Future World Events 1960s

December

 * One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia when the strongest earthquake in 40 years hits the entire Indian Ocean region. The massive 9.3 magnitude earthquake, epicentered just off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generates enormous tsunami waves that crash into the coastal areas of a number of nations including Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. The official death toll in the affected countries stands at 186,983 while more than 40,000 people are still missing.

September

 * Alabama joins Everett.

August

 * Hurricane season begins in Everett and the United States.

July
The Imperial nation of Siberia has started work on the Kemerovo Special Unit Suits.

June

 * Cure to AIDS and HIV discovered in old U.S. medical records. Everett releases AIDS/HIV cure to public. Everetti government speaks out against United States for hiding cure.
 * The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (or "9/11 Commission") issues an initial report of its findings.
 * Preliminary hearings begin in Iraq in the trial of former president Saddam Hussein, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

May

 * Wisconsin joins Everett.
 * Anbu and Kamikaze units are introduced to The Imperial Army of Japan.

March

 * The largest expansion of North Atlantic Treaty Organization to date takes place, allowing Everett, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the organization.

February

 * The CIA admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
 * Emperor Hayashi of Japan forms "The New Japanese Empire"

January

 * The civil war in Japan is stopped due to the republican protester's lack of numbers