1905
Human theoretical physicist Albert Einstein publishes four academic papers, including his special theory of relativity. He is later honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect.
1941
7 December - On Earth, the nation-state of the Empire of Japan attacks the naval vessels and facilities of the American nation at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The unprovoked sneak attack cripples the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet and draws the United States of America into World War II, which had been going on for over two years. American president Franklin D. Roosevelt declared in a speech the next day that it was “...a day that will live in infamy”.
1942
Stephen Hawking is born on Earth. He becomes one of Earth's foremost theoretical physicists, seeking to link quantum mechanics with the theory of relativity.
1945
The American nation develops and uses two nuclear devices to end Earth's devastating second world war. As a measure to maintain peace on Earth, the United Nations is chartered in the city of San Francisco on the North American continent.
1947
July - Humans near the town of Roswell, New Mexico on the North American continent report the discovery of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Official government investigators later announce that the report was mistaken and that the object sighted was a weather balloon.
14 October - Earth test pilot Chuck Yeager becomes the first human to fly an aircraft faster than the speed of sound in his planet's atmosphere.
1957
4 October - First artificial satellite is launched from Earth. Sputnik I is launched into orbit by the Soviet Union, marking the dawn of Earth's Space Age. While observing Sputnik I, a Vulcan space craft develops engine failure causing the ship to crash near Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania USA. The three surviving crew members live on Earth for three months before being rescued. Just prior to their departure, the senior officer, T'Mir, gives humans VELCRO.
1958
29 July - American President Dwight D. Eisehhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1 October - After merging the efforts of numerous agencies and facilities across the United States, NASA begins operations.
1961
Piloting the space craft Vostok I, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel in space. American president John F. Kennedy commits his nation to an ambitious program to land a human on Earth's moon by the end of the decade.
1969
20 July - Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the Earth's moon, proclaiming the historic Apollo 11 flight to be “one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”. Computer pioneer Henry Starling introduces the first isograted circuit, spurring the beginning of Earth's microcomputer revolution.
1976
The American nation begins testing Earth's first reusable spacecraft, known as the Space Shuttle. The test vehicle is named Enterprise and is designated Orbiter Vehicle (OV)-101.
1977
NASA launches the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes. Voyager 1's mission is to flyby Jupiter and Saturn then head out into intersteller space while Voyager 2's mission includes flybys of Jupiter and Saturn it also includes flybys of Uranus and Neptune then it also will head out to intersteller space.
1981
12 April - Space Shuttle Columbia, OV-102, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida for it's first successful orbital flight.
1986
28 January - Seven astronauts, one of them a teacher, are killed when the Space Shuttle Challenger, OV-99, is destroyed by an explosion 73 seconds after liftoff. It is considered by some as the worst disaster for NASA since the Apollo 1 fire on 27 January 1967.
1987
NASA launches the Voyager 6 space probe ten years after the Voyager 1 and 2 probes. Some time in the future, the craft falls into a black hole and emerges on the other side of the galaxy. While on the other side of the galaxy, Voyager 6 encounters a planet populated by living machines, which enhances the craft so it can return home.
NOTE: This entry is completely speculative. Star Trek: The Motion Picture only states that Voyager 6 was launched 300 years ago, but doesn't give a more firm date however this seems like a logical date to the webmaster.
1992
A group of genetically-bred “supermen” seize control of one quarter of Earth, leading to a series of conflicts referred to as “The Eugenics Wars”.
1996
The Eugenics Wars come to end as the genetic tyrants are overthrown however; one “superman” Khan Noonien Singh, along with a number other “supermen” and “superwomen” loyal to him, escapes into space aboard the S.S. Botany Bay, an experimental spacecraft. Earth scientists announce discovery of a possible micro fossil from Mars, the first physical evidence of life from another world.