March 20th, 2011: Organized resistance in Somalia is ripped to pieces, ending the Battle of Somalia. Now all that remains is the insurgency.
March 25th, 2011: In the wake of criticism over more foreign wars, President Obama declares that the USA will pull out of Somalia by mid-2012, so that the AU can do most of the work.
April 9th, 2011: Pakistan launches its first satellite.
June 22nd, 2011: US Airways implements the infamous "potty fee", charging passengers a small fee to use the lavatories. The move does not go over well with customers, and is repealed by the end of summer.
July 12th, 2011 : The Department of Labor releases its monthly jobs report, indicating that unemployment in the U.S. has dropped to 8.2%. President Obama declares the announcement as the "end of the recession", and his approval rating rises from 54% to 59%.
July 15th, 2011: Barack Obama narrowly avoids assassination in Munich, Germany, when an unkown assailent fires 3 shots off towards the speaking pedestal.
July 19th, 2011: The First Dark Tower movie, called The Gunslinger, is released in theaters in America, Europe, Japan, and Australia. It is a box office hit, and the next Dark Tower movie is already underway.
July 23rd, 2011: The potential assassin of the President of the United States is revealed to be Elias Malaki, an 55 year old German man suffering from Post Mortem Depression and clinical Paranoia.
August 4th, 2011: Romania and Bulgaria enter the Schengen Agreement.
September 11th, 2011: The September 11th Memorial and Museum open, with a ceremony lead by President Obama and former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush. Despite some fears, a terrorist attack does not occur.
September 16th, 2011 : President Obama announces that in response to decreased violence in Afghanistan thanks to the 2009 troop surge, he will begin a phased withdrawal of troops, to be completed by 2014, and maintain a force of 5,000 to be permanently stationed on bases in the nation to help preserve the peace.
October 1st, 2011: Former Republican Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, declares his candidacy for the Republican Nomination for President.
October 3rd, 2011 : The new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport officially opens for business, and Berlin Tegel is closed in correspondence.
November 7th, 2011: Former Republican Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, declares his candidacy for the Republican Nomination for President.
December 7th, 2011: House Speaker Gloria Arroyo is elected Prime Minister of the Philippines following the October 2011 Constitutional Convention and the November 30 federal election. A disgraced President Aquino resigns, Vice President Roxas is sworn in. Foreign journalists call this "Putin/Medvedev, Pacific".
December 31st, 2011: Freedom Tower is completed in New York City.
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January 3rd, 2012 : Sam Brownback edges out Mitt Romney 33-29 in the Iowa GOP primary. Tim Pawlenty comes in a close third, while Sarah Palin comes in fourth. Newt Gingrich comes in a distant fifth, and drops put soon after.
January 10th, 2012 : Mitt Romney wins the New Hampshire primary over Sam Brownback, Tim Pawlenty, and Sarah Palin. Pawlenty drops out and endorses Romney.
January 13th, 2012: The first Youth Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck.
February 7th, 2012 : Mitt Romney sweeps the Super Tuesday primaries, despite Brownback's impressive campaign. Brownback concedes and endorses Romney, while Palin stubbornly vows to continue on, although she eventually drops out a few weeks later.
February 9th, 2012: Russian PM Vladimir Putin is elected for a third term as President, Medvedev is appointed PM.
March 5th, 2012 : The groundbreaking ceremony for the future Transbay Terminal in San Francisco is attended by President Obama and Gov. Meg Whitman (R-CA). Construction on the California High Speed Rail system is expected to begin within the following months, with a target date of January 2019.
March 7th, 2012: Terrance Kane, future POTUS, is born on this date in Providence, Rhode Island.
March 29th, 2012: Vice President Joe Biden announces that he has been diagnosed with cancer of the liver, and makes his decision to resign as Vice President, in order to receive chemotherapy with his family.
April 1st, 2012: Joe Biden officially resigns as Vice President, in order to deal with his liver cancer. President Obama states that he regrets Biden resigning, but expresses his condolences to the Biden family.
April 17th, 2012: The United States cedes military control back to South Korea, which is considering launching a police action to deal with North Korea.
May 17th, 2012: Blockbuster once again shuts down multiple scores to compensate for it's revenue being less than it's expenses.
June 7th, 2012: A video is leaked on to YouTube showing a severely brutal crackdown on Green Movement protesters in the streets of Tehran by Basij paramilitary forces. The crackdown is widely condemned by the international community, but the Iranian government simply dismisses the condemnations and claims the protests were encouraged by the U.S. and U.K.
July 4th, 2012: Kick-Ass II makes its debut, starring Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Chloe Moretz reprising their roles.
July 27th, 2012: The 2012 Summer Olympics open in London.
August 12th, 2012: The 2012 Olympics close, with the UK, India, and South Africa in the lead.
August 15th, 2012: President Obama announces that former Virginia Governor and current Democratic Party Chairman, Tim Kaine, will be his running mate.
August 22nd, 2012 : Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney announces that his running mate will be former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in an effort to please the disgruntled conservative wing of the party.
September 21st, 2012: The last American withdrawal from Somalia. By 2015, most of the coalition will have done so as well, leaving Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa to do the occupying. Regardless, a few American bases will remain within the country for the next three decades.
October 21st, 2012: Left 4 Dead, a movie adaptation based upon the zombie shooter game of the same name, is released in U.S. Theaters. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, and starring Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, and newcomers Rob Donovan and Onasi Zachari quickly becomes one of the highest grossing movies of the year, and becomes revered as one of the greatest cult classics of all time.
November 6th, 2012 : President Barack Obama (D) is reelected with his new running mate Tim Kaine, defeating the Romney/Gingrich ticket (R).
November 19th, 2012: The second Dark Tower movie, Drawing of the Three, is released in the same places as the first movie, and is an even greater hit than the previous movie. Dick Walters, Russell Crowe, Edward Norton, and Johnny Depp return to their previous roles, and Halle Berry joins the crew as Susannah.
December 21st, 2012: The Earth continues existing. Doomsayers are disappointed.
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January 1st, 2013: The Gulf Cooperation Council adopts a single currency, the Gulf dinar.
Iceland is officially integrated into the European Union.
January 17th, 2013: EU-wide driver's licences are adopted.
February 5th, 2013 : After several delays, mainly due to weight issues, the Boeing 787-9 enters commercial service with Air New Zealand.
February 11, 2013- President Pratibha Patil is assassinated in Dehli, India, sparking tensions between Indian and Pakistani governments.
February 13th, 2013: Chinese Spy Scandal; Chinese government claims "espionage" after several representatives of Google are caught campaigning for Internet rights in Shanghai.
February 18th, 2013: Police in Albany, New York arrest "Captain C***" after attempting to stop a domestic dispute.
March 25th, 2013: Negotiations between Iran, United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China break down after the Iranian delegation walks out. Iran continually refused to outsource its uranium enrichment, despite the threat of further economic sanctions and continuing Green Movement protests.
May 21st, 2013: When Nate Mendell passes out during a Foo Fighters concert, Garret Shankel, bassist of Rebels Without Cause, goes up on stage (coming from the audience) and finishes the concert with the band. This ends up giving them a lot of publicity.
May 30th, 2013: The various members of Rebels Without Cause finish High School together.
June 11th, 2013: The East Africa Union referendum fails, as Tanzania votes "Nay", causing the smaller nations to fear any resulting federation would be dominated from Nairobi. A new referendum is set for August 17th, 2020.
June 15th, 2013: Rebels Without Cause are invited to a studio by a few producers in WMG, and they accept. While there they record demos for what will later become their first album. They record "You Attention Whores", "Like Everyone Else", and "Be With My Friends".
June 30th, 2013: Rebels Without Cause sign their first record deal, with WMG.
July 26th, 2013: Raul Castro announces a political purge against "counter-revolutionaries" in Havana, Cuba....
July 27th, 2013: U.S. troops begin their withdrawal from Iraq, after security agreements established with the Iraqi government along with Israel, Turkey, and NATO allies.
July 29th, 2013: The International Olympics Committee announces that the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Minneapolis.
August 11th, 2013: Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran gives the formal blessing of allowing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to remain in office, despite the Iranian Constitution mandating a two-term presidency.
August 14th, 2013: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that the Iranian nuclear program will resume at "full force", following the collapse of negotiations in March 2013 with the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China over suspending its nuclear program.
Ahmadinejad also announces a nationwide crackdown targeted at Green Movement leaders, including 2009 presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, despite him being relatively out of the public spotlight since 2010.
August 19th, 2013: The various sessions are finished being mixed, and are put together in an album called "Liberation Front". It is set to sell around Thanksgiving season.
September 1st, 2013: Michael Bueton begins attending West Richmond High School.
October 11th, 2013: After three years of planning and construction,
Orion I (unmanned) takes off from Cape Canaveral, marking the official start of Project Constellation.
November 11th, 2013: After over a decade of delays, George R.R. Martin's "A Dance of Dragons" is finally released in bookstores.
November 20th, 2013: "Liberation Front", an album by Rebels Without Cause, is released.
September 27th, 2013: Two days after celebrating their 20th birthday, William Davis, an Aerospace Engineering student from Texas, after finishing his sophomore year in college, moves from Texas to Britain and signs up for the Royal Marines on the 30th.
October 19th, 2013: The third Dark Tower movie, The Wastelands, is released in the same places as usual. While still a hit, it receives less money than the first and second movies. It wasn't received well in Europe and Japan, but was a hit everywhere else.
November 5th, 2013 : New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) loses reelection to Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) in a hotly contested race, 52% to 48%.
December 30th, 2013: Liberation Front is a hit, and has sold over 150,000 copies so far.
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January 1st, 2014: Romania and Bulgaria adopt the Euro.
January 12th, 2014: Using the money gained from Liberation Front, the various members of Rebels Without Cause disband and go to various colleges.
February 7th, 2014: 2014 Winter Olympics open in Sochi, Russia.
Proposition 9 is added to November ballot in California. If passed, the proposal would repeal the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marraige in the state, effectively overturning the infamous Proposition 8.
March 1st, 2014: Washington D.C., lone gunman fires AK-47 near the White House in Washington D.C., sparking national attention.
March 17th, 2014: A man from a small town in Wisconsin, named Harold Farley, begins the "Lets Be Like Christ" (LBLC) Movement, a pacifistic Christian movement, and in comparison to many supposed Christian far right groups in the Republican party.
February 23rd, 2014: The 2014 Winter Olympics conclude with the United States, Canada, and dark horse Peru in the lead.
April 7th, 2014: NASA launches Orion II, the first manned Orion mission, to test the new Ares I booster and dock with the ISS. A lunar landing for 2019 is announced.
April 17th, 2014: Batman: Dark Vengeance is released in theaters. Though for the most part it is viewed as a good movie (David Tennent's portrayal of the Riddler being the most well remembered) the movie falls short of its predecessors. Ironically, Bale's own portrayal of the Caped Crusader had gone from "original" to "same old, same old," and is viewed as the weak link.
April 22nd, 2014: U.S. Senate begins investigative hearings into the influence of comic-books on vigilante activity in Washington D.C.,.
May 4th, 2014 : In a stunning move in an interview with CNN's John King, former V.P. Dick Cheney expresses his support of California's Proposition 9. He famously states "marriage is for everyone", which quickly becomes a focal point for the Yes on 9 campaign.
May 24th, 2014: Leftist government seizes power in Guatemala, backed by Venezuela and Cuba.
October 6th, 2014: Ayatollah Khamenei suffers a fatal heart attack while leading a mass prayer service at a Tehran mosque.
October 17th, 2014: Masdar City is completed.
November 4th, 2014 : California Gov. Meg Whitman (R) wins reelection over former SF mayor Gavin Newsom (D) 53-47. During the campaign, she emphasized her success on lifting the California economy from the brink of collapse thanks to drastic, but necessary cuts to jobs and government spending.
Proposition 9, the ballot measure intended to repeal Proposition 8 of 2008, passes with 51% of the vote. Many gay rights groups hail the passage as a "victory for equality", while conservative groups and churches call it "an attack against God."
December 21st, 2014 : Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denies rumors that she will run in 2016, stating that her "time has passed".
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January 7th, 2015 : Vice President Tim Kaine declares his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in 2016.
January 8th, 2015 : Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in 2016.
January 11th, 2015 : Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces that he will seek the 2016 Republican nomination in a CNN interview.
February 15th, 2015 : Maine Sen. Susan Collins announces that she will seek the GOP nomination in 2016.
February 17th, 2015: South Dakota Senator John Thune declares his candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination for President. He is quickly labeled as an underdog candidate, due to his relative national obscurity.
February 28th, 2015: Gods of Carnage starring James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, and Marcia Gay Harden makes its hit debut.
March 14th, 2015: Warner Brothers anounces a reboot to the Superman movie franchise, titled "Last Son" will be released in Summer 2017, and will take place in the same continuity as Nolan's Batman movies and the soon to be released Justice League movie. Details are otherwise scarce.
March 29th, 2015: Stephen Colbert announces that he will run for President, as a theme for The Colbert Report.
April 9th, 2015: Christian Coalition leaders call for greater regulation of the storylines and content of comic books, during hearings in Washington D.C.,
May 6th, 2015: Atlas Shrugged starring Russell Crowe, Brad Pitt, Anne Hathaway, and Angelina Jolie, makes its hit debut.
May 20th, 2015: A little over a year after LBLC began, it covers the entirety of Wisconsin, but not all Christians join the movement, despite the LBLC movement primarily basing it's platform in scripture alone, which leads to the following.
June 19th, 2015: After a brief hiatus, the Wizard and Glass movie is released, with Jennifer Hudson replacing Halle Berry in the role of Susannah, and Nathan Walters (younger brother of Dick) will be taking the role of Jake. Through the use of clever camera angles, CGI, and make-up, most people do not realize that two actors have been replaced until the credits roll. Either way, the fourth Dark Tower movie receives about the same amount of money that the first movie did.
July 14th, 2015: The first image of Pluto and it's moon Charon are taken by the New Horizons probe; Nix and Hydra are also pictured.
July 17th, 2015: The IOC announces that Queenstown, New Zealand, will host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
August 14th, 2015: The ESA launches Darwin, which will search for Earth-like extrasolar planets.
November 22nd, 2015: Into the Woods musical film starring Anne Hathaway, Robin Williams, and Susan Sarandon
December 11th, 2015: New Songdo City is completed in South Korea.
December 16th, 2015: Meghan McCain announces that she will seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by her father, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
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February 9th, 2016 : In a surprising upset on Super Tuesday, South Dakota Sen. John Thune sweeps a majority of the primaries, overwhelming early frontrunner Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. Santorum becomes the presumptive GOP nominee within the next few weeks.
V.P. Tim Kaine sweeps the Super Tuesday primaries, becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee.
April 14th, 2016: The LBLC, now a strong force in the American Midwest, officially endorses the Gay Marriage bill currently running through Congress, and this final push allows it to be passed.
April 17th, 2016: Gay marriage is now legal across the entire United States. This is considered one of Obama's biggest victories while in office.
May 2nd, 2016: V.P. Tim Kaine (D-VA) applauds President Obama's signing of the American Marriage Equality Act, while Republican nominee Sen. John Thune (R-SD) condemns the legislation as "an attack on American family values."
May 28th, 2016: Claira Roberts Graduates from Harvard with a degree in Law. She joins a law firm located in Seattle, which specializes in cases involving Empolyment and Labour issues. At 24 she is the youngest lawyer at her firm, but soon manages to gain a reputation for success.
June 7th, 2016: Batman: Gotham Crusaders is released, starring Christian Bale as Wayne, and Dick Walters (the first of two Jakes in the Dark Tower movie series) co-stars as Timothy Drake, a 19 year old delinquent who blackmails Wayne to pay for his father's debts to the mob. The movie ends with Wayne breaking his back, and Drake is forced to take up the mantel as the movie ends.
August 5th, 2016: The 2016 Summer Olympics open in Rio de Janeiro.
August 10th, 2016: Terrance Kane's mother decides to send her son to school earlier than most children after he exhibits a higher than average level of intelligence.
August 19th, 2016 : Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the GOP nominee, announces that his running mate will be Sen. Paul Thurmond (R-SC), the son of the legendary Sen. Strom Thurmond.
August 21st, 2016: The 2016 Olympics close, with Ireland, Brazil, and Spain in the lead.
August 22nd, 2016 : V.P. Tim Kaine (D-VA), the Democratic nominee, announces that his running mate will be former Commerce Secretary and Gov. Gary Locke (D-WA). Locke is the first Asian-American to be nominated for the vice presidential slot of both parties.
September 19th, 2016: The fifth Dark Tower movie, Wind Through the Keyhole, is released in theaters, and brings in more money than the first movie but less than the third.
November 1st, 2016 - Firearms Control Act of 2016 passed by the Parliament in London, England, amidst concerns of rising crime.
November 8th, 2016 : The Democratic ticket of Kaine/Locke is elected over the GOP ticket of Thune/Thurmond. Kaine receives 52% of the popular vote to Thune's 47%.
Meghan McCain (R) wins the Arizona Senate race 51-49, after a brutal campaign battle against former Gov. Janet Napolitano (D).
December 2nd, 2016: ITER, an experiment to test the feasiblity of fusion power, comes online.
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January 2nd, 2017: Historian and political scientist D.E. Thornsburg's first non-fiction book comes out, titled Hope and Change: The Presidency Of Barack H. Obama. It becomes a best-seller, and send Thornburg to the top of the American political scene.
February 7th, 2017: Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to cut natural gas shipments to the Ukraine in response to recent disputes over pipeline agreements and warming of relations with the EU.
February 15th, 2017: China launches its first lunar probe.
March 25th, 2017: Treaty of Rome; European Union (EU) begin talks to establish a European Federation in Rome, Italy.
April 13, 2017: Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 93 in Kennebunkport, Maine.
April 21st, 2017: U.S. Justice Department announces a crackdown on "unlicensed viglante activity", during a press conference in Washington D.C.,.
May 7th, 2017: Construction begins on several "spaceports" to accomadate the new spaceplanes. Some, like Miami International, Heathrow, and GHW Bush Airport, are expansions of existing airports. Others, like Goddard Spaceport in Tuscon, Arizona, are new constructions.
May 10th, 2017: Narcotrafficante launch an abortive coup attempt in Bogota, Colombia. Many leftist leaders claim "an American coup attempt".
June 7th, 2017: Michael Bueton graduates from High School.
July 3rd, 2017: U.S. government announces the final withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, sparking civil unrest and violence.
July 16th, 2017: Superman: Last Son is released. Though it differs from continuity in several areas (not the least of which is Krypton being destroyed by main villain Darkseid), many fans say it help make the story more relateable, an it becomes the highest-grossing movie of the year.
August 5th, 2017: Michael Bueton is accepted into MIT.
October 1st, 2017: Conservative Talk Radio host Rush Limbaugh dies of natural causes.
October 3rd, 2017: South Korea launches its first satellite.
October 22nd, 2017: Presidential elections under UN observation in Port-au-Prince, signal political and economic reforms for the region.
November 7th, 2017 : New Jersey Gov. Cory Booker (D) is re-elected in a landslide due to his popularity from successful urban redevelopment policies and weeding out corruption in the state government.
November 17th, 2017 : Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) announces that she will not seek re-election, preferring to retire in her old age.
November 19th, 2017: Wolves of the Calla is released, with an elderly James Cromwell playing as Father Callahan. It tops the box office in two weeks.
December 1st, 2017 : George P. Bush, the nephew of former President Bush and son of Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL), declares his candidacy for Hutchinson's Senate seat. He runs as a Republican candidate.
December 7th, 2017: William Davis is admitted to a psychiatric ward in London after apparently suffering delusions. This comes just one week after he is released from the Royal Marines.
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January 1st, 2018: Incandescent lightbulbs are completely phased out of production and replaced by more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs).
January 2nd, 2018: Chinese officials announce a "Third Revolution" , with the emergence of China as the second largest economy on Earth.
January 9th-22nd, 2018: The 2018 Winter Olympics are held in Munich Germany, with the United States, Germany, and South Africa in the lead.
January 11th, 2018: Honda introduces its first full-electric car, the Dragonfly, at the Detroit Auto Show.
January 18th, 2018: T-Mobile announces "Captain Cellular" during a press conference in Los Angeles, California, in an attempt to tap into the "urban culture".
March 4th, 2018: Former vice president Dick Cheney passes away in Washington, D.C. from a massive heart attack.
May 1st, 2018: China retires the One Child policy.
May 4th, 2018: Captain Metropolis becomes the "local hero" of Seattle, Washington after appearing at several police functions.
May 6th, 2018 : The new Transbay Terminal in San Francisco is officially opened 6 months ahead of schedule. Caltrain operates the first train out of the new station, bound for San Jose.
June 3rd, 2018: The members of Rebels Without Cause meet again in San Antonio, Texas. They rejoin and sign a record deal with Universal Music Group to record their second album, "Abridged Thoughts".
June 18th, 2018: William Davis reveals to his physician that he hasn't been taking his medicine for a month, and reveals that he has overcome his delusions through constantly working on designs for various space ships.
June 23rd, 2018: Mt. Hood in the Cascades Range erupts unexpectedly and violently, in a manner similar to Mt. Saint Helens in 1980. Approximately 120 people fall victim and ash falls over much of the Pacific Northwest.
June 25th, 2018: Sudan's government grants de facto independence to Darfur, preferring to focus on modernizing it's own territory than continue prolonged hostilities with the native populace.
June 27th, 2018: One of Davis' designs ends up at the ESA after it is discovered that it has serious potential. Davis gets a scholarship to complete his Aerospace Engineering degree at Cambridge, which he accepts.
July 5th, 2018: First recording sessions for "Abridged Thoughts" is done, and "Jump off the Bridge", "Standing on the Edge", and "Just Want Me For My Body" are all recorded.
July 14th, 2018: Second recording session for "Abridged Thoughts", where "Name It George", "Popo", "Ran Real Fast", and "Access" are recorded.
July 29th, 2018: Third recording session for "Abridged Thoughts", and these songs are recorded: "The Cool Man", "Of Mushrooms and Turtles", "Verona Times", and "Khan and the Wall" are recorded.
August 1st, 2018: AT&T announces plans to purchase wireless rival Sprint-Nextel.
August 7th, 2018: Mt. Kilimanjaro is discovered to be partially active by geologists.
October 31st, 2018: The second Rebels Without Cause album, "Abridged Thinking" (name was changed), is released.
November 6th, 2018 : The GOP retakes control of the House of Representatives, after the Democrats narrowly captured it on President Kaine's coattails in the 2016 elections. Democrats narrowly hold the Senate with 51 seats to the Republicans' 49.
Republican candidate George P. Bush wins the Texas Senate seat held by outgoing Sen. Hutchinson.
November 20, 2018: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper resigns and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Jason Kenney.
December 10th, 2018: Collapse of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), amidst concerns of "American hegemony".
December 19th, 2018: Song of Susannah is released, and is also a hit.
December 30th, 2018: "Abridged Thinking" has sold over 500,000 copies, and is eventually considered a classic album.
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January 1st, 2019 : Democratic government elected in Havana, Cuba, sparking international attention.
January 2nd, 2019: Las Vegas' Ivanpah Valley Airport is officially opened after two years of delays. The airport is planned to gradually phase out the capacity-strained McCarran International Airport by 2027.
January 5th, 2019: Nandigram Riots; Leftist guerillas in West Bengal demand further financial reforms as the unemployment rate continues to rise in the rural provinces.
January 7th, 2019 : The California High Speed Rail system is officially opened to the public, operating between San Francisco and Los Angeles at speeds of 200 mph. Initial ridership figures are higher than expected, with President Kaine calling the system "a symbol of America's future".
January 13th, 2019 : Outgoing California Gov. Meg Whitman (R) announces that she will not seek the Republican nomination in 2020, but states that she is "open to possibilities" of being offered the V.P. slot on the GOP ticket.
January 29th, 2019: Ex-Beatle and mucisian Paul Mcartney passes away at the age of 76, thus making the last surviving Beatle Ringo Star.
April 19, 2019 - President Hamid Ansari is assassinated in Mumbai, India, sparking concerns of border conflict between India and Pakistan.
June 10th, 2019: Riots erupt in Glen Shiel, Scotland, calling for greater Scottish autonomy.
June 19th, 2019: The "Sons of Liberty" American activist group is founded by Rod Banker.
June 28th, 2019: Panama announces its alliance with Venezuela and Cuba via the Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA) in Panama City, Panama.
July 23rd, 2019: Orion XIII lands on the Moon, 50 years after Apollo XI.
August 14th, 2019: "Superhero Fight" single by the Thrashers makes its hit musical debut in Los Angeles, California.
October 19th, 2019: "My Superhero" single by Rossana makes its hit musical debut in San Francisco, California.
August 23rd, 2019: Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) announces the beginning of "peace-keeping" operations in the Persian Gulf.
December 25th, 2019: The LBLC movement holds a large Christmas Party in Topeka, Kansas. It is now a large force in the Central United States.
December 18th, 2019: In the ESA, construction begins on the "Davis Design" for a manned Mars spaceship. While initially a happy day, it ends badly when Davis ends up being returned to the psychiatric ward after Davis suffers from new delusions.
December 31st, 2019 : A 7.7 earthquake rips along the San Andreas Fault in California in the late afternoon. San Francisco takes a direct hit from the shock waves, and suffers devastating damage. The Central Valley is also hit hard, with parts of the California Aqueduct heavily damaged.