2003

Timeline

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Pre-20th century
B.C.
542,000,000 B.C. • 300,000,000 B.C. • 250,000,000 B.C. • 130,000,000 B.C. • 115,000 B.C. • 65,000,000 B.C. • 30,000 B.C. • 8,000 B.C.
C.E.
1502 • 1850
20th century
1900-1949
1908 • 1915 • 1933 • 1934 • 1938 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
1950s
1950 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959
1960s
1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
1970s
1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979
1980s
1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1989
1990s
1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999
21st century
2000s
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
2010s
2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
2020s
2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2027 • 2030
Future
2097 • 2204

In the real world

• A world-record power outage forces 17 nuclear power plants to shut down across America's northeastern seaboard.
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. is released on December 14th in Japan.

In the Godzilla series

• After four years of hard work, "Mechagodzilla" is created with the bones and DNA of Godzilla, is finally completed. The 60 meter tall robot, which is nicknamed Kiryu, is armed with a powerful Absolute Zero Cannon capable of firing a ray that freezes any target to 0 degrees Kelvin. Just around the time the robot is completed, Godzilla returns and lands in Japan. Kiryu is deployed to fight the creature off, but before it can fire its Absolute Zero Cannon, Godzilla roars and the spirit of the original Godzilla within the machine awakens and control of Kiryu is lost. As Godzilla escapes, Kiryu goes berserk and attacks the city itself, just as the soul inside had done 49 years earlier. Thankfully, the robot's power supply runs out after two hours, but the city is in ruins. When Godzilla attacks again several weeks later, it is only with extreme reluctance that Japan's Prime Minister deploys Kiryu again. The two monsters duke it out in Tokyo, and Kiryu finally succeeds in grabbing Godzilla and flying him out to sea. Just as the two hit the water, Kiryu fires Absolute Zero. While the water around is frozen solid, Godzilla surfaces still alive, but not without a large wound in its chest. As Godzilla swims out to sea, Kiryu also surfaces, but is in bad shape, having lost its Absolute Zero Cannon and one of its arms. Kiryu is salvaged and brought back to base for repairs. (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla)