- "Science could not save my body. My mind, however, that was worth saving, on two hundred thousand feet of data banks."
- ―Arnim Zola[src]
This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1970s.
1970
January
Unknown Date
- Electric Light Orchestra is formed.[1][2]
February
- Cornell Stokes is born.[3][4]
9th
- Gideon and Nathaniel Malick's father dies.[5]
18th
- Gideon and Nathaniel Malick visit Daniel Whitehall in prison after their father's funeral. He tells them that their father always cheated at the stone ceremony, hiding a notched white stone in the book 'Paradise Lost' and slipping it into the bag, feeling for the notch so he would never draw it.[5]
19th
Malick's brother
- Gideon copies his father's trick, selfishly betraying his brother as the bag comes to just the two of them, and Gideon chooses to leave the notched white stone for Nathaniel and picking himself to live. Nathaniel draws the white stone and is sent to Maveth through the Monolith. Hive finds and kills him, using Nathaniel as his new host.[5]
May
29th
- Tony Stark is born in Long Island, New York to Howard and Maria Stark.[6]
Unknown Month
- Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah is formed.[1][2]
- Father and Son by Cat Stevens is released. This song was later featured on Peter Quill's Zune 30.[1][2][7]
July
23rd
- Sway Calloway is born.[8][9]
November
23rd
- My Sweet Lord by George Harrison is released in the United States of America. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."[1][2][7]
1971
January
7th
- Clinton "Clint" Barton is born.[10]
March
1st
- Emil Blonsky is born in Russia.[11]
2nd
- Clifford Smith, later known as Method Man is born.[8][4][9]
19th
- Nick Fury, working for CIA during Cold War, was sent on a mission to Russia and roots out a double agent.[12]
Unknown Month
- Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah is released, containing the titular song, Lake Shore Drive. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."[1][2][7]
- Silver is formed.[1][2]
July
2nd
- Shaft is released in the United States of America.[2][3]
November
10th
1972
- Arnim Zola receives a terminal diagnosis, and dies shortly after. His consciousness survives in an advanced supercomputer, which is kept in a S.H.I.E.L.D. bunker in Camp Lehigh, New Jersey.[14]
March
24th
- The Godfather is released in the United States of America.[2][15]
May
18th
- Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass is released. This song was listened to by Meredith Quill and Ego in 1980, and later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."[1][2][7]
21st
- Christopher Wallace, later known as The Notorious B.I.G., is born.[8][15]
June
9th
October
11th
- Marcus Daniels is born.[17]
December
26th
- Former President of the United States Harry S. Truman dies.[2]
27th
- Kevin Ollie is born.[8][15]
1973
January
22nd
- Former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson dies.[2]
Unknown Month
- Cheap Trick is formed.[1][2]
September
15th
- Howard Stark films the intro for the 1974 Stark World Exposition. He uses the video to tell his son Tony of his love and that he beliefs in him, leaving a subtle hint to unlocking the 'new element'.[18]
22th
- Robert Coulson dies.[19]
November
1st
Bill Fisk continues his campaign for the Third District Council.
- Wilson Fisk helps his father, Bill Fisk, by making posters to promote his campaign for the Third District Council of New York City. To fund his campaign, Fisk would loan cash from a mobster named Rigoletto.[20]
8th
- Bill Fisk loses his campaign for the Third District Council. Later, he is told by his son that a young man named Bernie Walker was knocking down the signs for his campaign and calling both of them losers. Fisk takes his son to confront the bully. Once they find him, Fisk asks Walker why he was hitting the signs and insulting him. Walker replies that he was only repeating his father's statements. Fisk then beats Walker with a bat and orders his own son to kick him and not to stop.[20]
- Assassination of Bill Fisk: Later that night, Bill Fisk makes Wilson sit in a corner and stare at a wall to make him think about his future. As Fisk was about to leave to talk with Don Rigoletto, he is stopped by his wife. Having been drinking, Fisk begins to beat his wife, with Wilson listening. Having occurred numerous times before, Wilson gets tired of these beatings and finally decides to put an end to them. He grabs a nearby hammer and repeatedly hits his father over the head with it, killing him. Wilson and his mother cut up the body and spend the next week dumping the parts in a river.[20]
27th
- Marlene Fisk sends her son Wilson to live on a farm belonging to his relatives.[20]
December
8th
- Jasper Sitwell is born in Norfolk, Virginia.[14]
1974
April
1st
1974 Stark Expo.
- The last Stark World Exposition until 2011. Howard Stark hides the secret to perfecting Arc Reactor technology in the layout of the Expo for Tony Stark to find when he gets older.[18]
May
30th
August
9th
- Richard Nixon resigns from the office of the President of the United States, following an investigation revealing his involvement in the Watergate Scandal.[2]
- Derek Fisher is born.[8][15]
1975
- Kevin Thompson is born.[22]
April
2nd
- Yondu Udonta is freed from Kree slavery by Stakar Ogord after 20 years, to become a Ravager. Ego soon hires his Ravager clan to collect his numerous children from across the universe and bring them to his planet, and, still young and greedy for money, Yondu obliges.[1][23]
30th
- The HYDRA-planned[14] Vietnam War, in which Thaddeus Ross served,[24] draws to a close. [25]
May
10th
- Tony Stark builds his first Circuit Board.[6]
July
- Hernan Alvarez is born.[15]
1976
June
Unknown Date
- Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang by Silver is released. This song was later featured on Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 1."[1][2][7]
July
- Misty Knight is born.[3]
1977
January
17th
- Southern Nights by Glen Campbell is released. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."[1][2][7]
February
4th
- The Chain by Fleetwood Mac is released. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."[1][2][7]
March
21st
- Dwight Frye is born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[26]
May
10th
- Tony Stark builds his first engine.[6]
July
- Willis Stryker is born.[27][28]
1978
January
7th
- HYDRA orchestrates the start of the Iranian Revolution.[14]
Unknown Date
- Flash Light by Parliament is released. This song was later featured on Peter Quill's Zune 30.[1][2][7]
June
Unknown Date
- Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra is released in the United States of America. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."[1][2][7]
- Surrender by Cheap Trick is released. This song was later featured on Peter Quill's Zune 30.[1][2][7]
16th
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- Helmut Zemo is born.[29]
August
23rd
- Kobe Bryant is born.[8][15]
September
23rd
- Sam Wilson is born.[14]
24th
- Howard Stark unveils his building attempts in Arc Reactor technology. Although technologically successful, no attempt is made to explore its profitability.[6]
November
7th
- After Ego comes to Earth, looking to plant a seedling and have another child, he meets Meredith Quill. They soon fall in love.[1]
December
9th
- Vincent Beckers dies in the city of Bruges in Belgium.[30]
23rd
- Ego leaves Quill to return to his planet, but promises to return.[1]
1979
- Sugar Hill Records is founded.[2][31]
February
9th
- The Warriors is released.[2][32]
11th
- The HYDRA-instigated Iranian Revolution draws to a close as the provisional government collapses.[14]
March
- Carl Lucas is born.[27][28][9]
16th
- Ego returns to Meredith Quill on Earth.[1]
May
9th
- Ego leaves Earth again, knowing that he has to go back to his planet to replenish its energy and keep it thriving.[1]
August
13th
- Ego comes back to Earth again to spend more time with Meredith Quill.[1]
28th
- Michael Peterson is born.[33]
October
12th
- Ego leaves Meredith Quill yet again, needing to return to his planet.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 Sometimes the Marvel Cinematic Universe alludes to events which happened in our world, and it is assumed they happened on the same dates in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Luke Cage: 1.02: Code of the Streets
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Luke Cage: 1.07: Manifest
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3.16: Paradise Lost
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Iron Man
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 Father and Son release date, My Sweet Lord release date, Lake Shore Drive release date, Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) release date, Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang release date, Southern Nights release date, The Chain release date, Flash Light release date
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Sometimes the Marvel Cinematic Universe alludes to people who existed in our world, and it is assumed they were born on the same day in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Luke Cage: 1.12: Soliloquy of Chaos
- ↑ The Avengers
- ↑ The Incredible Hulk Extended Scene
- ↑ Nick Fury: Spies Like Us
- ↑ Iron Fist: 1.08: The Blessing of Many Fractures
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Luke Cage: 1.01: Moment of Truth
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.08: Many Heads, One Tale
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.19: The Only Light in the Darkness
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Iron Man 2
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.13: One of US
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Daredevil: 1.08: Shadows in the Glass
- ↑ Luke Cage: 1.05: Just to Get a Rep
- ↑ Jessica Jones: 1.09: AKA Sin Bin
- ↑ In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Yondu says that he was sold into slavery as an infant and then spent 20 years in slavery, before Stakar Ogord freed him. Based on Michael Rooker's age when filming both movies, Yondu would have been born around January 1955, and so would have been sold around February. 20 years later, he would have been freed in April 1975. This fits with him then spending many years collecting Ego's children from 1975 up to any point between 1980 and 1988, then the final one, Quill, in 1988.
- ↑ The Incredible Hulk
- ↑ Avengers: Age of Ultron
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.04: Devils You Know
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Luke Cage: 1.10: Take It Personal
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Luke Cage: 1.13: You Know My Steez
- ↑ Captain America: Civil War
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.06: A Fractured House
- ↑ Luke Cage: 1.09: DWYCK
- ↑ Luke Cage: 1.08: Blowin' Up the Spot
- ↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.01: Pilot