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• 1899 — S. S. Kresge founds the S.S. Kresge Company which would later become Kmart.
• 19?? — Hidenori Konda (voice of Sharp Edge and Shuttler) is born.
• 1954 — Tetsuo Komura (Japanese voice of Galvatron and Narrator in Beast Wars II) is born.
• 1960 — Luca Ward (Italian voice of Rodimus and John F. Kennedy) is born.
• 1967 — Mitsuo Iwata (Japanese voice of Silverbolt, Jetstorm, Ironhide, Wreck-Gar, Hardshell, Blurr and more) is born.
• 1971 — Wang Mingjun (Chinese voices of William Lennox and Cade Yeager) is born.
• 1972 — Joseph Motiki (voice of Spud Muffin, Sergeant Scrubforce, Chitter Click and Sweet Cheat) is born.
• 1972 — Solveig Duda (German voice of Nimue) is born.
• 1981 — Jimmy's favourite band, Journey release their 7th album, Escape.
• 1984 — The Transformers #2: "Power Play!" is released in the U.S. by Marvel Comics.
• 1987 — The Headmasters episode "Rebellion on Planet Beast" premieres in Japan.
• 1989 — Nintendo releases the original Game Boy in the U.S.
• 1989 — Zelda Williams (voice of Spitfire) is born.
• 1989 — Tommy Rojas (Mexican voice of Slipstream, Tripp Summers, Medix, Sky-Byte, Death and War for Cybertron Trilogy Rattrap) is born.
• 1990 — Transformers Annual 1991 is released in the U.K. by Marvel Comics.
• 1999 — "Beast Wars Metals: Convoy Great Transformation" is released theatrically in Japan as part of the 1999 Summer Toei Anime Fair.
• 2002 — The Robots in Disguise 3-pack of Mirage, Scavenger and Nightcruz is released in Japan as a Toys"R"Us exclusive "USA Edition" set.
• 2002 — Final day to pre-order the e-HOBBY exclusive Road Rage and Crosscut set.
• 2004 — First day of OTFCC 2004. Multiple new comics are sold at the show: Wreckers #2 and #3, Universe #2 and #3, plus "Shell Game" in the convention booklet.
• 2004 — The Energon episode "The Return of Demolishor" premiers in the US.
• 2004 — Transformers G1 Vol. 2 is published in Japan by JIVE Ltd.
• 2006 — The 18th show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
• 2008 — The Guardian newspaper online posts an article by Seth Finkelstein about TFWIKI's planned move away from its old host. Our first major media mention!
• 2008 — The Animated episode "Die Weltraumbrücke, Teil 2" premieres in Germany.
• 2009 — Preorders open up for Masterpiece King Grimlock.
• 2010 — The Animated episode "Blast-Extinguishing Complete!" premieres in Japan.
• 2010 — Second day of Cybertron Con 2010 in Shanghai, China.
• 2011 — Final day to enter codes for the first of three Lucky Draw figure "Mechtech Campaign" contests on the TakaraTomy Dark of the Moon website, the "A" prize being one of 10 "Tritanium Bumblebee" toys.
• 2011 — Japanese McDonald's stores offer a DVD with their Transformers toy promotion, which includes codes for unique food-based MechTech weapons in the online MechTech card game.
• 2012 — The seven part Transformers Prime: One Shall Stand story arc is released on DVD by Shout! Studios.
• 2013 — More than Meets the Eye #19 is released by IDW Publishing.
• 2014 — Transformers Cloud: Spacetime World: Guardians of Time Chapter 3: Part 6 is first published.
• 2016 — Final day of Cybertron Con 2016 at the Shanghaimart Expo in Shanghai, China.
• 2018 — The go90 streaming service shuts down a few weeks after airing the final episode of the Prime Wars Trilogy series.
• 2021 — TakaraTomy releases Kingdom KD-10 Inferno and KD-11 Ultra Magnus and Studio Series SS-66 Dino and SS-67 Starscream, plus Kingdom KD EX-06 Megatron and KD EX-07 Starscream are released as TakaraTomy Mall exclusives.
• 2021 — Transformers Go! Go! Careless Scream is first published.
• 2023 — Airheads ends its Transformers Rise Of The Beasts “Maximize Your Summer” Promotional Campaign.