Rise of Weirdness - Part 33

March 3, 1996:

Second Spanish Civil War triggered; Popular Front Socialist leader Felipe Gonzalez wins the Spanish elections in a national referendum in Madrid; triggering civil unrest and panic throughout the country,....

April 26, 1996:

Sino-Soviet Border Conflict; civil unrest and violence erupt as Chinese Kuomintang forces clash at the border,...

May 17, 1996:

Superman directed by Tim Burton, starring Nicholas Cage as Superman/Clark Kent and Johnny Depp as Lex Luthor, makes its hit debut

March 10, 1996:

United Nations peacekeeping forces track shipments of wolfsbane and assorted potions to "Nirvana", an illegal potion cartel in Sonora, Mexico,...

May 5 1996

A massive magical explosion occurs in Stull, Kansas...

June 27, 1996:

Uncanny X-Men #53 (Marvel Comics) unveils the villian Sargon of Arkadd who subsequently enslaves both Magneto and Professor X,.....

July 17, 1996:

Jose Maria Anzar claims that the national elections were rigged, claiming that the Popular Front government of Gonzalez is being backed by the Soviet Union, placing further pressure on the Anglo-French Union to launch military forces into the region,....

July 28, 1996:

Soviet officials announce their boycott of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia claiming the presence of Transformed on the Rugby Sevens, Basketball, Association Football, Track and Swimming teams, gives the Americans an "unfair advantage to the games",...

August 17: 1996:

Marina Neverton begins studying at Tufts University in Boston.

September 18, 1996

In Dubbo, New South Wales, Jane Johnson, a teenager, discovers a strange opal in her back yard.

September 19, 1996

In Dubbo, Jane Johnson releases a mischievous djinn, who calls herself Jean. Jane takes Jean to school, at Delroy High School, where hijinks (including the generation of an extra floor) ensue...

September 20, 1996

In Dubbo, more hijinks occur due to Jean's mischievous nature. However, events get out of control at Delroy High School, with the opal passing from person to person. Jane doesn't get it back, but chaos occurs in the afternoon, with a tornado, and then a minor earthquake...

September 21, 1996:

John F. Kennedy Jr., marries actress Darryl Hannah in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, considered the "ultimate power couple",...

In Dubbo, chaos ensues. (A mountain of deserts covering some of the eastern subdivisions? Manipulation of light waves such that the world appears to be black and white? A forcefield surrounding a nearby village?)

September 22, 1996

In Dubbo, there seems to be rest, but various forces plan to take advantage of the events within the city...

October 10, 1996

Palyan moves to the Asteroid Belt, to get some distance between them and the Homeworld.

December 10, 1996:

New Age leader "Enki" calls upon followers to immigrate to Mars from Long Beach, California, sparking national attention,....

January 16, 1997:

Albanian government under Skender Gjinushi collapses into civil war in Tirana, sparking civil unrest and panic, fueling a humanitarian crisis in the region: Sali Berisha leads anti-government protests sparking civil unrest,....

3 March 1997
Jane premieres on MTV. This series stars teenage artist Jane Lane, a student at Lawndale High.This series also stars her brother, Trent and his band Mystik Spiral, as well as her best friend, Daria Morgendorffer.

March 10, 1997:

Kendra (UPN-TV) written and directed by Joss Whedon is considered the first Transformed series to make its hit debut,...

March 26, 1997:

William S. Burroughs Interzone Orgone Accumulator (ORAC) is donated to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.,

May 21 1997

DEFCON, an underground arcane communications convention, is held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

June 17, 1997:

A Call to Zion by Paul Wellstone, calls upon the Anglo-French Union to consider the possibility of a Zionist state in Palestine,...

July 2, 1997:

Collapse of Bilbao; Catalonian leaders including President Joaquims Molins are captured by Anglo-French Union forces, fueling tensions within the region,.....

July 24, 1997:

Yemeni entrepreneurs Adam Ismail, Mustafa Khalil and Abdullah al-Umari claim ownership to Mars, fueling anti-Transformed sentiments in the Middle East,....

August 11, 1997:

Ghosts of the victims of the Soviet NKVD campaigns erupt across Poland, fueling nationalist anti-Soviet sentiments across Eastern Europe,...

September 29, 1997:

Food and water riots erupt in Mercury City after human Offworlder settlers are accused of stealing food and water at Mercury City.

December 13, 1997:

Ghosts erupt throughout Nanjing, China in the aftermath of the Nanjing Massacre, fueling anti-Japanese sentiment in the region,...