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===Nearly two thousand years ago===
After being exiled from both Norway and Iceland, [[Erik the Red]] and his family sailed west with a few of his most faithful friends. Following the legend of [[Gunnbjorn]], Erik discovered Greenland, where they set up a colony. His exile expired three years later, and Erik returned to Iceland to persuade more settler to join them. Many years later, Erik's son [[Leif Eriksson|Leif]], who had grown into a man, led an expedition southwards, exploring North America years before [[Christopher Columbus]]. {{storylink|The Saga of Erik the Red}}
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===11th Century===
====1017====
{{TF|Godwin_the_Strongarm|Godwin the Strongarm}} and his men sacked the {{TF|Stansham_Castle|Castle of Stenshame}} and the surrounding village. Their assault was only stopped by the unearthly apparition of the {{TF|Man_of_Iron_(G1)|"Man of Iron."}} The Man of Iron made two further appearances in medieval history. {{tfstorylink|Man_of_Iron_(issue)|Man of Iron}}
====1066====
Early in 1066, [[Edward the Confessor]], King of England, died without leaving an heir. He was succeeded by [[King Harold]], an arrangement that upset [[William, Duke of Normandy]]. By autumn, Duke William had raised an army of 60,000 men to cross the Channel and take the crown by force. They landed on '''26th of September'''. On or around the '''13th of October''', Harold and William's forces fought, resulting in the death of Harold and the eventual ascension of William to the English throne. {{storylink|The Battle of Hastings – The True Story.}}
====1070====
1070 saw the completion of an illuminated manuscript telling the story of Stenshame's history with the {{TF|Man_of_Iron_(G1)|Man of Iron.}} {{tfstorylink|Man_of_Iron_(issue)|Man of Iron}}
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===16th Century===
The unnamed island that would become [[Alcatraz]] was on the map by the end of the 16th Century. {{storylink|The Truth About Alcatraz!}}
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===20th Century: 1960s===
The curator of the modern day {{TF|Stansham_Castle|Stansham Castle}} discovered an illuminated manuscript telling the story of the village's history with the {{TF|Man_of_Iron_(G1)|Man of Iron}} around twenty-five years before {{TF|Sammy_Harker|Sammy Harker}} had his own encounter with a [[Jazz|giant robot]], {{tfstorylink|Man_of_Iron_(issue)|Man of Iron}} which must have been around 1959 or 1960.
====1963====
The high council of penitentiary administration decided [[Alcatraz]] was a waste of taxpayer money. The prison was shuttered; the final prisoners were transferred out on '''15th May'''. {{storylink|The Truth About Alcatraz!}}
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1984 was a busy year for Machine Man. His civilian identity, Aaron Stack, gained a job at [[Delmar Insurance]] in [[New York City]]. Throughout the year he stopped the [[Binary Bug]]'s crime spree, {{storylink|Byte of the Binary Bug!}} created the [[Ethical]]s, {{storylink|Where Walk the Gods!}} defeated the mad crime lord [[Khan]], {{storylink|Xanadu!}} and cleared himself of a crime he didn't commit. {{storylink|The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls}} The latter was due to the influence of Senator [[Miles Brickman]], a recurring thorn in Machine Man's side who sought to demonise him in order to gain victory in the U.S. presidential election.<ref name=Brickman/> {{storylink|Byte of the Binary Bug!}} {{storylink|The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls}}
After trying to help a [[Ion|metamorphosed scientist]], {{storylink|Kill Me or Cure Me}} Machine Man encountered [[Baron Brimstone]] in '''May'''. Brimstone perpetrated a crime spree over subsequent weeks before finally being apprehended. {{storylink|Baron Brimstone and his Sinister Satan Squad!}} Immediately after their final bout, Machine Man discovered his arm had been stolen, leading him into the web of [[Madam Menace]]. {{storylink|Arms and the Robot!}} Barely a week later, he faced her once again, concurrent with an [[Alpha Flight]] investigation that saw Senator Brickman's presidential ambitions thwarted before he became his party's nominee.<ref name=Brickman>If we tie Miles Brickman to real-world politics, the nearest U.S. presidential election was [[w:1984 United States presidential election|in November 1984]], placing all ''Machine Man'' stories before then. This doesn't quite gel with him still hoping to become the party's nominee in "[[Alone Against Alpha Flight!]]", which takes place shortly before the Halloween adventure "[[Jolted by Jack O'Lantern!]]", but maybe the robot universe's nomination race ended a little later than the real world's August 1984 timescale. See [[Miles Brickman#Notes]] for more information.</ref> The encounter with Menace's henchmen left Machine Man's face heavily damaged. {{storylink|Alone Against Alpha Flight!}} Mechanic [[Gears Garvin]] fixed him up a suitable replacement
[[Matt]] and [[Humph]] were kidnapped by alien robots {{storylink|The Transformers issue 7/Matt and the Cat|''Matt and the Cat'' issue 7}} {{storylink|The Transformers issue 8/Matt and the Cat|Issue 8}} on a Friday evening {{storylink|The Transformers issue 5/Matt and the Cat|Issue 5}} presumably in 1984. Though the duration of their space adventure is unknown, they were eventually returned to the same night they left by [[Octus Alpha]]'s [[time disc]]. {{storylink|The Transformers issue 72/Matt and the Cat|Issue 72}} {{storylink|The Transformers issue 73/Matt and the Cat|Issue 73}}
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===Undated future events===
====Planet Terry's future====
[[Planet Terry]] was born at a time when humans travelled the stars in the [[Confederation Astro Patrol]]. [[Planet Terry's parents|Terry's parents]] served on the ''[[Space Warp]]''; he was separated from them as an infant in a [[life ship]] incident. {{storylink|Some Answers}} By the time he was a boy, Terry wandered the universe searching for his long lost family {{storylink|The Search}} in [[Planet Terry's ship|a ship]] he'd been given by the [[Wazir of Uranus]]. {{storylink|A Clue}} Earthlings at this stage seemed to be considered a nuisance or a punchline. {{storylink|The Search}} {{storylink|Malt Shop Menace}} Terry himself had a poor reputation on planets he frequented. {{storylink|The Search}}
After saving [[Bznko]] from the [[Yungmun]], Terry met [[Robota]], {{storylink|The Search}} who joined him on his quest. After crash landing on a nearby planetoid, they met former ''Space Warp'' crewman [[Enoch Diggs]], {{storylink|A Clue}} who provided them with their next lead: his old colleague [[Squink]], who could be found at the [[Milk Toast Malt Shop]]. {{storylink|Some Answers}} Finding the malt shop on [[Asteroid 43KX]], they located Squink and retrieved him from a bar brawl, also picking up the rough-edged but fair-minded alien [[Omnus]]. {{storylink|Malt Shop Menace}}
==Westphalling==
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