Rise of Weirdness - Part 31

January 1, 1991

In Beijing, a map showing the location of mysterious artefacts is discovered.

January 2, 1991

The existence of the map is reported to the Government.

January 3, 1991

The Government orders that the artefacts be found.

January 4, 1991

An expedition is organised to find the artefacts.

January 5, 1991

The expedition leaves Beijing...

January 6, 1991

Controversially, a historian at the National University of China claims that the map discovered 5 days before is fake...

January 7, 1991

The first of the artefacts is found in Nanjing.

January 8, 1991

The Nanjing Artefact is returned to the university in Beijing.

January 9, 1991

Testing begins on the Nanjing artefact....

January 10, 1991

The Nanjing artefact activates, and blacks out the building the laboratory is in...

January 11, 1991

Power is restored to the lab, and careful testing of the artefact resumes...

January 12. 1991

Another expedition is organised to search for the next artefact.

January 13, 1991

The Mongolian Government is informed of the Beijing Map, and the Nanjing Artefact...

January 14, 1991

The expedition arrives in a remote village in Sichuan Province.

January 15, 1991

The Indian Government is informed of the Beijing Map, and the Nanjing Artefact...

January 16, 1991

The second artefact is found in the Sichuan village.

January 17, 1991

The expedition returns to Beijing with the Sichuan artefact.

January 18, 1991

Examination of the Sichuan artefact begins.

January 19, 1991

Armstrong City is declared 'Zombie Free'. (But there are still some, somewhere, lurking in some forgotten corner.)

January 26, 1991:

In one of the largest environmental disasters, Offworld colonists allegedly trigger a Hellstorm at Cobh, Ireland, killing thousands of people; Colonial leaders including Tamara Oliverson accuse the United Nations and corporations of lax standards and dangerous working conditions,...

February 14, 1991
The town of Kununurra in Western Australia, leaves for space.

February 21, 1991
Kununurra lands on the hitherto uninhabited 4 Vesta.

March 8, 1991:

Citing the recent bursts in mystical energy, the Dalai Lama calls for independence for Tibet, sparking tensions within the Chinese government,....

March 14, 1991:

Eridian Nights musical starring Sandeep Sangha and Thomas Samuel is the first film written, produced and distributed throughout the Offworlder community,....

March 16, 1991:

Country singer Reba McEntire and her band are killed in a blimp crash outside of San Diego, California, shocking the music community,...

Sino-Soviet Border Conflict; Tensions mount between China and the Soviet Union along the Argun River, fueling fears of a nuclear conflict between the two super powers,....

April 6, 1991:

White Afrikaaner settlers led by Carel Boshoff establishes the state of Orania on Luna, openly confronting Transformed colonies,...

April 26, 1991:

Transformed Offworlder Colonies are the subject of massive lawsuits by the Anglo-French Union, the European Union and United States, citing damages caused by the Cobh, Ireland Disaster; Transformed leaders dismiss the case as a form of "frivolous, legal harassment",.....

April 27, 1991:

Student demonstrations erupt in Beijing, demanding major political reforms from the government,...

20 May 1991
Star Wars Episode XXI: New Sith War is released.

May 21, 1991:

Formosan nationalists assassinate Chinese President Wu hua-peng in Shanghai, fueling tensions across Asia,...

May 22, 1991:

Chinese leaders led by President Lee Teng-hui call for a military crackdown on the rebellious Tibetan state, sparking fears of a brutal ethnic crackdown in the region,....

June 24, 1991

The third of the artifacts depicted in the Beijing Map is discovered near Lhasa...

July 24, 1991:

Zombies rise in Maputo, Mozambique, triggering civil unrest and panic across Sub-Saharan Africa,...

August 29, 1991

The fourth of the artefacts depicted in the Beijing Map is discovered near Shanghai.

September 1-2, 1991:

Were-beings (a.k.a. "Furries") clash violently with police in Chicago, Illinois, sparking international attention to their cause,...

September 2, 1991:

Chinese military forces announce the capture of 6 Vietnamese sailors on the Johnson South Reef, Spratly Islands, fueling fears of a possible naval conflict in the region,....

October 12, 1991:

Declaration of New Armidale ; Offworlder nations led by New Armidale demand representation from the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland,....

November 6, 1991:

Corporate leaders including Robert Irwin announce they have "contained the damage" around the Hellstorm, but environmental and Transformed leaders claim that the work was mishandled,....

Chinese military forces clash with Vietnamese forces along the Sino-Vietnamese border, fueling concerns of a massive conflict,....

December 16, 1991:

Indian Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi proclaims that the United States and the Anglo-French are "corrupt, criminal bodies on the verge of collapse" during a speech in New Delhi, heightening the political tensions between the United States and India,....
United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution #3379, condemning Zionism as racism, despite pressure from the Bob Dole Administration in Washington D.C., sparking tensions between the Anglo-French Union and the United States,..