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This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1970s.

1970[]

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  • Gideon and Nathaniel Malick leave their father's funeral, but Nathaniel informs him that HYDRA is demanding that they speak with Daniel Whitehall. Gideon is reluctant but agrees.[19]
  • Gideon and Nathaniel visit Whitehall in prison. 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.[19]

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  • Gideon and Nathaniel Malick make a promise to be better men than their father. Gideon, however, keeps the notched stone and throws a copy of the stone in the pond.[19]
  • The Malicks first ceremony

    Gideon and Nathaniel Malick attending the ceremony

    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.[19]

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Time Stone VFX
This date is the focus of a Point of Divergence due to Time Travel from 2023.
It has created another reality: 1970/Time Heist

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  • Pritam Chakraborty, later known simply as Pritam, is born.[1][16]

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  • Loki and Thor make a bet, which Thor wins, causing Loki to have to hijack a plane on Midgard and demand ransom money.[59][1]
  • D.B. Cooper Hijacking:
    • D.B

      D. B. Cooper prepares to jump

      In Portland, Loki boards Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 under the alias D. B. Cooper.[59][1]
    • A flight attendant, Florence Schaffner, walks through the plane holding a tray, while the pilot, Captain William A. Scott, announces that the plane will be landing soon. Shaffner offers Loki a bourbon and soda, which Loki accepts. Shaffner asks if she can do anything else for him, and Loki hands her a card and says that they will find out. Shaffner, believing the card to contain Loki's phone number, puts it in her pocket and laughs. As she begins to walk away, Loki suggests reading the card, saying that he has a bomb in his briefcase. He demands $200,000.[59][1]
    • The plane lands in Seattle and is greeted by police cars. Shaffner walks outside and retrieves the money which Loki demanded, while Loki watches and smiles.[59][1]
    • Schaffner brings the money back onto the plane, which takes off. Loki puts on a parachute, takes the money from Schaffner, and winks, promising to see her again. He expresses his hope that Thor and Heimdall are ready to retrieve him and jumps out of the plane. Heimdall opens the Bifrost Bridge and brings Loki back to Asgard. Money flies through the air.[59][1]
  • The identity of "D. B. Cooper" becomes an unsolved mystery on Earth.[59][1]

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Arnim Zola3

Zola's consciousness being kept in an advanced supercomputer

January[]

  • The Silver Eagles are formed.[1][8]

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  • An article titled "Brooklyn Girl Missing" is published, which would later interest Jessica Jones.[91]

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Vote Bill Fisk

Bill Fisk continues his campaign for the Third District Council

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Wovoka, featuring "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone is released.[1][89]

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  • 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.[99][44]
  • Bill-Fisk-is-killed-blood

    Fisk is murdered by his own son

    Assassination of Bill Fisk: 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.[99][44]

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  • A promotional video for Stark Expo '74 is released, advertising it as a "dream of tomorrow, realized today," and featuring Howard Stark. The video invites viewers to join them for the opening in April 1974.[107][108]

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  • Kingo meets Karun Patel. Patel thinks he is a vampire since Kingo does not age, so he tries to stake Kingo through the heart. Patel apologizes, and Kingo hires Patel as his valet.[61][114]

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  • The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant: Symbiosis and Individuation by Margaret Mahler, Fred Pine, and Anni Bergman is published.[1][87]

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  • Carol Danvers notes a girl in her fourth-grade class who stares at the window dreamily while Danvers struggles to learn math. Danvers, tired of getting called intense, begins spending the school year attempting to imitate the girl.[8][129]

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  • Howard Stark unveils his building attempts in Arc Reactor technology. Although the technology is successful, no attempt is made to explore its profitability.[146][147]

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  • The Silver Eagles disband.[1][8]

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  • The Technique of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Volume 2: Responses to Interventions: Patient-Therapist Relationship: Phases of Psychotherapy (Tech Psychoan Psychother) by Robert Langs is published.[1][87]

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  • Termination in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy by Stephen K. Firestein is published.[1][87]

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  • Psychology and Community Change by Kenneth Heller and John Monahan is published.[1][87]

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LCS2 Quincy & Buggy

Quincy McIver and Buggy Stokes

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  • 13-year-old Carol Danvers has an accident on her bicycle. Despite getting hurt, she manages to get back up.[187][68]

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Joseph & Carol Danvers

Carol and Joseph Danvers in 1978

  • Carol Danvers has her photo taken with her father, holding cotton candy.[187][68]
  • Danvers takes part in a go kart race. She is advised to slow down for control but, determined to prove herself, she instead accelerates and ends up crashing into a hay bale.[187][68]
  • Dirtied and injured, Danvers nonetheless gets up out of the kart.[187][68]
  • Joseph Danvers, Carol's father, berates her for racing, saying she should not have been out there. She points out that he lets her brother, Steve race.[187][68]

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  • Carol Danvers is batting in a game of baseball when she misses the throw and falls over. Despite the embarrassment, her resilience shines through as she confidently stands back up to continue.[187][68]

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  • After Ego comes to Earth, looking to plant a seedling and have another child, he meets Meredith Quill. They soon fall in love.[3]

December[]

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  • Ego leaves Earth again, knowing that he has to go back to his planet to replenish its energy and keep it thriving.[3]

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PastLifeTempInfobox

Jonah at Ellerh's

  • The Magistrate, now in the body of Dr. Jonah and using his name, visits David Ellerh, who is lying in bed with Frances and Aura. He announces himself as the source of the things Ellerh has been preaching, saying he can teach him everything he needs to know, and that Ellerh can spread his word. Ellerh recognizes him as the "first ultra" and Jonah lights himself up to confirm it, saying they will build a beautiful future together. He meets Ellerh's toddler daughter, Leslie.[199][200]

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  • Moonraker is released, featuring the characters James Bond and Hugo Drax. The film features a scene in which Drax asks, "Why did you break up the encounter with my pet python?" and Bond replies, "I discovered it had a crush on me."[1][55]

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R212 Ellerhs arguing

Ellerh argues with her husband

  • David Ellerh tells his wife, Susan, that their daughter, Leslie, has been chosen to help Jonah and lead the church in a bright future. Susan rejects this, saying she is just a child, but David states that he will wait until she is of age.[199][204]
  • Susan Ellerh has Leslie pack her things so that the two of them can leave David, whom she feels has become brainwashed by Jonah.[199][204]
  • David Ellerh stops Susan and Leslie. When Susan says he cannot stop them from leaving, he states that Leslie is not going anywhere, but Susan is. She is taken away for reconditioning by the Church of Gibborim.[199][204]

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  • Ego Psychology II by Gertrude Blanck and Rubin Blanck is published.[1][87]

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Iron Man 2
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Avengers: Infinity War
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Luke Cage: 2.01: Soul Brother #1
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Luke Cage: 2.05: All Souled Out
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Luke Cage: 2.04: I Get Physical
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster.
  9. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 6.02: Window of Opportunity
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Hawkeye: 1.02: Hide and Seek
  11. 11.0 11.1 Runaways: 3.10: Cheat The Gallows
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Luke Cage: 2.06: The Basement
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Spider-Man: No Way Home
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Moon Knight: 1.01: The Goldfish Problem
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Ms. Marvel: 1.03: Destined
  17. In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, a Ten Rings operative is shown killing multiple people using a rifle. This could have occurred anywhere between the preceding scene on November 17, 1943 (see 1940s references) and the following scene on April 5, 1996 (see 1990s references), and can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, January 25, 1970.
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Spider-Man: Far From Home
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3.16: Paradise Lost
  20. 20.0 20.1 Jeri Hogarth and Kith Lyonne's college finals week is May 1993 (see 1990s references). This means Lyonne and Hogarth graduated in 1993, making their dates of birth likely December 1969-December 1970, approximately June 1970.
    Based on Sarita Choudhury's age at the time of filming Jessica Jones: Season 3, working back from its setting, Lyonne would have been born around April 1966. So, it may be taken that Lyonne is older than being born in June 1970, approximating to closer to March 1970.
    Based on Carrie-Anne Moss' age at the times of filming Jessica Jones: Season 1, A Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen, her three episodes of Iron Fist: Season 1, Mean Right Hook, Jessica Jones: Season 2, and Jessica Jones: Season 3 and working back from the timeline settings of the seasons/episodes, Jeri Hogarth's date of birth would be approximately June 1967. So, it may be taken that Hogarth is a little older than being born in June 1970, approximating to closer to April 1970.
  21. 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 21.11 21.12 21.13 21.14 21.15 21.16 21.17 21.18 21.19 21.20 21.21 21.22 21.23 21.24 21.25 21.26 21.27 21.28 21.29 21.30 21.31 21.32 21.33 21.34 21.35 21.36 21.37 21.38 21.39 21.40 21.41 21.42 21.43 21.44 21.45 21.46 21.47 21.48 21.49 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.
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 23.9 Avengers: Endgame
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 In Avengers: Endgame, 1970 events are shown. Events such as the Watcher Informant driving past and Peggy Carter working in her office, shown only in Avengers: Endgame, are unaffected by the 2023 Rogers and Stark's actions, so can be taken to have also happened in the main universe.
  25. Tony Stark's S.H.I.E.L.D. file
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 Ant-Man and the Wasp
  27. 27.0 27.1 Luke Cage: 1.12: Soliloquy of Chaos
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Jessica Jones: 3.01: AKA The Perfect Burger
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 Luke Cage: 2.07: On and On
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Luke Cage: 2.13: They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
  31. 31.0 31.1 Captain America: The First Avenger
  32. Runaways: 1.03: Destiny
  33. 33.0 33.1 Runaways: 2.02: Radio On
  34. 34.0 34.1 The Incredible Hulk - Extended Scene
  35. Thor: Love and Thunder
  36. 36.00 36.01 36.02 36.03 36.04 36.05 36.06 36.07 36.08 36.09 36.10 36.11 36.12 36.13 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  37. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: 1.08: Ribbit and Rip It
  38. 38.0 38.1 Daredevil: 3.10: Karen
  39. 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 Luke Cage: 2.03: Wig Out
  40. Luke Cage: 1.07: Manifest
  41. 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 Ms. Marvel: 1.02: Crushed
  42. Iron Fist: 1.03: Rolling Thunder Cannon Punch
  43. Cloak & Dagger: 1.05: Princeton Offense
  44. 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 44.4 Daredevil: 1.08: Shadows in the Glass
  45. 45.0 45.1 Hawkeye: 1.05: Ronin
  46. The Punisher: 2.04: Scar Tissue
  47. Jessica Jones: 3.08: AKA Camera Friendly
  48. Captain America: Civil War
  49. Luke Cage: 2.09: For Pete's Sake
  50. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 6.12: The Sign
  51. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.19: Option Two
  52. Luke Cage: 1.02: Code of the Streets
  53. Daredevil: 3.11: Reunion
  54. Based on Ethan Hawke's age at the time of filming Moon Knight: Season 1, Arthur Harrow would have been born on April 1, 1969 if he did not survive the Snap, and on April 17, 1974 if he did. Harrow's date of birth can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, October 9, 1971.
  55. 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 Black Widow
  56. Based on Bree Shannon's age during the filming of the first season of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and working backward from the setting of her episode, Taylor would be born in March 1969 if she was killed by Thanos' Snap or in July 1974 if she was not. Her birth can be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, November 1971.
  57. Iron Fist: 1.08: The Blessing of Many Fractures
  58. 58.0 58.1 58.2 Luke Cage: 2.12: Can't Front on Me
  59. 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.5 Loki: 1.01: Glorious Purpose
  60. 60.0 60.1 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.11: All the Comforts of Home
  61. 61.0 61.1 61.2 61.3 61.4 61.5 Eternals
  62. 62.0 62.1 Hawkeye: 1.03: Echoes
  63. Ms. Marvel: 1.04: Time and Again
  64. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 7.07: The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and the D
  65. Loki: 1.06: For All Time. Always.
  66. Luke Cage: 1.04: Step in the Arena
  67. 67.0 67.1 67.2 In Captain Marvel, three instances are shown of a young child Carol Danvers: first of her with her brother, Steve, looking at the stars, secondly of a photograph of her dressed as a pilot, and thirdly of her picking herself up on a beach. London Fuller, who plays Danvers in these moments, is said in the credits to be playing "Young Carol (6 Years Old)", making Danvers approximately 6.5. Fuller herself was 7.0 years old during filming, suggesting Danvers is slightly closer to 6.99 than 6.0.
    Danvers' date of birth is dated to September 1965 (see 1960s references), approximated specifically to September 16, 1965, so it can be calculated that these moments take place around roughly March 29, 1972. Pushing the events to a week apart each, they can be then taken to be roughly March 22, March 29, and April 5, 1972. The full details of the calculations may be found here.
  68. 68.00 68.01 68.02 68.03 68.04 68.05 68.06 68.07 68.08 68.09 68.10 68.11 Captain Marvel
  69. 69.0 69.1 69.2 69.3 69.4 Luke Cage: 1.01: Moment of Truth
  70. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 4.10: The Patriot
  71. The Punisher: 1.08: Cold Steel
  72. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.07: The Writing on the Wall
  73. 73.0 73.1 73.2 73.3 73.4 Luke Cage: 2.10: The Main Ingredient
  74. Jessica Jones: 3.06: AKA Sorry Face
  75. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.08: Many Heads, One Tale
  76. 76.0 76.1 The Punisher: 1.04: Resupply
  77. 77.0 77.1 77.2 Through a series of calculations, taking into account actor ages working back from present events and flashback settings, and evidence from Luke Cage, it can be found that Cottonmouth was born around September 1972 (with him said in Manifest to have been 14 when he killed Pistol Pete, dated to April 6, 1987 (see 1980s references)), and Sheldon and Bushmaster were born around June 1973 (with them said in The Creator to overlap in age, so less than a year apart). The full calculations can be found here.
  78. What If...?: 1.04: What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
  79. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: 1.05: Truth
  80. In Truth, Isaiah Bradley says that Faith Bradley had been sending him letters while he was in prison, and that the CIA eventually told her he had died. Isaiah goes on to say that Faith died "after a while." These two events can be evenly distributed between Isaiah's imprisonment on July 21, 1952 (see 1950s references) and his escape on November 20, 1982 (see 1980s references). This would place the CIA lying to Faith on approximately August 31, 1962, and Faith's death on approximately October 10, 1972. This works with both Faith sending him letters for a while and Bradley's line about her dying "after a while."
  81. 81.0 81.1 Doctor Strange
  82. Marcus Daniels' S.H.I.E.L.D. Data
  83. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.19: The Only Light in the Darkness
  84. James Gunn on Twitter - July 29, 2014
  85. 85.0 85.1 Guardians of the Galaxy
  86. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.13: One of Us
  87. 87.0 87.1 87.2 87.3 87.4 87.5 Jessica Jones: 3.04: AKA Customer Service is Standing By
  88. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: 1.03: The People vs. Emil Blonsky
  89. 89.0 89.1 89.2 89.3 89.4 89.5 89.6 89.7 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
  90. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
  91. Jessica Jones: 2.04: AKA God Help the Hobo
  92. 92.0 92.1 92.2 The Incredible Hulk
  93. Betty Ross' Virginia Driver's License
  94. 94.0 94.1 Marvel Television Live Auction Lot #503: New York Nine Newspaper Clipping
  95. The Incredible Hulk: The Big Picture
  96. Iron Fist: 1.12: Bar the Big Boss
  97. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  98. Ms. Marvel: 1.05: Time and Again
  99. 99.0 99.1 99.2 Using Vincent D'Onofrio's ages at the times of filming Daredevil: Seasons 1, 2, and 3, working back from the settings, Wilson Fisk would have been born around June 1959. It is stated in Speak of the Devil, The Path of the Righteous, and The Devil You Know that Wilson Fisk was 12 when he killed his father, which would be c. December 1971. The kill is shown in Shadows in the Glass to be on the day of a New York City 3rd council district election, and the closest was November 6, 1973, so the kill can be placed then (with Fisk actually born c. 1961). This matches with it being said in February 2015 (see 2015 references), in The Path of the Righteous, to be "40-some years ago".
  100. Daredevil: 1.13: Daredevil
  101. Jasper Sitwell's S.H.I.E.L.D. File
  102. Iron Fist: 2.06: The Dragon Dies at Dawn
  103. 103.0 103.1 103.2 103.3 103.4 Jessica Jones: 3.02: AKA You're Welcome
  104. Runaways: 3.09: The Broken Circle
  105. Hawkeye: 1.04: Partners, Am I Right?
  106. Based on Gwyneth Paltrow's age at the middle of the times of filming for Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Avengers: Infinity War, working back from the dates of the middle of each film's setting or the dates of her individual scenes and taking a weighted average, Pepper would have been born around October 1973. Iron Man shows her birthday to be the day before Tony is kidnapped - approximately February 12th. The closest February 12th to October 1973 is February 12, 1974.
  107. Stark Expo 2010: 1.02: Stark Expo 1974
  108. Stark Expo 2010 Website
  109. Cloak & Dagger: 2.07: Vikingtown Sound
  110. Cloak & Dagger: 2.08: Two Player
  111. Luke Cage: 1.05: Just to Get a Rep
  112. In Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster., Garrett Pierre describes two air shows he saw before attending the United States Air Force Academy: one in which he saw T-38 Talons being flown, and another in which he saw the Silver Eagles. Pierre would have seen these shows after starting to develop explicit memories at two years old, but before the deadline to apply for the Academy on December 31 of his senior year. Pierre's birth is approximated to March 1965 (see 1960s references), so these trips occurred between March 1967 and and December 31, 1982. The Silver Eagles were only active from January 1972 through November 23, 1976, so Pierre seeing them can be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, June 1974. The Talons show can then be approximated to the midpoint of then and Pierre's second birthday, placing it in November 1969.
  113. 113.0 113.1 Iron Fist: 2.02: The City's Not for Burning
  114. In Eternals, Kingo says on October 15, 2024 (see 2024 references), "Karun, he's worked for me for 50 years, I trust him completely." "50 years" could refer to "exactly fifty years," so September 26, 1974; "in 1974;" or "in the 1970s." A weighted calculation, putting more weight on the more specific, puts Patel and Kingo meeting on September 24, 1974.
  115. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: 1.07: The Retreat
  116. 116.0 116.1 116.2 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: 1.04: Is This Not Real Magic?
  117. The Punisher: 1.07: Crosshairs
  118. Ant-Man
  119. Runaways: 3.05: Enter The Dreamland
  120. 120.0 120.1 120.2 120.3 120.4 Iron Man
  121. In Iron Man, it is said that Tony Stark built his first circuit board at "age 4." With Stark's birthday on May 29, 1970, Stark could have built the circuit board at any time between May 29, 1974 and May 28, 1975. Stark building the circuit board can therefore be contributed to the midpoint of these dates, November 26, 1974.
  122. 122.0 122.1 122.2 Eternals - Deleted Scene
  123. Hawkeye: 1.06: So This Is Christmas?
  124. Daredevil: 2.11: .380
  125. Based on Parisa Fitz-Henley's age at the time of filming Jessica Jones: Season 1 and Luke Cage: Season 1 and Season 2, working back from the setting of her appearances in 2013 and 2014, Reva Connors would have been born around February 1975.
  126. 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.
  127. Avengers: Age of Ultron
  128. Spider-Man: Far From Home - Deleted Scene
  129. In Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster., Carol Danvers says that she attempted to imitate a girl "in my fourth-grade class." She then says that, "I spent all year trying to copy her." Based on Danvers' September 1965 date of birth (see other references) and the fact that this was a year-long goal, it can be taken that Danvers first noted this classmate in September 1975, the start of her fourth grade year.
  130. James Hiroyuki Liao was approximately 41.8 at the time of filming The Fury of Iron Fist. Working back from the October 3, 2017 setting (see 2017 references), Albert would have been born around November 1975.
  131. 131.0 131.1 Luke Cage: 2.02: Straighten It Out
  132. Loki: 1.04: The Nexus Event
  133. Moon Knight: 1.03: The Friendly Type
  134. Secret Invasion: 1.01: Resurrection
  135. Based on Dorian Missick's age at the time of filming Luke Cage: Season 2, working back from the setting of his appearances in August 2017, Cockroach Hamilton would have been born around March 1976.
  136. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: 1.09: Whose Show is This?
  137. 137.0 137.1 137.2 137.3 Ms. Marvel: 1.01: Generation Why
  138. 138.0 138.1 138.2 138.3 Steve Rogers' Notebook
  139. Jessica Jones: 3.03: AKA I Have No Spleen
  140. Jessica Jones: 3.13: AKA Everything
  141. Moon Knight: 1.05: Asylum
  142. 142.0 142.1 WandaVision: 1.04: We Interrupt This Program
  143. Based on Annie Wersching's ages of 40, 41, and 42 during filming for Runaways: Seasons 1-3, set December 2017 (see 2017 references)-August 2018 (see 2018 references), Leslie Ellerh/Dean would have been born around late 1976. Based on Charlie Townsend being 5 during filming for Past Life but credited as a "toddler Leslie", she is likely supposed to be almost 3 in "1979", suggesting she was born in 1976. Based on Mia Topalian being 25 during filming for Last Rites and the scene set around early 1998, "twenty years" before the present events in January 2018, she was born around 1972. Overall, a weighted calculation (details here) would place Leslie's birth around July 1976, the "1979" flashback around June 20, 1979 when she's almost 3, and the "twenty years earlier" flashback around April 5, 1998 when she's 21, with her being 41-42 in present events.
  144. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 7.06: Adapt or Die
  145. Based on Benedict Cumberbatch's age during filming Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and working back from those movies' settings, Strange's birth can be approximated to August 17, 1976.
  146. On Marvel's timeline, it is shown that this occurred 33 years before "I am Iron Man," which is dated to November 25, 2009, putting it around October 1976.
  147. Marvel's timeline
  148. 148.0 148.1 In Iron Man, it is said that Tony Stark built his first engine at "age 6." With Stark's birthday on May 29, 1970, that would place this event between May 29, 1976 and May 28, 1977, the midpoint of which is November 26, 1976.
    Tony Stark is shown to have been featured on Popular Mechanics due to him building an engine at such a young age. Popular Mechanics issues released monthly, so it can be approximated to be two months following Tony building the engine, giving the magazine enough time to write the story.
  149. The Punisher: 1.06: The Judas Goat
  150. Using Meredith Salenger's age at the time of filming No Good Deed, working back from the setting, Lily Ellison would have been born around January 1970. However, using Chris Carfizzi's age at the time of filming No Good Deed, working back from the setting, Jason Ellison would have been born around April 1975. Jason says Mitchell and Lily Ellison renewed their wedding vows when he was 8, but, using these ages, Lily would have only been around 13. So, Lily Ellison must have been born earlier than January 1970, and Jason later than April 1975. Adjusting so that Lily was at least 18, it can be calculated that Lily was born around January 1968 and Jason late January 1977, with the vows renewed around January 28, 1986, just after Lily turned 18 and before Jason turned 9. The details of the calculation may be found here.
  151. Moon Knight: 1.06: Gods and Monsters
  152. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.04: Devils You Know
  153. In Please, it is said on October 23, 2017 (see 2017 references) that Edward Nelson has been slinging meat for "40 years". This could refer to a very exact 40 years (around October 23, 1977), a more general "2017 - 1977 = 40" (so approximating with mid-1977, July 2, 1977), or an even more general "2010s - 1970s = 40 years" (so approximating with the mid-1970s, December 31, 1974/January 1, 1975). Putting the most weight in the most specific, and least in the least specific, a weighted calculation gives him starting as approximately April 27, 1977.
  154. In If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right, it is stated that Shades and Comanche met at age "7", meaning they are less than a year apart in age. In Can't Front on Me, Shades says he was born on "May 11th, 1977." Thomas Q. Jones' age at the time of filming Step in the Arena, working back from the 2013 placement of the flashbacks he appears in, and his age at the time of filming Luke Cage: Season 2, working back from the August 2017 setting, would place Comanche's date of birth a little later than this, but overall, the best estimate for Comanche's date of birth is still May 1977.
  155. Spider-Man: Homecoming
  156. 156.0 156.1 Iron Fist: 1.11: Lead Horse Back to Stable
  157. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 4.17: Identity and Change
  158. Runaways: 1.04: Fifteen
  159. Runaways: 1.06: Metamorphosis
  160. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 4.12: Hot Potato Soup
  161. Iron Man 3
  162. The Punisher: 1.04: Resupply
  163. 163.0 163.1 Daredevil: 1.03: Rabbit in a Snowstorm
  164. 164.0 164.1 Blackout Cripples NY prop
  165. WandaVision: 1.07: Breaking the Fourth Wall
  166. In AKA WWJD?, Kilgrave says, "[My parents] ran away. From promising careers... and their 10-year-old son." He also discusses how he was 10 when they left in AKA Sin Bin, which also features Jessica being told by Professor Davies that Albert and Louise Thompson, Kilgrave's parents, "skipped town in '88." With this dated to May 9, 1988, Kilgrave would have been born around November 1977.
  167. Jessica Jones: 1.09: AKA Sin Bin
  168. Based on Chaz Lamar Shepherd's age at the time of filming Luke Cage: Season 2, working back from the setting of his appearances in August 2017, Piranha Jones would have been born around November 1977.
  169. Pete's Dragon - Release Info
  170. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: 1.03: Power Broker
  171. 171.0 171.1 Hawkeye: 1.01: Never Meet Your Heroes
  172. The Avengers
  173. Jessica Jones: 2.02: AKA Freak Accident
  174. Marvel Television Live Auction Lot #602: Mariah Dillard's Scrapbook
  175. In Iron Man, Obadiah Stane says, "We haven't had a breakthrough in that in what? 30 years" on the reasoned date of May 3, 2008. This could refer to specifically on May 3, 1978 or more generally within the year 1978. A weighted calculation places this breakthrough on May 24, 1978.
  176. In You Know My Steez, a flashback is shown of Willis training Carl at boxing. In the background is a notice about an event coming up on "Friday November 15" (which would be 1996) and then "Monday 6-10 January" (1997), placing this around early November 1996. It is shown in Take It Personal that in May of whichever year (it refers to the car being a "1993" model, so at least 1994 or 1995 to refer to it as such), when Willis was 18 and Carl was 17, they stole a 1993 corvette. It can be assumed, considering the fact that the actors already look older than 16 and 18 in the November 1996 flashback and Mike Colter's age at the times of filming suggesting Luke would have turned 17 around the early 1990s, as well as the way the brothers' story is told, it can be assumed that they stole the car in the first May after the November 1996 flashback, May 1997. In Take It Personal, Luke says, "He was 2 years older than me," and in Now You're Mine, Willis says, "And everything was good until the preacher's wife, 2 years later, had a baby boy." With the paper saying they are 17 and 18 in May 1997, it can be assumed that they are about 1 year and 10 months apart in age, with Carl having just turned 17 and Willis about to turn 19, placing their dates of birth in April 1980 and June 1978 respectively.
  177. Luke Cage: 1.10: Take It Personal
  178. Luke Cage: 1.13: You Know My Steez
  179. In AKA Facetime, it is stated that Karl Malus was the "class of 1978." In AKA Three Lives and Counting, it is said that he died aged "57" in May 2017, making him born between May 1959 and May 1960 and therefore meaning he began, not finished, university in 1978. He would start around September.
  180. Jessica Jones: 2.06: AKA Facetime
  181. Avengers: Infinity War - Deleted Scene
  182. 182.0 182.1 It is stated in On and On that Buggy Stokes killed Quincy McIver and McIver shot him back, resulting in Stokes' death "5 months" later. Quicny McIver's death has to be after the conception of his son, John. With John's date of birth approximated to June 1973 (see other references), specifically June 23, 1973, his conception was likely approximately 267 days earlier, so September 29, 1972. Stokes' death has to be before the mid-1980s flashbacks in The Creator, dated to February 11, 1985 (see 1980s references). So, the two events are between September 29, 1972/February 28, 1973 (t months later for Stokes' death) and September 11, 1984 (5 months earlier for Quincy's death)/February 11, 1985. The midpoint between these dates is September 20, 1978/February 20, 1979, making the shooting approximately September 20, 1978 and Stokes' death approximately February 20, 1979.
  183. Marvel Studios Secret Archives | The Falcon and The Winter Soldier | Available on Disney+ (translated from Spanish)
  184. Assembled: 1.02: The Making of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
  185. In AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster in the Bed, Jeri Hogarth says she wore yellow to a funeral aged "8." Hogarth's date of birth is approximated as April 1970 (see other references), making the time she was 8 years old April 1978-April 1979, so this occurred around approximately October 1978.
  186. Jessica Jones: 2.09: AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster in the Bed
  187. 187.0 187.1 187.2 187.3 187.4 187.5 In Captain Marvel, three instances are shown of a young teenage Carol Danvers: one of her picking herself up after a bike fall, one of her go karting (a photograph from the day, a memory of her crashing a kart, and her getting back up), and thirdly of picking herself up in a baseball game. Behind-the-scenes photos show that these flashbacks take place in "1978." Mckenna Grace, who plays Danvers in these moments, is said in the credits to be playing "Young Carol (13 Years Old)." With Danvers' date of birth dated to September 1965 (see 1960s references), this places these flashbacks between September and December 1978, the only period when Danvers would be thirteen in 1978. Danvers being "13 Years Old" suggests these scenes take place closer to when she was 13.5. However, Grace herself was 11.9 years old during filming, suggesting Danvers is slightly closer to 13.0 than 13.99. These together would suggest Danvers is roughly 13.4, implying these scenes should occur closer to December 1978. However, the final flashback features Danvers playing a game of Little League baseball, which is typically not played any later than mid-October due to weather. Games are usually played over the weekend during the school year, so this flashback can dated to Sunday, October 15, 1978, being as close as possible to the ideal December 1978 placement. The previous two flashbacks can be taken to occur over the two weeks leading to this date, placing the first flashback on October 1, 1978 and the second flashback on October 8, 1978. The full details of the calculations may be found here.
  188. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.06: A Fractured House
  189. The Punisher: 1.02: Two Dead Men
  190. Luke Cage: 1.09: DWYCK
  191. What If...?: 1.02: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?
  192. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law: 1.01: A Normal Amount of Rage
  193. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.02: Purpose in the Machine
  194. In Black Widow, Dreykov is shown meeting with Jimmy Carter during his presidency. Carter's presidency lasted from January 21, 1977-January 21, 1981, so his meeting with Dreykov can be approximated to the middle of these two dates, January 20, 1979.
  195. In The Basement, it is said that Ridenhour and Dillard were in a relationship when Ridenhour was in "ninth, tenth, and eleventh" grade. With Ridenhour's date of birth approximated to January 1964 (see 1960s references), by the New York system, he would be in ninth grade from early September 1978 to late June 1979. Approximating when they entered the relationship by using the middle of the school year, they would have got together around approximately January 31, 1979.
  196. Luke Cage: 1.08: Blowin' Up the Spot
  197. The Punisher: 2.01: Roadhouse Blues
  198. Runaways: 2.03: Double Zeros
  199. 199.0 199.1 199.2 199.3 In Past Life, a flashback is shown in "1979" of Jonah meeting David Ellerh, including a "toddler" (according to the credits) Leslie Ellerh. Factoring this into Leslie's age, but also factoring Leslie's age into this placement, a calculation would place the scene on June 20, 1979 (with Leslie born in July 1976, almost 3 years old). David's abandonment of his wife, Susan, shown in Earth Angel, can then be assumed to be around 2 months later, roughly August 20, 1979.
  200. Runaways: 2.08: Past Life
  201. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.01: Orientarion Part One
  202. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.03: A Life Spent
  203. John Collins' New Jersey Driver's License
  204. 204.0 204.1 204.2 Runaways: 2.12: Earth Angel
  205. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.01: Pilot
  206. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.13: Principia
  207. In Kandahar, Micro says to Castle, "Happy birthday, Frank. It's the 15th. Happy birthday." The next day, in Resupply, Hoyle states that it is "November," thus meaning Castle's birthday is November 15th. In a promotional image for The Punisher: Season One, Castle is revealed to be 35 years old in a record written about him during a time when he was known as "The Punisher." With Castle gaining this alias in October 2015 (see 2015 references), the earliest the record could have been written would be around that time, meaning Castle is at most 35 years old at the start of Daredevil: Season Two. However, newspapers published toward the beginning of the season, shortly before his November 15th birthday, suggest he is instead 36 years old. Since Castle is no more than 35 at this time, it must be assumed that said newspapers are rounding up, with his 36th birthday only days away. With an additional prop also suggesting he was born closer to 1976, Castle can be taken to have been born at the earliest possible time, November 15, 1979.
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