Events in the 21st Century

2020s
2020 - During an independence rally in Hong Kong protesting the increasing reappropriation of governmental control by the mainland Chinese government, an IED is detonated in Shau Kei Wan in the Eastern District, causing a fire that spreads across Hong Kong Island, killing around 1.1 million people.

2030s
2033 - Alex Anderson Scathorn is brought out of cryonic stasis at the Regeron Foundation, becoming the first person to be fully resuscitated after undergoing the procedure.

2039 - Herman Gage, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, is assassinated on live television at a press conference by an explosive device hidden in a microphone.

2040s
2045 - On 2 January, a series of IEDs were detonated at the Ross Tower building in New York City by a small group of cybercriminals led by Alexa Francetic and Fadi Haruna.

2045 - On 1 May, the international defense community is taken by surprise when a two-stage rocket with payload is launched into low Earth orbit by a secretive group called the ArcMinuteMen.

2048 - South Dakota governor Niel Nienaber is assassinated in Chicago, becoming the second governor of a U.S. state to be assassinated while in office.

2048 - Multinational chemical/pharmaceutical corporations RBG Daesan and Varl Electrochemical merge to form RBG Daesan-Varl, becoming one of the largest companies in the world.

2049 - Cybercriminal and assassin Alexa Francetic is killed by police in Singapore.