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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]
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]
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.[61][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.[61][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.[61][1]
The identity of "D. B. Cooper" becomes an unsolved mystery on Earth.[61][1]
Zola's consciousness being kept in an advanced supercomputer
Arnim Zola writes in his notebook about his coming death. He constructs a supercomputer to store himself. He also stores his personal journals in HYDRA's files as well as giving a hard copy to Alexander Pierce.[63]
The Technique of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Volume 1: Initial Contact, Theoretical Framework, Understanding the Patient's Communications, the Therapist's Interventions by Robert Langs is published.[1][93]
Bill Fisk continues his campaign for the Third District Council
Wilson Fisk helps his father, Bill Fisk, by making posters to promote his campaign for the Third District Council of New York City. To fund his campaign, Fisk would borrow cash from a mobster named Rigoletto.[105][44]
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.[105][44]
Murder 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.[105][44]
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.[114][115]
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.[65][121]
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Herb Alpert and the TJB is released, debuting the character Miss Piggy.[1][122]
Yondu Udonta is freed from Kree slavery by Stakar Ogord after 20 years, to become a Ravager. Ego soon hires his Ravager clan to collect his numerous children from across the universe and bring them to his planet, and, still young and greedy for money, Yondu obliges.[3][133]
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][137]
Hunter X-05 arrives at the Sacred Timeline to see what life he was meant to have prior to his indoctrination into the Time Variance Authority. He sees that his counterpart in this universe is a famous actor named Brad Wolfe. Wanting to experience what he was supposed to, he takes over Wolfe's life.[108] Wanting to be successful and knowing that comic book movies will be popular in the future, he chooses to star in The Zaniac![138][139]
John and Lilla Mackenzie throw a picnic with their sons, Alphonso and Ruben, as well as the rest of their family. They eat rocket pops and Alphonso fights with his cousins.[154]
Howard Stark unveils his building attempts in Arc Reactor technology. Although the technology is successful, no attempt is made to explore its profitability.[156][157]
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][93]
Raymond Jones is born. His father, a married banker, abandons his mother, Desiree Jones, breaking his promise to help Desiree and her career as a prostitute and stops calling her.[178][12]
Loki and Mobius M. Mobius arrive through a Timedoor in London, but Loki concludes that Sylvie Laufeydottir is not there. Mobius tells him that they had just gotten there, but Loki has a feeling because it is too safe for Sylvie, who is used to war zones and apocalypses. Mobius starts walking and explains that even then, they had a hit on Hunter X-05's TemPad. Loki concludes that Sylvie must have gotten to him first. Turning the corner of Leopold Theatre, Mobius says that since Dox and X-05 are not responding, this is their only lead anyway.[108][180]
They then walk into a group of fans gathered in front of the theatre as a limousine drives up. Out comes X-05, seemingly an actor named Brad Wolfe now for a movie titled The Zaniac!. Inside the theatre, many press gather around as Loki starts piecing together that X-05 is an actor, but Mobius thinks he is undercover. However, Loki still believes the former as it looked too real.[108][180]
Meanwhile, Wolfe makes the rounds through reporters and even asks a woman how her kids are doing. A reporter asks him about his rise to fame. Wolfe charmingly says that he does not know what he thinks of it, but he does know that he looks good in his suit. He then steps over to Ron, who asks if the rumors of him and Brigitte Bardot are true. Wolfe jokingly tells him that he cannot be asking that.[108][180]
Mobius speaks up, approaching Wolfe and asking if there will be a Zaniac 2. Wolfe's smile immediately fades as he realizes that Mobius is there. He hugs Mobius, telling everyone that they used to work together. As he is backing away, Wolfe says they will catch up later, but then walks into Loki as Mobius says they should catch up now.[108][180]
Getting nervous, Wolfe says he is glad to see them both and will get some drinks for them before asking what they want. As Wolfe walks off, Mobius says it is okay to have a drink, but Loki interrupts him asking if Wolfe was running. Mobius panics as he realizes Loki was right.[108][180]
Wolfe exits the back door and immediately takes out his TemPad to get away. However, he is met by Hunter B-15, who acts as a fan wanting an autograph. She then catches Wolfe by surprise and punches him before grabbing his arm adn taking the TemPad. Wolfe then lets go and runs as Mobius reaches her.[108][180]
Wolfe makes his way to the front where there is a hoarde of people. He walks casually in order to avoid detection, although it does not work as he is forced to run again. The chase goes down an alley before Mobius grabs hold of Wolfe, who gets the upper hand and slams Mobius against the wall, angrily telling him he was going to ruin his life there. Suddenly, Loki blasts Wolfe with his magic, sending Wolfe down a flight of stairs.[108][180]
Wolfe quickly gets up and runs down the alley, only for Loki to chase him. Wolfe glides past a car to block Loki only for it do nothing to the fast Frost Giant. Wolfe then runs into a building with all of his force slamming into the wall. Loki still chases him through the dark hallway and out the door into another alley.[108][180]
Opening another round of tunnels, Wolfe runs through more hallways only to run himself into a dead-end as he meets a fence. Loki arrives and closes in on Wolfe, who activates his Time Collar on his wrist, allowing him to jump back to the stairs that he fell down. Loki turns to go after him.[108][180]
Wolfe gets back up and runs into the street where he is met by a mob. Wolfe gets defensive and grabs a pole to use offensively. Since the men do not back up, he swings, only for his pole to go straight through the illusion of Loki's magic. Angry, Wolfe takes out his Time Twister which gets thrown to the side by Loki's telekinesis, prompting Wolfe to tell Loki to fight fair. Wolfe then runs away as Loki tells him it is not a fair fight.[108][180]
Wolfe runs into another alley, where he is cornered by Loki, who duplicates himself into three of him and uses his shadows to grab Wolfe and pin him to the wall as Mobius joins. Wolfe struggles and claims he did nothing wrong. Mobius asks why he ran then. Mobius then mistakenly talks to an illusion, saying he thought it was a little too much. The real Loki chimes in saying he believes it was spot on. They then take Wolfe into custody.[108][180]
Some of these events are the result of a universe jump due to the Timedoor The events were previously from here, continue to the Time Variance Authority Office, then return to here
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.[200][72]
Dirtied and injured, Danvers nonetheless gets up out of the kart.[200][72]
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.[200][72]
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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.[200][72]
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.[213][214]
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Alien is released in the United States, with the poster bearing the phrase, "In space no one can hear you scream."[1][215][216]
26th[]
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][56]
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.[213][218]
Susan Ellerh has Leslie pack her things so that the two of them can leave David, whom she feels has become brainwashed by Jonah.[213][218]
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.[213][218]
↑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.
↑ 20.020.1Jeri 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.
↑ 24.024.124.224.324.424.5In 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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑ 71.071.171.2In 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.
↑In an extended scene from The Incredible Hulk, Thaddeus Ross says he was 27 when he came home from Vietnam. Taking a weighted average of William Hurt's age during the filming of The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Black Widow suggests Ross would have been born around c. 1952. However, this would put his return around 1979. The last American troops withdrew from Vietnam in March 1973, and Betty Ross was born on May 11, 1973, meaning Thaddeus would have had to have been back in the United States by August 1972 to conceive her, so it can be assumed that he withdrew about a month before this point, July 1972.
↑ 82.082.182.2Through 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.
↑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."
↑ 105.0105.1105.2Using 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".
↑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 10th. The closest February 10th to October 1973 is February 10, 1974.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑Eric Martin said in an interview about Hunter X-05, "So he got into that life, and he’s been enjoying it for maybe a couple years," suggesting that it has been approximately two years since his arrival on the Sacred Timeline by the time Loki and Mobius M. Mobius find him on November 6, 1977. A weighted calculation places Hunter X-05's arrival on approximately September 24, 1975.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑ 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.
↑ 158.0158.1In 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 are 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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑ 180.00180.01180.02180.03180.04180.05180.06180.07180.08180.09180.10180.11In Breaking Brad, Brad Wolfe is shown attending the premiere for the movie The Zaniac! in what a title card depicts is "1977." In The Making of Loki Season 2, The Zaniac! is confirmed to be based on a comic book. In the 1970s, comic book movies tended to release between July and March. The average of the release dates within this range can be taken to be the release date for The Zaniac!, November 6, 1977.
↑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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑ 195.0195.1It 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.
↑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.
↑ 200.0200.1200.2200.3200.4200.5In 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.
↑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.
↑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.
↑ 213.0213.1213.2213.3In 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.
↑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.
↑In Taloa, Henry Lopez says on May 16, 2025 (see 2025 references) to Maya Lopez, "You know why I'm 45 and alone? Because everyone I cared about was taken away by him. After your father died, I tried to get out. Fisk threatened to kill me if I did. So... I came back here and did his dirty work." This confirms not only that Henry is 45 years old on this date, but that he survived the Snap since William Lopez died in 2021. Therefore, Henry Lopez can have been born any time between May 17, 1979 and May 16, 1980. Henry's birth can therefore be approximated to the midpoint of these dates, November 15, 1979.
