This page covers events in the CWChronology occurring before 1980.
Timeline
Before Christ
- c. 13.8 billion years BC - Chris is a resident of Kidasuna.[1][2]
- c. 66 million years BC - Chris is exiled from Kidasuna to Earth.[1][3]
- c. 3.4 million years BC - The Stone Age. You'd have to tell me twice.
Antiquity
Jesus as depicted by Chris.
Medieval period
Early modern period
Dr. William M. Teer, Bob's maternal great-grandfather and Confederate veteran.
- c. 1499 – 19 July 1543 - The life of Mary Boleyn,[8] Chris's alleged ancestor.[9]
- c. 1501 – 19 May 1536 - The life of Anne Boleyn,[10] Chris's alleged ancestor.[9]
- 1 March 1577 – 13 March 1634/35 - life of Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, Chris's alleged ancestor.[9]
- 10 June 1610 - John Chandler, Chris's direct male ancestor, arrives in Jamestown, Virginia on board the Hercules.[11]
- 1620 - The Mayflower sails, allegedly with Daniel Weston aboard.
- 30 April 1659 - Birth of Robert L. Chandler, II
- 1732 - Foundation of Ruckersville.
- 1762 - Foundation of Charlottesville.
- 1776 - Declaration of Independence.
- 15 December 1791 - The 1st through the 10th Amendments to the United States Constitution are ratified.
- 1803 - Sept 1866- The life of Reverend Sidney Smith Chandler
- 25 January 1819 - Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia.
- c. 1820s - Francis Weston, Barbara's great-great-grandfather along her direct paternal line, immigrates from England to the United States.
- 24 July 1828 - Western State Hospital admits its first patients.
- 14 April 1832 – 1921 - The life of Joseph Chandler, Chris's great-great-grandfather along his direct paternal line.
- 1838 - The Trail of Tears.
- 1862 - Bob's maternal great-grandfather, William Teer, contracts hepatitis and suffers serious injuries (including a shattered right arm and a damaged spleen) during the American Civil War, nearly preventing all of Christory a century before it began. However, William would survive his injuries, allowing him to father Mary Francis Teer (Bob's maternal grandmother) a decade later.[12]
- 17 Nov 1877 – Jan 1952 - The life of Robert Wynn, Barbara's maternal grandfather.
- 3 October 1896 - Joseph Otto Weston, Barbara's father, is born.[13]
1900s
- 8 February 1906 - Birth of Robert Franklin Chandler Sr., Bob's father.
- 28 March 1906 - Birth of Jean Hollomon, Bob's mother.
- 29 February 1908 - James Madison University is established.
1910s
Bob's maternal grandfather, John James Hollomon, in 1910.
- 15 December 1911 - Barbara's mother, Carrie Edna Wynn, is born.[14]
- 18 July 1913 - Birth of Red Skelton.
- 28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918 - World War I
- c. December 1917 - Barbara's father, Joseph Otto Weston is drafted into the United States Army to fight in World War 1. [15]
1920s
- 14 June 1926 - Bob's parents, Robert Franklin Chandler Sr. and Jean Hollomon marry in Dallas, Texas.
- 5 February 1927 - Barbara's parents, Joseph Otto Weston and Carrie Edna Wynn, marry.[14]
- 4 September 1927 - Birth of Bob Chandler.[16]
- 22 July 1928 - Birth of Jimmy Hill.
- 23 September 1928 - Birth of Jack Dale Smithey
1930s
Bob and his parents - 1930s census.
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I have been very interested in the world since I was 10 years old, and that was 70 years ago and, the, uh, I'm very fond of and I really truly believe in the United Nations, but you won't find anybody else in my countryside or around here, I think, that does. (laughing) But anyway, I'm very world conscious.
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1940s
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The war was a very tragic event with guns, insults, and... yuck!
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| Chris on World War II[16]
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- 1 October 1941 - Birth of Barbara Chandler.[16]
- 28 October 1942 - Birth of Thomas Eugene Ashby, husband of Barbara's sister, Harriett Ashby.
- 20 November 1942 - Birth of Joe Biden
- 1943 - Leo Kanner releases a report on a group of children with similar behavior which Kanner calls early infantile autism, thus giving Autism its modern sense in English.
- Spring 1945 - Bob graduates from Sylacauga High School in Sylacauga, Alabama.
- 10 May 1945 - Death of Jean Hollomon, Bob's mother.
- Fall 1945 - Spring 1946 - Bob attends his freshman year at Auburn University according to the Auburn University 1946 yearbook. He majors in Aeronautical Engineering.
- 14 June 1946 - Birth of Donald Trump.
- 6 July 1946 - Birth of George W. Bush.
- 18 July 1946 - Bob is drafted into the U.S. Army and is stationed in Korea with the Signal Corps.[17][18]
- 24 November 1946 - Birth of Ted Bundy.[19]
- 9 January 1947 - Harriett Ashby, Barb's sister, is born.[20]
- April 1948 - Bob is discharged from the Army after a 21-month tour of duty.
- Fall 1948 - Bob enters Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama in order to study Pre-Engineering.
- 1949 - The Lego Group first begins manufacturing its titular brand of building blocks.
1950s
Bob's 1951 Auburn junior yearbook photo.
- c. 1956-1960 - Barbara loses her virginity while in high school.[21]
- Fall 1950 - Bob returns to Auburn University in order to study Electrical Engineering.
- Spring 1952 - Bob graduates from Auburn University with a BEE degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 16 November 1952 - Birth of Shigeru Miyamoto
- 1954/1955 - Bob loses his virginity at the age of 27.[21]
- 1955 - Bob, his father and his first 5 half siblings moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- 25 March 1955 - Bob and John H. Judd Jr. file a patent for an electrical terminal block.
- 8 April 1955 - Barb's father, Joseph Otto Weston, is killed while hauling wood along a rural road near Red Oak, Virginia. He fell off his horse drawn wagon, was run over by one of its rear wheels, and died of a broken neck. His body was discovered after his horse and wagon arrived without their driver at a service station.
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Snyder.[22]
- 25 September 1956 - Bob marries his first wife Patricia Harley in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- Spring 1957 - Ran graduated from Park View High School, in South Hill, Virginia.
- Fall 1957 - Ran enters Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- 1957 - Birth of Matthew Devoria, father of Kacey.[23]
- 20 July 1958 - Birth of BILLY MAYS.
- 28 April 1959 - Bob and John's patent for an electrical terminal block is published.
1960s
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I grew up in an abusive household with Barbara and my former stepfather Jerry, where physical and mental punishments ran the gamut from bare-assed beatings to cold showers to bizarre scenarios acted out with glee by two deeply neurotic adults... Even at a very young age, I knew that they would abandon me. They were both irresponsible and incompetent parents who exposed me to traumas that I would rather not remember.
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| Cole on Barb and Jerry's parenting skills.
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- 1960 - Barb graduates from Randolph-Henry High School in Charlotte Court House, Virginia.
- 2 March 1960 - Birth of Kenneth Erwin Engelhardt.
- 17 November 1960 - Birth of Takashi Tezuka.
- 1961 - Ran Coleman Yeatts, Cole's suspected biological father, graduates from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- 25 March 1961 - Birth of Reggie Fils-Aimé.
- 16 June 1961 - Barbara marries Ran Coleman Yeatts at a Baptist church in Wylliesburg, Virginia; The same day, Barbara moved to Richmond to live with Yeatts.
- 4 August 1961 - Birth of Barack Obama.
- 28 November 1961 - Birth of David Alan Chandler.[24]
- 28 April 1962 - Ran Coleman Yeatts deserts Barbara (according to the date given on her divorce certificate).
- 15 May 1963 - Barbara is granted a divorce.
- 10 June 1963 - The Equal Pay Act is signed into law
- 24 July 1963 - Birth of Cole Smithey.
- 22 November 1963 - Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- 1964 - Jack Dale Smithey, the man who Barbara said was Cole's father, disappears after living in Richmond for at least a year.
- 16 April 1964 - Birth of Michael Hirtes.
- 29 May 1964 - Harriet Victoria Weston, Chris's aunt, marries Thomas Eugene Ashby.[20]
- 27 August 1964 - Walt Disney Pictures releases Mary Poppins.
- 1966 - Jerry Harmon becomes Cole's stepfather.[25]
- 7 July 1966 - Birth of Carol Chandler.
- 1 December 1966 - Bob files a patent for a vehicle logging system.
- 23 April 1967 - Birth of Robert B. Bell III
- 23 August 1967 - Carrie Edna Wynn, Barbara's mother, dies.
- November-December 1967 - Operation Snowball goes on tour for the first time. For two weeks, Jerry, Barb and four-year-old Cole travel around Virginia on a Cessna twin-engine airplane, performing magic tricks for inmates at mental hospitals. The family would do this every Christmas season for the next ten years.[26] [27]
- 18 June 1968 - Barbara marries Jerry Harmon in Washington DC.
- 4 December 1969 - Birth of Jay Z.
- 23 December 1969 - Bob's patent for a vehicle logging system is published.
1970s
Chris-imitative fanart of Bob and Barbara meeting at Maddy's Pub in 1979
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If my mom had not found my dad, and HE was lonely and old too, HE would not have lived TWO WEEKS from that faithful day in Maddy's Pub.
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| Chris in 2012
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- c. 1971-1974 - Barbara nearly kills Cole while trying to frighten off a burglar.
- 1972 - Piedmont Virginia Community College is chartered.
- 26 December 1973 - Bob files a patent for a "Shot volume and cushion point control for injection molding apparatus."
- 1975 - Bob moves to Richmond.
- 17 June 1975 - Bob's patent for a "Shot volume and cushion point control for injection molding apparatus" is published.
- 28 June 1976 - Bob and Patricia are legally separated.
- 4 July 1976 - Birth of Clyde Cash.[28]
- November-December 1976 (approx.) - Operation Snowball goes on tour for the last time.
- Late 1970s - Bob volunteers as sing-along leader at Matt's British Pub in the Shockoe Slip neighborhood of Richmond.
- 1977 - 14 Branchland Court is built.
- 10 November 1977 - Wes Iseli is born
- 27 December 1977 - Death of Robert Franklin Chandler Sr., Bob's father.
- 25 August 1978 - Barbara and Jerry are legally separated.
- 1978-1979 - Thorg is born
- 1979 - Bob and Barbara meet at "Maddy's Pub" (probably Chris's mangling of Matt's British Pub).[29] Barbara hears Bob sing and is smitten by him.[30]
- 14 December 1979 - Birth of Joseph Herring.
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