Timeline of Earth Redone
Category: Other
Updated: 1 Oct 2018
Contributors
Created byEmily Rudo
Attachments
Events
January 1: Origin of Japanese EraApril 7, 1874
3:53:17 pm
Moon formed - tilted earth to 23.5°, creating seasonsApril 5: Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park,
opens in Birkenhead, England,
designed by Joseph PaxtonMarch 20, 1875
6:21:36 am
Bombarded with debris, heat of contraction
and radioactive breakdown kept planet too
hot for an atmosphere or surface moistureMarch 1: US Congress passes Civil Rights ActMarch 3: 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)April 30, 1890
12:47:19 am
The planet cooled enough to allow accumulation
of atmosphere and surface water
(oceans formed)April 18: NY Commission of Emigration ends,
closing Castle Clinton4,570,000,000 years ago4,530,000,000 years ago4,500,000,000 years ago4,000,000,000 years ago3,800,000,000 years agoSeptember 1, 1896
10:14:02 pm
Reducing atmosphere formed of
NH4, CN4, H2O(v), CO2, N2,
with enormous amounts of ultra violet radiationSeptember 7: A. H. Whiting wins the 1st
automobile race held on a closed-circuit track
in Cranston, Rhode IslandMarch 6, 1906
4:29:22 pm
Prokaryotic cells in ocean
Many hypotheses exist regarding the origin
and evolution of the of the first cells3,500,000,000 years agoMarch 6: Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected
to American Society of Civil EngineersApril 16, 1921
10:55:05 am
First photosynthetic prokaryotic cells,
many life forms in the oceans die as
oxygen increase
Oxygen begins to accumulate in the
atmosphere and in the oceans
for the first time3,000,000,000 years agoApril 11: First sports broadcast on
the radio takes placeDecember 22, 1933
5:52:00 am
Some oxygen converted to ozone
to form a protective layer
against UV radiation
First life on surface of ocean/land
possible because of protection
from ultraviolet radiationJanuary 1, 1873
12:00:00 am
No life on Earth
The planet formed2,600,000,000 years agoDecember 21: Newfoundland reverts to
being a crown colony of Great BritainDecember 26: FM radio patent granted to
American engineer Edwin Howard ArmstrongDecember 30, 1952
10:17:24 pm
Columbia super-continent, reduced coastline,
created a vast worldwide ocean
with strong currents
First eukaryotic cells – plant, animal,
and fungi lineages are all present2,000,000,000 years agoDecember 30: Tuskegee Institute reports 1952
as 1st year in 71 years with no lynchings in USSeptember 14, 1984
9:41:28 am
Rodinia super-continent
First multicellular life1,000,000,000 years agoSeptember 14: 1st MTV Video Music Awards:
The Cars win with "You Might Think"September 16: 1st broadcast of
"Miami Vice" on NBC-TVSeptember 4, 1991
8:09:50 pm
First land plants and fungi780,000,000 years agoSeptember 4: "Most Happy Fella"
opens at NY State Theater NYCSeptember 5: Nelson Mandela chosen as
president of African National CongressAugust 26, 1999
11:00:51 am
First vertebrates in ocean530,000,000 years agoAugust 20: 7th Athletics World
Championships open at Seville, SpainAugust 31: "Fly" 5th studio album by
Dixie Chicks is released (Grammy
Award Best Country Album 2000,
Billboard Album of the Year 2000December 26, 2000
6:31:19 am
Ordovician extinction488,000,000 years agoDecember 12: United States
Supreme Court releases its
decision in Bush v. GoreDecember 28: U.S. retail giant
Montgomery Ward announces
it is going out of business after 128 yearsMarch 12, 2002
4:57:25 am
First arthropods on land450,000,000 years agoMarch 19: U.S. invasion of Afghanistan:
Operation Anaconda ends
(started on March 2)
after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda
fighters with 11 allied troop fatalitiesMarch 12: Animated film "Ice Age" directed by
Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, premieres380,000,000 years agoMay 31, 2004
11:18:07 am
First amphibians on landMay 29: The World War II Memorial
is dedicated in Washington, D.CMay 31: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban", the 3rd film based on the
books by J. K. Rowling is released in UKJuly 10, 2005
2:28:28 am
Devonian extinction345,000,000 years agoJuly 10: Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida
Panhandle causing billions of dollars in damageJuly 7: Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike
London's public transport system during the
morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700April 3: US President Barack Obama officially
secures Democratic presidential nominationApril 9: "The Lion King" becomes highest grossing
Broadway show after overtaking
"The Phantom of the Opera"April 10: Apple Inc. claims a value of
$600 billion making it the largest
company by market capitalization
in the worldApril 11: "The Avengers", directed by Joss
Whedon and starring Robert Downey Jr.,
Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth,
Scarlet Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and
Jeremy Renner, premieresMay 3, 2012
8:25:15 am
Meteor off the Yucatan Peninsula
occluded sunlight with particulate
matter, which inhibited autotrophs
Cretaceous extinction – most large
animals become extinct65,000,000 years agoMay 2: A pastel version of "The Scream", by
Norwegian painter Edvard Munch sells
at auction for $119,922,500May 2: Barcelona football player Lionel
Messi breaks the European goal-scoring
record with 68 goalsMay 12: The discovery of a missing Mayan
calendar piece disproves 2012 ArmageddonFebruary 24, 2014
6:04:24 am
First hominids63,000,000 years agoFebruary 17: US Secretary of State
John Kerry claims climate change
requires urgent action and that
only a small "window of time"
remained openFebruary 24: A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal
is discovered to be the oldest known
fragment from the earth's crustMay 2, 2014
8:35:54 pm
First Homo spp.6,000,000 years agoMay 1: Hundreds march through Nigerian capital
calling for the release of schoolgirls abducted by
Islamic militants, Boko Haram, who oppose
Western educationTodayDiscovery of the theory of Relativity by EinsteinAugust 1, 2007
8:07:08 am
Pangaea super-continent possibly caused by a
meteor that hit Antarctica
Permian extinction, 95% of life on earth goes extinct280,000,000 years agoAugust 19, 2006
5:38:49 pm
First mammals on land310,000,000 years agoAugust 6: Tiger Woods becomes the youngest
player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3
stroke victory in the Buick Open at
Grand Blanc, MichiganAugust 24: The International Astronomical
Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet"
such that Pluto is considered a
Dwarf Planet.August 1: The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge
spanning the Mississippi River in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the
evening rush hourAugust 4: 32-year-old Alex Rodriguez
becomes the youngest player in MLB history
to hit 500 home runs, connecting on the 1st pitch
he sees as NY Yankees beat Kansas City, 16-8March 2, 2009
1:31:26 am
First dinosaurs230,000,000 years agoMarch 4: International Criminal Court issues an
arrest warrant for Sudanese President
Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes
and crimes against humanity in Darfur
becoming the first sitting head of state
to be indictedMar 31: "Boom Boom Pow" single released by
The Black Eyed Peas (Grammy Award for Best
Music Video 2010, Billboard Song of the Year
2009)October 2, 2010
6:55:44 pm
Gondwanaland and Laurasia
super-continents
Triassic extinction180,000,000 years agoOctober 6: Kevin Systrom and
Mike Krieger launch InstagramSeptember 15, 2011
9:24:03 am
First birds150,000,000 years agoSeptember 12: "Love On Top" single released by
Beyoncé (Grammy Award Best Traditional R&B
Performance 2013, Billboard Song of the Year
2012)September 20: The United States ends its "Don't
Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and
women to serve openly for the first time.September 20: "Call Me Maybe", single by
Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, is releasedApril 10, 2012
4:53:18 am
First angiosperms
(flowering plants)132,000,000 years agoDeath of Sir Winston ChurchillWomen were granted the right to voteStock market crash occurred in the United States9/11Berlin Wall comes downDedication of Statue of LibertyPeriods
World War IWorld War IISpanish-American War
Comments