Rise of Weirdness - Part 29

January 1, 1981

Archaeologists investigating a Mayan temple discover an Atlantian artefact in the centre...

February 21, 1981

The Mexican government seizes the Atlantean artefact from the Mayan temple.

May 18, 1981

Mercury City is established, by a group of Dwarves.

May 30, 1981:

Pittsburgh Disaster; Tensions mount as a zombie uprising is reported in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, threatening national stability,...

June 7, 1981:
Anglo-French units destroy the Iraqi Osirak nuclear facility, utilizing air strikes from Palestine, sparking international attention,

16 August 1981
It is noted that the Transformed are having larger numbers of children (on average) than normal humanity.

1982

Offworlders begin to use names from CS Lewis' Space Trilogy for the various planets of the Solar System, or rather the Field of Arbol.

February 17, 1982:

Anglo-French Union President Georges Pompidou launch an invasion of Albania fueling tensions across Europe,...

February 18, 1982:

Fascist leader Pierre Plantard leads a rally calling for the restoration of France, claiming "anti-Gallic discrimination", citing the lack of French leaders,....

March 3, 1982:

Tripoli Incident; Tensions mount throughout Libya after Nazi draugrs are triggered awake by Libyan officials in Tripoli, threatening to collapse the government,....

April 2, 1982:

Anglo-French Union President Francois Mitterand clashes with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, after the Argentine government takes the Malvinas,....

April 29, 1982:

U.S. President Ronald Reagan designates April 29th as "Remembrance Day" in an effort to commemorate the suffering of Transformed and Neo-pagans

June 11, 1982:

Night Skies alien invasion film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford and Peter Coyote, makes its hit debut,....

June 19, 1982:

Riots erupt in Highland Park, Michigan, after General Motors CEO Lee Iacocca announces the deployment of golems to improve their car production capabilities,....

June 6, 1982:

Anglo-French and Palestinian forces launch the invasion of Lebanon, citing the threat by Hezbollah forces into Lebanon, fueling tensions in the region,...

June 21, 1982:

Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, emerges as one of the first Chinese towns to launch into space, ...

September 1982:

A group of Orcs arrive on Pluto (discovering the moons known in OTL as Nix, Hydra and Kerberos in the process) after having been driven off Europa by the majority Elven population of the settlements on that moon.

September 17, 1982:

Yamato film starring (insert names here) is banned from theatres after riots erupt in major cities across Japan including Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, investigations report evil mystical energies of a possible curse around the film....

November 3, 1982:

The U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Energy disclose in a report that they had been conducting illegal radiation experiments since the 1950s, the White House quietly tries to dismiss the report,....

March 29, 1983:

In a controversial move, Soviet Premier Nikolai Tikhonov openly voices his opposition to a Zionist state in Palestine, fueling tensions between the Anglo-French Union and the United States,....

19 May 1983

The Orcs establish a colony on Charon.

25 May 1983
Star Wars Episode XIII: Return of the Jedi is released.

July 17, 1983:

Indian Prime Minister Chandra Shekar announces legislation , promoting political power for India's president powers, propaganda, and limits the power of independent media and press nationwide,....

6 August 1983

Two Anglo-French agents (from the Commission of Magical Investigation) board a Soviet submarine which has discovered an Atlantean warrior frozen in the Arctic ice.

The Agents and Sub's crew end up having to stop the warrior from launching the sub's nuclear missiles...

September 13, 1983:

Elves and Dwarves (ABC-TV) sitcom starring Frederick Stallone and Esther Allen makes it debut,....

October 25, 1983:

U.S. President Ronald Reagan deploys military forces into Grenada, citing "Communist insurgency", fueling political tensions between the United States and the Anglo-French Union,....

December 25, 1983:

Mermaid rock band "The Lure" appears in Gdansk, Poland with their hit single "Figs n' Dates", sparking international attention,...

January 22, 1984:
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak promote the launch of their Apple IIe-"Spellcaster" during the Super Bowl, sparking international attention,...

January 25, 1984:

Political tensions mount after Reverend Jesse Jackson, leader of the Rainbow Coalition, refers to Transformed communities in New York City as "Slagtown" and residents as "Trannies"

February 21, 1984:

Marvel Comics under Jim Shooter announces preliminary plans to buyout DC Comics in New York City, New York, fueling concern about anti-trust laws regarding the comic book industry,....

April 24, 1984:

Public health officials in Atlanta, Georgia diagnose the disease Aquired Lycanthropy Transformation Syndrome (ALTS) amongst Transformed communities,...

June 10, 1984

The population of Mars reaches 1 million.

August 31, 1984:

Transformed "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers" (CHUD) are blamed for a series of murders targeting upper class; Real estate mogul Donald Trump offers a multimillion dollar bounty for the "heads of these sick bastards", fueling anti-Transformed sentiment nationwide,...

October 31, 1984:

Transformed activist Xiao Li assassinates President Lee Kuan Yew in Beijing, triggering anti-Transformed riots across China,...

November 21, 1984:

Alaskan state officials led by Shimon Peres announce they will accept Ethiopian Jewish refugees, in defiance of the Anglo-French Union,...