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Year
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Month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Day
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1990[]

Oct 3
(DE) — The Federal Republic (West) and the Democratic Republic (East) are reunited, with Berlin becoming the federal capital.
?
(JP) — Renraku Computer Systems founder Inazo Aneki is born[1] in Chiba.[2]

1991[]

Oct 1
(US) — Associate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall retires: President Michael Dukakis appoints Archibald Sessenbrunner.[3]
?
(US) — Daniel Coleman, future Ghost Dance prophet Daniel Howling Coyote, is born inside a Ute[4] Native American reservation in Nevada.[5]

1992[]

Nov
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is elected 42nd President.[6][7][8]

1993[]

Jan
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is inaugurated as President.[6]
?
(US) — The first of three Associate (Burger) Supreme Court Justices leaves office.[6]

1994[]

?
(US) — Chief Supreme Court Justice Warren E. Burger retires for health reasons:[6] President Jeffrey Lynch appoints Terrence Ordell.[7]
(UK) Future Lord Protector Edward Gordon-Windsor is born.[9]

1995[]

?
(JP) — Kasigi Toda, future Yakuza "Oyabun" of the Yamato-gumi, is born.[10]

1996[]

?
(US) — The Lynch administration initiates[11] a wave of deregulation: the President oversees massive budget cuts to the defense establishment and social service programs, as well as the privatization of several federal agencies and public services.[6][12]
Nov
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is re-elected President.[6]

1997[]

Jan
(US) — Jeffrey Lynch is sworn in for his second presidential term.
Jul 1
(CN) Control of the Hong Kong territory reverts back to the mainland;[13] Wuxing's CEO Wu Kuan-Lei becomes an outstanding proponent of a free and independent Hong Kong region.[14]
?
(US) — Shiawase opens a new metallurgical engineering plant: it draws huge amounts of power from the regional utility grid, skyrocketing Shiawase's energy costs.[15]
(US) — In Chicago, Illinois, the television station WSAF[16] (future KSAF) goes on the air.[17]

1998[]

late 1998
(US) — The NYC branch of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) truckers labor union goes on strike, causing a severe food shortage.[18][6]
?
(US) — The last of three Associate (Burger) Supreme Court Justices leaves office.[6]
(US) — Shiawase approaches the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and demands the right to set up a private nuclear plant to bypass the regional utility grid; the NRC refuses permission: Shiawase challenges its decision via lawsuit with the Supreme Court.[15]
(CA) — In Québec Province, separatist advocates are finally elected into government positions.[19]
(UK) — Future King George VIII is born.[20]
(?) — Elven spike baby Maria Cinebal is born.[21]
(?) — The synthetic blood substitute Perfluoro-4-methyl-octahydroquinalidine (P4MO) is developed.[22]

1999[]

Jan 8[23]
(US) — Against pleas from union leadership, rank-and-file IBT members in NYC reject the NYS government's final contract offer and continue their strike, triggering city-wide food riots.[18][6]
Feb 12[23]
(CA) — Their submitted land claim long left unsettled and eventually disallowed,[24] the Dene tribe in the Northwest are forced to leave their land, clearing the area for further business development.
Feb 21[25]
(US) — During the strike-caused food shortage in NYC, a Seretech Medical Research (SMR) truck - mistaken for a food transport vehicle - is attacked[23] in Staten Island: throughout the night and into dawn, the ensuing riot-turned-firefight-turned-siege of a SMR facility in New Jersey[18] claims the lives of twenty Seretech employees and two hundred rioters, with thousands injured on both sides.[26][27][28][29]
May 6[23]
(US) — In the aftermath of the NYC riots, state and federal governments sue Seretech for criminal negligence tied to its security forces' actions: The United States vs. Seretech Corporation results in a conviction, which Seretech's lawyers immediately appeal.[18][30][31][32][29]
Oct 3
(CA) — In Québec Province, the military launches its third and final assault on the Sovereign Mohawk Nation (SMN) stronghold in the tribe's Kahnawake reservation: at local dawn, the perimeter is breached; by noon, the fighting is over and the SMN is completely wiped out. In the aftermath, all Canadian - and, in an unprecedented and unexpected move, United States - Mohawks are relocated to a "Protection Center" near Swift Current, Saskatchewan.[33][34]
Oct 25
(ID) — Timor-Leste secedes and becomes independent.[35]
Oct 26[23]
(US) — The Supreme Court hands down its landmark Seretech Decision in the corporation's favor; the ruling upholds Seretech's - and by extension, all corporations' - right to maintain a private armed force to protect both its personnel and its property.[18][36][30][31][37][32][29]
Nov 6
(AU) — The first referendum regarding whether to become a republic is held: a "no" vote is returned and the monarchy remains.[38]
?
(?) — Elven spike baby James Telestrian III is born.[39]
(?) — JackPoint creator "FastJack" is born.[40][41][29]

  1. o75194104Brainscan p. 135, 147
  2. o07914318Corporate Enclaves p. 83
  3. o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 126
  4. o82435997Native American Nations Volume One p. 120
  5. o23681902The Grimoire: 15th Edition, 2053 p. 13
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 o19635559The Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America p. 78
  7. 7.0 7.1 o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 125, 126
  8. o66078292Conspiracy Theories (p. 126, 152) mentions a "President O'Neill" between Dukakis and Lynch
  9. o66933837London Sourcebook p. 36
  10. o53846041Spy Games p. 79
  11. o66078292Conspiracy Theories (p. 125) dates it 1992
  12. o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 125, 126, 127
  13. o40000561Prime Runners p. 68
  14. o58300297Corporate Guide p. 176
  15. 15.0 15.1 o39057206Corporate Shadowfiles p. 18
  16. o82792918Threats p. 46
  17. o82792918Threats p. 48
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 o39057206Corporate Shadowfiles p. 17
  19. o19635559The Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America p. 64
  20. o66933837London Sourcebook p. 27
  21. o38715534Shadows of North America p. 147
  22. o46697594Shadowtech p. 93
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 o34954845Sixth World Almanac p. 8
  24. o57446066Native American Nations Volume Two p. 74
  25. o34954845Sixth World Almanac (p. 8) dates it Apr 12
  26. o10798697Shadowrun First Edition p. 12
  27. o90387045Shadowrun Second Edition p. 20, 22
  28. o90760406Shadowrun Fourth Edition p. 22, 24
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 o12707240Shadowrun 20th Anniversary p. 24
  30. 30.0 30.1 o10798697Shadowrun First Edition p. 13
  31. 31.0 31.1 o90387045Shadowrun Second Edition p. 22
  32. 32.0 32.1 o90760406Shadowrun Fourth Edition p. 24
  33. o82435997Native American Nations Volume One p. 97
  34. o57446066Native American Nations Volume Two p. 63
  35. o70096438Shadows of Asia p. 158
  36. o66078292Conspiracy Theories p. 125
  37. o35702881Shadowrun Third Edition p. 22
  38. o57038227Target: Awakened Lands p. 18
  39. ?Lone Wolf p. 171
  40. o26531536Denver: The City of Shadows p. 74
  41. o90760406Shadowrun Fourth Edition p. 22