Age of Heroes - Part 6
July 28, 1979
Evel Knievel debuts a new show, which showcases metahumans and their powers...
August 1, 1979
Leonard Small is recruited into Australia's fledgling Metahuman Reaction Force.
August 2, 1979
African-American metahumans in New Orleans begin to inconvenience the KKK “citizens patrols”.
August 6, 1979:
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by the vampire band Bauhaus, makes its hit debut in London, England, sparking national controversy,....
September 1, 1979
In Independence, Missouri, Flora Green, a high school senior, discovers she has telekinetic abilities.
October 15, 1979:
Meta-organism locusts devastate crops throughout New South Wales, Australia, triggering famine conditions in the region,...
October 20, 1979
The Australian Government begins to deal with the crop crisis in New South Wales. Prime Minister Fraser announces that food surpluses in the other states and territories will make up for any shortfall.
October 21, 1979
The New Zealand Government announces that surplus food in New Zealand will be used to make up for any shortfall in Australia.
October 30-November 1, 1979:
Vampires terrorise residents of Detroit, Michigan proclaiming "Devil's Night", sparking national attention,....
November 3, 1979:
Self-proclaimed white vigilantes murder 5 Communist protesters in Greensboro, North Carolina, shocking Americans nationwide,...
November 4, 1979:
President Jimmy Carter establishes the "Psi Corps" under Green Beret Colonel Joseph McMoneagle, utlizing a special unit of psychics,...
December 27, 1979:
Soviet Spetsnaz guerrillas kill suspected Afghan metahumans as a first strike option in Kabul, Afghanistan,....
January 8, 1980:
Police go on strike in Santa Barbara, California, causing the rise of vigilantes in the area, African-American leaders including Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley condemns the development as "inviting violence into the area..."
January 25, 1980
George Castillo, the mayor of Billings, Montana, was accused of having hidden meta abilities and using it to increase his political power.
February 16, 1980:
Vampire Ian Curtis takes the rock music scene by storm, sparking international attention and concern,.....
February 21, 1980:
"Hero Fights" become popular as Vince McMahon secures cable television rights to televised matches in New York City, New York,...
March 3, 1980:
That's Incredible (ABC-TV) hosted by Cathy Lee Crosby and John Davidson makes its hit debut, displaying mutant abilities,...
March 22, 1980:
Alien monoliths 100 meters high appear in Elbert County, Georgia detailing specific tasks demanded of humanity in binary code, Latin, French, English, German, Spanish, Swahili, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian,...
* Maintain the global population is kept at c. 500 million, ...
* Guide reproduction wisely,...
* Establish fair laws and just courts,...
* Don't become a cancer to the ecosystem and the solar system,...
March 26-28, 1980:
Members of the American Agriculture Movement (AAM) led by James Wickstrom and Bill Gale lead a 3-day session in Weskan, Kansas into how to use firearms,...
April 22, 1980:
White vigilantes kill 4 African-Americans in Chattanooga, Tennessee, fueling concerns about the danger posed by vigilantes,...
April 25, 1980:
Operation Eagle Claw; Psi Corps officials free American hostages in Tehran, Iran, demonstrating the value of paranormal forces,...
May 5, 1980
In Mackay, Queensland, Wayne Roberts, a mechanic apprentice, discovers that his skin is flameproof...
June 13, 1980:
Israeli Mossad kills an Egyptian genetics professor, in an effort to prevent the buildup of Arab metahumans in the region,...
July 8, 1980
In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Allan Price, a mechanics apprentice suddenly find that his skin can temporarily become like metal.
August 1, 1980
The KKK withdraws their “citizen patrols” from New Orleans.
August 17, 1980:
3 people killed by meta-organism dingos to Ayers Rock (a.k.a. "Uluru"), Australia, triggering anti-meta sentiment nationwide,...
September 6, 1980:
Bill Gale begins broadcasting messages from Topeka, Kansas. About how "Christian patriots" need to defend American streets, supporting vigilantes as a "Second Amendment issue",...
October 5, 1980
In Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Albert Roberts, a meta from Darwin, begins helping the disadvantaged indigenous community in the town.
November 8, 1980
In Mount Gambier, South Australia, Astrid Stein, a secretary, discovers that she has super-acute hearing, as well as precognitive abilities...
November 11, 1980:
Psychologist Fredric Wertham is proclaimed "vindicated" by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) for his writings that youth were being "psychologically damaged" by the pop culture promotion of superheroes,...
December 4, 1980:
The Winter Purge; Soviet officials launch a massive purge of the Communist Party ranks using psychics as means to weed out potential betrayal, among those killed is Mikhail Gorbachev....
December 5, 1980
As the first generation of Orlandos begin to age, people note that many of them choose different forms of gender expressions. Some choose to wear gender neutral clothes in either form, others choose to wear both traditionally masculine and feminine clothing in either form, others wear very feminine clothing in their female forms and masculine clothing in their male forms, and some even reverse this. The Orlandos, despite some fears of a "hivemind", seem to not be a Monolith.
December 8, 1980:
Singer John Lennon survives a shooting by Mark David Chapman in Central Park in New York City, New York,....
December 12, 1980:
President Jimmy Carter expands the Psi Corps under General John B. Alexander at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, sparking international attention,...
January 24, 1981:
"Battle Royale" is organized bt Vince McMahon and Ted Turner, the first major "Hero Fight" tournament at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California,.
February 15, 1981:
Meta-organism wolves kill 26+ people in Hazaribargh, Bihar, India resisting military and police efforts to capture or kill the creatures,...
February 21, 1981:
Journalist Steve Keaton reveals the nature of the "Vampire Underground" in London, England, sparking international attention,....
March 21, 1981:
Ting Ting-sing emerges as a major competitor in the criminal underworld in Hong Kong, China, fueling a series of metahuman fights,...
March 30, 1981:
President Jimmy Carter is assassinated by John Hinckley Jr., in Washington D.C., Walter Mondale is sworn in as President amidst the growing confusion,..
April 9, 1981
The vigilantes who had killed the African-Americans in Chattaooga, Tennessee, a year before are jailed after a long trial.
May 19, 1981:
OMNI magazine reports Chinese government experiments utilizing 250,000 potential children as psychics,
June 10, 1981
In Canberra, the Capital Territory Academy for Supers is established. This is the first Australian academy for Teen Metahumans.
June 11, 1981
Singer Ringo Starr announces his support for metahumans.
July 15, 1981:
China deploys its metahumans as a "precision strike" against Vietnam, destroying facilities at Hai Yang Shi, in an effort to defend the oil facilities,...
August 10, 1981
In Canberra, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser announces the formation of an agency for the monitoring of provision of assistance to metahumans.
September 10, 1981
Lennon releases a new song. Meta Love story.
October 11, 1981
Astrid Stien begins calling Police ahead of time to have people caught in the act...
October 17, 1981:
CIA Director George H.W. Bush warns President Walter Mondale that metahumans arebeing utilized as weapons by the Soviet Union and China at an alarming rate...
November 14, 1981:
Savant metahuman Brian Brownstone successfully creates successfully a method of earthquake predictions in San Francisco,...
December 17, 1981:
U.S. Psi Corps destroys a Italian Communist guerrilla cell in Verona, Italy, citing a possible attack on American interests,...
January 11, 1982
John Hinckley Jr. is sentence to life in prison for the Assassination of Jimmy Carter.
February 12, 1982
Lennon releases a new album, expanding upon the themes in Meta Love Story.
March 11, 1982
Steve Keaton exposes a Vampire Underground in Paris, France...
March 24, 1982:
Vampires establish the "Theater of Pain", based mainly on theatrics rather than actual blood loss, in Long Beach, California,....
April 13, 1982
An assassination attempt on POTUS Mondale is averted by some alert meta-humans.
May 17, 1982
The latest “Battle Royale” ends in near disaster, after one of the fighting metas lets out an EMP that causes electrical shorts and fires. Everyone manages to survive the ensuing chaos...
June 3, 1982:
Islamic cleric and anti-government leader Aystollah Khomeini is killed by U.S. Psi Corps members in Tehran,...
July 1, 1982:
Vampire underground establishes "Batcave" club in the Soho District, London, England, shocking social and religious conservatives,...
July 9, 1982
Marina Neverton shows some signs of stirring, but remains in the coma. Later that day it is reported that some other patients in the hospital were healed of their ailments (including a terminal case of bowl cancer).
August 19, 1982
The numbers of students at the Capital Territory Academy for Supers rises to 10.
September 22, 1982
Astrid Stein advertises for a 'partner' who has more 'useful' powers, to help in her crime prevention...
October 22, 1982
The US Psi Corps launch an attack on anti-American guerrillas in Guatamala...
November 2, 1982:
Tom Bradley (D-CA) is elected the first African-American governor of California, fueling international attention to the state,...
Evel Knievel debuts a new show, which showcases metahumans and their powers...
August 1, 1979
Leonard Small is recruited into Australia's fledgling Metahuman Reaction Force.
August 2, 1979
African-American metahumans in New Orleans begin to inconvenience the KKK “citizens patrols”.
August 6, 1979:
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" by the vampire band Bauhaus, makes its hit debut in London, England, sparking national controversy,....
September 1, 1979
In Independence, Missouri, Flora Green, a high school senior, discovers she has telekinetic abilities.
October 15, 1979:
Meta-organism locusts devastate crops throughout New South Wales, Australia, triggering famine conditions in the region,...
October 20, 1979
The Australian Government begins to deal with the crop crisis in New South Wales. Prime Minister Fraser announces that food surpluses in the other states and territories will make up for any shortfall.
October 21, 1979
The New Zealand Government announces that surplus food in New Zealand will be used to make up for any shortfall in Australia.
October 30-November 1, 1979:
Vampires terrorise residents of Detroit, Michigan proclaiming "Devil's Night", sparking national attention,....
November 3, 1979:
Self-proclaimed white vigilantes murder 5 Communist protesters in Greensboro, North Carolina, shocking Americans nationwide,...
November 4, 1979:
President Jimmy Carter establishes the "Psi Corps" under Green Beret Colonel Joseph McMoneagle, utlizing a special unit of psychics,...
December 27, 1979:
Soviet Spetsnaz guerrillas kill suspected Afghan metahumans as a first strike option in Kabul, Afghanistan,....
January 8, 1980:
Police go on strike in Santa Barbara, California, causing the rise of vigilantes in the area, African-American leaders including Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley condemns the development as "inviting violence into the area..."
January 25, 1980
George Castillo, the mayor of Billings, Montana, was accused of having hidden meta abilities and using it to increase his political power.
February 16, 1980:
Vampire Ian Curtis takes the rock music scene by storm, sparking international attention and concern,.....
February 21, 1980:
"Hero Fights" become popular as Vince McMahon secures cable television rights to televised matches in New York City, New York,...
March 3, 1980:
That's Incredible (ABC-TV) hosted by Cathy Lee Crosby and John Davidson makes its hit debut, displaying mutant abilities,...
March 22, 1980:
Alien monoliths 100 meters high appear in Elbert County, Georgia detailing specific tasks demanded of humanity in binary code, Latin, French, English, German, Spanish, Swahili, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian,...
* Maintain the global population is kept at c. 500 million, ...
* Guide reproduction wisely,...
* Establish fair laws and just courts,...
* Don't become a cancer to the ecosystem and the solar system,...
March 26-28, 1980:
Members of the American Agriculture Movement (AAM) led by James Wickstrom and Bill Gale lead a 3-day session in Weskan, Kansas into how to use firearms,...
April 22, 1980:
White vigilantes kill 4 African-Americans in Chattanooga, Tennessee, fueling concerns about the danger posed by vigilantes,...
April 25, 1980:
Operation Eagle Claw; Psi Corps officials free American hostages in Tehran, Iran, demonstrating the value of paranormal forces,...
May 5, 1980
In Mackay, Queensland, Wayne Roberts, a mechanic apprentice, discovers that his skin is flameproof...
June 13, 1980:
Israeli Mossad kills an Egyptian genetics professor, in an effort to prevent the buildup of Arab metahumans in the region,...
July 8, 1980
In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Allan Price, a mechanics apprentice suddenly find that his skin can temporarily become like metal.
August 1, 1980
The KKK withdraws their “citizen patrols” from New Orleans.
August 17, 1980:
3 people killed by meta-organism dingos to Ayers Rock (a.k.a. "Uluru"), Australia, triggering anti-meta sentiment nationwide,...
September 6, 1980:
Bill Gale begins broadcasting messages from Topeka, Kansas. About how "Christian patriots" need to defend American streets, supporting vigilantes as a "Second Amendment issue",...
October 5, 1980
In Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Albert Roberts, a meta from Darwin, begins helping the disadvantaged indigenous community in the town.
November 8, 1980
In Mount Gambier, South Australia, Astrid Stein, a secretary, discovers that she has super-acute hearing, as well as precognitive abilities...
November 11, 1980:
Psychologist Fredric Wertham is proclaimed "vindicated" by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) for his writings that youth were being "psychologically damaged" by the pop culture promotion of superheroes,...
December 4, 1980:
The Winter Purge; Soviet officials launch a massive purge of the Communist Party ranks using psychics as means to weed out potential betrayal, among those killed is Mikhail Gorbachev....
December 5, 1980
As the first generation of Orlandos begin to age, people note that many of them choose different forms of gender expressions. Some choose to wear gender neutral clothes in either form, others choose to wear both traditionally masculine and feminine clothing in either form, others wear very feminine clothing in their female forms and masculine clothing in their male forms, and some even reverse this. The Orlandos, despite some fears of a "hivemind", seem to not be a Monolith.
December 8, 1980:
Singer John Lennon survives a shooting by Mark David Chapman in Central Park in New York City, New York,....
December 12, 1980:
President Jimmy Carter expands the Psi Corps under General John B. Alexander at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, sparking international attention,...
January 24, 1981:
"Battle Royale" is organized bt Vince McMahon and Ted Turner, the first major "Hero Fight" tournament at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California,.
February 15, 1981:
Meta-organism wolves kill 26+ people in Hazaribargh, Bihar, India resisting military and police efforts to capture or kill the creatures,...
February 21, 1981:
Journalist Steve Keaton reveals the nature of the "Vampire Underground" in London, England, sparking international attention,....
March 21, 1981:
Ting Ting-sing emerges as a major competitor in the criminal underworld in Hong Kong, China, fueling a series of metahuman fights,...
March 30, 1981:
President Jimmy Carter is assassinated by John Hinckley Jr., in Washington D.C., Walter Mondale is sworn in as President amidst the growing confusion,..
April 9, 1981
The vigilantes who had killed the African-Americans in Chattaooga, Tennessee, a year before are jailed after a long trial.
May 19, 1981:
OMNI magazine reports Chinese government experiments utilizing 250,000 potential children as psychics,
June 10, 1981
In Canberra, the Capital Territory Academy for Supers is established. This is the first Australian academy for Teen Metahumans.
June 11, 1981
Singer Ringo Starr announces his support for metahumans.
July 15, 1981:
China deploys its metahumans as a "precision strike" against Vietnam, destroying facilities at Hai Yang Shi, in an effort to defend the oil facilities,...
August 10, 1981
In Canberra, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser announces the formation of an agency for the monitoring of provision of assistance to metahumans.
September 10, 1981
Lennon releases a new song. Meta Love story.
October 11, 1981
Astrid Stien begins calling Police ahead of time to have people caught in the act...
October 17, 1981:
CIA Director George H.W. Bush warns President Walter Mondale that metahumans arebeing utilized as weapons by the Soviet Union and China at an alarming rate...
November 14, 1981:
Savant metahuman Brian Brownstone successfully creates successfully a method of earthquake predictions in San Francisco,...
December 17, 1981:
U.S. Psi Corps destroys a Italian Communist guerrilla cell in Verona, Italy, citing a possible attack on American interests,...
January 11, 1982
John Hinckley Jr. is sentence to life in prison for the Assassination of Jimmy Carter.
February 12, 1982
Lennon releases a new album, expanding upon the themes in Meta Love Story.
March 11, 1982
Steve Keaton exposes a Vampire Underground in Paris, France...
March 24, 1982:
Vampires establish the "Theater of Pain", based mainly on theatrics rather than actual blood loss, in Long Beach, California,....
April 13, 1982
An assassination attempt on POTUS Mondale is averted by some alert meta-humans.
May 17, 1982
The latest “Battle Royale” ends in near disaster, after one of the fighting metas lets out an EMP that causes electrical shorts and fires. Everyone manages to survive the ensuing chaos...
June 3, 1982:
Islamic cleric and anti-government leader Aystollah Khomeini is killed by U.S. Psi Corps members in Tehran,...
July 1, 1982:
Vampire underground establishes "Batcave" club in the Soho District, London, England, shocking social and religious conservatives,...
July 9, 1982
Marina Neverton shows some signs of stirring, but remains in the coma. Later that day it is reported that some other patients in the hospital were healed of their ailments (including a terminal case of bowl cancer).
August 19, 1982
The numbers of students at the Capital Territory Academy for Supers rises to 10.
September 22, 1982
Astrid Stein advertises for a 'partner' who has more 'useful' powers, to help in her crime prevention...
October 22, 1982
The US Psi Corps launch an attack on anti-American guerrillas in Guatamala...
November 2, 1982:
Tom Bradley (D-CA) is elected the first African-American governor of California, fueling international attention to the state,...