Rise of Weirdness - Part 37

January 9, 2003
Marvel begins releasing Star Wars: The Clone Wars with the graphic novel, Trial of Ahsoka.

February 15, 2003

The Zimbabwe Civil War ends, with Mugabe surrendering...

March 16, 2003

Al Qaida attacks a Legion of the Underground Base, to free Bin Laden...

April 18, 2003

Daniels and her mentor solve the riddle regarding the location of the fourth artefact. They find that it somewhere on Mars.

April 19, 2003:

Anti-Communist demonstrations erupt in Warsaw, Poland, voicing opposition to Russian military and political intervention in the region,...

May 24, 2003:

Jungfrau Park is established by Erich von Daniken in Interlaken, Switzerland, promoting the idea of ancient astronauts and their interference in human history, sparking international attention and controversy,....

June 25, 2003:

Croatian leaders led by Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, proclaim an independent state in Zagreb, citing the increasing violence in Bosnia-Hercegovina,....

July 10, 2003:

Journalists with KLAS-TV report "Bambi hunts" wherein golems are cruelly hunted for sport outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, sparking international condemnation and controversy,....

July 16, 2003:

FOX-TV promotes the "Bambi hunts as "extreme sports", sparking accusations that the television network is "anti-Semitic" and "anti-Transformed" in Las Vegas, Nevada,....

July 27, 2003:

Indian forces recapture some of the nuclear weapons stolen two years earlier.

August 1, 2003:

Actor/Actress Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are married in a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming one of the most powerful celebrity couples,...

August 4, 2003:

Martian settlers discover giant ice towers at Hellas Basin, conclusively proving that an alien race visited the solar system in its antiquity,....

August 28, 2003:

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, California unveils "Lucky the Dinosaur" as its first dinosaur golem, which is used to promote paleontology and scientific research nationwide,.....

Mermaids trigger the sinking of the Soviet K-159 nuclear submarine from the Barents Sea fleet, stealing the nuclear weapons as leverage.

September 20, 2003:

Gal Gadot, Miss Alaska, wins the title of Miss America, sparking national attention in Atlantic City, New Jersey,...

September 22, 2003

A second Luna polity joins the WTO.

October 28, 2003

Marvel starts releasing a comic based on MTV's Mystik Spiral.

November 23, 2003:

Soviet Governor Eduard Shevardnadze is assassinated by Georgian nationalists in Tblisi, triggering a massive military crackdown on the region, with many reporting mass killing by Soviet troops,.....

December 23, 2003

The Mystik Spiral Christmas Special airs on MTV.

January 27, 2003

A DEFCON is held in Rockhampton, Queensland.

February 26, 2004:

Scandal erupts when it is unveiled that the Anglo-French Union has been spying on the United States and United Nations since 1961, sparking tensions within the "special relationship"

March 8, 2004:

Gregory W. Nemitz, CEO of Orbital Development (OD) announces thousands of mining jobs in the Asteroid Belt, during a press conference in New York City,...

April 25, 2004:

Celebrity and former actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected in Austrian presidential elections, sparking international controversy, over his strong opposition to the Soviet Union and its military operations in the region,....

May 26, 2004:

Offworld leaders including Tamara Oliverson, Xander Biel and Peta Benjamin warn the United Nations General Assembly that the Offworld colonies are suffering from severe food and water shortages,....

June 15, 2004:

Heiress Paris Hilton announces that she is entering the Roman Catholic Order of the Sisters of Mercy in New York City, New York, taking a vow of poverty and a vow of chastity,....

July 14, 2004:

Legacy of Batgirl #1 (DC Comics) features the murder of beloved character Batgirl aka Barbara Gordon, revealing that the Joker had taken over one of the Riddler's schemes in order to lead her into a trap...

On Bastille Day, Stephen M. Stirling demonstrates for Anglo-French Union officials including Defense Minister Jacques Chirac at Fangataufa; declaring that the weapon would be an "instrument of peace",....

July 16, 2004:

U.S. President Jeb Bush and Anglo-French Union President Tony Blair announce a free trade agreement during a press conference in Liverpool,...

July 22, 2004:

Ghosts appear between Majdanek to Kaiserwald, highlighting Holocaust victims, fueling civil unrest and panic,...

August 1, 2004:

Anti-Soviet protests erupt in Warsaw, Poland, with Soviet officials threatening the invasion of Poland, fueling fears of an escalating crisis,...

August 17, 2004:

Neverton defends a Boston neighbourhood against a Soviet supervillain.

September 30, 2004

A DEFCON is held in Townsville, Queensland.

October 29, 2004:

Zionist leader David Swizher is named head of Kahane Chai, committed to the resettlement of Palestine by Jewish leaders, sparking international attention and concern,...

November 2, 2004:

Former NBA player Charles Barkley (R-AL) is elected governor of Alabama, in a high-profile election, citing his views on taxes, terrorism, and education as his main platform,....

November 11, 2004:

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas protests claims that Zionist rebels are threatening the stability of the state, with bombings in Ramallah, Gaza, et al., refusing to allow Zionist settlement of the Middle East,....

December 17, 2004:

Doll Forest Corporation of Tokyo, Japan emerges as the primary developer and distributor of "love dolls" throughout the Pacific Rim, sparking outrage from Jewish community leaders who point out that golems were not designed for such purposes......

December 26, 2004:

Mermaids are blamed for the Indonesian tsunami disaster by government and military officials in Jakarta,...