Events[]
- Henry Walton Jones, Sr. becomes Professor of Medieval Literature at Princeton University.[1]
- Henry Jones saves Junior from the roof of their house. (Approximate)[2]
- The Republican Convention occurs.[3]
- Edison produces a worthwhile light bulb.[4]
- San Francisco has a population of 342,782.[5]
- The Saturday Evening Post newspapers soar to 2000.[6]
- Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams is published.[7]
- The Zeppeling is invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.[8]
- American Philosophical Association is founded.[7]
- The present concept of the hamburger is introduced.[9]
- Frankfurters are first called "hot dogs".[9]
- Baseball cards are first sold with cigarettes.[9]
- British conquest of northern Nigeria begins.[9]
- The first wall-mounted telephones with separate mouth and ear pieces are introduced.[9]
- Vacuum tube is invented.[9]
- Electrical ignition systems become available for automobile engines.[9]
- The French develop a primitive photocopier.[9]
- Electric cars now account for 38 percent of the American market.[9]
- Blood typing becomes possible.[9]
- The oldest known machine is found off the coasts of Greece by sponge divers.[10]
- February: Eastman Kodak introduces Brownie camera.[7]
- March 16: On Crete, Arthur Evans locates the Palace of Knossos.[1]
- July 2: First Zeppelin dirigible flight.[7]
- Olympics held in Paris.[9]
- August 24: Henry Jones returns home from the conference of the Association of American Medievalists in Western Massachusetts.[11]
- The American presidential election occurs.[12]
- The United States of America establish the Territory of Hawaii.[13]
- October 24: Winston Churchill is elected to British parliament at age of 26.[7]
- December: Kerry Nation enters a Wichita saloon and hacks up the bar with a hatchet.[14]
Births[]
- Heinrich Himmler
- Louis Armstrong[15]
- Jewel Williams[16]
- King Hubert[9]
- Chattar Lal (Approximate)[17]
- Goldie Williams (Approximate)[15]
- Whang Tzu[18]
- A woman later mother of triplets[19]
- Gloria Schuyler (Approximate)[20]
Appearances[]
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones – My First Adventure
- Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain of Fire (Historical note)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Face of the Dragon (Mentioned only)
- The Roaring Twenties (Glossary)
- Indiana Jones and the White Witch (Indirect mention)
Sources[]
- Grail Diary
- The Man with the Big Stick (Non-fiction source)
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones and the Golden Vampires
- Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Instruction Booklet
- American Dreams - Norman Rockwell & The Saturday Evening Post (Non-fiction source)
- Theodore Roosevelt and The American Century (Non-fiction source)
- Powder Keg - Europe 1900 to 1914 (Non-fiction source)
- New Gods for Old (Non-fiction source)
- Prohibition - America on the Rocks (Non-fiction source)
- Interactive Timeline
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- The Indiana Jones Handbook
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- ↑ The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones – My First Adventure
- ↑ Theodore Roosevelt and The American Century
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the White Witch
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Golden Vampires
- ↑ American Dreams - Norman Rockwell & The Saturday Evening Post
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Interactive Timeline
- ↑ The Indiana Jones Handbook
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 The World of Indiana Jones
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Instruction Booklet
- ↑ Grail Diary
- ↑ The Man with the Big Stick
- ↑ Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain of Fire
- ↑ Prohibition - America on the Rocks
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Roaring Twenties
- ↑ Race to Danger
- ↑ Chattar Lal's Marshall College entry states that Lal was in his mid-thirties in 1935.
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Sourcebook
- ↑ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Paris, October 1916"
- ↑ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920" teleplay
