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| 1945 |
| | Dan Dreiberg (the 2nd Nite Owl) is born. | |
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| 1951 |
| | 11-year-old Walter Kovacs viciously attacks and injures a bully; he is taken from his mother and put into foster care. | |
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| 1956 |
| Sally Jupiter divorces Laurence Schexnayder.
Walter Kovacs's mother is murdered.
17-year-old Adrian Veidt donates his family fortune to charity and devotes himself to following the conquests of Alexander the Great. | |
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| 1958 |
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| 1959 |
| Dr. Jon Osterman works at Gila Flats atomic testing facility, where he meets and falls in love with Janey Slater. He is apparently vaporized when trapped in a test chamber during an atomic experiment.
Several months later, Dr. Osterman reappears as Doctor Manhattan. | |
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| 1960 |
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| 1963 |
| President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. The Comedian is seen on the grassy knoll as trigger man. |
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| 1973 |
| | Woodward and Bernstein's investigation of the Watergate break-in is abruptly halted when both men are murdered. | |
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| 1975 |
| Nixon proposes a constitutional amendment eliminating term limits for US presidents.
Ozymandias retires from crimefighting, announces his true identity, and begins amassing a fortune by marketing and merchandising his costumed-adventurer persona. | |
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| 1984 |
| | Richard Nixon is elected to his 5th consecutive term as President of the United States. | |
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| 1985 |
| | The Comedian (Edward Blake) is murdered. Rorschach begins to investigate the crime, setting off the events of Watchmen. | |
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