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| 1564 |
William Shakespeare born. |
| 1616 |
William Shakespeare dies. |
| 1664 |
New Amsterdam renamed New York. |
| 1730 |
Charles Messier born. |
| 1781 |
Planet Uranus discovered by William Herschel. |
| 1781 |
Charles Messier publishes his first catalogue. |
| 1812 |
Charles Dicken born. |
| 1817 |
Charles Messier dies. |
| 1828 |
Lev Tolstoy born. |
| 1846 |
Planet Neptune discovered by Johann Galle. |
| 1870 |
Charles Dickens dies. |
| 1887 |
Joseph Schwartz born. |
| 1909 |
Joseph Schwartz emigrates to America. |
| 1910 |
Lev Tolstoy dies. |
| 1914 |
First World War. |
| 1920 |
Isaac Asimov born near Smolensk in Russia. |
| 1930 |
Planet Pluto discovered.by Clyde Tombaugh |
| 1939 |
Second World War. |
| 1949 |
June Joseph Schwartz "transported" to
the future by a freak nuclear accident. |
| ???? |
Last World War. |
| 1973 |
Jul 15th Destruction of the Prometheus.
28 people killed and 73 wounded. |
| 1973 |
Passing of the Zittman antirocketry bill. |
| 1974 |
Eldridge controls the American congress. |
| 1974 |
Federal Scientific Research Investigatory Bureau
established by the Stonely-Carter bill. |
| 1976 |
Feb 2nd Eldridge dies. |
| 1978 |
First space flight of John Harman and the New
Prometheus. |
| 1982 |
Susan Calvin born. |
| 1982 |
Lawrence Robertson forms US Robots & Mechanical
Men, Inc. |
| 1986 |
George Weston marries Grace. |
| 1990 |
Gladia Weston born. |
| 1992 |
Isaac Asimov Dies |
| 1996 |
"Robbie" manufactured by US Robots &
Mechanical Men, Inc. |
| 1998 |
Lefebre-Yoshida expedition to Mars takes off from
Lunar Base. |
| 1998 |
New York passes ordinance keeping all robots off the
streets between sunset and sunrise. |
| 1998 |
Susan Calvin visits the Talking Robot Exhibition at
the Museum of Science and Industry in New York. |
| 2002 |
Alfred Lanning demonstrates the first mobile robot to
be equipped with a voice at a Psycho-Math seminar which is attended by Susan Calvin.
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| 2003 |
Susan Calvin obtains B.Sc. |
| 2003-2007 |
Most world governments ban robot use on Earth other
than scientific research. |
| 2005 |
Fatal First Mercury Expedition launched. |
| ???? |
Alfred Lanning becomes Director of Research at US
Robots & Mechanical Men, Inc. |
| 2007 |
"Robbie" dismantled. |
| 2008 |
Susan Calvin obtains Ph.D. and joins US Robots &
Mechanical Men, Inc. as robopsychologist. |
| 2008 |
US Robots & Mechanical Men, Inc. robot production
reaches three a week. |
| 2015 |
Second Mercury Expedition financed by US Robots &
Mechanical Men, Inc. and Solar Minerals. |
| 2029 |
Hyper Base closed for a period of two weeks after the
loss of an NS robot. |
| 2029 |
US Robots & Mechanical Men, Inc. enter into a
contract with Consolidated Robots to solve the mathematics of the hyperspatial jump.
|
| 2029 |
First interstellar jump by Gregory Powell and Michael
Donovan under the control of "The Brain". |
| ???? |
Unsuccessful demonstration of the hyperspatial jump on
H937. |
| 2032 |
Stephen Byerley becomes Mayor of New York. |
| 2033 |
Susan Calvin becomes Robopsychologist-in-Chief. |
| 2037 |
First practical hyperatomic motor produced. |
| 2037 |
Stephen Byerley becomes Regional Co-ordinater for the
Northern Region. |
| 2044 |
The Regions of Earth form a Federation and appoint
Stephen Byerley as its first World Co-ordinater. |
| 2048 |
Stephen Byerley elected for a second term as World
Co-ordinater. |
| 2052 |
Susan Calvin first suggests the existence of a Zeroth
Law of robotics. "No robot may harm humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity
to come to harm". The First to Third Laws would be amended accordingly. |
| 2052 |
Earth population at 3.3 billion. |
| 2057 |
Susan Calvin assists in the production of a series of
feature articles for Interplanetary Press. |
| 2058 |
Interplanetary Press circulation at 3 billion.
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| 2058 |
56th edition of the Handbook of Robotics
published. |
| 2058 |
Susan Calvin retires from US Robots & Mechanical
Men, Inc. |
| 2064 |
Susan Calvin dies. |
