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1949 — First Soviet atom bomb exploded.
1950-1953 — Puppet government of "North Korea" invades the South. Nearly 4 years of fighting results in restoration of the "original" borders and a cease-fire (but not a peace treaty).
2/6/1952 — Elizabeth II crowned Queen of just about everywhere in the world where English is spoken, except the U.S.
1953 — First Soviet hydrogen bomb.
1953-1961 — Dwight D. Eisenhower president of the U.S.
1956 — USSR crushes uprising in Hungary.
1957 — USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial satellite. Elvis Presley hits the radio. The Flash appears in Showcase as a test of whether there's a market for super-hero comic books again.
1/5/1957 — The Medieval Recreation Society holds its first Twelfth Night revel in San Francisco, California.
1958-1964 — Nikita Khrushchev head of the USSR, under various bewildering titles.
1/3/1959 — Alaska becomes the 49th state.
8/21/1959 — Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
1960 — USSR shoots down American U-2 spy plane over its territory.
1961 — Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin makes mankind's first orbital space flight.
1961-1969 — John F. Kennedy president of the U.S.
1962 — Cuban missile crisis. "Hired Gun". The Medieval Recreation Society formally disbands.
1963 — U.S., U.K., and U.S.S.R. sign an atmospheric nuclear test ban treaty. The Beatles hit the music charts. "The Scarlet Angel". Beginning of Star Woman's Choice.
6/12/1963 — The White Event.
11/22/1963 — Star Woman prevents the assassination of President Kennedy.
1964-1982 — Leonid Brezhnev head of the USSR.
1965 — Last White-Event plagues eradicated by Xylarian medical technology.
1965-1966 — Star Guard (Star Woman, Nike, Leonine, and Invictus) ends the Vietnam war.
5/1/1967 — The Society for Creative Anachronism holds its first tournament in Berkeley, California.
1968 — USSR and Warsaw Pact invade Czechoslovakia. Star Guard stops them.
1969 — "Real People".
1969-1974 — Hubert Humphrey President of the U.S.; defeating Richard M. Nixon, former Vice-President under Eisenhower.
1970 — "Heart of Gold, Claws of Titanium".
1971 — "Little Lost Girl". Proteus and Silkie join Star Guard.
1972 — Xylarian data technology offered to industry. Music studios gleeful. Blue Ribbon Sports of Eugene, Oregon, introduces a line of sneakers called Nike. "The Goddess and the Shoe Company", "An Old-Fashioned Girl".
1973 — "Horses of a Different Color". The Archer joins Star Guard. "Good Boy, Bad Girl". Society of the Golden Unicorn founded in San Diego, California.
1974-1977 — Bobby Kennedy President of the U.S.
1974 — First Xylarian-based home computers introduced in U.S., U.K., and Europe.
1975-1976 — Star Guard ends the Korean War and reunifies Korea.
1977 — Star Woman offers Earth associate status in the Xylarian Empire, if it forms a true world government. Hate mail and assassination attempts redouble.
1977-1981 — Jimmy Carter President of the U.S.
1980 — Xylarian, #Aboran, and Paili#an fleets meet in battle. End of Star Woman's Choice.
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