4.5 BYA.... Earth Forms, a planet/asteroid the size of Mars crashes into Earth, forming the moon.
65 MYA... Under mysterious circumstances the Dinosaurs become extinct. Most likely result of asteroid impact and supervolcanic eruptions
18,000 BCE.... The Last Great Ice Age recedes, leaving room for Humanity to spread.
C. 3,000 BCE... First sophisticated societies appear. Ancient Egypt and China most prominent.
C. 4 CE... Jesus Christ is born
C. 33 CE.. Jesus Christ is crucified
C. 4th Century CE... Roman Empire divided into West and Eastern Roman Empires. Barbarians sack West Rome
498 CE... Fall of Roman Empire..
C.14th Century CE... Black Plague ravages Eurasia.
15th Century...Renaissance and Age of Exploration.
1492... Genoese Explorer Christopher Columbus lands on an uncharted Island. Names it Hispanola.
1500... New World Proclaimed.
1774-83... American Revolutionary War. 13 Colonies become independent from British Empire.
1789-99... French Revolutionary War topples French Monarchy.
1799... Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of France.
1800-15... Napoleonic Wars waged across Europe.
C.1851... Industrial Revolution begins.
1861-65... American Civil War.
1870-1... Franco-Prussian War sees creation of German Empire.
1904-5... Russo-Japanese War
1912... RMS Titanic strikes iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks, killing over 1,500 people.
1914-9... First World War
1918-23.. Second Russian Civil War
1919.... Treaty of Versailles signed.
1922... Benito Mussolini becomes dictator of Italy
1923... Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.,) established.
1929.. New York Stock Exchange crashes. International crisis.
1933-4... Adolf Hitler rises to power as Führer of the German Reich
1936-9... Hitler expands Germany's borders
1939-45.. Second World War
1948-91... Cold War between U.S.A. and Soviet Union
1950-3.. Korean War.
1945-54... Indochinese Revolution
1964-73.. Vietnam War
1978-89... Afghan-Soviet War
1989.. Reunification of Germany, fall of Warsaw Pact
1991.. U.S.S.R. Collapses, First Gulf War
2001.. Terrorist attacks of September 11th
2002-15... Afghan War
2003... Second Gulf War
2003-10.. Iraq War
2008... Barack Obama elected president of the United States
2013... Extraterrestrial spaceships sighted near Saturn. Vessels traveling at low speed. Could reach Earth by 2020.
2016.. Donald Trump elected POTUS
2017... Donald Trump impeached. Vice President Mike Pence becomes POTUS
2019... Mike Pence resigns. Paul Ryan becomes POTUS.
2020... Extraterrestrial craft arrive near Earth and begin to orbit...
ATTENTION ALL UNITS! CODE RED, I REPEAT, CODE RED! THE UNITED STATES IS UNDER ATTACK, I REPEAT WE ARE UNDER ATTAC-*explosion, static*
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400 Hours: The Sixteen Day War
Science FictionIn 2013, we saw them.. They must have seen us a long time before, though... 7 years later, they entered an 18 hour polar orbit around our planet. At approximately 12:31 GMT, the first reports of attacks came from Eurasia... At 7:35 EST, the first at...
