2000s

#### 1st

* **Bern 2000**: New Year's Day comes, and the distraught Aldrich Killian is still waiting for Tony Stark on the roof of a building in Bern, Switzerland, because Stark promised to meet him there. Meanwhile, Stark chose to party and sleep with Maya Hansen. Seeing the New Year's celebrations below Killian gets inspired to continue his work without Stark.
* That morning, Maya Hansen wakes up to find Stark has discreetly left her.

#### 3rd

* Aldrich Killian accepts Maya Hansen into A.I.M., and they continue to develop the Extremis virus.

### March

* Eugene Thompson, later known by the nickname "Flash", is born.

#### 18th

* Reverse-Flash and the Flash traveled back into the year 2000 where Reverse-Flash attempted to kill an 11 year old Barry Allen. The Flash of 2024 stopped him, escaping with 11 year old Barry, so the Reverse-Flash killed Barry's mother Nora Allen and tried to return to his time. This changes the Flash's potential history, draining Eobard's connection to the Speed Force as a side-effect, and leaving him stranded in 2000. Refusing to accept the loss of his powers, Eobard decides to completely alter history and make Barry Allen into the Flash as soon as possible.
* Henry Allen is charged with Nora's murder and sentenced to life in prison. Joe West takes legal guardianship of Barry Allen.

#### 16th

* Eobard Thawne follows Harrison Wells and his wife Tess Morgan and causes a car crash to occur, which kills Tess. Eobard uses a futuristic device to drain the DNA from Wells into himself, giving him Wells' appearance whilst killing Wells. Eobard then takes Wells' place and buries Wells' body to ensure the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator happens sooner.

### November

#### 7th

* George W. Bush is elected to replace Bill Clinton, whose presidency was influenced by elements of HYDRA.

## 2001

### June

#### 28th

* Under the influence of HYDRA, NASA sends astronauts Will Daniels, Taylor, Brubaker, and Austin through the Monolith to survey the planet on the other side of the portal until an extraction team could come to retrieve them.

### September

#### 13th

* Two days after the September 11 attacks, Thaddeus Ross attempts to convince the U.S. Armed Forces to start the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project in an attempt to recreate the results of Project Rebirth. After being denied, HYDRA government officials grant him secret clearance.

## 2002

* Alphonso Mackenzie becomes a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent.

## 2003

### March

#### 20th

* The Iraq War begins, and is orchestrated by HYDRA.

#### 22nd

* In an act orchestrated by HYDRA, eight thousand members of Iraq's 51st Infantry Division surrender to American and British forces.

### July

#### 9th

* *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* is released in the United States of America. The theme He's a Pirate, would later be learned by the Westmans'.

## 2004

### May

#### 10th

* *A Wrinkle in Time* airs in the United States of America.

### June

* John Garrett returns to Grant Ward, after leaving him in the Wyoming wilderness for five years. He tells Ward he has been accepted into S.H.I.E.L.D. and will operate within as a sleeper agent for HYDRA.

September

13th

Gunner Stinnett brings Jennifer Evantis to Haven Hills, Alabama, to live her quiet life.

### November

#### 5th

* *The Incredibles* is released in the United States of America.

#### 24th

* While going to watch The Incredibles, Page and David Baxter witness a trailer for the upcoming film, Revenge of the Sith. Gunner kicks upon hearing the breathing of Darth Vader, leading his parents to realize he would be a fan of Star Wars.

## 2005

### April

#### 16th

* Bruce Banner tests the Bio-Tech Force Enhancement Project on himself, but the accident turns him into Hulk.

#### 19th

* After Banner's leak, Ross puts the military on his track. Angered by her father's treatment of Banner, Betty stops talking to him. This is the start of the Chase of Bruce Banner, which spans for five years.

### April

* Luis' grandmother purchases a jukebox that only played songs by Morrissey

### June

#### 7th

* The military loses Bruce Banner, who eventually arrives in Eastern Nunavut near Greenland, in the Arctic Circle to commit suicide in a place where his body would not be found. In the Arctic, Banner tries to shoot himself in the mouth. However, the attempt fails and he turns into Hulk, who spits out the bullet, and Banner wakes up afterwards.

### October

#### 21st

* This is the last sighting of Bruce Banner for at least five months, as he is involved in an incident which destroys another truck.

### November

#### 14th

* The Zune 30 device is released. One is later owned by Peter Quill, after being obtained by the Yondu Ravager Clan.

## 2007

### June

#### 29th

* *Ratatouille* is released in the United States of America. Gunner would later try, and dislike, the food namesake.
* The iPhone is released.

### July

#### 20th

* Cassie Lang is born to Scott and Maggie Lang.

### November

#### 17th

* Robert Queen, Oliver Queen and Sara Lance board the Queen's Gambit on a trip which is sabotaged by the Undertaking. Sara is washed overboard whilst Robert and Oliver survive. Robert commits suicide to save Oliver who washes up Lian Yu.

#### 18th

* While burying his father, Oliver finds a blank notebook in Robert's pocket.

#### 20th

* Oliver meets Edward Fyers, who Oliver and Yao Fei go up against in a bid to retrieve Yao Fei's daughter Shado.
* Oliver also meets Slade Wilson who is stranded on the island as well.

### December

#### 4th

* Yao Fei is killed by Edward Fryers. Fryers himself was immediately killed by Oliver Queen.

## 2008

### April

* Anthony Ivo and his crew find their way to Lian Yu in search for the Mirakuru. Slade Wilson is gravely injured during the search.
* Oliver Queen is captured by Anthony Ivo's men and is taken aboard their ship where he becomes acquainted to Anatoly Knyazev. He is then reunited with Sara Lance immediately after.
* Slade Wilson is injected with Mirakuru.
* Shado is killed by Anthony Ivo.
* Slade Wilson has a fallout with Oliver Queen and Sara Lance during their sacking of Anthony Ivo's ship and ends up taking over said ship for himself.

* Oliver Queen is sent to Hong Kong by Amanda Waller.
* Sara Lance is rescued by Nyssa al Ghul and is then taken by the League of Assassins.

### May

* Dinah Madani receives her post-graduate from Columbia University, a master's degree in Islamic Studies.

#### 6th

* Eva Belyakov, a member of the Inhuman community in Afterlife, goes rogue after Jiaying refuses to allow Belyakov's unstable daughter, Katya, to go through Terrigenesis. She takes with her an assortment of stolen Terrigen Crystals, which she uses to transform Katya without the proper mental conditioning. Katya develops sensory manipulating powers and a hunger for pain. The mother-daughter duo travel to Bahrain, where they create chaos by using Katya's powers to sap the emotional energies from local civilians.

#### 15th

* **Rescue in Bahrain**:
	+ Eva and Katya hold the entire S.H.I.E.L.D., minus Coulson and May, hostage within a warehouse. May ventures into the warehouse alone and crosses off the controlled gangsters and Eva. May is forced to shoot Katya dead. The S.H.I.E.L.D. team gives May the nickname "The Cavalry", a moniker she grows to despise.
* Jiaying and Gordon travel to Manama with the intention of dealing with Eva and Katya themselves, but find that S.H.I.E.L.D. has already killed them.

### August

#### 20th

* Adrian Toomes' Crew is formed as they start salvaging items to sell from wreckages. As more and more superheroes would begin to arise in the following 8 years, none interfered with their business, even as they turned to the illegal black market in 2012, until Spider-Man finally intervened in 2016.

### November

#### 4th

* Barack Obama is elected President of the United States.

## 2009

* Felicity Smoak graduates from MIT with flying colors.
* Eobard Thawne takes in an experimental gorilla named Grodd.
* In secret, Oliver Queen briefly returns to Starling City on a mission by Amanda Waller.
* Alpha-Omega virus was spread on Hong Kong by general Matthew Shrieve. Many are killed, including Akio Yamashiro. Oliver then proceeds to torture Matthew in retaliation.
* Oliver Queen leaves Hong Kong for Coast City.
* Maseo Yamashiro joins the League of Assassins.

### February

#### 11th

* Tony Stark wins the Apogee award, but is not present to accept it. Instead, he is gambling.
* Stark is approached by *Vanity Fair* reporter Christine Everhart, and gives witty responses to her questions.

#### 12th

* Pepper Potts gets rid of Christine Everhart and informs Tony Stark that today is her birthday.

#### 13th

* **Kidnapping of Tony Stark**:
	+ Following the demonstration of the Jericho missile system outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, the military convoy escorting Tony Stark is attacked by the Ten Rings, under the leadership of Raza, who is secretly working for Obadiah Stane. Stark is wounded by Stark Industries-manufactured weapons and captured.
	+ Fellow captive Ho Yinsen saves his life by attaching an electromagnet to his chest. Raza orders them to build a Jericho missile, but they instead build a battle suit powered by a miniature Arc Reactor.

### March

#### 6th

* Aldrich Killian injects himself with Extremis, which heals his disabilities and enables him to walk without a cane.

#### 9th

* **Ambush in Odessa**: In one of her earliest S.H.I.E.L.D. missions, Natasha Romanoff is given the task of escorting a nuclear scientist out of Iran. The Winter Soldier attacks them in Odessa, Ukraine, firing a bullet which goes through Romanoff's abdomen and hits the scientist, successfully killing him.

### May

#### 1st

* During their 3 months of capture, Tony Stark and Ho Yinsen finish the armored suit they have been creating. Stark uses it to escape, but Yinsen is killed by the Ten Rings while saving him.
* Stark is later found by the United States Armed Forces and taken to Germany, where he is checked out by army doctors and subjected to debriefings from the CIA, NSA, and others.

#### 3rd

* Returning to the U.S. and deeply affected by his experience, Tony Stark pulls Stark Industries out of the weapons business, terminating all military contracts.

* Stark reveals to Obadiah Stane the Arc Reactor technology he developed to power the armor. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson attempts to schedule a meeting through Stark's personal assistant Pepper Potts to discuss the circumstances of Stark's escape.

### June

#### 4th

* Tony Stark visits James Rhodes as he talks to air force recruits in a hangar. He explains to Rhodes that he is considering starting a whole new project for enforcing peace.

### July

#### 5th

* Tony Stark opens a file for his new design project, the "Mark II".

### August

#### 5th

* 3 months after Stark's escape, the Ten Rings find the armor he used to escape, left in pieces in the desert.

### October

#### 5th

* Tony Stark begins his log of tests for the new suit of armor, beginning "Day 1", first testing the flight capabilities. However, he underestimates the power of the thrusters, and flies up and backwards into the wall behind him.

#### 13th

* While he works on the arms of the new armor, Stark is interrupted when Pepper Potts visits with a gift for him. He does not notice that it is his old arc reactor, put in a case, and marked with the text, "Proof that Tony Stark has a heart."

* Stark goes upstairs to see Obadiah Stane, and they discuss the dramatic drop in Stark Industries stock following Stark's change of heart in the business' motivations.

### November

#### 8th

* Banner contacts Samuel Sterns for help in developing a cure. They communicate using code-names of "Mr. Blue" and "Mr. Green". Acting on a suggestion from Mr. Blue, Banner researches Amazonia Tracheophytes for a lead on the cure.

#### 15th

* Stark starts a new log about his armors, beginning a new "Day 1". He recounts his escape from Afghanistan, before beginning his first test of the newly-completed Mark II armor.

* Tony Stark flies the Mark II armor using newly fitted flight stabilizers, but discovers an icing problem.

#### 16th

* Stark analyzes more data and decides to rebuild his suit using gold titanium from an old project to solve the icing problem. He also instructs J.A.R.V.I.S. to add "hot-rod red" paint trimming to the next suit, code-named "Mark III".
* Stark leaves his mansion to attend the third annual benefit dinner for the Fire-Fighters Family Fund while the new suit is being assembled and painted. At the charity event, Phil Coulson approaches Stark and books an appointment for the 24th to discuss his escape from the Ten Rings.
* Stark dances with Pepper Potts, and they share a moment together in the moonlight.
* Christine Everhart shows him photographs of his weapons being used by a terrorist group the previous day in the Afghan town of Gulmira, Ho Yinsen's home village.
* Stark confronts Obadiah Stane, who reveals that he has filed an injunction against him.

#### 17th

* **Battle of Gulmira**: Stark tests his Mark III armor by flying to Afghanistan and forcing the Ten Rings out of Gulmira.
* As Iron Man escapes, he attracts the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Fury wants to try to call the Raptors off via Edwards Air Force Base but after the Raptors got no response via radio contact they already fired on Iron Man. Stark manages to escape from the Raptors by destroying one of them. He reveals to James Rhodes he is Iron Man.

#### 18th

* Prince T'Challa of Wakanda adopts the mantle of the "Black Panther" as his father, King T'Chaka, retires from the role. The Panther Habit armor is passed on from father to son.

#### 24th

* Under Stark's direction, Pepper uncovers proof of Obadiah Stane's collaboration with the Ten Rings and escapes Stane to meet SHIELD Agent Phil Coulson, who keeps his appointment to meet with Stark, but instead assists Pepper in finding the Iron Monger Armor.

* **Duel of Los Angeles**:
	+ Stark and Stane eventually come to blows in their respective armors. Stark leads Stane into the upper atmosphere where the extreme cold freezes his suit and plummtes to Earth. Stark lands atop the industrial Arc Reactor, but Stane resumes their battle. Guiding Pepper again, Stark has her overload the reactor, which expels a tremendous amount of energy upward. Stane is killed by the detonation of Howard Stark's industrial Arc Reactor, as Stark passes out from fatigue. The conflict is seen by the public, and the press name the mysterious hero "Iron Man".

#### 25th

* At a press conference the day following his fight with Stane, Stark rejects S.H.I.E.L.D.’s constructed alibi and admits to the world that he is Iron Man.
* Anton Vanko dies in poverty in Moscow, as his son Ivan vows revenge on Tony Stark and builds his own portable Arc Reactor to power a body harness armed with energized electric whips.
* At night, after breaking into his home, Nick Fury approaches Stark about joining the "Avengers Initiative" in defense of a bigger universe, but Stark declines.

### December

#### 11th

* *Angry Birds* is released.