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Before 1900
Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age
Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749
1900–1999
'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909
'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929
'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
2000–present
In the real world
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep is released in the U.S. directly to television under the title Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.
- Gamera vs. Gyaos is released in the United States straight to television under the title Return of the Giant Monsters.
- Mary Parent is born in the United States.
- Takateru Manabe is born in Hokkaido, Japan.
- Asahi Sonorama publishes Ultra Books: Destroy All Monsters.
- Rodan is re-released in Italy.
January
- 2 January: The first episode of Agon airs on Fuji TV.
- 5 January: The fourth and final episode of Agon airs.
February
- 7 February: Nick Adams passes away at the age of 36.
- 11 February: Madison Square Garden opens to the public.
March
- 20 March: Daiei releases Gamera vs. Viras and Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters to Japanese theaters as a double feature.
June
- 6 June: Akira Ohashi is born in Japan.
- 19 June: King Kong Escapes is released in the United States.
August
- 1 August: Toho releases Destroy All Monsters to Japanese theaters, with a re-release of Atragon as its cofeature.
- 14 August: Terry Notary is born in San Rafael, California, United States.
September
- 28 September: Naomi Watts is born in Shoreham Kent, England.
November
- 13 November: Brenco Pictures releases its dubbed version of The Last War to a single U.S. theater, the Edison Drive-In of Bakersfield, California.
December
- 14 December: Daiei releases Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare to Japanese theaters.
In fiction
- In June, a nuclear test is conducted in French Polynesia by the French government, exposing an iguana nest to the radioactive fallout. (GODZILLA, 1998)
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