Rise of Weirdness - Part 22

January 1, 1961:

The Dick Tracy syndicated cartoon show angers many groups with its offensive characters including "Joe Jitsu", "Go-Go" Gomez, and Transformed character (insert name here), forcing the cancellation of the show,....

January 2, 1961

A kaiju approaches Tahiti...

March 16, 1961:

Soviet Premier Lavrentii Beria launches legislation approving the brutal roundup of Transformed and "dangerous cults" for exile to the gulags in Siberia,..

April 17, 1961:

U.S. military forces are deployed into Cuba to prevent Communist guerrillas led by Che Guevara from coming to power in Havana, sparking international attention and concern,....

May 1, 1961:

Lavrentii Beria establishes the "Council for Religious Affairs" to crackdown on Transformed and "counter-revolutionary cults" nationwide in Moscow,....

May 18, 1961:

Tensions between the Anglo-French Union erupt after a reconnaissance flight is shot down over Kashmir, fueling tensions in the region,...

July 17, 1961:

Arab Liberation Organization (ALO) forces fire on a political rally in Ramallah, calling Palestine the "traitor to the United Arab Republic (UAR) cause, sparking international attention,...

September 27, 1961
The MinuteElves defend a community in the Northern Marianas from an immature kaiju.

October 31, 1961:

The cosmic nature of the "Hidden Libraries" is displayed after copies of the novels, The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain; The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens, a complete version of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Don Juan by Lord Byron, and the play Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare,....

November 11, 1961:
Racial and ethnic tensions mount as Romani gypsies begin entering the "State of Aphrodite", citing political tensions in Western Europe,...

Transformed of Pennsylvania (PBS-TV) by Edward R. Murrow becomes the first documentary about the plight of Transformed in America, featuring Transformed in Harrisburg,....

March 1, 1962:

Anglo-French Union Foreign Minister Oswald Mosley calls for the stronger development of "European Identity" in Malmo, Sweden, sparking international attention and concern,....

March 16, 1962:

Mass disappearance of the town of Stevenage, England triggers fear and panic within the immediate area as military forces try to contain the situation and investigate what happened,....

April 22, 1961
The Kamchatka kaiju awakes again, but remains quiescent.

May 7, 1962:

Chinese archaeologist Tsum Um Nui discovers the "Dropa Stones" unveiling a new source and technique to utilize magic in the Bayan Har Mountains, home of the Han Dynasty,....

July 5, 1962
The MinuteElves defend Lahaina, Hawaii from a flying kaiju, which had emerged from the Pacific Anomaly.

September, 6 1962

A kaiju dubbed 'Reptilicus' is discovered in a Danish mine. It trashes the place before escaping.

October 20-November 21, 1962:
Sino-Tibetan War; Chinese and Tibetan forces clash over the Aksai-Chin area with India threatening to intervene,...

December 14, 1962:

German leaders establish "Intershops" allowing limited trade between the Western Allies and the Eastern Bloc in major German cities,....

January 4, 1963:

FBI Director Eliot Ness orders a crackdown on the Wiccamasonry religion, citing its "dangerous anti-government activities" in Washington D.C.,...

February 24, 1963
Marvel debuts Ranger #1 about an immortal Texas Ranger trying to keep order in Texas in the near future.

June 5, 1963

A number of kaiju are observed fighting near a small town in Siberia.

July 6, 1963
A US submarine patroling the edge of the Pacific Anomaly is attacked by a large submarine kaiju...

August 3, 1963:

U.S. and Anglo-French Union military forces are deployed to the Indian Ocean after an "Orichalum" meteorite crashes near Prince Edward Island, near the Antarctica coastline, possibly mutating the ecosystem of the region,....

August 7, 1963:
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy is born healthy to Vice-President John F. Kennedy and Second Lady Jacqueline B. Kennedy at Bethesda, Maryland,...

October 11, 1963:

French fascist leader Francois Balphangon leads nationalist movement to breakup the Anglo-French Union at Rennes-le-Chateau, France,..

November 23, 1963

Margaret Watson and Chester James, teachers at a school in the West End, disappear.

Flora Samson, a student at the same school, vanishes. She was last reported to be watching the premiere episode of Doctor Who.

November 24, 1963

A police officer reports 'possible Transformed activity' at a junkyard in Kensington.

February 13, 1964:

Dragon Hatchings reported at Liaoning, China, coincidentally during the beginning of celebrations of the Chinese "Year of the Dragon", sparking international attention and concern,....

April 22, 1964:

Walt Disney, in an audience with President Lyndon Johnson, launches the 1964 World's Fair with the development of his first lifelike, humanoid golems, starting with the figure of Abraham Lincoln, in Flushing Meadows Park, New York,....

May 20, 1964:

Celebrity Elizabeth Taylor is "outed" as being Transformed in Los Angeles, Callifornia, sparking international attention,...

August 17, 1964:

The FBI is scandalized after the 1945-1964 COUNTERSPELL surveillance program is revealed by the Washington Post, wherein Transformed leaders (insert names here) were subject to surveillance,....

Early November 1964

The insecticide ND-66, which is pro-ported to select its target according to the desires of the user, doesn't work as advertised. (All insect species are affected regardless of user intent.)

November 21, 1964:

Pope Paul VI condemns the "State of Aphrodite" of promoting witchcraft and paganism, during mass in the Vatican City,...

December 2, 1964:

Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH) is established in Madrid to address the issues of the Franco regime during the Spanish Civil War and World War II,...