Rise of Weirdness - Part 18

1950

It is noted that the radiation from the various Hellstorms is causing physiological changes in some people regardless of ethnic background. 'Transformed' is the preferred technical term.

January 1, 1950

A dragon is seen in Westfjords, Iceland.

January 2, 1950

A Coven is established in a southern Reykjavik suburb.

January 3, 1950

Vampir Werwolf für immer stage a demonstration in Hamburg.

January 5, 1950:

The Arab Liberation Organization is branded a major threat after Abdullah Rimawi calls for a socialist uprising in Ramallah,...

February 16, 1950

Aphrodite captures American agents...

March 1, 1950:

General Chiang Kai-shek is named President of the Second Chinese Republic in Beijing, sparking international attention,...

April 22, 1950:

International Olympic Committee (IOC) announces that it will require physical medical inspections in regards to Transformed nature and gender,...

Many 9, 1950:

Ultimaist religion is formed by Transformed leader Xander Cross in Jonesboro, Georgia, becoming a major force within the Transformed Community,...

June 24, 1950

A Coven is established in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

July 8, 1950

A third Fields of Fire film is announced, but Deborah Kerr states that she isn't reprising her character.

August 13, 1950:
British Aerospace touts the release of its luxury blimps as "helpiing to bind the Commonwealth together...", during a christening ceremony by King George VI in Heathrow, England,...

August 30, 1951:

Zhejiang Disaster; Chinese Communist guerrilla forces unleash zombies in Zhejiang, fueling call for martial law in Beijing, sparking international attention,...

September 6, 1950:

Wilhelm Reich warns that nuclear radiation combined with "Orgone" has a toxic effect on all life, at Los Alamos, New Mexico,...

October 4-5, 1950:

German laborers led by (insert name here) launch demonstrations against the government at Munich, sparking international attention,...

October 19, 1950:

Tibetan forces block Chinese military forces at Chamdo, using mystical forces, citing Tibetan national identity and independence,...

November 8, 1950

Aphrodite agents kidnap Aleister Crowley from Heathrow Airport.

January 27, 1951:

General Electric (GE) unveils its Northwind luxury blimps in Juneau, Alaska, fueling travel to the Alaskan territory,...

September 24, 1951:
Robyn Towns of Norwich, England emerges as the voice for magic practitioners/ beings advocacy movement,....

January 27, 1952:

Dragons are reported by local and military officials in Liaoning, China, coincidentally during the beginning of celebrations of the Chinese "Year of the Dragon", sparking international attention and concern,...

April 21, 1952:

Germany unveils the Luftwaffe Hamburger Flugzeugbau luxury blimp is unveiled in Hamburg, West Germany, signaling a "New Germany",...

May 20, 1952

Author Arthur C. Clarke suggests that the magic may be actually 'Sufficiently Advanced Technology'.

July 7, 1952:

General Douglas MacArthur wins the GOP nomination, with Senator Richard M. Nixon, winning national attention,...

July 17, 1952:

After the death of Jack Parsons, Matrjorie Cameron of San Luis Obispo, California immigrates to Aphrodite calls for asylum, claiming shee is pregnant with the "Moonchild",...

July 23, 1952:

Transformed leaders lead by Sina Gamser lead a radical call in Berlin to ban churches and synagogues as a "threat to Transformed primacy..."

August 7, 1952:

Benigno Andrade leads demonstrations for political reforms and an adherence to human rights during rallies in Madrid, sparking international attention,....

August 17, 1952:

Town of Ashley, Kansas and its residents disappear without a trace, despite investigations by federal, state and local officials,...

October 20, 1952:

African-American neopagan singer Herman Poole Blount changes his name to "Sun-Ra" in Chicago, Illinois as his "freed man's name", ...

December 16, 1952:

Walt Disney establishes his Imagineering Labs in Glendale, California, in an effort to fully develop golems via "animatronics"; historians note that his anti-Semitism served as a major stumbling block in the development of the technology,....

December 31, 1952:

Indian Doctor D.G. Vinod defects to U.S. military forces in Augusta, Maine, warning of the "psychic arms race",...

1953

Libraries for banned magical literature start popping up in American cities. (Hidden by 'cloaking spells')

January 13, 1953:

"State of Aphrodite" is accused by Joseph Stalin of a "witches' coven plot", in Moscow, sparking state purges nationwide,..

March14,1953:

Lavrentii Beria comes to power after a major succession crisis, following the death of Stalin; Beria continues the claims that Stalin was killed by "mystical forces",....

March 30, 1953:

Albert Einstein hypothesises that magic is linked through the "Grand Unification Theory" in Princeton, New Jersey, fuelling scientific debate and controversy,.....

June 16, 1953:

Berlin Uprising; Werewolves led by (insert name here) threaten to overthrow German Chancellor (insert name here) fueling tensions across Europe,...

June 24, 1953:

Macbeth film starring Charlton Heston and Audrey Hepburn is banned from theatres after riots erupt in major cities across America including Chicago, Des Moines and Kansas City, investigations report evil mystical energies of a possible curse around the film....

September 26, 1953:

U.S. & Allied troops begin the withdrawal from Spain, with the firm establishment of a democratic government under President Juan Garcia Oliver, sparking international attention,...

January 23, 1954:

Chiang Kai-shek proclaims "World Freedom Day" as a "celebration of democracy worldwide" in Beijing, angering the Soviets,...

May 7 1954

Denmark opens diplomatic relations with the State of Aprodite.

May 10, 1954:

Former Maquis members demand that former members of the Franco regime be placed on trial, during rallies in Madrid,....

October 10, 1954:

FBI agents shutdown Interzone Accumulator, claiming that devices promote sexual promiscuity in teenagers and women,...

October 27, 1954:

Pope Pius XII quotes Job 3:8 in regards to the existence of kaiju and their link to nuclear weapons, stating, "May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan...."