| 10's |
|---|
| October Revolution | 1917108 | ru | 'socialistprotagonist' | | |
| 20's |
|---|
| Creation of the USSR | 19221229 | ru | 'socialistprotagonist' | | |
| 30's |
|---|
| First publication | 19340107 | | 'flashgordon' | | |
| 40's |
|---|
| First professional release | 1946 | | 'arthurcclarke' | | |
| 50's |
|---|
| Kitarō manga first issue | 1959 | | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| 60's |
|---|
| Original TV series | 1964 | | 'addamsfamily' | | |
| Star Trek: The Original Series | 19660908 | | 'startrek' | | |
| 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine song by Marvin Gaye | 1968 | us | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| First anime's first episode | 1968 | | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| First manga release | 196912 | jp | 'doraemon' | | |
| 70's |
|---|
| Mexico | 1970 | mx | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| MASH (film) | 197001 | | 'mash' | | |
| Second anime's first episode | 19711007 | | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| Rendezvous with Rama released | 1972 | | 'arthurcclarke' | | |
| Original manga started | 19720611 | | 'devilman' | | |
| M*A*S*H TV series first episode | 19720917 | | 'mash' | | |
| Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family | 19720923 | | 'addamsfamily' 'scoobydoo' | | |
| 1st animated series | 1973 | | 'addamsfamily' | | |
| CP/M 0.1 released | 1973 | | 'dos1' | | |
| Bruce Lee's death | 19730720 | | 'brucelee' | | |
| 1973 oil crisis | 197310 | | 'fuelcrisis' | | |
| D&D published | 1974 | | 'classicdnd' 'dnd' | | |
| West Germany | 1974 | de | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Anime (first episode) | 19741006 | jp | 'spacebattleshipyamato' | | |
| 5¼" floppy disk created | 1976 | | '5.25disk' | | |
| Dredd's first appearance in 2000AD | 1977 | | '2000ad' 'judgedredd' | | |
| First publication | 197702 | | '2000ad' | | |
| Star Wars | 19770525 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| AD&D published | 1978 | | 'adnd' 'classicdnd' 'dnd' | | |
| Argentina | 1978 | ar | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| 1979 oil crisis | 1979 | | 'fuelcrisis' | | |
| 8086 released | 1979 | | 'cpu-8086' | | |
| Alien movie | 1979 | | 'alienmovie' | | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam (TV) | 1979 | | 'anime' 'gundam' | | |
| NBC TV series pilot movie | 19790330 | | 'buckrogers' | | |
| Second anime's first episode | 19790402 | jp | 'doraemon' | | |
| Richard Garriott packages DND28 as Akalabeth and selfpublishes at his place of work. | 197906 | us | 'ultima' | | |
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 19791207 | | 'startrek' | | |
| 80's |
|---|
| 86-DOS released | 1980 | | 'dos1' | | |
| California Pacific Computer Company begins publishing Akalabeth | 1980 | us | 'ultima' | | |
| Moscow | 1980 | ru | 'olympic' | | |
| Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (2nd) series | 1980 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| Lake Placid | 19800214 | us | 'olympic' | | |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | 19800521 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| Comic strip in Daily Star | 1981 | | 'judgedredd' | | |
| NBC TV series 2nd season | 1981 | | 'buckrogers' | | |
| Original manga | 1981 | | 'captaintsubasa' | | |
| Ultima is published box while Akalabeth re-published in a box. | 1981 | us | 'ultima' | | |
| Johnny Mnemonic published in Omni | 198104 | | 'cyberpunk' | | |
| 86-DOS bought by MS; MS-DOS 1.0 released | 198107 | | 'dos1' 'dos2' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Heavy Metal (film) | 198108 | | 'heavymetal' | | |
| Conan the Barbarian movie | 1982 | | 'conanthebarbarian' | | |
| First Game (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back) | 1982 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (TV movie) | 1982 | | 'flashgordon' | | |
| Spain | 1982 | es | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Tron (movie) | 1982 | | 'cyberpunk' 'tron' | | |
| 286 introduced | 19820201 | | 'cpu-286' 'cpu-8086' | | |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 19820604 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Blade Runner (movie) | 19820625 | | 'cyberpunk' | | |
| Original manga | 19821220 | | 'akira' | | |
| Final Yamato (animated film) | 1983 | jp | 'spacebattleshipyamato' | | |
| Origin Systems is founded to publish Richard Garriott's games | 1983 | us | 'ultima' | | |
| First episode | 19830205 | jp | 'aurabattlerdunbine' | | |
| M*A*S*H TV series last episode | 19830228 | | 'mash' | | |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | 19830525 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| Octopussy | 198306 | | '007' | | |
| AfterMASH first episode | 19830926 | | 'mash' | | |
| 3½" floppy disk created | 1984 | | '3.5disk' '5.25disk' | | |
| Conan the Destroyer movie | 1984 | | 'conanthebarbarian' | | |
| Los Angeles | 1984 | us | 'olympic' | | |
| Sarajevo | 1984 | | 'olympic' | | |
| The Terminator movie | 1984 | | 'terminator' | | |
| Last episode | 19840121 | jp | 'aurabattlerdunbine' | | |
| Gremlins movie | 198406 | | 'gremlins' 'gremlins-series' | | |
| Original movie | 198406 | | 'ghostbusters' | | |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | 19840601 | | 'startrek' | | |
| William Gibson Neuromancer published | 19840701 | | 'cyberpunk' | | |
| W*A*L*T*E*R pilot | 19840717 | | 'mash' | | |
| MS-DOS 3.0 released | 198408 | | 'dos1' 'dos2' 'dos3' 'dos4' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure | 19841125 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| 386 introduced | 1985 | | 'cpu-286' 'cpu-386' 'cpu-8086' | | |
| The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo series | 1985 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| Yellow Book CD-ROM format created | 1985 | | '3.5disk' 'cdrom' | | |
| First episode | 19850123 | | 'thundercats' | | |
| Mobile Suit Z Gundam first episode | 19850302 | | 'gundam' | | |
| AfterMASH last episode | 19850531 | | 'mash' | | |
| A View to a Kill | 198506 | | '007' | | |
| Back to the Future | 19850703 | | 'backtothefuture' | | |
| Third anime's first episode | 19851012 | jp | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| Ewoks: The Battle for Endor | 19851124 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| Aliens movie | 1986 | | 'alienmovie' | | |
| Defenders of the Earth (cartoon; first episode) | 1986 | | 'flashgordon' | | |
| First graphical MMO | 1986 | | 'mmog' | | |
| First TV commercial | 1986 | us | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Mexico | 1986 | mx | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| The Real Ghostbusters first episode | 1986 | | 'ghostbusters' | | |
| Dragon Ball (anime) first episode | 19860226 | | 'dragonball' | | |
| Highlander movie | 19860307 | | 'highlander' | | |
| The actual event | 198604 | | 'chernobyl' | | |
| Sekai Daikessen! Jr. World Cup OVA | 19860712 | | 'captaintsubasa' | | |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 19861126 | | 'startrek' | | |
| California Raisins figures (set 1) | 1987 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Predator (film) | 1987 | | 'predator' | | |
| The California Raisins Sing the Hit Songs album (Priority Records) | 1987 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| The Living Daylights | 198706 | | '007' | | |
| RoboCop (movie) | 198707 | | 'robocop' | | |
| Extreme Ghostbusters first episode | 198709 | | 'ghostbusters' | | |
| TV cartoon | 198709 | | 'madballs' | | |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation (first episode) | 19870928 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Devilman Tanjo Hen OVA | 19871101 | | 'devilman' | | |
| Akira animated film | 1988 | | 'akira' | | |
| Aura Battler Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well (OVA) | 1988 | jp | 'aurabattlerdunbine' | | |
| Buck Rogers XXVC | 1988 | | 'buckrogers' | | |
| California Raisins figures (set 2) | 1988 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Christmas with The California Raisins (Priority Records) | 1988 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Manga ended | 1988 | | 'captaintsubasa' | | |
| Manga started | 1988 | | 'bastard' | | |
| Meet the Raisins: The California Raisins I TV special | 1988 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Meet the Raisins! album (Priority Records) | 1988 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Pup Named Scooby-Doo series | 1988 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| Seoul | 1988 | kr | 'olympic' | | |
| Sweet, Delicious, & Marvelous album (Priority Records) | 1988 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Calgary | 19880213 | ca | 'olympic' | | |
| MS-DOS 4.0 released | 198806 | | 'dos1' 'dos2' 'dos3' 'dos4' | 'Microsoft' | |
| RoboCop: The Animated Series first episode | 19881001 | | 'robocop' | | |
| 486 introduced | 1989 | | 'cpu-286' 'cpu-386' 'cpu-486' 'cpu-8086' | | |
| AD&D 2nd ed published | 1989 | | 'adnd' 'dnd' | | |
| ANSI X3.159-1989 (a.k.a. ANSI C / C89) | 1989 | | 'clanguage' | | |
| Ghostbusters II movie | 1989 | | 'ghostbusters' | | |
| Last of Donald M. Grant editions of Howard's stories | 1989 | | 'conanthebarbarian' | | |
| Licence to Kill | 1989 | | '007' | | |
| Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf movie | 1989 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| Shin Captain Tsubasa anime | 1989 | | 'captaintsubasa' | | |
| The California Raisin Show animated series (13 Episodes) | 1989 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Dragon Ball (anime) last episode | 19890412 | | 'dragonball' | | |
| Dragon Ball Z (anime) first episode | 19890426 | | 'dragonball' | | |
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | 19890609 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Back to the Future Part II movie | 19891122 | | 'backtothefuture' 'hoverboard' | | |
| 90's |
|---|
| First interactive Hugo TV program | 1990 | | 'hugo' | | |
| ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (a.k.a. C90) | 1990 | | 'clanguage' | | |
| Italy | 1990 | it | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Judge Dredd Megazine | 1990 | | 'judgedredd' | | |
| Predator 2 (film) | 1990 | | 'predator' | | |
| Raisins Sold Out!: The California Raisins II TV special | 1990 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Shin-chan manga started | 1990 | | 'crayonshinchan' | | |
| X-Men author team reform | 1990 | | 'marvel' 'xmen' | | |
| Book 1: The Eye of the World | 19900115 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| Devilman Yocho Sirène Hen OVA | 19900225 | | 'devilman' | | |
| First episode | 19900413 | jp | 'nadia' | | |
| DR-DOS 5.0 released | 199005 | | 'dos1' 'dos2' 'dos3' 'dos4' 'dos5' 'dos6' | | |
| Back to the Future Part III movie | 19900525 | | 'backtothefuture' 'hoverboard' | | |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch movie | 199006 | | 'gremlins' 'gremlins-series' | | |
| RoboCop 2 movie | 199006 | | 'robocop' | | |
| Manga ended | 19900625 | | 'akira' | | |
| Shin Captain Tsubasa ended | 199007 | | 'captaintsubasa' | | |
| Captain Planet and the Planeteers first episode | 19900910 | | 'captainplanet' | | |
| Book 2: The Great Hunt | 19901115 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| California Raisins figures (set 3) | 1991 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| First publication | 1991 | | 'bone-comic' | | |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie | 1991 | | 'terminator' | | |
| First episode | 19910225 | | 'piratesofdarkwater' | | |
| Last episode | 19910412 | jp | 'nadia' | | |
| Official Dissolution of the USSR | 19910812 | ru | 'socialistprotagonist' | | |
| DR-DOS 6.0 released | 199109 | | 'dos3' 'dos4' 'dos5' 'dos6' | | |
| Dark Sun setting released | 199110 | | 'darksun' 'dnd' | | |
| Book 3: The Dragon Reborn | 19911015 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| The Addams Family movie | 19911122 | | 'addamsfamily' | | |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 19911206 | | 'startrek' | | |
| 2nd animated series | 1992 | | 'addamsfamily' | | |
| Albertville | 1992 | | 'olympic' | | |
| Alien³ movie | 1992 | | 'alienmovie' | | |
| Aliens vs Predator comic | 1992 | | 'alienmovie' 'aliensvspredator' 'predator' | | |
| Barcellona | 1992 | es | 'olympic' | | |
| Bastard!! OVA | 1992 | | 'bastard' | | |
| Lawnmower Man (movie) | 1992 | | 'cyberpunk' | | |
| OpenGL ARB created | 1992 | | 'opengl' | | |
| The Secret of Fuzzy (animated film) | 1992 | | 'nadia' | | |
| Sailor Moon first Episode (TV) | 199203 | | 'sailormoon' | | |
| Shin-chan anime started | 19920413 | | 'crayonshinchan' | | |
| Origin Systems is acquired by their arch nemesis, Electronic Arts | 199209 | us | 'ultima' | | |
| Book 4: The Shadow Rising | 19920915 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (first OVA) | 19920925 | jp | 'tenchimuyo' | | |
| X-Men: The Animated Series first episode | 19921031 | | 'marvel' 'xmen' | | |
| First id Tech 1 game | 1993 | | 'idtech1' | | |
| The New Adventures of Captain Planet first episode | 1993 | | 'captainplanet' | | |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (first episode) | 19930103 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Pentium released | 19930322 | | 'cpu-286' 'cpu-386' 'cpu-486' 'cpu-pentium' | | |
| RoboCop 3 movie | 199304 | | 'robocop' | | |
| Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (movie) | 19930507 | | 'brucelee' | | |
| Last (21st) episode | 19930523 | | 'piratesofdarkwater' | | |
| PC/MS-DOS 6.1; development diverges | 199306 | | 'dos6' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Lua 1.0 released | 19930728 | | 'lua' | | |
| Book 5: The Firest of Heaven | 19931015 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| MKR manga started | 199311 | | 'clamp' 'mkr' | | |
| Addams Family Values movie | 19931119 | | 'addamsfamily' | | |
| BOGUS Linux' PMS finalised. PMS would later merge with RPP and PM | 199312 | | 'rpm' | | |
| AvP Prey (novel) | 1994 | | 'aliensvspredator' | | |
| Lillehammer | 1994 | no | 'olympic' | | |
| Original manga started | 1994 | | 'detectiveconan' | | |
| Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights movie | 1994 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| USA | 1994 | us | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Z Gudam manga first issue | 1994 | | 'gundam' | | |
| RoboCop: The Series first episode | 19940318 | | 'robocop' | | |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation (last episode) | 19940523 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Highlander: The Animated Series first episode | 199409 | | 'highlander' | | |
| Red Hat Linux released. Used RPP, a precursor to RPM | 199410 | | 'rpm' | | |
| Book 6: Lord of Chaos | 19941015 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| MKR anime started | 19941017 | | 'clamp' 'mkr' | | |
| Captain Tsubasa - J League anime | 19941021 | | 'captaintsubasa' | | |
| Highlander: The Final Dimension | 199411 | | 'highlander' | | |
| Star Trek Generations | 19941118 | | 'startrek' | | |
| No Need For Tenchi! (manga; first issue) | 19941216 | jp | 'tenchimuyo' | | |
| Doom: Hell on Earth: a novel | 1995 | | 'doom' | | |
| Doom: Knee-deep in the dead: a novel | 1995 | | 'doom' | | |
| Dragon Ball (manga) last story | 1995 | | 'dragonball' | | |
| GoldenEye | 1995 | | '007' | | |
| Mortal Kombat (movie) | 1995 | | 'mortalkombat' | | |
| Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (movie) | 1995 | | 'mortalkombat' | | |
| OVA released in North America | 1995 | us | 'bastard' | | |
| Toy Story | 1995 | | 'pixar' | | |
| Star Trek: Voyager (first episode) | 19950116 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Lua 2.1 released | 19950207 | | 'lua' | | |
| Tenchi Universe (anime; first episode) | 19950402 | jp | 'tenchimuyo' | | |
| Win95 released | 19950824 | | 'win95' | 'Microsoft' | |
| DirectX 1.0 released | 199509 | | 'directx1' 'win95' | 'Microsoft' | |
| RPM Package Manager made from PMS, PM, RPP, and fresh code is released with Redhat 2.0 | 19950920 | | 'rpm' | | |
| First episode | 19951004 | | 'evangelion' | | |
| DVD specifications finalized | 199512 | | 'cdrom' 'dvd' | | |
| Atlanta | 1996 | | 'olympic' | | |
| Atlanta | 1996 | | 'olympic' | | |
| CCS manga started | 1996 | | 'cardcaptorsakura' 'clamp' | | |
| DirectX 2.0 released | 1996 | | 'directx1' 'directx2' 'win95' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Doom: Endgame: a novel | 1996 | | 'doom' | | |
| Doom: Infernal Sky: a novel | 1996 | | 'doom' | | |
| DVD introduced in Japan | 1996 | jp | 'dvd' | | |
| First Quake engine game | 1996 | | 'idtech1' 'quakeengine' | | |
| Last manga release | 1996 | | 'doraemon' | | |
| Manga started | 1996 | jp | 'darkstalkers' | | |
| Mitsuru Hongo no longer the anime director | 1996 | | 'crayonshinchan' | | |
| Pentium MMX introduced | 1996 | | 'cpu-286' 'cpu-386' 'cpu-486' 'cpu-pentium' | | |
| Tales of Byston Well: Garzey's Wing (OVA) | 1996 | jp | 'aurabattlerdunbine' | | |
| Fourth anime's first episode | 19960107 | jp | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| Anime started | 19960108 | | 'detectiveconan' | | |
| Dragon Ball Z (anime) last episode | 19960131 | | 'dragonball' | | |
| Dragon Ball GT (anime) first episode | 19960207 | | 'dragonball' | | |
| Last episode | 19960327 | | 'evangelion' | | |
| Book 7: A Crown of Swords | 19960515 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| NT4 released | 19960729 | | 'win98' 'winnt4' | 'Microsoft' | |
| DirectX 3 released | 19960915 | | 'directx2' 'directx3' 'win95' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Defenders of the Realm first episode | 19960921 | | 'mortalkombat' | | |
| Star Trek: First Contact | 19961122 | | 'startrek' | | |
| 1st season on The WB | 1997 | | 'buffy' | | |
| Alien: Resurrection movie | 1997 | | 'alienmovie' 'aliensvspredator' | | |
| Biohazard: The Beginning (novel) | 1997 | jp | 'residentevil' | | |
| id Tech 1 source code released under custom license | 1997 | | 'idtech1' | | |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (movie) | 1997 | | 'mortalkombat' | | |
| Sailor Moon last episode (TV) | 199702 | | 'sailormoon' | | |
| DVD introduced in USA | 199703 | us | 'dvd' | | |
| Vampire Hunter OVA | 19970321 | jp | 'darkstalkers' | | |
| Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper | 19970419 | | 'detectiveconan' | | |
| Battle Athletes OVA | 19970525 | | 'battleathletes' | | |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (book) | 19970626 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| Lua 3.0 released | 19970701 | | 'lua' | | |
| DirectX 5 released | 19970716 | | 'directx3' 'directx5' 'win95' | 'Microsoft' | |
| One Piece (manga) first story | 19970804 | | 'onepiece' | | |
| Battle Athletes Victory series | 19971003 | | 'battleathletes' | | |
| 1997 film by Paul Verhoeven | 19971107 | | 'starshiptroopers' | | |
| Dragon Ball GT (anime) last episode | 19971119 | | 'dragonball' | | |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | 199712 | | '007' | | |
| First id Tech 2 game | 19971209 | | 'idtech2' 'quakeengine' | | |
| Tournament of the Gods: Title Match OVA | 19971219 | jp | 'toushintoshi-series' | | |
| A Bug's Life | 1998 | | 'pixar' | | |
| Daily Star strip ceased | 1998 | | 'judgedredd' | | |
| DVD introduced in Europe/Australia | 1998 | | 'dvd' | | |
| France | 1998 | fr | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Initial release | 1998 | | 'sdl' | | |
| ISO/IEC 14882:1998 | 1998 | | 'cpplanguage' | | |
| Nagano | 1998 | jp | 'olympic' | | |
| The New Addams Family started | 1998 | | 'addamsfamily' | | |
| The Redhat team offically says RPM is mature and is RL's offical package manager | 1998 | | 'rpm' | | |
| Atari name and assets sold to Hasbro Interactive | 199803 | | | 'Atari(Atari Games;Atarisoft)' | |
| CCS anime started | 19980407 | | 'cardcaptorsakura' 'clamp' | | |
| Windows 98 released | 19980625 | | 'win95' 'win98' | 'Microsoft' | |
| DirectX 6 released | 19980807 | | 'directx5' 'directx6' 'win95' 'win98' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Development started | 199809 | | 'vorbis' | | |
| RoboCop: Alpha Commando first episode | 19980907 | | 'robocop' | | |
| Addams Family Reunion movie | 19980922 | | 'addamsfamily' | | |
| Mortal Kombat: Conquest first episode | 19981003 | | 'mortalkombat' | | |
| Book 8: The Path of Daggers | 19981020 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| Star Trek: Insurrection | 19981211 | | 'startrek' | | |
| alien test | 1999 | | | | |
| id Tech 1 source code released under GNU GPL license | 1999 | | 'idtech1' | | |
| ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (a.k.a. C99) | 1999 | | 'clanguage' | | |
| Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost movie | 1999 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| Toy Story 2 | 1999 | | 'pixar' | | |
| The Matrix (movie) | 19990331 | | 'cyberpunk' 'matrix' | | |
| Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century movie | 19990417 | | 'detectiveconan' | | |
| Windows 98SE released | 19990505 | | 'win98' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Star Wars: The Phantom Menace | 19990519 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (last episode) | 19990602 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Angelic Layer manga | 19990701 | | 'clamp' | | |
| Lua 3.2 released | 19990708 | | 'lua' | | |
| Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie | 19990821 | | 'cardcaptorsakura' | | |
| DirectX 7 released | 19990922 | | 'directx6' 'directx7' 'win2k' 'win95' 'win98' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Angel spin-off series started | 199910 | | 'buffy' | | |
| One Piece (anime) first episode | 19991020 | | 'onepiece' | | |
| Naruto Manga first book | 199911 | | 'naruto' | | |
| The World Is Not Enough | 199911 | | '007' | | |
| First id Tech 3 game | 19991202 | | 'idtech2' 'idtech3' | | |
| Quake engine source released under GNU GPL license | 19991221 | | 'quakeengine' | | |
| 00's |
|---|
| Biohazard 4D-Executer (CGI short) | 2000 | jp | 'residentevil' | | |
| CCS manga ended | 2000 | | 'cardcaptorsakura' 'clamp' | | |
| D&D 3rd ed published | 2000 | | 'adnd' 'dnd' 'dnd3' | | |
| Havok SDK released | 2000 | | 'havokphysics' | | |
| Heavy Metal 2000 (film) | 2000 | | 'heavymetal' | | |
| Original manga started | 2000 | | 'beyblade' | | |
| Sydney | 2000 | au | 'olympic' | | |
| Windows 2000 released | 20000217 | | 'win2k' 'win95' 'win98' 'winnt4' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Pitch Black | 20000218 | | 'chroniclesofriddick' | | |
| One Piece: The Movie (movie 1) | 20000304 | | 'onepiece' | | |
| Anime ended | 20000321 | | 'cardcaptorsakura' | | |
| OpenAL 1.0 | 200006 | | 'openal' | 'Loki' | |
| Source code released | 20000620 | | 'buildengine' | | |
| Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card | 20000715 | | 'cardcaptorsakura' | | |
| Windows ME released | 20000914 | | 'win98' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Culdcept manga started | 20000922 | | 'culdcept' | | |
| DirectX 8 released | 20000930 | | 'directx7' 'directx8' 'win2k' 'win95' 'win98' 'winxp' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Lua 4.0 released | 20001106 | | 'lua' | | |
| Book 9: Winter's Heart | 20001107 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| Blood: The Last Vampire
| 20001118 | | 'bloodplus' | | |
| 6th season started on UPN | 2001 | | 'buffy' | | |
| Anime aired in UK | 2001 | uk | 'cardcaptorsakura' | | |
| California Raisins figures (set 4) | 2001 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | | 'pixar' | | |
| New X-Men | 2001 | | 'marvel' 'xmen' | | |
| Night of the Living Doo movie | 2001 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| ODE project started | 2001 | | 'opendynamicsengine' | | |
| Road to 2002 manga and anime | 2001 | | 'captaintsubasa' | | |
| ZOE: 2167 IDOLO OVA | 2001 | jp | 'zoe-series' | | |
| RoboCop: Prime Directives mini series | 200101 | | 'robocop' | | |
| Anime started | 20010108 | | 'beyblade' | | |
| Origin Systems' unnoficial funereal administered by founders and former employees | 20010303 | us | 'ultima' | 'Electronic Arts(EA Games)' 'Origin(Origin Systems;OSI)' | |
| Z.O.E. Dolores,i (anime, 26 episodes) | 200104 | | 'zoe-series' | | |
| Angelic Layer anime | 20010401 | | 'clamp' | | |
| Star Trek: Voyager (last episode) | 20010523 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Doll productline released | 200106 | | 'bratz' | | |
| Tomb Raider (film) | 20010611 | | 'tombraider' | | |
| Manga started | 200108 | | 'bleach' | | |
| Star Trek: Enterprise (first episode) | 20010926 | | 'startrek' | | |
| DX 8.1 released | 200110 | | 'directx8' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Infogrames announced that it was "reinventing" the Atari brand | 200110 | | | 'Atari(Atari Games;Atarisoft)' | |
| XP released | 20011025 | | 'win2k' 'winxp' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (movie) | 20011116 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| Significantly increased sales | 200112 | | 'bratz' | | |
| D initial release | 20011208 | | 'dlanguage' | | |
| id Tech 2 sources released under GNU GPL license | 20011222 | | 'idtech2' | | |
| Win95 support ceased | 20011231 | | 'win95' | 'Microsoft' | |
| 7th season started on UPN | 2002 | | 'buffy' | | |
| Die Another Day | 2002 | | '007' | | |
| Japan | 2002 | jp | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Kodansha International Bilingual Comics edition | 2002 | | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| Korea | 2002 | kr | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Resident Evil (film) | 2002 | | 'residentevil' | | |
| Salt Lake City | 2002 | | 'olympic' | | |
| Scooby-Doo live-action movie | 2002 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| What's New, Scooby-Doo? series | 2002 | | 'scoobydoo' | | |
| Beyblade V-Force anime | 20020107 | | 'beyblade' | | |
| Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street | 20020420 | | 'detectiveconan' | | |
| Star Wars: Attack of the Clones | 20020516 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| Spider-Man (movie) | 200206 | | 'spiderman' | | |
| Vorbis 1.0 released | 20020719 | | 'vorbis' | | |
| XP SP1 released | 20020909 | | 'winxp' | 'Microsoft' | |
| First anime episode | 200210 | | 'duelmasters' | | |
| Naruto first episode (TV) | 20021003 | | 'naruto' | | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie) | 20021115 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| Star Trek Nemesis | 20021213 | | 'startrek' | | |
| DirectX 9 released | 20021219 | | 'directx7' 'directx8' 'directx9' 'win2k' 'winvista' 'winxp' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One | 2003 | uk | 'conanthebarbarian' | | |
| D&D 3.5 published | 2003 | | 'dnd' 'dnd3' | | |
| End of the main series | 2003 | | 'buffy' | | |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | | 'pixar' | | |
| ISO/IEC 14882:2003 | 2003 | | 'cpplanguage' | | |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines movie | 2003 | | 'terminator' | | |
| Beyblade G Revolution anime | 20030106 | | 'beyblade' | | |
| Book 10: Crossroads of Twilight | 20030107 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| DN3D source released | 20030401 | | 'buildengine' | | |
| Lua 5.0 released | 20030411 | | 'lua' | | |
| Evangelion live movie announced | 200305 | | 'evangelion' | | |
| Tsubasa Chronicle manga started | 200305 | | 'clamp' | | |
| The Matrix Reloaded (movie) | 20030515 | | 'cyberpunk' 'matrix' | | |
| Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (film) | 20030721 | | 'tombraider' | | |
| Season 1 started | 20030802 | | 'teentitans' | | |
| Code Lyoko cartoon started | 20030903 | fr | 'codelyoko' | | |
| Steam opened | 20030912 | | 'steam' | | |
| The Matrix Revolutions (movie) | 20031105 | | 'cyberpunk' 'matrix' | | |
| Star Wars: Clone Wars (animated TV series) | 20031107 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| Aliens vs Predator movie | 2004 | | 'alienmovie' 'aliensvspredator' 'predator' | | |
| Athens | 2004 | gr | 'olympic' | | |
| Doom: The Boardgame | 2004 | | 'doom' | | |
| Last publication | 2004 | | 'bone-comic' | | |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse (film) | 2004 | | 'residentevil' | | |
| The Incredibles | 2004 | | 'pixar' | | |
| X-Men ReLoad | 2004 | | 'marvel' 'xmen' | | |
| Book 0: New Spring | 200401 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| Comic strip in Metro | 200401 | | 'judgedredd' | | |
| Origin Systems company is offically disbanded | 200402 | us | 'ultima' | | |
| XNA toolset announced | 20040324 | | 'msxna' | | |
| Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky | 20040417 | | 'detectiveconan' | | |
| 1st manga started | 200405 | | 'suzumiyaharuhi' | | |
| ODE 0.5 released | 20040529 | | 'opendynamicsengine' | | |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie) | 20040531 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| Original manga | 20040531 | | 'dgrayman' | | |
| The Chronicles of Riddick movie | 20040603 | | 'chroniclesofriddick' | | |
| Dark Fury animated film | 20040615 | | 'chroniclesofriddick' | | |
| First id Tech 4 game | 20040803 | | 'idtech3' 'idtech4' | | |
| XP SP2 released | 20040806 | | 'winxp' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Anime started | 20041005 | | 'bleach' | | |
| OpenGL 2.0 | 20041022 | | 'opengl' | | |
| announced | 2005 | | 'ambx' | | |
| Metro comic strip ceased | 2005 | | 'judgedredd' | | |
| The Wings of Rean (ONA) | 2005 | jp | 'aurabattlerdunbine' | | |
| First airing | 20050221 | | 'avatarthelastairbender' | | |
| Second anime's last episode | 20050325 | | 'doraemon' | | |
| Shadow Warrior source released | 20050401 | | 'buildengine' | | |
| Tsubasa Chronicle anime started | 20050409 | | 'clamp' | | |
| Star Trek: Enterprise (last episode) | 20050513 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith | 20050519 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| D.Gray-man: Reverse vol 1 | 20050530 | jp | 'dgrayman' | | |
| OpenAL 1.1 | 200506 | | 'openal' | | |
| House of M first issue | 200508 | | 'marvel' 'xmen' | | |
| id Tech 3 sources released under GNU GPL license | 20050819 | | 'idtech3' | | |
| Blood+ anime | 20051008 | | 'bloodplus' | | |
| Book 11: Knfe of Dreams | 20051011 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| Doom movie | 20051021 | | 'doom' | | |
| 2nd manga started | 200511 | | 'suzumiyaharuhi' | | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (movie) | 20051118 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| Season 1 started | 20051227 | | 'ben10' | | |
| BloodRayne movie | 2006 | | 'bloodrayne' | | |
| Cars | 2006 | | 'pixar' | | |
| Conan Collectible Card Game | 2006 | | 'conanthebarbarian' | | |
| Germany | 2006 | de | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Torino | 2006 | it | 'olympic' | | |
| Season 5 finale | 20060116 | | 'teentitans' | | |
| Lua 5.1 released | 20060221 | | 'lua' | | |
| XNA tech preview released | 20060314 | | 'msxna' | | |
| Anime | 20060402 | | 'suzumiyaharuhi' | | |
| ODE 0.6 released | 20060609 | | 'opendynamicsengine' | | |
| 70 years since author's death | 20060611 | | 'conanthebarbarian' | | |
| Anime ended | 20060702 | | 'suzumiyaharuhi' | | |
| D.Gray-man: Reverse vol 2 | 20060704 | | 'dgrayman' | | |
| OpenGL 2.1 | 20060802 | | 'opengl' | | |
| Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (movie) | 200609 | | 'teentitans' | | |
| ODE 0.7 released | 20060909 | | 'opendynamicsengine' | | |
| BloodRayne: Plague of Dreams comic | 20060920 | | 'bloodrayne' | | |
| Blood+ anime ended | 20060923 | | 'bloodplus' | | |
| Anime started | 20061003 | | 'dgrayman' | | |
| Casino Royale | 200611 | | '007' | | |
| DirectX 10 introduced | 20061130 | | 'directx10' 'directx9' 'winvista' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Blue Dragon RalΩGrad manga first issue | 200612 | | 'bluedragon' | | |
| Fedora Project leader Max Spevack announces the RPM project must innovate; effectively ensuring a fork | 20061214 | | 'rpm' | | |
| Bleach: Memories of Nobody movie | 20061216 | | 'bleach' | | |
| Aliens vs Predator: Requiem | 2007 | | 'alienmovie' 'aliensvspredator' 'predator' | | |
| BloodRayne II: Deliverance movie | 2007 | | 'bloodrayne' | | |
| Highlander: The Search for Vengeance film | 2007 | | 'highlander' | | |
| Ratatouille | 2007 | | 'pixar' | | |
| Resident Evil: Extinction (film) | 2007 | | 'residentevil' | | |
| Blue Dragon ST manga first issue | 200701 | | 'bluedragon' | | |
| D 1.000 released | 20070102 | | 'dlanguage' | | |
| Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō Tō first episode (anime) | 20070119 | | 'tokyomajingakuen' | | |
| Vista released | 20070130 | | 'directx10' 'win2k' 'winvista' 'winxp' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Naruto last episode (TV) | 20070208 | | 'naruto' | | |
| ODE 0.8 released | 20070211 | | 'opendynamicsengine' | | |
| Naruto Shippuden first episode (TV) | 20070215 | | 'naruto' | | |
| Fifth anime's first episode | 20070401 | jp | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| Blue Dragon Tenkai no Shichiryū anime first episode | 20070407 | jp | 'bluedragon' | | |
| Live-action movie | 20070428 | | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| RPMv5 forked from RPM.org, panic ensues | 200705 | | 'rpm' | | |
| Mass Effect: Revelation novel | 20070501 | | 'masseffect-series' | | |
| DMC anime | 20070614 | jp | 'devilmaycry' | | |
| D 2.000 released | 20070617 | | 'dlanguage' | | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (movie) | 20070711 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| OpenAL driver 2.0.3 (1.1 spec) | 20070712 | | 'openal' | | |
| Vorbis 1.2.0 | 20070725 | | 'vorbis' | | |
| 3rd manga started | 20070726 | | 'suzumiyaharuhi' | | |
| Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix live-action movie | 20070810 | | 'ben10' | | |
| Season 1 first episode | 20070831 | | 'tak-series' | | |
| Havok 5 | 200709 | | 'havokphysics' | | |
| Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone - (movie) | 20070901 | | 'evangelion' | | |
| Highlander: The Source movie | 20070915 | | 'highlander' | | |
| author's death | 20070916 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| ODE 0.9 released | 20071012 | | 'opendynamicsengine' | | |
| Dance Praise is rebranded Original Dance Praise when the sequel was released | 20071031 | us | 'dancepraise' | 'Digital Praise' | |
| Code Lyoko cartoon ended | 200711 | fr | 'codelyoko' | | |
| Fallout IP acquired by Bethesda | 200711 | | 'fallout' | 'Bethesda Softworks' | |
| Toy line restarted | 200711 | | 'madballs' | | |
| Ben 10: Race Against Time live-action movie | 20071121 | | 'ben10' | | |
| XNA Game Studio 2.0 released | 200712 | | 'msxna' | | |
| Brandon Sanderson chosen to finish the 12th book | 20071207 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion movie | 20071222 | | 'bleach' | | |
| SDL 1.2.13 | 20071230 | | 'sdl' | | |
| Beijing | 2008 | cn | 'olympic' | | |
| Beijing | 2008 | | 'olympic' | | |
| D&D 4th ed published | 2008 | | 'dnd' | | |
| Metal Fight Beyblade manga started | 2008 | | 'beyblade' | | |
| Resident Evil: Degeneration (CGI film) | 2008 | | 'residentevil' | | |
| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles series | 2008 | | 'terminator' | | |
| WALL·E | 2008 | | 'pixar' | | |
| Sixth anime's first episode | 20080110 | jp | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| Steamworks API released | 20080128 | | 'steam' | | |
| Acquired by Nvidia | 200802 | | 'physx' | | |
| DirectX 10.1 introduced | 20080204 | | 'directx10' 'directx11' 'winvista' | | |
| Vista SP1 released | 20080204 | | 'winvista' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Buddy Miles dies | 20080226 | | 'californiaraisins' | | |
| Doom: Worlds on Fire novel | 20080226 | | 'doom' | | |
| First issue of Dead Space comic | 200803 | | 'deadspace' | | |
| author's death | 20080319 | | 'arthurcclarke' | | |
| Druaga no Tou: the Aegis of Uruk | 20080405 | jp | 'towerofdruaga-series' | | |
| Season 4 ended | 20080415 | | 'ben10' | | |
| Ben 10: Alien Force started | 20080418 | | 'ben10' | | |
| XP SP3 released | 20080421 | | 'winxp' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Iron Man (film) | 200805 | | 'ironman' 'marvel' | 'Marvel' | |
| ODE 0.10 released | 20080701 | | 'opendynamicsengine' | | |
| GeGeGe no Kitaro 2: 1,000 Year Old Cursed Song (live-action movie) | 20080712 | jp | 'gegegenokitaro' | | |
| Season 3's end | 20080719 | | 'avatarthelastairbender' | | |
| Mass Effect: Ascension novel | 20080729 | | 'masseffect-series' | | |
| OpenGL 3.0 | 20080811 | | 'opengl' | | |
| Lua 5.1.4 released | 20080822 | | 'lua' | | |
| Havok 6 | 20080827 | | 'havokphysics' | | |
| Ben 10: Alien Force season 1 finale | 20080831 | | 'ben10' | | |
| PhysX 2.8.1 SDK | 200809 | | 'physx' | | |
| Persona 4 manga started | 20080919 | | 'persona' | | |
| amBX becomes independent | 200810 | | 'ambx' | | |
| Quantum of Solace | 200810 | | '007' | | |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated TV series) | 20081003 | | 'starwars' | 'LucasArts' | |
| Dead Space: Downfall | 20081028 | | 'deadspace' | | |
| XNA Game Studio 3.0 released | 20081030 | | 'msxna' | | |
| Iron Man: Armored Adventures cartoon first episode | 20081122 | ca | 'ironman' 'marvel' | 'Marvel' | |
| Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name movie | 20081218 | jp | 'bleach' | | |
| Book 12: A Memory of Light | 2009 | | 'wheeloftime' | | |
| Tomb Raider: Ascension (fan film) | 2009 | | 'tombraider' | | |
| Up | 2009 | | 'pixar' | | |
| Druaga no Tou: the Sword of Uruk | 20090109 | jp | 'towerofdruaga-series' | | |
| ODE 0.11 released | 20090130 | | 'opendynamicsengine' | | |
| OpenGL 3.1 | 20090324 | | 'opengl' | | |
| Ben 10: Alien Force season 2 finale | 20090327 | | 'ben10' | | |
| Metal Fight Beyblade anime | 20090405 | | 'beyblade' | | |
| Dragonball - The Movie (live action) | 20090410 | | 'dragonball' | | |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie | 20090501 | | 'marvel' 'xmen' | | |
| Star Trek (movie) | 20090507 | | 'startrek' | | |
| Terminator Salvation movie | 200906 | | 'terminator' | | |
| XNA Game Studio 3.1 released | 20090611 | | 'msxna' | | |
| Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance - (movie) | 20090627 | | 'evangelion' | | |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie) | 20090715 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (film) | 200908 | | 'gijoe' | | |
| DirectX 11 introduced | 20091022 | | 'directx10' 'directx11' 'win7' 'winvista' | | |
| Windows 7 released | 20091022 | | 'directx10' 'directx11' 'win7' 'winvista' 'winxp' | 'Microsoft' | |
| Strong World (movie 10) | 20091212 | | 'onepiece' | | |
| 10's |
|---|
| South Africa | 2010 | za | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
| Toy Story 3 | 2010 | | 'pixar' | | |
| Vancouver | 2010 | ca | 'olympic' | | |
| Iron Man 2 (film) | 201005 | | 'ironman' 'marvel' | 'Marvel' | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (movie) | 20101119 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| Tron Legacy (movie) | 2011 | | 'tron' | | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (movie) | 20110715 | | 'harrypotter' | | |
| 1906 | 2012 | | 'pixar' | | |
| John Carter of Mars | 2012 | | 'pixar' | | |
| London | 2012 | uk | 'olympic' | | |
| Brazil | 2014 | br | 'soccer' 'worldcup' | | |
