1970s

"Science could not save my body. My mind, however, that was worth saving, on two hundred thousand feet of data banks."

- Arnim Zola

This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1970s.

January

 * is formed.

9th

 * Gideon and Nathaniel Malick's father dies.

18th

 * Gideon and Nathaniel Malick visit Daniel Whitehall in prison after their father's funeral. He tells them that their father always cheated at the stone ceremony, hiding a notched white stone in the book 'Paradise Lost' and slipping it into the bag, feeling for the notch so he would never draw it.

19th

 * Gideon copies his father's trick, selfishly betraying his brother as the bag comes to just the two of them, and Gideon chooses to leave the notched white stone for Nathaniel and picking himself to live. Nathaniel draws the white stone and is sent to Maveth through the Monolith. Hive finds and kills him, using Nathaniel as his new host.

9th

 * Dennis Coles, professionally known as Ghostface Killah is born.

29th

 * Tony Stark is born in, New York to Howard and Maria Stark.

Unknown Month

 * is formed.
 *  by is released. This song was later featured on Peter Quill's.

23rd

 * is born.

23rd

 *  by is released in the United States of America. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."

1st

 * Emil Blonsky is born in Russia.

2nd

 * Clifford Smith, later known as Method Man is born.

19th

 * Nick Fury, working for CIA during Cold War, was sent on a mission to Russia and roots out a double agent.

Unknown Month

 * ' by is released, containing the titular song, '. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."
 * is formed.

2nd

 *  is released in the United States of America.

10th

 * Christopher Lee Rios, later known as is born.

1972

 * Arnim Zola receives a terminal diagnosis, and dies shortly after. His consciousness survives in an advanced supercomputer, which is kept in a S.H.I.E.L.D. bunker in Camp Lehigh, New Jersey.

24th

 *  is released in the United States of America.

18th

 *  by is released. This song was listened to by Meredith Quill and Ego in 1980, and later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."

21st

 * Christopher Wallace, later known as, is born.

9th

 * R. Giyera is born in Oahu, Hawaii.

11th

 * Marcus Daniels is born.

26th

 * Former President of the United States Harry S. Truman dies.

27th

 * is born.

1973

 * is formed.

22nd

 * Former President of the United States dies.

29th

 * The last remaining American troops withdraw from Vietnam, including Thaddeus Ross, who is 27 years old.

15th

 * Howard Stark films the intro for the 1974 Stark World Exposition. He uses the video to tell his son Tony of his love and that he beliefs in him, leaving a subtle hint to unlocking the 'new element'.

22th

 * Robert Coulson dies.

1st

 * Wilson Fisk helps his father, Bill Fisk, by making posters to promote his campaign for the Third District Council of New York City. To fund his campaign, Fisk would loan cash from a mobster named Rigoletto.

8th

 * Bill Fisk loses his campaign for the Third District Council. Later, he is told by his son that a young man named Bernie Walker was knocking down the signs for his campaign and calling both of them losers. Fisk takes his son to confront the bully. Once they find him, Fisk asks Walker why he was hitting the signs and insulting him. Walker replies that he was only repeating his father's statements. Fisk then beats Walker with a bat and orders his own son to kick him and not to stop.
 * Assassination of Bill Fisk: Later that night, Bill Fisk makes Wilson sit in a corner and stare at a wall to make him think about his future. As Fisk was about to leave to talk with Don Rigoletto, he is stopped by his wife. Having been drinking, Fisk begins to beat his wife, with Wilson listening. Having occurred numerous times before, Wilson gets tired of these beatings and finally decides to put an end to them. He grabs a nearby hammer and repeatedly hits his father over the head with it, killing him. Wilson and his mother cut up the body and spend the next week dumping the parts in a river.

27th

 * Marlene Fisk sends her son Wilson to live on a farm belonging to his relatives.

8th

 * Jasper Sitwell is born in Norfolk, Virginia.

12th

 * Pepper Potts is born.

19th

 * A promotional video for Stark Expo 74 is released, advertising it as a "dream of tomorrow, realized today," and featuring Howard Stark. The video invites viewers to join them for the opening in April 1974.

26th

 * The last Stark World Exposition until 2010 opens. Howard Stark hides the secret to perfecting Arc Reactor technology in the layout of the Expo for Tony Stark to find when he gets older.

30th

 * Lamont Coleman, later known as, is born.

9th

 * resigns from the office of the President of the United States, following an investigation revealing his involvement in the.
 * is born.

29th

 * , a boxing match, facing and, takes place.

28th

 * TonyPopularMechanics-IM.png and Howard Stark]]Tony Stark builds his first circuit board.

2nd

 * Yondu Udonta is freed from Kree slavery by Stakar Ogord after 20 years, to become a Ravager. Ego soon hires his Ravager clan to collect his numerous children from across the universe and bring them to his planet, and, still young and greedy for money, Yondu obliges.

30th

 * The HYDRA-planned, in which Thaddeus Ross served, draws to a close.

September

 * Reva Connors is born.

June

 *  by is released. This song was later featured on Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 1."

7th

 * Howard Stark unveils his building attempts in Arc Reactor technology. Although the technologically is successful, no attempt is made to explore its profitability.

28th

 * Tony Stark builds his first engine.

17th

 *  by is released. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."

4th

 *  by Fleetwood Mac is released. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."

21st

 * Dwight Frye is born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

11th

 * Hernan Alvarez is born.

25th

 * Star Wars is released in the United States of America

November

 * Kevin Thompson, later known as Kilgrave is born.

3rd

 * Pete's Dragon is released in the United States of America.

1978

 *  by is released. This song was later featured on Peter Quill's.

7th

 * HYDRA orchestrates the start of the Iranian Revolution.

June

 * Willis Stryker is born.
 *  by is released in the United States of America. This song was later featured on Meredith and Peter Quill's mixtape, "Awesome Mix Vol. 2."
 *  by is released. This song was later featured on Peter Quill's.

23rd

 * is born.

7th

 * After Ego comes to Earth, looking to plant a seedling and have another child, he meets Meredith Quill. They soon fall in love.

9th

 * Vincent Beckers dies in the city of Bruges in Belgium.

23rd

 * Ego leaves Quill to return to his planet, but promises to return.

1979

 * is founded.

9th

 *  is released.

11th

 * The HYDRA-instigated Iranian Revolution draws to a close as the provisional government collapses.

16th

 * Ego returns to Meredith Quill on Earth.

9th

 * Ego leaves Earth again, knowing that he has to go back to his planet to replenish its energy and keep it thriving.

23rd

 * Stark Industries makes its last breakthrough in Arc Reactor technology until 2009.

22nd

 *  is released in the United States of America.

13th

 * Ego comes back to Earth again to spend more time with Meredith Quill.

28th

 * Michael Peterson is born.

12th

 * Ego leaves Meredith Quill yet again, needing to return to his planet.